Mission: P.O.W

Solve puzzles to save the Prisoners of War while paying close attention to avoid unnecessary causalities. A fictional interactive story experience inspired by events of WWII.

Story

20^th June 1942

You are the commander of a rescue team set to recover a number of US prisoners of war. The location of these prisoners is unknown; however, several German messages have been intercepted that may be of use in the search. These messages are heavily encoded and will require your knowledge and skills to decode them. Time is of the essence; the prisoners need to be saved.

A misstep could cost the lives of the rescue team, tread lightly and be sure of yourself. Good luck Commander!

In-Game Fact References:

Enigma

Enigma is a cipher developed and used in the early to mid-20^th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication. It was used extensively by the Nazis during World War II, in all branches of the German military. The Enigma cipher enabled the Germans to communicate securely. This cipher was considered so secure that it was used to encipher even the most top-secret messages.

Commander Rommel

Erwin Rommel was a supporter of Adolf Hitler, at least until near the end of the war, if not necessarily sympathetic to the party and the paramilitary forces associated with it. In 1944, Rommel was implicated in the 20^th July plot to assassinate Hitler. Because of Rommel's status as a national hero, Hitler desired to eliminate him quietly instead of immediately executing him, as many other plotters were. Rommel was given a choice between committing suicide, in return for assurances that his reputation would remain intact and that his family would not be persecuted following his death or facing a trial that would result in his disgrace and execution; he chose the former and committed suicide using a cyanide pill. Rommel was given a state funeral, and it was announced that he had succumbed to his injuries from the strafing of his staff car in Normandy.

Commander Manstein

Manstein gave testimony at the main Nuremberg trials of war criminals in August 1946, and prepared a paper that, along with his later memoirs, helped cultivate the myth of the clean Wehrmacht - the myth that the German armed forces were not culpable for the atrocities of the Holocaust. In 1949 he was tried in Hamburg for war crimes and was convicted on nine of seventeen counts, including the poor treatment of prisoners of war and failing to protect civilian lives in his sphere of operations. His sentence of eighteen years in prison was later reduced to twelve, and he served only four years before being released in 1953.

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