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Making History: The Second World War

Factus Games / Apr 27, 2018 / Indie, Simulation, Strategy

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Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.

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CPU	Not set	Pentium 4 or better Can't tell
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What's new

German Language Update

2023-04-15

We have made a pass at improving the German translation for The Second World War. All areas of the game are now in German. We expect some errors but we hope this will be a big step forwards.

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What players say

Mostly Positive

78% positive, 175 reviews

Recommended21 hrs played

These Making History games are very good wargames. This one is one of the only WW2 global wargames you can play that enables stacking, which is essential for realistic naval and land combat results. The mechanics of this game make the warfare take central place but you still have a lot of depth regarding diplomacy and trading for needed resources. There is also a sizeable research tree. But its the warfare that...

1 found this helpful, 2026-05-08

Not recommended2 hrs played

I keep trying to get into this game, but it is so complicated and difficult to understand basic game play that I cant get far. I end up paralyzed by what to do since there is no clear direction. The "tutorial" is worthless and does not help at all. I was hoping for a less complicated HOI without all the DLC BS, but instead I threw away my money on this. Dont waste your money on this one.

0 found this helpful, 2026-09-09

Recommended0 hrs played

Despite of harsh critisism in past and a bit too linear starting phase and also few omitted opportunities in functional design there is still a huge fun-potential awaiting each strategy fan there. A game rather for a kind of "lean back"-patient strategy fans though. For me there was no doubt it's for me a definitive fun there - and thus a "buy". Well, I still play it...

0 found this helpful, 2026-04-10