KARDS World at War - Spoiler Season Kickoff
Welcome to the first card reveal of our upcoming update, World at War: Behind Enemy Lines.
This third World at War update is themed around special operations, spying, partisans and involves Britain, France, Poland, and the Soviet Union. World at War: Behind Enemy Lines comes with a total of 18 cards, of which 7 are entirely new. Similar to the first two World at War updates, there are several options to receive the new cards:
- Get the standard World at War bundle for in-game gold or real currency
- Get the premium World at War bundle for real currency
- Use wildcards to create some or all of the cards you want
The premium version arrives with a bunch of goodies, such as the new Soviet Headquarters "Bryansk," alternate art, a new battlefield, and the Molotov Cocktail as a new unique board item. Included is also a sizable amount of wildcards.
[h2]Spoiler season[/h2]
Every day until the release on the 24th, we will reveal new cards, their stats, and historical background info.
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Let's have a look at the first new World at War Behind Enemy Lines card!
[h2]Spoiler season starts now: First new Behind Enemy Lines card[/h2]
We kick off the spoiler season in honor of the Bryansk Irregulars, which played a significant role in the war efforts of the Soviet Union against the German troops towards their way to Moscow.
The Bryansk region is known for its dense woodland, which formed an excellent natural defense; it gave the partisans protection during their raids and made it easy for them to hide their movements and bases.
It is believed that around 60,000 Soviet partisans were operating in and around Bryansk during WWII, and by 1942 they effectively held an area of 14,000 square km.
The partisans often fought alongside other Red Army forces in battles. Still, their main goal was to operate behind the enemy lines, interrupt supply lines and communications, or gather intelligence.
Partisan units in Bryansk were supplied mainly by air and had at least three operative airstrips under their control, and several partisan brigades operated their own aircraft.
Stay tuned for more as we approach this World at War update on February 24th. There are card reveals now every day!
[h2]Reveal your first impression and be creative[/h2]
If you want to become a bit creative and reveal your first impression on Behind Enemy Lines, we have something experimental for you.
Simply use the following comic strip draft and fill in the blank spaces. Keep it modest, though, please :) Feedback determines if we can do more of this.
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During the German occupation of France the French resistance groups developed an “underground railroad” system that was used to smuggle downed Allied airmen to the front lines or back to Britain. Later this same underground system was used to send messages between the resistance groups and Allied command.
It also came to use during Operation Jedburgh in 1944 where Allied special operatives used the underground network to reach the groups and towns in France where they were to operate. The mission was to assist Allied forces in the upcoming invasion with sabotage, guerrilla warfare or by leading the resistance forces against the Germans.
The 1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos, alias Commandos Kieffer, was a battalion sized commando unit that was formed in 1942 by the Free French Navy.
The battalion was split into three troops, designated 1,8 and 9. Members of Troop 1 took part in the Operation Jubilee, or the Dieppe Raid in 1942, and that same year they participated in a night raid on a bridge at Plouézec in France. In February 1944 they participated in the raid on the beach of Wasssenaar in the Netherlands, which was the launch site of the German V-2 rockets.
On 6 June 1944, D-Day, the battalion participated in the Normandy landings and disembarked on Sword Beach, and with No.4 Commando they supported the landings of the British 3rd Infantry Division. Despite heavy losses they managed to capture a 50 mm AT gun and a fortified artillery position. That same day the 1er Marins linked up with the British 6th Airborne Division at Pegasus Bridge (aka BĂ©nouville Bridge) where more fighting took place. By the evening of 6 June the battalion had lost 25% of its men (27 KIA and many wounded), but they managed to hold their position. For the next couple of months Commandos Keiffer fought in Normandy. n November 1944 they took part in the Allied landings on the island of Walcheren in the Netherlands where the city of Flessingue was captured.
After WWII the unit was returned to French control and is still serving as part of the Naval Commandos of the French Navy.
The Westland Lysander was a British-made cooperation and liaison aircraft that came into service in 1938 and was used by RAF and Allied air forces during WWII. The aircraft was mainly used for artillery spotting or message and supply drops, but was withdrawn from combat duties after the Battle of France due to high losses inflicted by German fighters.
For the remainder of the war the Lysander served mainly in liaison and air-sea rescue roles. The aircraft was used to maintain contact with the French Resistance, for supply drops, delivering and retrieving agents or to rescue downed pilots that were sheltered in France. Several Lysander aircraft were used by the No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron, but from 1942 the squadron started to transition to Mustangs.
A total 1,786 Westland Lysander’s were built, including a few variants.
Operation Monastyr (e. Operation Monastery) was a Soviet intelligence operation that lasted from 1941 to 1944 and involved using a “radio game” which was standard technique in radio counterintelligence at the time.
The operation was conducted by NKVD agents and the goal was to use Soviet moles to relay misinformation to the "Abwehr", the German military intelligence.
The operation was considered a great success, it resulted in the capture of several German agents and collaborators. However, one of its major contributions was disinformation about major Soviet offensive operations near the town of Rzhev, which the Germans took at face value. This was partly true, but also rendered the Germans blind to the much more important Operation Uranus, the major Soviet offensive at Stalingrad.