ead a squad of 18 paratroopers behind enemy lines in this strategy-based simulation of squad level combat based on the D-Day landings in Normandy. Controlling everything from attacks on the enemy to finding your next meal, 101: The 101st Airborne in Normandy is thinking man's skirmish combat.

  Multi-play via modem, LAN, or Internet (2 players only)

  238 individual maps make up the Normandy "World". In addition there are 9 campaigns each containing 42 maps

  Up to 21 missions in any one of the 9 campaigns, pitting your squad against up to 140 Germans per campaign, and giving hours of game time

  Choose your team from 82 unique soldiers (48 paratroopers, 24 Germans, 10 "secondary" characters) each individually proficient in 13 different areas of combat.

  Recognisable by his unique voice, each paratrooper is also unique in his abilities and personality

  Initiative-Based Phased Action combines the detail of turn-based gaming with aspects of ease of use of real-time gaming engines

  Damage modelling based on WWII studies of wounds and damage inflicted, accurately represents wounds tracked to 47 different body locations, affecting troopers appropriately.

  Over 1400 soldier animations and over 40 3D cut scene animations

  Incredibly varied obstacles, including...

• Parachuting into enemy-held landing zones
• Separation of your squad and your equipment
• Being lost !
• Finding food
• Running out of ammunition
• Fighting the Germans without support
• Caring for your wounded

  Accurate topography of the Norman countryside: everything from flooded hedgerows to French villages

  Randomised campaigns allow for virtually limitless replayability