Designed by Gary Grigsby, it is adapted from the 1990 title Second Front: Germany Turns East, itself adapted from Grigsbys 1984 War in Russia.

It features a map editor that allows players to create custom scenarios.

The game also added a mouse -based interface, new battles and VGA graphics.

Evan Brooks wrote, A workmanlike simulation, WIR should be acquired by any grognard who does not have Second Front.

Conversely, William R.

Trotter of Game Players PC Entertainment was strongly positive toward it, and believed that it would become a landmark in the history of computer war games.

The Desktop General; The Second Coming of Second Front: Gary Grigsbys War in Russia.

High Score Expanded: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games (3rd ed.).

CRC Press. pp. 166171.

ISBN 978-0-429-77139-2.

Matrix Games. Archived from the original on November 9, 2000.

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Gary Grigsby War In Russia