Rather than following a singular campaign,
Finest Hour features three smaller campaigns that cover different fronts of the
Second World War. The first, taking place in the Eastern front, covers much of the battle of Stalingrad and the following Russian counterattack into Germany. The North African campaign follows British soldiers sabotaging and sapping German forces, whilst the Western Front campaign follows American soldiers fighting through Western Europe in an attempt to reach Germany.
Eastern front In the Soviet campaign, the player first controls
Private Aleksandr Sokolov. Sokolov participates in
The Battle of Stalingrad following
Sergeant Oleg Puskov. The sergeant is eventually killed by a sniper, sacrificing himself to save Sokolov. A female Soviet sniper, named Tanya Pavelovna appears and shoots the German sniper, then sends Sokolov on a mission to liberate
Mamayev Kurgan hill. After the mission is completed, Sokolov becomes Pavelovna's
spotter as the two work to harass the Germans. Pavelovna and Sokolov navigate through the sewers to help defend a
tractor factory to ensure the safety of a
T-34, supervised by
Major Nikolai Badanov. In the tank, the major fights his way to
General Belov's headquarters. Nikolai has orders from Belov to deliver a radio to a spotter team at the train station in order to coordinate a
Katyusha rocket barrage on German armor. Afterward, Badanov is involved in the Soviet assault on a German airfield at
Tatsinskaya, codenamed
Operation Little Saturn. Nikolai and other T-34s proceed to the airstrip to destroy German aircraft. Upon destroying the airfield they meet up with more Soviets to assault the German headquarter's air traffic control.
North Africa The British campaign follows Edward Carlyle. Carlyle embarks on a night raid in
Matmata with a
commando team led by Sergant Starkey to storm a German fortress and destroy a fuel depot. After the Matmata raid, Starkey and Carlyle evacuate in a
Jeep. By daybreak Starkey drives through German infested roads, while Carlyle mans the
50. Cal Browning machine gun. Eventually Carlyle and Starkey make it to a besieged British fort, where they rescue Sergeant Dehart and a cartographer and ultimately neutralize the German presence in the fort.
Western Front The American campaign follows Sergeant Chuck Walker. The first three missions concentrate on the capture of
Aachen, with Chuck protecting the tank column along the way. After the capture of Aachen, the story shifts focus to
M4 Sherman tank commander Sam Rivers, a young
African-American who fends off Germans around the town of Tillet. After that, the newly promoted
Lieutenant Walker infiltrates the city of
Remagen to scout the
Ludendorff Bridge and escort Rivers' tank squad to the bridge. Upon reaching the bridge, a huge hole in the ground prevents the tanks from moving on. Chuck eliminates the German
garrison before they can scuttle it to prevent the Allied advance, delivering the bridge into Allied hands, so they can push
into Germany. == Multiplayer ==