War and games: Why are there so many WW2 games?

The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history. In terms of lives lost, the devastation goes beyond comprehension. What began in the late 1930s as a series of conflicts involving battle between troops on horseback, infantry with long rifles, and bi-planes, managed to escalate into a global conflict involving jet fighters, machine guns, tanks, and atomic weapons. And it all occurred in less than a decade. At no point in human history have so many people faced the horrors of war simultaneously as between the years of 1939 and 1945. It’s easy to understand why gamers would…

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