Matrix Games - Close Combat: The Longest Day

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"In the East, the vastness of space will… permit a loss of territory… without suffering a mortal blow to Germany’s chance for survival. Not so in the West! If the enemy here succeeds… consequences of staggering proportions will follow within a short time." — Adolf Hitler, 'Directive 51'.

Close Combat - The Longest Day is a highly enhanced rebuild of the critically acclaimed Close Combat Invasion Normandy, originally developed by Atomic Games. Take command of either the Allied Expeditionary Force or Germany’s Wehrmacht. You will either carry out the world’s largest amphibious invasion to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation or defend Hitler’s Atlantic Wall!

Close Combat – The Longest Day comes with expanded force pools, support for much larger maps, night battles with simulated flare effects, and more! Also included in this rebuild is are 60+ battles, operations and campaigns including a new enhanced Grand Campaign as well as "classic" CC5 style Grand Campaign available for download!

Desperate to secure a major victory in WWII, the Allies, under the command of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force and General Dwight D. Eisenhower, devised a daring plan to open a second front in the war to further stretch Hitler’s already dwindling resources. The invasion code named Operation Overlord sought to secure a beachhead on the northern coast of France on the Contentin peninsula. Made up of combined forces from the United States, Great Britain, Canada and Free French the plan was to begin with airborne drops behind the beaches to cut supply and secure bridges vital to expansion of the initial beachhead then land the worlds largest invasion force ever assembled. Several major towns were identified as the goal for the first 24 hours of the invasion or D-Day+1.

In the dark morning hours of June 6^th 1944 shortly after midnight the invasion began with allied airborne landings being scattered in and around the intended drop zones due to heavy anti-aircraft fire. Despite the set-back they managed to assemble effective fighting forces and lay claim to the first town liberated in the invasion St. Mere Eglise. The British and Canadian airborne landings went far smoother but no less costly. Despite heavy resistance from German forces they held on to their objectives laying the groundwork for a successful invasion.

At 6:30AM the naval bombardment of the beachheads began. More than 1,200 allied warships opened fire on key German strongholds to weaken the defenses before the landing craft made it to the beaches. The allied assault commenced on beaches codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. The U.S. Forces landed on Utah and Omaha and Commonwealth forces on Gold Juno and Sword. Overall the allies suffered over 10,000 casualties with the majority being suffered on Omaha beach otherwise known as “Bloody Omaha”.

When initial invasion had finished the allies had fallen short of their intended objectives and would not secure them until 4 days after the initial invasion. However despite that shortcoming they did achieve a foothold from which the rest of Europe would eventually be liberated. As the German General Erwin Rommel noted "...the first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive...the fate of Germany depends on the outcome...for the Allies, as well as Germany, it will be the longest day.” And that it was.

Now in this classic top down real time tactical simulation, you take command of either US or German forces and either command the forces of the Allied Expeditionary Force or German forces and either successfully execute the worlds largest ever invasion to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation or defend Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. In this highly enhanced rebuild based on the critically acclaimed and award winning Atomic Games Close Combat series of games, you are in command!

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Release Date
April 29, 2009
Developer
Strategy 3 Tactics