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Headquarters World War II Ardennes is the second DLC for Headquarters: World War II, a turn-based strategy game in which battlefield tactics and army management both matter. It adds two campaigns set in December 1944, as German forces launch an offensive in the Ardennes and US forces lead the Allied counterattack. You command both sides across 16 encounters in winter settings, including efforts to save encircled troops at Bastogne, stop the German advance at Wardin and fight at St. Vith.

The two campaigns

The German campaign follows the offensive through the Ardennes; the US campaign shifts to the Allied counterattack. Each campaign has eight story-driven missions:

• German campaign: Battle for Auw, Breakthrough at Andler, Encirclement at Schoenberg, Battle of the Schnee Eifel Pocket, St. Vith Assault, Ourthe Crossing, Rochefort Assault and Push for Celles.
• US campaign: Reconnaissance at Martelange, Breakthrough at Burnon, Battle for Chaumont, Battle for Bigonville, Push for Bastogne, Battle of Sibret, Mageret Assault and Wardin Counterattack.

New units and heroes

The DLC adds 12 unit models, six heroes and units for the US, Germany and the UK. The new units are available in the campaigns and in skirmish and multiplayer modes.

• US: M26 Pershing, M24 Chaffee, M36 tank destroyer, 3-inch gun M5 and T26Е4 “Super Pershing”.
• German: Jagdpanzer IV, Panzerwerfer 42 and Wirbelwind.
• UK: M24 Chaffee, A34 Comet, Centurion Mk.1 and Sherman Firefly Tulip.

Winter battlefield

The encounters take place in winter environments, with new weather and terrain types, winter uniforms and camouflage, awards and achievements. The DLC follows the main game's Normandy landings and the first DLC's battles of Operation Market Garden, bringing the fighting closer to Berlin as the Allies push back the German offensive.