Resources for Scenario Designers

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Research for Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy can be categorized into a number of different headings.

General Historical Background

Scenario Design (Battles and Campaigns)

There are a number of resources online and in print to assist CM fans.

Historical Background

There are a number of good general histories online and in print.

Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy

• The United States Army in World War II (the "Green Books") - are available online; volumes dealing with the Americans in Normandy include:
  • Channel Attack by Gordon Harrison
  • Breakout & Pursuit by Martin Blumenson

Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy Commonwealth Forces

• Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War - is also available online
  • History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol III The Victory Campaign: The Operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 (pdf)
  • History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol III The Victory Campaign: The Operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 (Hyper-War online HTML version)
  • The Canadian Army 1939-1945: An Official Summary (pdf)

General Scenario Design

Print Resources

• Walker, Mark H. Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin Strategy Guide (Battlefront.com, 2002)
  • Contains detailed interviews with CM scenario designers with tips and how-to advice that is applicable to the CMX2 game engine

Online Resources

• Battlefront.com CMBN Maps and Mods forum

Mod Research

German Armour

Print Resources

• Panzer Colors Volume I (Squadron-Signal Publications)
  • Out of print, but definitive general volume on camouflage and general markings of German AFVs and tanks from 1939-1945

German Uniforms

Online Resources

• Axis History Forum
• Feldgrau.com Website