Achtung Spitfire! is a strategy

Strategy game

A strategy game or strategic game is a game in which the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome...

 computer game released by Avalon Hill

Avalon Hill

Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations...

 in 1997

1997 in video gaming

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. It is a turn-based air combat game taking place during the early half of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, including fixed-wing aircraft

Fixed-wing aircraft

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, air battles and operations by Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

, Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 and French Air Force

French Air Force

The French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...

 in 1939–1943.

Achtung Spitfire! is a prequel

Prequel

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 to the 1996 video game, Over the Reich

Over the Reich

Over the Reich is a 1996 strategy computer game for personal computers operating the Microsoft Windows operating system. The game was only released in North America.-Gameplay:...

, which takes place during the latter half of the war. Another game in the series, Third Reich PC, was also released in 1996.