After the stunning defeat of the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, Germany turns its mighty war machine toward Russia with hopes of defeating the great empire. Much to Hitler's dismay, his troops are held at bay by both an unforgiving winter and the stubborn battle-hardened Red Army. The tides of war begin to turn against the Reich, and Germany must suddenly scramble to maintain the strong industrial complex that has helped it reign supreme. Thus, beginning in 1943, Allied air forces conduct one of the most aggressive, relentless, and bloody air campaigns in the history of warfare--and you are there.