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As the appeasement of the mid-thirties evolves into the cold war of the mid-late thirties and, eventually, total war through to the mid-forties, youвЂ™ll find yourself gravitating toward your natural allies. Go figure.Д®ach nation has a shifting and shiftable political ideology literally triangulated between democracy (Allies), fascism (Axis) and communism (the Comintern). New Zealand, Australia and Japan, amongst most others, are bereft of urbanisation. Only Western European cities are placed with any thought to accuracy. The campaign mapвЂ™s geography leaves something to be desired. YouвЂ™ll find yourself short on crude oil but with an abundance of food to trade. Start as New Zealand, for example, and your cabinet will be composed of such contemporaries as Michael Joseph Savage and Walter Nash. All countries are broken into regions (there are more than 14,000 provinces in total) and each is accurately depicted in terms of available resources. You can play as any one of more than 100 countries (including New Zealand), all of which are populated by historical figures. You control everything from diplomacy, politics and intelligence, to technology, production and most importantly, warfare. The latest iteration of the title puts you in control of a country either before or during World War II.

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Or maybe itвЂ™s because the Hearts of Iron series have cornered the market. Maybe itвЂ™s because to truly recreate the tumult of those years requires an incredibly nuanced attention to detail, and a balance of sensibility and historical accuracy when approaching an era within living memory. Any visiting extra terrestrial could be forgiven for thinking that human history began with HitlerвЂ™s invasion of Poland.Д¬urious then that grand strategy World War II games are so thin on the ground.

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The History Channel makes a tidy existence almost exclusively by replaying archive footage of the Second World War. If ever there is an era that has been hashed and rehashed, plundered and strip-mined by popular culture, it must surely be the years 1936 to 1948.Д®very year books, movies, television series and videogames recreate the violence and inhumanity of the Second World War as surely as the changing of the seasons.

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