World War II
Historical theme
A war fought from 1939-09-01 till 1945-09-02, between the Allies and the Axis Powers.
Alternate names: WW2, World War 2, WWII, Second World War, Вторая мировая война, Great Patriotic War
Characters
Adolf Hitler(view all the 1 "World War II " characters)
NES 1988-07-29
C64 1983
DOS 1994
NES 1990-09
OCS 1991
MSX 1986
MAC 1996
C64 1987-07
C64 1987
WIN 2003-09-03
A800 1983
BBC 1984
Most countries refer to this as the "Second World War" (in their own language). In the USA it is common to say "World War Two" which is written "World War II" or abbreviated WWII and "Second World War " is occasionally used. In the Soviet Union it was known as the Great Patriotic War (Вторая мировая война). This name continues to be used in the former Soviet Union countries and states.
Parent:
* 1930s - 1940s
* Late modern period
Operations: (military campaigns)
* Battle of Midway
* Ardennes Offensive (a.k.a. Battle of the Bulge)
* Operation Bagration
* Operation Overlord
* Operation Barbarossa
Eastern front:
* Operation Star (Zvesda)
* Operation Gallop
Related:
* Nazis
* 1930s - 1940s
* Late modern period
Operations: (military campaigns)
* Battle of Midway
* Ardennes Offensive (a.k.a. Battle of the Bulge)
* Operation Bagration
* Operation Overlord
* Operation Barbarossa
Eastern front:
* Operation Star (Zvesda)
* Operation Gallop
Related:
* Nazis
Popular tags
1840s 1910s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 19thcentury 20thcentury 21stcentury 2ndmillennium 3rdmillennium alternatetimeline ardennesoffensive battleofbritain battleofmidway citybuilding colonialera firstpersonshooter governmentsimulation grandstrategy interactivefiction koreanwar latemodernperiod mexican-americanwar operationmarketgarden pacificwar past present scrollingshooter stealthgame tactical wargame worldwar1Parent groups
1940s, Late modern period, Wars, World war
Child groups
Battle of Midway, Ardennes Offensive, Operation Bagration, Operation Overlord, Operation Barbarossa, Pacific War, Operation Market Garden, Battle of Stalingrad
Games by year
The first World War II video game was released on May 1972.
SSI, Avalon Hill and Electronic Arts published most of these games.
Related site
Platforms
Windows | 171 | ||
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MS-DOS | 125 | ||
C64 | 91 | ||
Apple II E | 88 | ||
Linux | 58 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 50 | ||
Atari 400/800 | 48 | ||
Amiga | 43 | ||
Amstrad CPC | 39 | ||
Mac OS Classic | 34 | ||
Atari ST | 32 | ||
PS2 | 21 | ||
X360 | 21 | ||
Mac OS X | 15 | ||
TRS-80 | 15 | ||
PS3 | 13 | ||
Xbox | 11 | ||
Tandy Coco | 11 | ||
MSX | 10 | ||
NEC PC9801 | 9 | ||
Arcade | 9 | ||
NES | 9 | ||
Wii | 8 | ||
PSP | 8 | ||
BBC | 7 | ||
MICRO 7 - FM7 | 6 | ||
Apple IIGS | 6 | ||
Win3.1 | 5 | ||
PS | 5 | ||
NEC PC8801 | 5 |
Most common companies
SSI | 105 | |
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Avalon Hill | 38 | |
Electronic Arts | 32 | |
MicroProse | 30 | |
SSG | 26 | |
CCS | 25 | |
Activision | 22 | |
Ubisoft | 22 | |
Simulations Canada | 20 | |
PSS | 16 | |
Sega | 13 | |
Epyx | 13 | |
Three-Sixty | 11 | |
Capcom | 11 | |
Koei | 11 |