Panzer Corps 2 Axis Operations - 1944

Panzer Corps 2 Axis Operations - 1944 is a campaign add-on for Panzer Corps 2, set as Wehrmacht forces face growing pressure from the Red Army on the Eastern Front. It contains two separate, independent campaigns: a historical campaign about the German army’s struggle to survive the Allied offensives, and an ahistorical campaign that continues Germany’s success in securing the Caucasus and defends its conquests against familiar and new challenges. Both campaigns are available immediately, with no prerequisites, whether you start with a newly formed Panzer Corps or import a force.

Two campaign paths

The historical path explores the German Wehrmacht’s decline and the Allied attacks from multiple directions. The ahistorical path continues from Axis Operations 1943, following a fully developed alternative history after Germany’s victory at the Battle of Kursk. It explores potential successes and setbacks for the Wehrmacht as it defends its conquests.

The add-on includes 20 scenarios, covering historical battles on the Eastern Front in 1944, particularly during Operation Bagration, as well as original events in the ahistorical campaign. The scenarios are:

• Case Orange
• Operation Corridor
• Operation Tusk
• Operation Stormbird
• Riga 1944
• Herrlingen
• Lvov 1944
• Operation Panzerschreck
• Kolozsvar
• Battle of Ploesti
• Shanderovka
• Lysyanka
• Operation Margarethe
• Targu Frumos
• Cernauti
• Minsk Offensive
• Lublin
• Warsaw Rising
• Operation Panzerfaust
• Battle of Carei

Import your forces

You can import a core force that completed the Axis Operations 1943 East campaign, or begin with a preset force. Imported forces can pursue additional growth and challenges through higher difficulty settings, advanced game modes and new Elite Objectives. The preset force includes a moderate number of experienced units and an assortment of heroes. Either force can start either campaign, though continuing along your existing historical or ahistorical path is recommended for its campaign narrative.

Elite Objectives

Elite Objectives offer additional challenges intended for the strongest Panzer forces, including deeply imported forces. They also reflect the growing Allied superiority evident in 1944.

Historical figures and rewards

Bonus mission objectives draw on real historical events, and additional German leaders from World War II appear in the campaign. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel returns, with the campaign exploring his deeds and potential fates in 1944. Historical memoirs and thoughts inform the characters’ mannerisms and writing.

Completing bonus objectives and achieving different degrees of victory earns Commendation Points. You can spend them on rewards including captured enemy equipment, prototype tanks and opportunities to recruit more historical officers.

Continuing the campaign

At the end of Axis Operations 1944 East, you can save your core force for the next installment of the Axis Operations Campaign. Each Axis Operations campaign can also be played on its own as a standalone campaign.