You barely see anything about the Chinese occupation, the fight in Africa, the French resistance, or anything dealing with the Italians. I know these games are largely a propaganda device, since it's really the last time America looked good, but you'd think someone would fund these games.

  • WhoaSlowDownMaurice [they/them, undecided]
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    4 years ago

    I just want to see something about the Battle of Kursk, darn it.

    Special training was provided to the Soviet infantry manning the defences to help them overcome the tank phobia that had been evident since the start of the German invasion. Soldiers were packed into trenches and tanks were driven overhead until all signs of fear were gone. This training exercise was referred to by the soldiers as "ironing". In combat, the soldiers would spring up in the midst of the attacking infantry to separate them from the spearheading armoured vehicles. The separated armoured vehicles – now vulnerable to infantry armed with anti-tank rifles, demolition charges and Molotov cocktails – could then be disabled or destroyed at point-blank range.

    I mean, that's just a cool setpiece moment waiting to happen.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The older call of Duty games had a couple of good Kursk missions. The Russian side of the war was pretty well represented in the old CoD games, with a number of stand-out missions.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lF2LGq61YI