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humble worm · 23 February 2011, 08:20

I remember HUGE storm of shit in Polish media when a German strategy game "Codename: Panzers" appeared in shops. In the beginning it was said that you command SS troops, may murder civilians, Poles are depicted as cowards and drunkards, and that the plot is based on the lie that Poland started the war.

It turned out you command only Wehrmacht troops, there are no civilians, there is only one drunk Pole in the game (what I personally find quite uncool, not like Poles were abstinents but still...).

In fact in the game there is Hitler's false order referring to so called Gleiwitz incident. Kaczynski (who was president of Warsaw that time) was calling for boycott. Polish ministry of foreign affairs sent a letter to German publisher (LOL) but there was no reply.

Finally Polish distributor was forced to remove the order from the game and add an explanation on who started WWII.

23 February 2011, 08:20	#160
humble worm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BP/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 745	I remember HUGE storm of shit in Polish media when a German strategy game "Codename: Panzers" appeared in shops. In the beginning it was said that you command SS troops, may murder civilians, Poles are depicted as cowards and drunkards, and that the plot is based on the lie that Poland started the war. It turned out you command only Wehrmacht troops, there are no civilians, there is only one drunk Pole in the game (what I personally find quite uncool, not like Poles were abstinents but still...). In fact in the game there is Hitler's false order referring to so called Gleiwitz incident. Kaczynski (who was president of Warsaw that time) was calling for boycott. Polish ministry of foreign affairs sent a letter to German publisher (LOL) but there was no reply. Finally Polish distributor was forced to remove the order from the game and add an explanation on who started WWII. Last edited by humble worm; 23 February 2011 at 11:58.