Wehrmacht: Fifth Blitzkrieg (2003)

In Wehrmacht: Fifth Blitzkrieg players can play WWII in the East from May 1942 to March 1943. The battle of Kharkov of May 1942, Operation Blue on June 1942 or the Russian counterattack of November 1942 leading to the Stalingrad encirclement and von Manstein counter stoke of February-March 1943 are all included. It includes two 59 x 84 cm map stretching from Leningrad (included) to the Caucasus (the whole Eastern Front). The map covers , except the Finnish front and a bit of the most Western parts of the Soviet Union which were overrun in Summer 1941 at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. The map and rules (22 pages) are printed in Japanese. 720 counters: units are divisions for the Germans and Axis allies plus separate tiger tank companies; tank and infantry armies, tank, mechanized and cavalry corps for the Soviets. For one or two players. Playing time: about eight hours. (BGG user's description)