Call of Duty: WWII

Story

On June 6, 1944, Private First Class Ronald "Red" Daniels of the United States Army's 1st Infantry Division takes part in the storming of Normandy Beach with his squad, consisting of: Private First Class Robert Zussman, who is his best friend, Private Drew Stiles, Technician Fifth Grade Frank Aiello, Technical Sergeant William Pierson and First Lieutenant Joseph Turner. During the mission, Zussman is stabbed, leaving him lying on the sidelines. Zussman returns to duty and takes part in Operation Cobra, in which the Allied forces successfully recapture the town of Marigny. Colonel Davis orders the unit, together with the British officers of the Special Operations Executive, Major Arthur Crowley and Vivian Harris, to intercept a German train carrying V2 rockets near Argentan. Daniels and Zussman derail the train before being brought back to their unit by a French resistance leader named Rousseau. A week later, Rousseau and Crowley infiltrate a German garrison in Paris to procure explosives and prepare for the group's attack on the garrison. Halfway there, Rousseau kills SS and police leader Heinrich in retaliation for the murder of her family. The group then successfully liberates Paris. Two months later, the group takes over a hotel occupied by the Germans in the city of Aachen. They discover civilians in the hotel and Turner orders their evacuation, much to Pierson's horror. A young girl named Anna goes missing, and Daniels sets out to find her. German soldiers open fire on a truck transporting the civilians, killing Anna's older sister. Pierson sends the truck away without protection, which leads to a falling out with Turner. In the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the platoon is ordered to take Hill 493. Turner splits the platoon into two groups; Pierson and Zussman are to advance on the hill while Turner and Daniels cover them until they can rendezvous at the base of the hill. Turner's squad soon receives word that Pierson has ordered an attack on the hill, contrary to Turner's orders. The platoon destroys an artillery position, but the Germans counterattack with a Tiger II tank. Daniels is knocked out trying to disable the tank. The tank commander, Staff Sergeant Augustine Pérez, destroys it. Turner is mortally wounded while rescuing Daniels and orders Daniels to abandon him while he secures the platoon's escape. Pierson becomes platoon leader and makes Daniels his second-in-command, promoting him to sergeant. At the height of the Battle of the Bulge, the platoon is surrounded by the Germans. Daniels meets an African-American engineer, Howard, who helps the platoon get air support. The platoon captures several German soldiers and finds out that the Germans had orders to destroy a bridge at Remagen, the last bridge over the Rhine. After destroying the explosives in transit, Pierson orders the platoon to attack a nearby airbase to destroy the remaining explosives. The attack fails, whereupon Daniels and Zussman are surrounded by enemy troops. Daniels is rescued by Howard, while Zussman is captured and taken to a German prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag IX-B. In Stalag IX-B, Zussman is interrogated by SS officer Metz about his Jewish origins, then beaten and taken to a labor camp for prisoners of war. Daniels is hospitalized due to his wounds. In hospital, Daniels learns from Davis about the events that changed Pierson in the Battle of Kasserine Pass. After his recovery, Daniels confronts Pierson in his tent and tears up his honorable discharge papers to rejoin the platoon. They successfully capture the last bridge over the Rhine. In search of Zussman, the train liberates concentration camps in Germany and finally reaches the Berga labor camp, which they find deserted. The survivors of the camp were sent on a death march. Daniels finds and rescues Zussman by killing Metz before he can execute him. At the end of the war, Daniels separates from his platoon and returns to Texas, where he finds his wife and newborn son. Daniels names his son Joseph Turner to honor the deceased lieutenant. He visits the grave of his older brother Paul, who died fighting a wolf to protect Red when he was a child. He places his Bronze Star medal on the grave and says that his brother deserves it because he showed him what it means to be a hero.