<s>
is	O
a	O
Japan-exclusive	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
General	B-Application
Support	I-Application
which	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
prequel	O
to	O
Koutetsu	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kishi	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sabaku	I-Application
no	I-Application
Rommel	I-Application
Shougun	I-Application
and	O
Koutetsu	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kishi	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Gekitotsu	I-Application
Europe	I-Application
Sensen	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
version	O
titled	O
;	O
which	O
added	O
a	O
new	O
scenario	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
German	O
Waffen-SS	O
and	O
Heer	O
officer	O
who	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
commanding	O
troops	O
in	O
major	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
operations	O
like	O
Operation	O
Barbarossa	B-Application
(	O
which	O
are	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
must	O
assign	O
starting	O
locations	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
units	O
and	O
must	O
seek	O
out	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
opponent	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
placed	O
its	O
units	O
according	O
to	O
their	O
historical	O
starting	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
given	O
a	O
brief	O
message	O
by	O
a	O
man	O
in	O
a	O
motorcycle	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
screen	O
appears	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
timespan	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
from	O
June	O
1941	O
to	O
September	O
1943	O
;	O
approximately	O
the	O
duration	O
of	O
Nazi	O
Germany	O
's	O
forward	O
offensive	O
moment	O
in	O
the	O
Eastern	O
Front	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
extends	O
the	O
timespan	O
to	O
March	O
1945	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
defend	O
the	O
Third	B-Application
Reich	I-Application
from	O
the	O
invading	O
Anglo-American	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
