Take command of one of these notorious companies and lead it to victory against all odds through most of the war on the Eastern front. These battalions’ images are surrounded by many myths, and this game tells the truth about these regiments based on real evidence from their former members. They consisted of court-martialed officers that were given a chance to redeem their crimes, or incompetence, in blood by serving as the lowest enlisted rank in a battalion that was assigned the most dangerous tasks. These battalions are famous for being formed under Stalin’s 'No step back!' order #227.
Men of War: Condemned Heroes tells the story of one of the infamous Soviet penal battalions during the WWII.