The Giant in Haiphong is the seventh mission in Commandos 2: Men of Courage. It is located in Haiphong, Vietnam (then Tonkin in the Indochinese Union). The main goal is to sabotage the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano.
Introduction[]
Spring of 1944. Indochina remains a French colony but is actually under Japanese control.
The Japanese have established important garrisons in the area. Indochina is an extremely important base as it supplies provisions to the Japanese Navy, who are in turn protected by a crushing aerial defence. They have also built military port installations of which Haiphong is the most important.
The nearby town has also been converted to serve as a diversion for the Japanese sailors.
The Team[]
Trivia[]
- Real Shinano was sunk by an American submarine by the Japanese shores only ten days after commissioning on 29th November 1944.
- The city of Haiphong resembles a Chinese city when, in fact, the city is in Vietnam.
- There are civilian and even child NPC's in the mission.
- This is the only Pacific mission that features a Type 97 'Chi-Ha' tank, which appears as an enemy occupied vehicle.