Let"s Talk About Wargames

Joe and Jack have a very special episode today about the "Clean Wehrmacht" myth, and how the Wargaming community has been shaped by it and similar lines of thinking. The tl;dr here is that the Nazis, believe it or not, are bad. Additional sources: https://www.ushmm.org/antisemitism/holocaus1t-denial-and-distortion/evidence-documentation-holocaust (for you Holocaust deniers), Shepherd, Ben. "The Clean Wehrmacht, The War of Extermination, and Beyond" The Historical Journal, 52, 2, (2009), 455-473

Joe and Jack take a look at the authenticity of Shogun 2 v. the accuracy of the game, as well as looking at a few pieces of media that influenced Shogun 2 or were influenced by it. Here are the folks and references we mentioned in the show (please let us know if you want us to drop your @'s below): Kevin Fox: @michigrimk on twitter, https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/09/world/cia-spent-millions-to-support-japanese-right-in-50-s-and-60-s.html Germaine's board games:

Welcome to the first episode of Let's Talk About Wargames! In this episode, Joe and Jack discuss the Second Sino-Japanese War and why it's practically uncovered in wargames. Spoiler: it's controversial! Special thanks to Kevin MacLeod for our (tentative) theme, credit below: Smooth Lovin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4379-smooth-lovin License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/