The Battle of Changsha is a two player, operational level game of the second (September to October 1941) battle for Changsha, China, capital of the Hunan Province.

The first Battle of Changsha had been fought in 1939 as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and resulted in Changsha being the first Chinese city to successfully repel the Japanese advance. The second battle in 1941 resulted in the city being captured (after most of it was destroyed in a fire) by the Japanese, and then being recaptured by the Chinese 9th Army Group commanded by Gen. Xue Yue. The third battle was originally intended by the Japanese to gain control of the city and prevent Chinese forces from reinforcing the British forces engaged in the defense of Hong Kong. When Hong Kong fell on 25 December, the Japanese decided to continue the offensive to gain control of Changsha thereby dealing a major blow to the Chines war effort.

Most ground units represent battalions and regiments. Each hex is 3km across and each game turn represents 1 to 2 days.

Components:

• 22x34 inch map
• 280 die-cut counters

Articles:

• Second Battle of Changsha - Stalingrad on the Xiang Jiang: With war looming with the United States in 1941, Japan launched an offensive against the provincial capital of Changsha in a bid to end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• Operation Foxley - The Plan to Kill Adolf Hitler: Winston Churchill was ruthless when it came to the survival of the British Empire. In the darkest days of the war, he proposed a daring operation to assassinate Adolf Hitler and other members of the senior Nazi leadership.
• Battle of the Tannenberg Line - Barring the Door to Estonia: When the Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1944 broke the siege of Leningrad, the rest of Army Group North’s line collapsed. Retreating west, they desperately tried to halt the Soviet advance at the Narva Isthmus.
• A Victory of Circumstance - The Weather of D-Day: The fate of the Normandy invasion balanced on the weather. The accuracy with which Capt. James Stagg and his team of meteorologists were able to forecast it would decide the course of history.