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I owe much of my interest in military and aviation history to video games. Games like ''Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_2 ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2''], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Combat ''Ace Combat'' series] were very influential on me while I was growing up. The television show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfights_(TV_series) ''Dogfights''] on the History Channel also deserves a lot of credit. Even earlier, my first encounter with World War II came as a result of my interest in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic RMS ''Titanic'']. The man who discovered the Titanic, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard Robert Ballard], also discovered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck German battleship ''Bismarck'']. It was his book on the search and exploration of the wreck that I first learned about the war.{{efn|A quick aside, the hunt for the Bismarck is a terrible starting point for learning about the war. You will be very confused by the fact that outdated biplanes were responsible for crippling the ship.}} | I owe much of my interest in military and aviation history to video games. Games like ''Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_2 ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2''], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Combat ''Ace Combat'' series] were very influential on me while I was growing up. The television show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfights_(TV_series) ''Dogfights''] on the History Channel also deserves a lot of credit. Even earlier, my first encounter with World War II came as a result of my interest in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic RMS ''Titanic'']. The man who discovered the Titanic, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard Robert Ballard], also discovered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck German battleship ''Bismarck'']. It was his book on the search and exploration of the wreck that I first learned about the war.{{efn|A quick aside, the hunt for the Bismarck is a terrible starting point for learning about the war. You will be very confused by the fact that outdated biplanes were responsible for crippling the ship.}} | ||