WWII Online 18th Year Anniversary Events starting D-Day!
On D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2001 WWII Online was launched to the public .....and as you know the rest is history. This week WWII Online and Cornered Rats Software (CRS) celebrates our 18th year anniversary with 4 days of special offerings culminating with a 4 hour special event "Operation Rat Trap" on Sunday. Read on for more details!
This week on June 6, 2019 WWII Online and Cornered Rats Software celebrates its 18th Anniversary. That’s right… in 2001 the first iteration of the game was released to the public. To mark this milestone, we have planned some events and activities starting Thursday, June 6th and continuing through the weekend. So, let's get started:
On D-Day, Thursday, June 6th. Starting at 5:00 PM server time or 6:00 PM EST or 10:00 PM GMT all troops Axis and Allied will assemble in Rotterdam. The ceremony will start promptly at 5:15 server time. Xoom will offer remarks and we will pose for a group photo. This event will be live streamed. We will also pause for a moment of silence in remembrance of D-Day and start of the liberation of France and Europe in 1944.
After the ceremony concludes, join the RATS in-game for some Kill-A-Rat action! Top killers of RATS from both the Allied and Axis side will receive WWII Online mouse pads!
During this 4 hour event we will tracking your stats and trophies and some 30 day subscriptions will issued for the top Axis and Allied killers as well as a couple other top player categories TBA and the top 2 runner ups in each category will also receive WWII Online mouse pads.
During all 4 days we will turn on the “Kill Credit” player notification and Kill-A-Rat will also be activated.
We hope you can rally your squaddies and join us in-game as we celebrate our first 18 years by doing what we know best "creating great battles" with great friends!
On behalf of all the RATS we thank you for your support!
The D-Day landings are something that will always resonate deeply with me and many others. I grew up in Portsmouth on the south coast of England, around which many of the embarkation points could be found, and throughout the city, you can still see the legacy that the landings left on us both as a nation and as a city.
To the east of Portsmouth in Langstone Harbour, there’s an old mulberry bridge that was built in the lead up to the invasion in 1944, and it’s a permanent reminder of the period which WWIIOL is based. As you follow the coast round into Southsea to look out across the Solent, it becomes pretty easy to imagine what that strait must’ve looked like 75 years ago as troops were embarking onto the transports that would later allow them to kick down the front door of the German Reich and kickstart the liberation of Europe.
Of course, it wasn’t as easy as it sounds, for months beforehand there was a massive campaign of deception which fooled the German Army into believing that the invasion would actually be at Calais, opposite Dover in Kent. MI5 and the SOE were heavily involved, as was King George VI and our current monarch, Elizabeth II. Their visits to troops across the country were recently revealed to be in concert with the deception program and orchestrated by MI5. The plan was a stunning success.
The landings started at 6.30am on June 6th 1944 with US troops assaulting Utah and Omaha beaches, plus a detachment of Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, to whom the unenviable job of climbing the cliffs was given. British Forces landed at Sword and Gold beaches, along with free forces from several countries already under German occupation, while Canadian troops landed at Juno. The German defenders were forced to retreat back towards Paris before the breakout broke their backs with the formation of the Falaise pocket.
As we pause to remember the sacrifice of the soldiers of yesterday, let’s also remember exactly what they gave their lives for.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
United States
British and Canadian
S! to those who served and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
CRS is pleased to announce that HEAVY265 will be transitioning from Lead Forum Moderator to Assistant Community Manager. Heavy will join KMS with a focus on the Axis side and the Axis High Command. HEAVY265 is another CRS volunteer who cares about the game and its future and we are glad to have him!
Blkhwk8 has announced that he is leaving CRS as Assistant Community Manager due to real life commitments. We would like to thank him for his service to CRS and the WWII online community. S! Blkhwk8 we will see you on the battlefield.
The Community Management team will be looking to replace Blkhwk8 and and new ACM to join WESTY91 as ACM with an Allied side focus.
Attention All Soldiers:
This week on June 6, 2019 WWII Online and Cornered Rats Software celebrates its 18th Anniversary. That’s right… in 2001 the first iteration of the game was released to the public. To mark this milestone, we have planned some events and activities starting Thursday, June 6th and continuing through the weekend. So, let's get started:
On D-Day, Thursday, June 6th. Starting at 5:00 PM server time or 6:00 PM EST or 10:00 PM GMT all troops Axis and Allied will assemble in Rotterdam. The ceremony will start promptly at 5:15 server time. Xoom will offer remarks and we will pose for a group photo. This event will be live streamed. We will also pause for a moment of silence in remembrance of D-Day and start of the liberation of France and Europe in 1944.
After the ceremony concludes, join the RATS in-game for some Kill-A-Rat action! Top killers of RATS from both the Allied and Axis side will receive WWII Online mouse pads!
- Friday, June 7th starting around 9:00 AM server time we will unlock all VEHICLES for all players to use regardless of subscription and rank. We are planning 24 hours of large tank battles!
- Saturday June 8th starting around 9:00 AM server time we will unlock all INFANTRY for all players to use regardless of subscription and rank. We are planning 24 hours of intense infantry fights!
- Sunday, June 9th starting around 0900 server time we will unlock all AIRCRAFT for all players to use regardless of subscription and rank. We are planning 12 hours of WWII Online crowded skies air battles!
- Every player will have access to these groups of equipment on those days as part of our anniversary weekend.
- Finally, Join us for Operation RAT TRAP on Sunday, June 9th starting at 12:00 noon server time or 1:00 PM EST or 5:00 PM GMT. This will be another live server event led by the Allied and Axis High Commands and will run for 4 hours. All access aircraft will be available for the event.
During this 4 hour event we will tracking your stats and trophies and some 30 day subscriptions will issued for the top Axis and Allied killers as well as a couple other top player categories TBA and the top 2 runner ups in each category will also receive WWII Online mouse pads.
During all 4 days we will turn on the “Kill Credit” player notification and Kill-A-Rat will also be activated.
We hope you can rally your squaddies and join us in-game as we celebrate our first 18 years by doing what we know best "creating great battles" with great friends!
On behalf of all the RATS we thank you for your support!
A Message from Assistant Community Manager WESTY91:
The D-Day landings are something that will always resonate deeply with me and many others. I grew up in Portsmouth on the south coast of England, around which many of the embarkation points could be found, and throughout the city, you can still see the legacy that the landings left on us both as a nation and as a city.
To the east of Portsmouth in Langstone Harbour, there’s an old mulberry bridge that was built in the lead up to the invasion in 1944, and it’s a permanent reminder of the period which WWIIOL is based. As you follow the coast round into Southsea to look out across the Solent, it becomes pretty easy to imagine what that strait must’ve looked like 75 years ago as troops were embarking onto the transports that would later allow them to kick down the front door of the German Reich and kickstart the liberation of Europe.
Of course, it wasn’t as easy as it sounds, for months beforehand there was a massive campaign of deception which fooled the German Army into believing that the invasion would actually be at Calais, opposite Dover in Kent. MI5 and the SOE were heavily involved, as was King George VI and our current monarch, Elizabeth II. Their visits to troops across the country were recently revealed to be in concert with the deception program and orchestrated by MI5. The plan was a stunning success.
The landings started at 6.30am on June 6th 1944 with US troops assaulting Utah and Omaha beaches, plus a detachment of Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, to whom the unenviable job of climbing the cliffs was given. British Forces landed at Sword and Gold beaches, along with free forces from several countries already under German occupation, while Canadian troops landed at Juno. The German defenders were forced to retreat back towards Paris before the breakout broke their backs with the formation of the Falaise pocket.
As we pause to remember the sacrifice of the soldiers of yesterday, let’s also remember exactly what they gave their lives for.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
United States
- 4th Infantry Division
- 82nd Airborne Division
- 90th Infantry Division
- 101st Airborne Division
- 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One)
- 29th Infantry Division
British and Canadian
- 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
- 6th Airborne Division
- 79th Armoured Division
- 3rd Canadian Infantry Division
S! to those who served and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
A shout out to HEAVY265
CRS is pleased to announce that HEAVY265 will be transitioning from Lead Forum Moderator to Assistant Community Manager. Heavy will join KMS with a focus on the Axis side and the Axis High Command. HEAVY265 is another CRS volunteer who cares about the game and its future and we are glad to have him!
Blkhwk8 has announced that he is leaving CRS as Assistant Community Manager due to real life commitments. We would like to thank him for his service to CRS and the WWII online community. S! Blkhwk8 we will see you on the battlefield.
The Community Management team will be looking to replace Blkhwk8 and and new ACM to join WESTY91 as ACM with an Allied side focus.