I just finished the game (easy difficulty).
I think there must be some different ending for this game. I ended the game and WW3 started, I wonder there must be a way to avoid the WW3.
Here is my story:
I played as a granedier (STR 9, Dex 10, INT 2), it's pretty fast & easy to get rid an enemy this way rather than to shoot the enemy down one by one (I mean in close combat). If the enemy is too far away, use the rifle.
1. First town, there is five sentinel soldier in front of u. throw an explosive, u kill em all. or throw 2 grenades and finish the man who still standing using a gun or melee weapon.
2. wait until up to 9:53, the reinforcement will arrive. 3 groups, each group have three soldiers, so there is 9 soldiers. I just stand to the place where the reinforcement will show up. I finished all of them with grenades and a Luger pistol. Some civilian helping me kill these soldier.
3. get a radio, talk to konrad, u have a mission to get rid the bandit on Hamlet (new map will show up). wait until next morning until Sanders healed up. if u don't need companion u can leave sanders.
4. Hamlet. talk to the bandit who is guard the wooden gate. He is agree to let u in, if u don't carry a weapon. leave all ur weapon on the ground, go to the left house, talk to sigmund, agree to take his mission, u can get another crew (Larry) who have a skill to disarm trap & picklock. or u can kill all the bandit, including Larry & Sigmund. u can still proceed to the next map, The Convoy. the different is, if u killed sigmund, Konrad will buy/sell ur weapon, if u were not kill sigmund, sigmund will buy/sell ur weapon.
5. Forest. before u goto "The Convoy" map part, Peter Claus will counter u at Forester map. He is totally bastard, u only have 3 option, 1. attack, 2. give him all of ur money and he let u live, 3. cooperate to the next mission, and split the money fifty-fifty. I just killed all of them, six in total. pretty easy if u're using grenade & sub machine gun.
6. The Convoy. kill every enemy. go back to Hamlet, if u let the bandit live, if u already killed Sigmund, goto First town. before proceeding to the next map, u will visit another place, which u must kill at least 10 soldier. some of it, is american, so Sanders will leave u. don't worry Sanders will join u again, once u arrive at the first town.
7. The Prison. I kill all the soldier, with the help of all the prisoner.
8. after that, u will have a duty which can not be avoided. u must hold the bridge & kill all the enemy. After u killed them all, the game ended, WW3 started
I need help from all of u guys, I want to know ur story. Thanks a lot.