Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2

War in the East 2 is 2by3 Games' full overhaul of their definitive Eastern Front simulation. The 1941-45 Grand Campaign covers everything from Operation Barbarossa to the fall of Berlin, joined by Stalingrad-to-Berlin and Vistula-to-Berlin shorter epics plus seven operational scenarios ranging from a Velikie Luki tutorial up to multi-month engagements like the Destruction of Southwest Front.

The AI is the most rebuilt component. Defensive and offensive routines have both been redesigned by Gary Grigsby for the sequel, raising the floor for solo play substantially. The map projection gives the main combat area a 106-hex frontage from Rostov to Leningrad versus 87 in the original, and advanced terrain and road rules make geography matter more granularly.

The air war can run in fully manual Advanced Air Mode or a streamlined Air Operational Group Mode where most operations route through high-level orders. Logistics, weather, combat preparation, multi-hex retreats and off-map theater boxes deepen the simulation further, all documented in a 520-page color manual.