this has been discused thousands of times...Originally posted by Phil Beard
As a newcomer to this excellent game, and being possibly naiive over the political problems of the subject, but why doesn't Nazi Germany get represented by its Swastika flag? Sure, the sons of bitches were evil, but so was Stalin (killed 30 million of his own people) and yet there is the hammer and sickle flying proudly over each Russian unit. There's even less chance of Germany getting coup'd than Russia, so why not go for the accurate WW2 flag of Germany. And what about the Rising Sun for Japan? I thought they had that flag at the time and adopted the red spot only after 1945. (I may not be right on this latter point in terms of the national flag.)
there are legal issue with the Swastika flag (it is banned in a lot of country, one of them is Germany), and not with soviet flag, that's why the soviet flag is in the game and swastika not.
nothing more to add to the subject.
if you want the flag, just ask for it, there is a "Authentic Flag" thread where you can "order" it.