The 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Event - 13.4 and 13.5

80 years ago this June, Allied forces undertook the largest amphibious operation in military history. Totalling nearly 7,000 ships and vessels of all types, a massive invasion fleet drawing from the naval forces of eight nations transported thousands of troops in a head-on assault on Fortress Europe. In honor of this incredible military operation, three new operations are coming to World of Warships in a new event battle type!

 

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Description

Each operation makes up a part of our own retelling of the D-Day events. These scenarios will last two weeks each, include battleships, cruisers, and destroyers of tiers V-VII, and will accommodate up to 6 players in a division. Don't have a suitable ship? We have you covered - rental ships will be available to all players for these operations.

Unlike previous thematic operations, with several difficulty options to choose from, the D-Day operations will only have a single level, and completing the primary objective will not be the hardest part. However, we've brought back stars for completing additional missions for the duration of D-Day event. These missions will grant you extra stars and increase the overall difficulty of the operation. 

Earning these extra stars will enable quick progression through a special rewards track in the Port. There are three parts to the reward track with each one unlocking as each new operation becomes available. The rewards for all three parts of the main track include new content like historical Commanders Robert Jaujard and William Tennant, as well as new permanent camouflages "Force of Liberation" and "Invasion Stripes" for Jervis and Baltimore. Additionally, finishing each part of the track in good order will unlock extra levels and rewards - "More Signals" and new "D-Day" containers. D-Day containers are unique to this event and may even drop a variety of premium vessels, including a few brand-new ones! Be sure to check out the container contents below. 

Historical Commanders Robert Jaujard and William Tennant

Baltimore and Jervis D-Day Camos

Intelligence

Let's talk about some new mechanics for these Operations—Classified Documents.

For the D-Day event, you'll be able to set up your ship for the conditions of a particular battle and make her more effective against specific types of enemies by selecting specific Classified Documents. Each Classified Document comes in three secrecy levels—Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret—and when you receive a Document with a higher secrecy level, it replaces the lower one that precedes it. Classified Documents of higher secrecy levels keep the features of the previous tier while also granting you additional bonuses. These bonuses will only influence how your ship interacts with certain enemy ships and structures and won't directly affect your teammates. They will have to bring their own Classified Documents into battle.

You can select up to three Classified Documents that are most suitable for your playstyle and the challenges you'll face in each Operation. There are 12 types of Classified Documents to choose from—six for the Allies and six for the Axis. You can decide which ones to take into each battle before it starts or during the first 30 seconds of battle. If you don't choose within the allotted time, the game automatically selects suitable ones from those available to you.

As soon as the D-Day event starts, you'll receive two random Classified Documents—one for the Allies and one for the Axis. The Allied Document can be used immediately in the first Operation, and any Axis Documents will come in handy in the second Operation. Participate in Operations, earn Stars, and move through the reward track to obtain Intelligence Folders that provide Classified Documents. You can receive Classified Documents of any secrecy level even if you don't have the base Confidential-level Document of each type; however, once you collect all Confidential-level Classified Documents, you're guaranteed to receive only higher-level Documents.

Allied Classified Documents Against Axis

Classified Document Name	Classified Document Effect	Classified Document Parameter
Torpedo Boats. Confidential	Received torpedo damage	-30%
Torpedo Boats. Confidential	Received torpedo damage	-30%
Torpedo Boats. Secret	Received torpedo damage	-30%
	Risk of flooding	-90%
Torpedo Boats. Top Secret	Received torpedo damage	-60%
	Risk of flooding	-90%
Torpedo Destroyers. Confidential	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%
Torpedo Destroyers. Secret	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%
	Received torpedo damage	-30%
Torpedo Destroyers. Top Secret	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%
	Received torpedo damage	-30%
	Main battery HE shell damage	+20%
	Secondary battery HE shell damage	+20%
Artillery Destroyers. Confidential	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%
Artillery Destroyers. Secret	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%
	Risk of catching fire	-90%
Artillery Destroyers. Top Secret	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%
	Risk of catching fire	-90%
	Main battery HE shell damage	+20%
	Secondary battery HE shell damage	+20%
Aircraft. Confidential	Continuous AA damage	+30%
Aircraft. Secret	Continuous AA damage	+30%
	Received AP rocket damage	-30%
	Received AP bomb damage	-30%
	Received aerial torpedo damage	-30%
Aircraft. Top Secret	Continuous AA damage	+30%
	Received AP rocket damage	-30%
	Received AP bomb damage	-30%
	Received aerial torpedo damage	-30%
	Number of shell explosions in AA salvos	+3
Mines. Confidential	Depth charge explosion radius	+20%
Mines. Secret	Depth charge explosion radius	+20%
	Received mine damage	-30%
Mines. Top Secret	Depth charge explosion radius	+50%
	Received mine damage	-30%
Coastal Guns. Confidential	Main battery HE shell armor-penetration capability	+250%
	Main battery AP shell armor-penetration capability	+100%
Coastal Guns. Secret	Main battery HE shell armor-penetration capability	+250%
	Main battery AP shell armor-penetration capability	+100%
	Risk of catching fire	-90%
Coastal Guns. Top Secret	Main battery HE shell armor-penetration capability	+250%
	Main battery AP shell armor-penetration capability	+100%
	Risk of catching fire	-90%
	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%

Axis Classified Documents

Classified Document Name	Classified Document Effect	Classified Document Parameter
Torpedo Destroyers. Confidential	Risk of catching fire	-90%
	Risk of flooding	-90%
Torpedo Destroyers. Secret	Risk of catching fire	-90%
	Risk of flooding	-90%
	Received torpedo damage	-50%
Torpedo Destroyers. Top Secret	Risk of catching fire	-90%
	Risk of flooding	-90%
	Received torpedo damage	-50%
	Main battery HE shell damage	+20%
	Secondary battery HE shell damage	+20%
Artillery Destroyers. Confidential	Risk of catching fire	-90%
	Risk of flooding	-90%
Artillery Destroyers. Secret	Risk of catching fire	-90%
	Risk of flooding	-90%
	Received main battery damage	-30%
Artillery Destroyers. Top Secret	Risk of catching fire	-90%
	Risk of flooding	-90%
	Received main battery damage	-30%
	Main battery HE shell damage	+20%
	Secondary battery HE shell damage	+20%
Cruisers. Confidential	Dispersion of shells fired by enemies attacking your ship	+30%
Cruisers. Secret	Dispersion of shells fired by enemies attacking your ship	+30%
	Received main battery damage	-30%
	Received secondary battery damage	-30%
Cruisers. Top Secret	Dispersion of shells fired by enemies attacking your ship	+30%
	Received main battery damage	-30%
	Received secondary battery damage	-30%
	Torpedo damage	+30%
Battleships. Confidential	Received main battery damage	-50%
	Received secondary battery damage	-50%
Battleships. Secret	Received main battery damage	-50%
	Received secondary battery damage	-50%
	Dispersion of shells fired by enemies attacking your ship	+20%
Battleships. Top Secret	Received main battery damage	-50%
	Received secondary battery damage	-50%
	Dispersion of shells fired by enemies attacking your ship	+20%
	Torpedo damage	+30%
Aircraft Carriers. Confidential	Torpedo damage	+15%
Aircraft Carriers. Secret	Torpedo damage	+15%
	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%
Aircraft Carriers. Top Secret	Torpedo damage	+15%
	Maximum main battery shell dispersion	-30%
	Main battery damage	+20%
Aircraft. Confidential	Detectability range by air	-80%
Aircraft. Secret	Detectability range by air	-80%
	Received HE rocket damage	-30%
	Received HE bomb damage	-30%
	Received aerial torpedo damage	-30%
Aircraft. Top Secret	Detectability range by air	-80%
	Received HE rocket damage	-30%
	Received HE bomb damage	-30%
	Received aerial torpedo damage	-30%
	Damage caused with a priority sector activated	+400%

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Operations 13.4 - 13.5

First Operation:

In Update 13.4, the first Operation gives you the opportunity to command the Allied forces on the approach to Utah Beach. Helm ships from the U.K.; U.S.A.; Commonwealth; France; Europe (  VII Blyskawica,   VI Stord,   VII Stord '43, and   VII Grom); or the Netherlands into battle. Your mission: suppress the coastal defenses and ensure the safe arrival of the Allied landing craft.

 

Second Operation:

With the start of Update 13.5, the second Operation will become available. This time, you'll command a squad of German destroyers in an effort to delay the Allied onslaught for as long as possible and defend the legendary Omaha Beach.

 

Third Operation:

The final Operation takes place during the last 2 weeks of Update 13.5. Command Allied forces on a daring rescue mission to Omaha Beach: find and recover damaged Allied vessels while destroying the coastal defenses and ultimately finding a safe landing point to begin offloading the rescued crews.

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New D-Day Content Additions

In addition to the above content, we have a number of new items that will be added to the game in honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

First, as mentioned above, we have two brand new containers that include a chance to acquire some brand-new ships such as   VI Montcalm,   VI HMS Orion '44, and the legendary   VII HMS Rodney! You can see their contents as well as their drop percentages in the tables below. 

D-Day Free Container

D-Day Container Free Contents

• 5x  Special economic bonuses of the same type - 21% for each type
• 1x  Revolutionary permanent camouflage - 3.90%
• 1x  Union Jack permanent camouflage - 3.90%
• 1900  Free XP - 7.80%

0.3% chance to receive one of the following ships:

•   VIII Belfast '43 Ship Page Image
•   VII Stord '43 Ship Page Image
•   VII HMS Nelson Ship Page Image

0,1% chance to receive one of the following ships:

•   VII HMS Rodney Ship Page Image
•   VI Montcalm Ship Page Image
•   VI HMS Orion '44 Ship Page Image

If you already own Rodney Montcalm or Orion'44 you will instead receive 1900 Free XP.

D-Day Premium Container

D-Day Premium Container Contents

• 14x  Rare economic bonuses of the same type - 12% for each type
• 1x  Revolutionary permanent camouflage - 20%
• 1x  Union Jack permanent camouflage - 20%
• 19,000  Free XP - 8%

3% chance to receive one of the following ships:

•   VIII Belfast '43 Ship Page Image
•   VII Stord '43 Ship Page Image
•   VII HMS Nelson Ship Page Image

1% chance to receive one of the following ships:

•   VII HMS Rodney Ship Page Image
•   VI Montcalm Ship Page Image
•   VI HMS Orion '44 Ship Page Image

If you already own Rodney, Montcalm or Orion '44 you will instead receive 19,000 Free XP.

Players will also be able to purchase Rodney, Montcalm or Orion'44 in the Premium shop.

New Patches, Flags and Port:

Moreover, we have a variety of other items being added with the purpose of recognizing D-Day and the brave souls who took part in it.

• We've added 4 different patches and 1 new flag commemorating the anniversary of D-Day.

 

80 Years Since D-Day Flag

This year, we dedicated our Longest Night of the Museums event to the ships involved in the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. All of them were turned into museums that naval history lovers can visit and admire.

 

Ruse of War Patch

As part of the collaboration with Marco Materazzi—the legendary Matrix.

 

Sword of Freedom Patch

Painters, designers, and actors—creative thinking was the prerequisite for joining the famous Ghost Army. The top-secret U.S. unit misled the enemy about Allied troop movements and plans by deploying fake tanks, phony aircraft, and staging shortly before D-Day. They continued to conduct their activities to sow confusion in enemy intelligence until the end of the war.

 

Momentous Day Patch

Masters of sabotage, the French Resistance fighters aided the Normandy Landings by working to incapacitate the enemy's infrastructure. They cut telephone cables and destroyed strategically important railroads in an effort to cut off Normandy in the days before D-Day.

 

Commonwealth Rockfish Patch

Often referred to as "the beginning of the end of World War II," D-Day is the largest amphibious operation that has ever been executed. The landings began in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, when the first shots were fired by Allied armada ships. Two of them, HMS Belfast and USS Texas, have been preserved and turned into museum ships.

 

• Lastly, we're excited to announce that we are adding a new port into the game for this event. During the D-day event, you'll be able to access the new Port by clicking the D-Day banner in Port or by selecting the D-Day battle type. Your previous Port in the Port selection window will not be affected by this change and you can easily return to it at any time. 

D-Day Images

Please note that all information in the post is preliminary. Announced adjustments and features may change multiple times during testing. The final information will be published on our game's website.