Liberation of Caen

During the Battle of Normandy in World War II, Caen saw intense and bitter combat between Allied and Axis forces. British and Canadian forces finally captured during Operation Charnwood, and the city on July 9, 1944.



Tips and Tactics
from Battlefield 1942 Tips and Tactics, added by author


 * The Allied paratroop spawn point at F3 becomes active whenever the Allies control at least one control point (other than their starting flag, of course).
 * Whenever this spawn is active, it's endless fun to park a tank next to the ruined building near the bridge and shoot the paratroops as they come down. You can drive up the little hill by the ruin to angle your MG towards the sky and so stay safe in your tank.
 * There is a handy machinegun on the roof of the central building that points south, everyone knows about that one. From this rooftop jump over to the building north of it, then walk the plank to the next rooftop. The machinegun here sweeps the northernmost spawn point, plus you can lie down and shoot at the western spawn. Being a medic is a good choice here: if people shoot you, drop prone and heal.
 * If you run into someone squirrelled away on the top of a building, you have a few choices: shoot him, of course, toss a grenade from underneath nearly straight up, or go up there yourself and take him out.
 * A pleasant little defensive tactic for an engineer holding the spawn point at the bridge is to drop an expack outside and in the entryway, then go inside the building's first floor and lie down behind the table. When an enemy enters, boom.
 * Everyone likes to turn the westernmost graveyard flag by lying down inside the sandbag semicircle. Instead, lie down next to the south wall of the church - at least your back is covered, and it's unexpected.
 * Moving the Wespe east of the Allied home base, across the river, is a happy spawn-camping spot.