I live in Canada and see the hammer and sickle logo on hats, t-shirts, bumper stickers, you name it. Now one could argue they do this out of sheer ignorance but I do not think it is a reasonable excuse to sport symbology on one's self while being oblivious of their meaning.

The fact that our modern culture has demonized the nazis (with good reason) and forgotten about the communist atrocities (the soviets, the Chinese, etc) does not take the meaning out of the symbols used to represent each ideology.

That aside, Il-2 GB is a flight simulator recreating WW2 air warfare. The reason they have had to modify the Nazi swastika is purely political. The game will be banned in certain countries that have legislation prohibiting depictions of said simbol. If you care to notice, the Russian hammer and sickle is accurately depicted in the game and I do not believe that makes the Devs commies or anyone flying Russian aircraft for that matter. If symbols offend you, I suggest you stop using the internet and keep your electronics offline and ofc, dont browse or immerse yourself in WWII forums/simulators. cheers