I have blogged an out of the box (with comments) on the 2nd edition of Defiant Russia.
It allows the play of Barbarossa in an evening. It is a good, fun, playable boardgame, but also gamers may find it useful to generate Spearhead type games from situations that the boardgame throws up.
LINK - http://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/defiant-russia-video.html
Excellent vid, Norm.
Cheers - Phil