Games set during World War II sorted by release date

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.

Recently added and trending World War II games

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Steel Panthers

strategyDOS

Panzer General

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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected3.7/5 Tactical Design Group
Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19844.2/5 Muse Software
GATO

DOS19844.2/5 Spectrum Holobyte
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19854.1/5 Muse Software
Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
Decision in the Desert

DOS19853.8/5 MicroProse Software
Silent Service

DOS1985protecteddemo3.9/5 MicroProse Software
The Dam busters

DOS19854/5 Sydney Development
Desert Rats

DOS19863.9/5 Cases Computer Simulations
The Great Escape

DOS1986protected4/5 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.
Ace of Aces

DOS19873.9/5 Artech Studios
B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected3.5/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients

DOS19874/5 Angelsoft
Into the Eagle's Nest

DOS19873.9/5 Pandora
Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Patton vs. Rommel

DOS19874/5 Electronic Arts
Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Battlehawks 1942

DOS19884.3/5 LucasArts
Rocket Ranger

DOS1988protected4.2/5 Cinemaware
The Train Escape to Normandy

DOS1988protected4.4/5 Artech Studios
Up Periscope!

DOS19884.1/5 Actionsoft
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS19883.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Action in the North Atlantic

DOS19893.8/5 General Quarters Software
Dive Bomber

DOS19894/5
Sherman M4

DOS19894.1/5 Loriciels
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS19894.2/5 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 LucasArts in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST.
Wings of Fury

DOS19894.2/5 Broderbund