Ukraine '43

During August the two sides were equally matched and a tremendous war of attrition raged from Kharkov to the Sea of Azov with neither side willing to give ground. In September, bled white by the never-ending Soviet attacks, the German army retreated in haste to the safety of the Dnieper River. In October, the battle raged along the length of the Dnieper and for the Perekop Peninsula, the only land exit to the German 17th Army in the Crimea. During this three month period German reinforcements poured in from every sector, but it was never enough. Three Soviet Tank Armies and four Soviet Fronts ground through nineteen panzer and panzergrenadier divisions. German and Soviet losses were staggering. Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine, fell on November 6th.
 
Ukraine '43 attempts to simulate this important campaign in a moderately complex game. The design uses the conventional move-fight-exploit sequence of play and the popular Zone of Control Bond rules. Soviet tank armies and German panzer corps spearhead constant attacks and counterattacks. With both sides able to attack, the game becomes a tense battle of skill and nerves.

Game Features :

-    German Panzer Corps/Russian Tank Army capabilities
-    Soviet massed artillery
-    German tactical proficiency
-    German Tiger tanks
-    Soviet sappers
-    air power
-    differing capabilities for Marshal Zhukov and General Manstein
-    and, Zone of Control Bonds

TIME SCALE     5 days per turn
MAP SCALE     10 miles per hex
UNIT SCALE     Primarily divisional.

The 2nd Edition has been re-designed to play much faster using the system used in France '40 and Normandy '44. Players familiar with those games will find the new Ukraine '43 very easy to learn. All the components were upgraded -- the counters come from half-inch to 9/16 size, the map is enlarged so the hexes can accommodate the larger counters, and each scenario is now coming with a setup card to facilitate setting up the game.

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