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| January 21, 2008 | Philips, Matthew | COPYRIGHT 2008 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Matthew Philips

In the $10 billion videogame industry, war has always been marketable. But one war in particular has captured the imaginations of gamers: World War II. More than 100 titles are dedicated to the struggle between the Axis and the Allies, at least 70 of which have been made in the past five years. Medal of Honor: Airborne, the latest installment in Electronic Artsa WWII franchise, focuses on the close-range infantry combat of Operation Market Garden, part of the Alliesa 11-month campaign across Europe to Berlin. It was ato a significant extent a riflemanas war,a says historian Niall Ferguson. ...

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