Operation Spark: the Relief of Leningrad 1943 1997

Operation spark relief leningrad simulation soviet military offensive operation iskra world war ii design break german wehrmacht siege leningrad plan operation begin shortly failure sinyavino offensive german defeat battle stalingrad late weaken german january soviet force plan conduct offensive operation entire germansoviet especially southern russia iskra northern wide soviet winter counter offensivethe city leningrad second large ussr cut german september sixteen month later soviets attempt relieve city attack january lead mauling nd shock army swamp south second failure sinyavino mga summer take heavy casualty completely derail von mansteins plan assault city january red army set try againuse game system rule follow clash arm game wargame award win black sea black death aachen borodino game set frozen peat bog border frozen lake frozen river slug match german fortified line cut snow fill wood encircle worker settlement critical sinyabino heightsthe red army appear regiment sized unit rifleman artillery heavy mortar back battalion tank half light ts skier marine engineer naval artillery air power odd unit like aerosan observation balloonsthe german unit infantry artillery battalion back company tiger pzkwiii tank deadly mm flak gun stug iii german field battalion spanish fascist railroad battery field battalion heavy artillery nebelwerfer capture french coastal gun mountain troop jaeger ss polizei division overstrength independent regiment plus tiger tank see debut performancegame scaleturn impulse hour impulse dayhex yard metersunit company regimentgame inventoryone x fullcolor mapsheetsthree dualside print countersheet combat marker countersone page operation spark rule bookletsix player aid cardstwo side diceplayer moreplaye time hourscomplexity mediumsolitaire suitability moderate.