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- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Bf 110 attacked by Hawker Hurricane
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Vigilant for the coming storm |
Everything that happened weeks before, the birth of the assault glider, the unstoppable juggernaut of the German army, the swarm of enemy aircraft rending the air and the utter collapse of its biggest ally France left Britain devastated and in shock. This defeat left a substantial amount of Royal Armies heavy weapons destroyed or abandoned on the continent. In the narrow channel the Royal Navy would be easy to spot and thus significantly more vulnerable to attacks than in open waters. Only the Royal Air Force offered the best hope of stopping them, but after losing a substantial amount of men and material on the continent the situation looked dire little if any time to regroup and rearm. The initial battles between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe was but a prelude, the first act in a Shakespearian like play, a parade of machines and men, sizing up each other for what will come, but gave little on what was to come
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High altitude condensation trails left by RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft. |
On August 13th and the first mega raid on Britain took place. Dubbed “Adlertag” (Eagle day) by Göring and the start of “Adlerangriff” (Eagle Attack), hundreds of Luftwaffe aircraft directly attacked radar, forward RAF airfields, and command installations in wave after wave. The air was full of shadowy objects, the sky painted with a thousand white streaks of contrails, and here and there a column made of smoke from a falling craft. The carnage caused those on the ground to hide from the rain of metal objects, and occasional bodies, falling on them.
Joe “Pony51” Kudrna