German Invasion of Belgium - May 18th, 1940 | Call of Duty Pt. 1 | (United Fronts Mod)

May 18th, 1940 - Europe has been at war for nine months, though on the Western Front, all has been quiet. Following the German invasion of Poland in September, both Britain and France declared war on Germany. Unfortunately for Poland, neither has taken the fight to the enemy, instead sitting behind fixed positions in a sort of "Phoney War", waiting for the Germans to do something. Without meaningful support, Poland fell in October. Now, Hitler's armies have redeployed westward, and the "Phoney War" is about to come to an end. On May 10th, German forces poured into Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands, enacting the first phase of an operation intended to sieze Western Europe for the Reich. In a hastily dug trench on the bank of the Dendre River in Belgium, Sgt. Samuel Smith of the East Yorkshire Regiment awaits the enemy. A veteran of the Great War, he has been serving as an NCO in the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) since it arrived on the continent several months ago. Many of the younger soldiers in his unit are excited to see their first action. Having fought the Germans once before though, Sam knows what's truly in store. And so begins my next playthrough! Call of Duty 1, the game that started it all - with the United Fronts Mod! This mod combines CoD 1 and the United Offensive expansion pack, and adds loads of new custom missions to the game, as well as new weapons, models, uniforms, sounds, graphical shaders, etc. - resulting in one cohesive Call of Duty overhaul that covers more of the war than just about any other singleplayer WW2 game, from 1940 with the Battle of France, to 1945 with the Fall of Berlin. At least in my opinion, this is THE mod for CoD 1. My goal is to compile this playthrough with my World at War series (plus a future modded CoD 2 playthrough) into a single playlist that goes over the whole war in chronological order from start to finish. If you check my channel, you should see that playlist! I'm sure it will take a long time to finish this. How long, time will tell, but I thought it would be a fun project. For now, hope you guys enjoy! This particular mission is a custom modded mission, the first in a small series of them set during the Battle of France/Belgium, following a regiment of the BEF as it’s driven from the continent by the Germans. This mission isn’t the most exciting opening to the campaign in my opinion, fairly basic, but I love the way it starts as a small attack that slowly crescendos into this unstoppable onslaught that you have no choice but to retreat from. Definitely gives you a sense of the odds the Allies were up against in those early days of the war. The HuD is shut off through an option in the mod. The mission itself originally had no music, but I added in a couple tracks from CoD 3 for effect! I think they synced up surprisingly well. Otherwise, no real changes on my end aside from a few cuts here and there to remove deaths and keep the gameplay smooth/cinematic-ish. United Fronts Mod: https://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-du...