Empire Earth II/WWII - The Liberation of France

This is probably the longuest mission of Empire Earth II. Saddly, it is also one of the most boring ones. You basically start surrounded by 14 German-owned territories. You will have to capture at least four of them to complete the mission, though secondary objectives will require you to capture a few specific ones.

Hopefully - or saddly - the German AI is quite unimpressive. It will occasionnally attack your main base (Thueringen) and will attack you with a decently-large script-spawned army and that's about it. You will mostly spend your time running around on the pretty big map, capturing City Centers and chasing around a few annoying German units, until you get your last objective. As in during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, you will have to protect a bridge during a set amount of time (six minutes) to finish this mission.

Mission information
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 * Primary Objectives
 * 1) Capture the territory of Charleroi
 * 2) Capture the territory of Malmedy
 * 3) Capture the territory of Sedan
 * 4) Capture the territory of Bastogne
 * 5) Hold the Rhine Bridge for 6 minutes


 * Secondary Objectives
 * 1) Slow the German War effort
 * 2) Capture the Sedan university
 * 3) Liberate other cities for units and resources

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 * Defeat Conditions
 * 1) Not owning a territory
 * Factions
 * 1) United States - Blue (Player)
 * 2) Germany - Red
 * 3) France - Purple

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 * Epochs Available
 * 1) XII - The Atomic Age

Walkthrough
Things get back to normal in this mission, as your first goal should be to make sure your Citizens are bringing in enough resources. Set six of them to work on each kind of resource (possibly eight on wood, as you might be lacking on that department early on). Garrison three more peasants in your University, and your ready to go. Note that there are a few Technologies that you cannot research at the moment: that's normal, you will have to capture the University in Sedan to unlock them.

The German will start to attack you very soon. After you reach Epoch X, Outposts aren't as effective as they used to be early on, so you might not want to rely solely on them to protect yourself. Leaving a few units in your base (to repel the attacks) is advised early on. You can even set a few planes to patrol above your city: they will be pretty effective at taking down Self-propelled artillery.

When you feel safe, you can move your starting army to take Charleroi. There are a few Machingun Nests protecting it, but nothing really dangerous. If you can, capture the City Center instead of destroying it. Once Charleroi is yours, you can build a few Outposts and one or two Fortresses here, as the Germans will start raiding it.

After you've taken Charleroi, you will receive new objectives: firstly, you will have to take Sedan, Bastogne and Malmedy. Secondly, you will have to slow down the German effort (destroy or capture 5 Manufactories and Manufactoring Plants in Antwerp), capture additional cities (six of them) and capture the University in Sedan.

You can do these objectives in any order you want. You may even skip the secondary objectives altogether if you like, though that might make the late game a bit tedious. For this guide, it is supposed you will want to complete all objectives and capture all German territories.

Your next objective should be Brussels and Neufchateau. Just like Charleroi, these two cities will fall pretty easily. When both territories are yours, you will be notified that a huge German army has been spotted in the Ardennes. This huge German army might attack you, or stay on the defensive in Antwerp or Sedan. In any case, you will need a large army to take it out. You can build more Barracks and factories in your newly conquered provinces, and it is strongly advised to build Outposts and Fortresses in Neufchateau (your army will be busy up North).

Start gathering a big army (with lots of infantry, Hellcats and Self-propelled artillery). If the German army hasn't shown up when you have around 40-50 units, it means she's staying in Sedan or Antwerp. Move onto Antwerp and start destroying German buildings. You can capture the City Center and the Manufactories and Manufactoring Plants surrounded by Wires. Each time you capture one of these, you will receive a Jagdpanther. Not really usefull, but heh.

Keep making units, and keep taking territories. When Antwerp is yours, you can aim for Namur and Bayern to secure the northern part of the map. It is possible that Germany throws one or two big attacks at you in the meanwhile (especially in Neufchateau). Do your best to fight him back and rebuild what's destroyed. You can now attack Sedan. When you do so, be careful about not destroying the University (if you want to unlock the remaining Technologies). Self-propelled artillery can destroy buildings very quickly, so make sure you have infantry rushing toward the University. Once your men start capturing the building, it becomes untargetable for you. You might have a hard time taking Antwerp or Sedan if the German army is waiting inside the city. If that is the case, simply make a new army and attack again.

When Sedan is yours, you can either focus on Malmedy and Bastogne or clear the whole southern part of the map. By now, you should pretty much be able to take everything you want with little resistance, but if you are too slow, Germany will gather another army (most of the time in Malmedy).

Your next aim is to take the bridge over the Rhine by building one Outpost and one AA Gun on each side of the it. To do so you will have to capture Sachsen-Anhalt and invade Brandenbug. Before you build the AA Guns, you can order your Citizens to fortify Brandenburg with Outposts and Fortresses. Bring your whole army on the Eastern side of the river (in Brandenburg), and finally ask your Citizens to make the two AA Guns.

You will now have to defend the bridge for a whole six minutes. If you have two Fortresses around it and a decent army, it should be any problem. The German will come at you with Assault Tanks and Jagdpanthers supported by Self-propelled artillery and Riflemen. It is likely the German counter attack won't be able to destroy a single of your building. Just let them die like flies until the timer expires.

Tips

 * You can take the German territories in any order you want. The order laid out in the guide is just an indication.
 * You can even leave some territories to the German. Most of his military buildings are in Antwerp, Sedan, Malmedy and Brandenbourg. The other cities won't be much of a threat even if you do not conquer them.