Combat Mission : Breaking the Panzers

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Published 2024-06-30
Fifth video in the series looking at the Commonwealth forces involved in Operation Overlord.
D+26, Final day of Operation EPSOM

Timestamps
00:00 Intro, friendly forces and ground
02:33 Mission analysis and planning
05:05 The Battle
13:26 Outcome, actual events and lessons
18:49 Outro

History has not been kind to the British soldier in Normandy. The accomplishments of the Commonwealth fighting man has been overshadowed in the post war years either due to their quiet humility, or humble nature. Most simply wanted to return to civilian life and maybe with their undeniable victory they felt no need to boast or explain their actions.

Coming up to the 80th anniversary I wanted to take a look at the challenges they faced using the commonwealth module for combat mission Normandy.

I bought this expansion a few years back and completed the campaign, but despite the beautiful and detailed effort put into their creation couldn't shake the intimidating scale of the standalone scenarios.

Indeed the historically accurate maps show the size of the Overlord undertaking, with 21st Army group being the largest and most complex organisation the British have ever placed into the field in living memory.

Am I particularly good at the game - No

Am I historian - No, I've seen a few films, read a few books and could name the codenames for the beaches but my actual knowledge of the campaign is minimal

But I hope to use that and see how I can learn and mature over the course of the battle, because its worth reminding ourselves that the victory in Normandy was by no means a foregone conclusion

and I hope my contribution, even in a small way, can go some way to correcting the unfair understanding of the quiet competence of these courageous men
All Comments (8)
  • @brosefmalkovitch3121
    This transcends mere gameplay or historical content, it's hard for me to put into words how much I enjoy your counterfactual approach to these battles.It's so easy to criticize the people of the past with hindsight but so often people forget that real life is not so cut and dry, in the moments when the pressure is on sometimes you can't see your own hand in front of your face. Really looking forward to further videos, so happy to have more amazing Combat Mission content.
  • @seawolf9616
    First video of yours that got recommended to me. I'm not a big Combat Mission guy (Mainly because the games are so damn expensive!) but I thoroughly enjoyed this look into a historical battle. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos in a similar format to this. Subscribed!
  • @Erik-1996
    I love your videos, perfect mix of game and history. Whats that book called btw?
  • @pvttom
    Great videos, would love to see some PvP!