Many first-person shooters based on wars borrow elements from actual conflicts. Some good, bad, horrific, and in Wolfensteins case, downright bizarre. Here, things like Hitler commandeering a mech suit for battle, health-replenishing plates of chicken, and mechanized pups are the norm. But is it really so crazy?

You see, the Third Reich--and other major players in World War II--delved into some downright odd business. When the Nazis werent trying to figure out a plan for getting to the moon they were hard at work creating weaponry no one else had even thought up. And those are two of the tamer plans they had. Lets look at some ways Wolfensteins world may not be so farfetched.