During the setup of troops, on either side of the blackarea you can click around with "Fire" (use the "Troopplacement" trick) to get a head start on the enemy. Use thiswith mortars, tanks, or personnel. The enemy is there, but notseen.
On the game menu, you can change difficulties. Go to"Custom" and click that button. Then, set your troopsto "Very Strong", "Always Obey Orders", enemyalways seen, units are fearless, and enemy intelligence alwaysavailable (causes you to see what enemy is thinking, what weaponsthey have, and how much ammo is remaining). Put the enemy at :VeryWeak", thus making your troops almost invincible super troopers.
Before setting up troops, right click to display thepop up menu screen. After this, click "Move", "MoveFast", etc. and click where you want to go.
Germans have best weapons and guns. The MG 42 is bestall-around German unit. The Allies have good mortar capability.