The year is 1943. Wehrmacht begins Operation Hawk, trying to grasp Kharkov with its' steel claws. SS Division "Totenkopf" is moving forward to crush the Soviet tank forces. But the Red Army is fiercely holding the line and goes into deep defence. German tank armies start another offence, Operation Panther, and now for every Soviet tank there are multiple German ones. Want to find yourself in the very center of Kharkov Defence Operation as an army commander? You'll have everything the officers had back then - tanks, gunnery and fearless soldiers. The success of each opposing force is hanging in the balance every day. Your decisions determine who wins the Battle for Kharkov.