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The best World War II games

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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Great Naval Battles vol. 2: Guadalcanal 1942 - 43

DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Desert Rats

DOS1986 Cases Computer Simulations
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Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
If you ever wanted to command the Pacific fleet without getting wet, Carrier Strike is your game. Set during WWII, it’s a turn-based wargame where numbers, radar, and weather reports matter more than reflexes. You’ll p...
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Ace of Aces

DOS1987 Artech Studios
Ace of Aces (1987, DOS) is a game where you pilot a WWII plane via a series of still-image panels that suggest action more than deliver it. It’s like a flipbook with ambitions. You’ll toggle views, dodge bullets (sort ...
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Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 Big Time Software
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Into the Eagle's Nest

DOS1987 Pandora
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games
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Crusade in Europe

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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Iron Cross

DOS1994 New World Computing
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Up Periscope!

DOS1988 Actionsoft
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Destroyer

DOS1986 Epyx
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
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The Big Three

DOS1989 SDJ Enterprises
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Search and Destroy

DOS1988 Broderbund
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P47 Thunderbolt

DOS1990 NMK Co.
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Decision in the Desert

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
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D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS1994 Impressions Games
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Frontline

DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations
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Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS1990 Command Simulations
In Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes, you’re not just playing a wargame — you’re being handed a clipboard, a stack of orders, and a freezing cold battlefield in 1944. This 1990 DOS title lets you relive one of W...
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B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Step aside, arcade action—B-24 Combat Simulator (1987) is here to test your patience, eyesight, and possibly your sanity. It’s all about realism, baby. You’ll take off, navigate, bomb targets, and hopefully land,...
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Panzer Battles

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII battle where everything went spectacularly sidewa...