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The first title in the series, '''Road to Hill 30''', puts you in control of Sergeant Matt Baker a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne of the US Army during the Normandy invasion. The game depicts the midnight jump before D-Day, the fighting on the way to the French city of Carentan, its capture from the Germans and the subsequent defense from the German counter-attack at Hill 30. Baker can tell his men where to take cover and who to fire at. The game uses a suppression mechanic that requires the player to use Baker's squad to suppress and flank the enemy.
'''Earned In Blood''' puts you in control of "Red" Hartsock, a Corporal in Baker's squad. It shows some of the events in the first game from Red's perspective, leading to his promotion to Sergeant after the [[wikipedia:Battle of Bloody Gulch|Battle of Bloody Gulch]]. After Red's promotion, his squad clears out the remnant of the German forces from Carentan and moves towards [[wikipedia:Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte|Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte]] to give the 82nd Airborne some maps of the German defenses surrounding the area and decides to stay and help take the castle.
The third game '''Hell's Highway''' puts the player back in control of Sergeant Matt Baker during Operation Market Garden. The events depicted include the failure of the 101st to take the bridge at Son before the Germans could blow it up, the liberation of Eindhoven, and the evacuation after the failure of the Operation Market Garden. This game is notable in that it's one of the few to depict a soldier with PTSD.
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* [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene]]: Used to great effect in Hell's Highway when {{spoiler|Baker tells Red he is paralyzed from the waist down and will never walk again.}}
* [[Anti-Frustration Features]]: Die enough times at the same checkpoint, and you'll get the option to heal and replenish your ammunition before your next attempt. This is the ''only'' healing available during missions in the first two games.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: {{spoiler|7}} of 13 men in Baker's squad don't survive the first eight days of the Normandy invasion.
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Private First Class Kevin Leggett. {{spoiler|Having gotten two of the most popular squad members killed earlier in the game, he becomes notably traumatized. At the end, frustratedly getting no response on the radio for support in an overwhelming situation, he pulls out a pistol, jumps on top of their cover, and shoots at the enemy tanks screaming for them to shoot him.}}
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Lt Col. Cole in all three games, Lt Col. Cassidy in Earned in Blood and Lt. Col Sink in Hell's Highway. The well-known [[WW 2]] historian Col. S.L.A Marshall interviews Red about the events in Earned in Blood. [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], [[WW 2]] hero and future president, appears in a (deleted) cutscene.
* [[How We Got Here]]:
** In the Road to Hill 30, the first level starts at the battle at the eponymous Hill 30 and we witness the death of Leggett whom we haven't got to know yet. After the player character is knocked out by a tank, the story flashes back to the jump over Normandy.
** Earned in Blood opens with Red telling his story thus far to an army recorder. As they mention certain conflicts, the camera fades into that situation as the gameplay begins.
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