The Battle of Britain was an aerial campaign of the German Luftwaffe against the British Royal Air Force. The Luftwaffe's mission was to cripple the Royal Air Force and set Britain up for an invasion, codenamed Operation Sealion.
This battle is featured as a map for Battlefield 1942, included as a bonus in the version 1.45 patch. The map is a simplified version of the battle, with Luftwaffe forces facing the RAF.
Conquest/Objective[]
— Map Briefing
There is no difference between the modes.
As the player might expect, this map is almost entirely based on aerial combat. In fact, the map is unique in that victory is not reached by capturing flags. Indeed, there are no flags to capture both in Singleplayer and Multiplayer mode.
There are five objectives:
- Factory, directly behind the British Base's flag location,
- East Harwich RadarTower in the east near the center,
- West Harwich RadarTower in the west near the center,
- Clacton RadarTower in the far west,
- Felixstowe RadarTower in the far east.
The Factory can take 1000 points of damage, and each RadarTower can take 600.
As the German tickets tick down, they must damage and eventually destroy all of these objectives to win before their tickets reach zero, doing so then reduces Allied tickets. The radars and factory can be repaired by allied engineers at any point until they are destroyed completely. The Germans have an airfield, with two spawn points. The British have two airfields, all uncapturable. At most two airplanes that spawn from the same position can appear at any given moment.
If the Luftwaffe destroy all objectives, specifically the factory, the RAF will be defeated from a rapid ticket bleed. If the RAF successfully defend all objectives, again specifically the factory, the Luftwaffe will be defeated from ticket bleed.
Equipment[]
Royal Air Force | |
Light vehicle(s) | |
Half-track(s) | |
Fixed-wing aircraft | |
Emplacement(s) |
Luftwaffe | |
Light vehicle(s) | |
Armored personnel carrier(s) | |
Fixed-wing aircraft | |
Emplacement(s) |
Outcomes[]
— British victory
— British defeat
— German victory
— German defeat
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This is the only map added in a patch of base Battlefield 1942 that supports singleplayer. Hence, it is also the only map that is available in Instant Battle but not Campaign.
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