Campaigns as Axis?

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Originally Posted by gozorak

Its impossible to know the outcome had the A bombs not been dropped but I think its safe to assume that Japan and the Japaneses people would have fared far worse had the war not ended when it did. Out of curiosity, I think I already know the answer to this..a big fat no. In the history of PC flight simulators has there ever been a game that simulated the Enola Gay's run over Hiroshima? Im asking in all seriousness. Not much action went on apart from the dropping of the bomb itself so something like that wouldnt have made for a great game mode I guess. I referenced a few posts back perhapt the most disgustingly innapropriate pc game that I can think of as far as historicaly based games go...JFK Reloaded. And I do from time to time go back to play becuase it is a fun challenge and the physics make for some hilarious motorcade carnage..

I think the only kind of person I would ever be ashamed to know that I enjoy a game like IL-2 would be an actual ww2 combat pilot veteran...there are not too many of those guys left but I wonder what they make of something like IL-2..would b interesting to know

I've met three blokes in my time who flew during the war. Some via radio controlled flying at events and one bloke who used to be a director of a firm I used to work for. They all seemed pleased that someone was interested in what they did and went through and in hearing their stories (my former boss was a Mosquito pilot and had some incredible and some quite awful stories). Also despite everything they still had the interest in flying that got them into it in the first place so I imagine that they would probably be quite fascinated by it all.