[From the back of the box]: The award-winning real-time wargame series return to action on D-Day! Close Combat Invasion: Normandy takes WWII realism back to the beaches of Northern France. Re-live the campaign that gave the Allies a foothold on the doorstep of Fortress Europe. From Utah Beach to Cherbourg, Invasion: Normandy gives you strategic and tactical control of Allied or Axis forces in the pivotal battles that determined the fate of Europe. Beach landings with punishing user-controlled naval bombardment support. Extensive defensive terrain includes complex trench systems, tank traps, hardened emplacements, barbed wire and mines. Assign limited support assets like air strikes, mortar and naval gunfire. Variable weather and supply elements mean that your options will be different each time. Or choose to play strictly according to historical conditions. Infantry, mechanized and support teams are organized into Battle Groups, giving you command of over 300 units in the Grand Campaign. Customize your Battle Groups to decide what teams fight in a given battle.