@Aaron_the_Warmonger I don’t know exactly the long term goal in Italian hands. The only conclusion I can come up with is to give Italy more of a northern Can Opening attack as well as give Italy more money for longer term play. Again, I find this foolish since it serves great use for Germany anyways. It’s been talked about, as said before, I’ve never seen it done and I have no plans to do it if I am ever Axis. I can see Bulgaria going Italian but not Finland.
Why do people call it Russia instead of the Soviet Union?
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The Soviet Union is the proper name. Do people just say Russia because it’s shorter?
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Well, I guess because it was called Russia before 1922.
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The game takes place in the 1940s though.
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@superbattleshipyamato said in Why do people call it Russia instead of the Soviet Union?:
The game takes place in the 1940s though.
Whilst officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics it was totally dominated by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic which was often referred to Soviet Russia or Russia.
I believe In the 40’s, it was commonly called Russia. I think the game was developed in the 80’s for a western market which still largely used the term Russia.
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@superbattleshipyamato I think, as @FlyingBadger stated, people in the West referred to the USSR as “Russia” because Russia was the largest and most dominant of the states that comprised it. However, it’s worth noting that the game itself always uses the proper titles, either “USSR” or “Soviet Union”, using “Russia” to refer only to its capital territory.
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Yeah, it’s odd the game refers to it properly but the fans don’t.
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