Campaign Structure

[TacticalNuke]

The devs will probaby make it more focused of entertainment value rather than historical accuracy. If it was based solely on history CoH would be a heck of a lot less fun than it is. Point being war isnt all that its cracked up to be. So sit back and trust the devs to make a good compromise. Its nothing to get worked up about.

[Muesliriegel]

I dont know if s1 posted something similar in here, i didnt want to read through all of the pages
But how about a Campaign based on the Film Duell-Enemy at the Gates.

 Your Mission is to Kill the German Sharpshooter. You will only have 1 Unit, your Sniper Ace (Wassili Saizew) and have to eliminate serveral Targets, Officers, MG-Crews, Mortars... Well then you meet your Oponent (Scharfschütze König), and of course you have to eliminate him. Now so that it gets challenging König could get the health of a Captain from OF, he wouldnt be 1 shot dead like that. But you will have to watch for enemy soldiers witch could spot you, so you will have to move. Then wait until enemy sniper moves a tiny bit so you spot him (could be done by leaving camo for 1 or 2 sec). You have to fire out of cover otherwise you get uncapped (idk if possible).

Well only a rogh concept of a Campaign but maybe usable.

[Mad hatters in jeans]

I think a campaign covering the key points in the German invasion of Russia would be suited. 

Choosing where to start and finish it will be difficult, but i do know that Berlin, Stalingrad and Kursk should be covered.

[Newbie.]

IMO< the major battles i'd like to see would be...

1941: Minsk
1942: Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad early
1943: Stalingrad, Kursk
1944: Steamroll through Poland, Siege on Budapest,
1945: Seelow Hieghts, Berlin.

[cephalos]

I think that the best idea would be to wait until Ostheer comes out. Then think about campaign like that: Ostheer campaign 1941-1943 ( to Kursk battle) and then Soviet one 1943-1945.

[KennyEft1]

I got some ideas:

Level 1: your command squad and a couple of conscript squads are in trenches when they hear the germans have invaded the SU, now you have to fight off some german attacks.
After a few minutes the german tanks come and you will be forced to retreat to a defensive line further to east. some ZIS-2s will be waiting there and together with some cpu allies you can hold the line. If the major dies the mission will have failed.
After fighting off the attacks a german plane will come and wounds the major/commisar, then the mission ends.

Level 2: After waking up the major finds himself in a hospital in moscow, just when the battle for the city is beginning.
ignoring all advice he and a few upgraded conscript squads will get to the front line and assist the other forces defending moscow. just as the germans have a breakthrough some t-34s will arrive and the cpu ally will force the gemans to retreat.
unless before that time the lines of the players side has collapsed than the mission has failed.

Level 3:
After his heroic defense of moscow the major has been promoted and controlles the whole south-west front.
In october 1942 the germans launch an attack on stalingrad.
meanwhile the t-34 production has increased greatly, so the cpu and the player will have a few t-34s at the beginning of the game.
for the most part you will have conscripts but now you will also have strelky.
the first defensive line is just outside the city and is offmap.
the second line of defense will be manned by the cpu.
the third line of defense is for the player.
not having enough troops to fully garrison the line the player will have to make a choise:
spread the force over the whole line.
or defend a part of the line.
After the second line collapses the third line will be everything that stands in the way of the germans advance in the south. If the germans break through the third line and reach the volga, before operation uranus, the encirclement of the 6th army,  is launched, you will be defeated.

Level 4:
After they're painfull defeat in stalingrad the germans launch operation citadel, te last desperate attempt to defeat the soviets. this time the germans wil have panthers and tigers,
but, again, the t-34 production has increased an you will have a lot of t-34s. this time you will not have conscripts but only strelky and guards. you will have to defend the area untill the german are out of reserves, you will get 1 t-34 every 5 minutes as reinforcements. if all of your troops will be destroyed or if you lose too much ground the mission will have failed.
the last german attack wave will be some panthers and a tiger. if you beat off that wave, the germans are forced to retreat to the west.

Level 5:
The Crimean offensive:
Following their defeats at stalingrad and kursk, the germans have been driven back to the west.
And now the Crimean penninsular is cut-off from the rest of army-group south, and the 17th army is trapped.
the last defendible piece of land is the area arround Sevastopol, but the germans are dug-in in defensive lines and aren't going to give up without a fight.
its the players task to break all german resistence on the penninsular, you have to break trough the final line off defense.
if broken the germans are forced to evacuate. if the stavka thinks you have taken too much time to do so the mission has failed.

Level 6:
After the allmost entire annhialation of army group center, it's the players task to force a critical breaktrough against a collapsed front, therefore you must reach the Oder river, but the germans have blown-up all but one bridges.
You must secure this bridge and defend it against the last desparate counter-attack, with allmost all the german panzer-reserves. if you can hold this brigde the germans can only retreat and berlin will be a bit closer.

Level 7:
After their retreat throuh poland the germans are determined to make a last stand just outside of berlin. this time they will be on the defense. seelow is the last line of defense, if you can break this line the way to berlin will be open. you start with strelky, guards, t-34s and t-34-85s.
you must break the seelow line. if all german resistence is crushed you win, if you loose al your tanks you will be defeated.

Level 8:
After the fall of the seelow line the germans are fleeing to the west, the only way to stop them is the encirclement of berlin. you and your allies must break all resistence and join the other russian forces coming from the other side.

Level 9:
Berlin, april 1945.
You must destroy all 88s near the brandenburger tor and the reichstag, but first you have to clean the surrounding streets of germans, mostly volksgrenadiers. after this the way to the reichtag is open and you will be victorious but the germans have a nasty supprise for you: 3 88s on the square in front of the reichstag. you mst destroy them before the time is up, or all your tanks are destroyed, after the destruction of the 88s you must get a squad of infantry into the reichstag. then the germans are defeated and you will become a hero of the soviet union.

Maybe its not 100% historical correct but this is my idea of the soviet campaign.

[Werwolf]

I got some ideas:
Level 1: your command squad and a couple of conscript squads are in trenches when they hear the germans have invaded the SU, now you have to fight off some german attacks.
After a few minutes the german tanks come and you will be forced to retreat to a defensive line further to east. some ZIS-2s will be waiting there and together with some cpu allies you can hold the line. If the major dies the mission will have failed.
After fighting off the attacks a german plane will come and wounds the major/commisar, then the mission ends.

Level 2: After waking up the major finds himself in a hospital in moscow, just when the battle for the city is beginning.
ignoring all advice he and a few upgraded conscript squads will get to the front line and assist the other forces defending moscow. just as the germans have a breakthrough some t-34s will arrive and the cpu ally will force the gemans to retreat.
unless before that time the lines of the players side has collapsed than the mission has failed.

Level 3:
After his heroic defense of moscow the major has been promoted and controlles the whole south-west front.
In october 1942 the germans launch an attack on stalingrad.
meanwhile the t-34 production has increased greatly, so the cpu and the player will have a few t-34s at the beginning of the game.
for the most part you will have conscripts but now you will also have strelky.
the first defensive line is just outside the city and is offmap.
the second line of defense will be manned by the cpu.
the third line of defense is for the player.
not having enough troops to fully garrison the line the player will have to make a choise:
spread the force over the whole line.
or defend a part of the line.
After the second line collapses the third line will be everything that stands in the way of the germans advance in the south. If the germans break through the third line and reach the volga, before operation uranus, the encirclement of the 6th army,  is launched, you will be defeated.

Level 4:
After they're painfull defeat in stalingrad the germans launch operation citadel, te last desperate attempt to defeat the soviets. this time the germans wil have panthers and tigers,
but, again, the t-34 production has increased an you will have a lot of t-34s. this time you will not have conscripts but only strelky and guards. you will have to defend the area untill the german are out of reserves, you will get 1 t-34 every 5 minutes as reinforcements. if all of your troops will be destroyed or if you lose too much ground the mission will have failed.
the last german attack wave will be some panthers and a tiger. if you beat off that wave, the germans are forced to retreat to the west.

Level 5:
After their retreat throuh poland the germans are determined to make a last stand just outside of berlin. this time they will be on the defense. seelow is the last line of defense, if you can break this line the way to berlin will be open. you start with strelky, guards, t-34s and t-34-85s.
you must break the seelow line. if all german resistence is crushed you win, if you loose al your tanks you will be defeated.

Level 6:
After the fall of the seelow line the germans are fleeing to the west, the only way to stop them is the encirclement of berlin. you and your allies must break all resistence and join the other russian forces coming from the other side.

Level 7:
Berlin, april 1945.
You must destroy all 88s near the brandenburger tor and the reichstag, but first you have to clean the surrounding streets of germans, mostly volksgrenadiers. after this the way to the reichtag is open and you will be victorious but the germans have a nasty supprise for you: 3 88s on the square in front of the reichstag. you mst destroy them before the time is up, or all your tanks are destroyed, after the destruction of the 88s you must get a squad of infantry into the reichstag. then the germans are defeated and you will become a hero of the soviet union.

+1 Very good suggestion, Kamerad. Btw, welcome to EF forum!

[Seeme]

Level 3

Lol thats a big promation.

[KennyEft1]

Indeed it is, mayby its too big.
How about commander of the Stalingrad front?

[GamblerSK]

i hope that this will get into campaign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dukla_Pass
it was bloody battle, many Slovak partisans fight there...

[Seeme]

Theres a big gap between Stalingrad and Seelow line, mabey 2 more missions?