Vice News Again Hounds Out Wargamers' Nazi Proclivities

Reporting on the US Army's insensitive use of Joachim Peiper's picture and description on a historical article about the Battle of the Bulge, Vice News found that the colorized photo had been snatched from a SS fanboy gamer's web page.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qjap/the-us-army-is-sorry-for-posting-a-glamour-shot-of-a-nazi-war-criminal-on-their-facebook-page

“The fate of his beloved nation rested on his ability to lead his men through the American lines,” XVIII Airborne Corps wrote of Peiper, who is responsible for slaughtering scores of Americans.
While regular cardboard gaming may be poised for a comeback, can it survive brushes with SS fanboys who rewrite and ignore history because SS counters "look cool?"

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