Playing as the Germans

The Germans have a tougher time at the start of a game, but they become more powerful as it progresses. This is because they only have access to light vehicles at the start.

They must wait a few minutes before they can get medium tanks that are on par with the initial Soviet armor.

Later on, the Germans can purchase some very powerful units and dominate the battlefield—if they can prevent the Soviets from winning before then, that is.

An officer is a good unit to select as soon as you can so you can use his binoculars to see what the Soviets have.

Since the Germans can’t rush in at the start to grab the control points unless they want to be wiped out, take a more careful approach to the battles.

Send some infantry close enough to the control points to act as scouts. Then, get some anti-tank guns and place them at the edge of their maximum range.

This allows you to fire at Soviet infantry in the control area, and to engage any enemy armor that tries to move into range to fire on your guns.

The key to the German strategy for victory is to know what the Soviets are doing without revealing your own movements. Send out some units as scouts to locate enemy anti-tank guns and vehicles.

Then, position your anti-tank guns to destroy enemy vehicles, and send squads after enemy guns. If possible, get some infantry down by the Soviet spawn area so you can see what they bring into the battle as soon as they appear on the map.

During the Victory Flag missions, you need to make sure the Soviets don’t capture the point. Use mortars and guns to kill any infantry in the control area so that they can’t capture it.

A sniper can also come in handy for this job. Keep anti-tank guns at the flanks to fire on Soviet tanks that come after your units.

By destroying as many enemy units as you can from long range, you can try to force the Soviets to spend all of their points on weaker units while you hold out until your more powerful units become available.

Save up for thickly armored Panther and Tiger tanks. These are hard to defeat, but unfortunately you have to wait several minutes before you can deploy them.

Use these tanks to wipe out the enemies your scouting infantry has located and to clear the way so your infantry can capture the control points.

As your force is getting stronger, the enemy force should be getting weaker through attrition.