DAY OF INFAMY GERMAN UNITS UPDATE

Among these soldiers, collectively referred to by the residents of Warsaw as вЂњKalmyksвЂќ, вЂњUkrainiansвЂќ or вЂњVlasovtsy soldiersвЂќ, one unit gained particular infamy: the RONA Brigade ( Russkaja Oswoboditjelnaja Narodnaja Armja, Russian National Liberation Army), whose soldiers perpetrated the massacre of the residents of Ochota in August 1944.

The brutal pacification of the Warsaw Uprising and the residents of Warsaw in 1944 brings to mind not only the cruelty of the Germans, but also the savagery of the infamous auxiliary units in German service. They are playable on Dog Red, Saint Lo, Bastogne, Foy, Reichswald and Rhineland.Russians in the Service of the Third Reich вЂ“ Bronislav KaminskiвЂ™s RONA The in-game unit features a brown and yellow Platanenmuster camouflage. Despite this reputation, the division benefited from veteran leaders, a smaller more efficient organization and the newly equipped Stg-44 rifle. However for the Allies, they saw Volks-Grenadiers as the bottom of the barrel. The term Volks-Grenadier is from вЂњdas VolkвЂќ вЂ“ the people вЂ“ meant to represent the German peopleвЂ™s fight to the end. The division had many former Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine personnel who were sent to the front. They are playable on Crete, Sicily, Salerno, and Comacchio.Д¬omposed of veterans who survived the retreat from France following the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division was formed in September 1944 and sent back to the Western Front to fight in the battle for the HГјrtgen Forest. The in-game unit features the Slouch Hat for all classes and the voice of Bruce. The battalion saw action in New Guinea in 1943 вЂ“ 1944 and ended the war in Borneo. By early 1943, the Japanese offensive in the Pacific threatened Australian shores and the 2nd AIF was withdrawn back home. Following Tobruk, the battalion was sent back to Palestine and Syria on garrison duty, then deployed back to Africa for the second battle of El Alamein. Corporal John Edmondson was awarded the Victoria Cross for valour during the battle, and marked the first VC for the Australians in the war. For seven months they held the strategic port town of Tobruk against a heavy German siege. The battalion first deployed to Palestine and later to Africa. Raised in April 1940 as part of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force. The unit also features the voice of Donald and is playable in every map in the game. The in-game unit features a black glengarry with cap badge and red hackle for the Officer while all other classes receive a balmoral with red hackle. They later fought during the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of the Reichswald forest. The Black Watch fought at Breville, Caen and the Falaise Pocket in France. They landed at Sicily, fought in Italy including Monte Cassino and then again were at the tip of the spear during the Normandy landings of D-Day.

Several of their battalions fought during the second battle of El Alamein and saw action in Tunisia. The 1st Battalion was captured at St Valery-en-Caux during the Battle of France in 1940, while the 6th Battalion was evacuated at Dunkirk. Six battalions of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) fought on many fronts during the Second World War. The in-game unit features a tankerвЂ™s helmet and goggles, the voice of James, and is playable on the following maps: Bastogne, Foy, Reichswald and Rhineland. The Black Panthers also belatedly received a Presidential Unit Citation in 1978. The unit received nearly 300 Purple Hearts, 11 Silver Stars, and 1 Medal of Honor. Notably, they moved into Bastogne to help relieve the 101st Airborne Division. They first saw combat in November 1944 and a month later were deployed to reinforce the Allies during the Battle of the Bulge. Known as the вЂњBlack PanthersвЂќ, the 761st Tank Battalion was a segregated unit in World War II. Alternatively, they will be available for purchase on Steam or you will be able to trade or buy them through the Steam Marketplace which now supports Day of Infamy. These units will be able to be unlocked through the ranking system. Check out what the character models look like in our Sketchfab preview above!

Four new units are being added to the game, two for the Commonwealth faction, one American and one German.

DAY OF INFAMY GERMAN UNITS UPDATE

The upcoming Aussie Update features more units than just the Australians.

Day of infamy german units