Games set during World War II

World War II was one of deadliest wars in history and one of the most well known: everyone knows about Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill and the horrors that happened during that conflict. A lot of games are set during that time and in the areas of the world where World War II took place, mainly combat flight simulators, wargames and strategy games in general.

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Panzer General

DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.

Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 Electronic Arts

Prisoner of Ice

DOS1995protected Chaosium Inc.

Rocket Ranger

DOS1988protected Cinemaware

Russian Front 2: The Kursk Campaign

DOS1990

Search and Destroy

DOS1988 Broderbund

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

DOS1991 LucasArts

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is a combat flight simulation game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (later known as LucasArts) in 1991. It was designed for MS-DOS systems and later released for Amiga computers. The game ...

Sherman M4

DOS1989 Loriciels

Silent Service

DOSMac OS1985protecteddemo MicroProse Software

Silent Service is a submarine simulation game developed and published by MicroProse. The first game in the series, Silent Service, was released in 1985. It was designed by Sid Meier and inspired by his interest in naval histo...

Silent Service 2

DOSMac OS1990protected MicroProse Software

Spear of Destiny

DOS1992 id software

Steel Panthers

DOS1995 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical...

Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group

The Big Three

DOS1989 SDJ Enterprises

The Dam busters

DOS1985 Sydney Development

The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions

The Great Escape

DOS1986protected Denton Designs

As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain amount of time.

The Rocketeer

DOS1991 NovaLogic

The Train Escape to Normandy

DOS1988protected Artech Studios

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS1989 LucasArts

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designed by Lawrence Holland, developed and released by L...