they can switch its unit-pool for different battle-situations. The Ostheer use a special new way to build their units. Among the most prominent volunteer army formations was the Spanish Blue Division, sent by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco to keep his ties to the Axis intact.

The Wehrmacht forces were also assisted by anti- Communist partisans in places like Western Ukraine, the Baltic states, and later Crimean Tatars. The anti-Soviet Finland, which had fought the Winter War against the Soviet Union, also joined the Offensive. The states that provided forces and other resources for the German war effort included the Axis Powers – foremost Romania, Hungary, Italy, pro-Nazi Slovakia, and Croatia. The war ended on, when Germany's armed forces surrendered unconditionally following the Battle of Berlin (also known as the Berlin Offensive), a strategic operation executed by the Red Army.

The conflict began on 22 June 1941 with the Operation Barbarossa Offensive, when Axis forces crossed the borders described in the German–Soviet Nonaggression Pact, thereby invading the Soviet Union. The war was fought between Nazi Germany, its allies and Finland, against the Soviet Union.

Company of heroes 2 panther 3 star