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For those of you who want a swastika for the Germans, it will NEVER happen.

Two reasons:

1. In Germany, it is illegal for any company to print a swastika on any product or advertisement.  They’re very serious about suppressessing anything related to the Nazi party to keep history from repeating itself.  Therefore, WotC would have to publish two versions of the game in order to sell anything in Germany (possibly all of Europe with the EU adopting the laws of its member nations) which would not be economically viable.

2. It would be a PR disaster.  Some groups would protest and boycott the game, many more people would just be offended and not buy it.  Being a World War II game, the publisher is already skirting the line between historical accuracy and glorification of a war, a country, and its practices.  There is little value gained and much lost by blurring that line more than necessary.

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@purplebaron:

For those of you who want a swastika for the Germans, it will NEVER happen.

Two reasons:

1. In Germany, it is illegal for any company to print a swastika on any product or advertisement.  They’re very serious about suppressessing anything related to the Nazi party to keep history from repeating itself.  Therefore, WotC would have to publish two versions of the game in order to sell anything in Germany (possibly all of Europe with the EU adopting

2. It would be a PR disaster.  Some groups would protest and boycott the game, many more people would just be offended and not buy it.  Being a World War II game, the publisher is already skirting the line between historical accuracy and glorification of a war, a country, and its practices.  There is little value gained and much lost by blurring that line more than necessary.

Agreed!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_aircraft_insignia

features a few more; Latvia (extinguished June 1940), Croatia, Manchuria, CORRECT DUTCH EAST INDIES.

A few more on my map linked below, including Russian and Ukrainian Nationalists.

Besides, the emblem of the Wehrmacht was the Iron Cross, not the swastika. For all you guys gripe about historical accuracy, the swastika actually isn’t.@purplebaron:

For those of you who want a swastika for the Germans, it will NEVER happen.

Two reasons:

1. In Germany, it is illegal for any company to print a swastika on any product or advertisement.  They’re very serious about suppressessing anything related to the Nazi party to keep history from repeating itself.  Therefore, WotC would have to publish two versions of the game in order to sell anything in Germany (possibly all of Europe with the EU adopting the laws of its member nations) which would not be economically viable.

2. It would be a PR disaster.  Some groups would protest and boycott the game, many more people would just be offended and not buy it.  Being a World War II game, the publisher is already skirting the line between historical accuracy and glorification of a war, a country, and its practices.  There is little value gained and much lost by blurring that line more than necessary.

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@bennyboyg:

Besides, the emblem of the Wehrmacht was the Iron Cross, not the swastika. For all you guys gripe about historical accuracy, the swastika actually isn’t.@purplebaron:

For those of you who want a swastika for the Germans, it will NEVER happen.

Two reasons:

1. In Germany, it is illegal for any company to print a swastika on any product or advertisement.  They’re very serious about suppressessing anything related to the Nazi party to keep history from repeating itself.  Therefore, WotC would have to publish two versions of the game in order to sell anything in Germany (possibly all of Europe with the EU adopting the laws of its member nations) which would not be economically viable.

2. It would be a PR disaster.  Some groups would protest and boycott the game, many more people would just be offended and not buy it.  Being a World War II game, the publisher is already skirting the line between historical accuracy and glorification of a war, a country, and its practices.  There is little value gained and much lost by blurring that line more than necessary.

Edit:  Completed truncation in item #1

I like using flags as symbols.

Yes but see Iron Crosses make sense within the context of the game, which uses roundels. Also there is really no way the swastika’s going to happen.

Yeah I know, denial, it’s not just a river in Egypt anymore.

stay on topic

Well its too bad we can’t have swastikas, I think they look cool. I guess if the Axis had won the war, we wouldn’t be able to use stars.