Battle of Kursk of Sicily had begun, Adolf Hitler was forced to have troops training in France diverted to meet the Allied threat in the Mediterranean, rather than use them as a strategic reserve for the Eastern Front. Hitler canceled the offensive at Kursk after only a week, in part to divert forces to Italy. Germany's extensive losses of men and tanks ensured that the victorious Soviet Red Army enjoyed the strategic initiative for the remainder of the war. The Germans hoped to weaken the Soviet offensive potential for the summer of 1943 by cutting off the forces that they anticipated would be
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII team loses tickets when its members are killed, but also when the other team holds a majority of the capture points on a map.) Even more so than in "Battlefield 1942," the weapons in "Secret Weapons of WWII" are designed to be used in unison with other weapons in order to compensate for weaknesses and maximize strengths. A gameplay mode introduced in "Secret Weapons of WWII" is an objective-based mode in which players focus on accomplishing specific objectives in order to win the battle. For example, on Essen, the German forces must prevent Allied forces from destroying key portions of