Call Of Duty: WWII Trailer Details The History Behind The Campaign’s Story

Call Of Duty: WWII campaign week comes to a close with the release of the promised historical trailer. It reveals a few of the key locations and battles of the offline narrative and reflects on what it means to recapture those moments for a modern audience.

Sledgehammer previously mentioned that Call Of Duty: WWII was crafted with the help of prominent historians, and viewers get a good look at one major source in this short clip. Martin K. A. Morgan, an expert on American military history in the Second World War and D-Day in particular, has teamed up with Sledgehammer to deliver what promises to be a powerful and respectful perspective on the war’s known and unknown stories.

Below is a quick recap of the highlights mentioned by Morgan and the game’s directors:

• D-Day: (June 6, 1944) - 14 nations worked together to create a combined force of 130,000 men fighting against German forces on the beaches of Normandy. On this day of massive casualties, brotherhood emerged victorious.
• The Story Of Paris: After Paris was captured by German forces in Aug. 1944, the Nazi regime instituted deportations, mandatory curfews and rations on food and gas. 3,200 men and women died fighting for the French resistance, with 1,600 of those killed in the liberation alone. This tale will be the emotional arc of the Call Of Duty: WWII story.
• Battle Of The Bulge: (Dec. 16, 1944) - This was Hitler’s final push and the darkest phase of the war. Axis and Allied troops trudged through the snow of the Ardennes Forest. The Allies claimed victory within six months.

To model these landmarks on modern hardware, Art Director Joe Salud focused on accuracy. “This isn't a fictional war,” he said, “so it's really important that we communicate to the player to have a strong understanding of what happened and what the time was like.” To Morgan, however, the main goal is to memorialize the world’s greatest fighters. “If people remember, people memorialize, and if people memorialize people won't forget,” argued the historian.

This fourth campaign showcase seemingly marks the end of what has been an entire week full of details about Call Of Duty: WWII’s single-player content. In addition to this historical recap, we also got a complete story trailer and details about squadmates and ally characters.

With the game’s single-player and competitive multiplayer components fully marketed, the only thing left to share is more information about the highly anticipated Nazi Zombies co-op mode. While Sledgehammer and Activision first revealed the mode during San Diego Comic-Con in July, there’s still a lot we don’t know about it in terms of maps, weapons and gameplay.

Call Of Duty: WWII comes to PS4, Xbox One and PC Nov. 3.

Do these historical teases make you excited to play the Call Of Duty: WWII campaign? Will this story be able to separate itself from the countless period narratives that came before it? Tell us in the comments section!