Call of Duty: WWII's story follows U.S. Private Ronald "Red" Daniels and his squad in the 1st Infantry Division as they fight across Western Europe from D-Day (1944) to the liberation of Germany (1945), focusing on squad bonds and the grim realities of war, culminating in the harrowing rescue of his captured friend, Zussman, from a Nazi concentration camp, revealing the darkest aspects of the conflict.