Actually, the stars in SH3 are fairly accurate in positioning. They lack proper colours and sizes, but if you are slightly familiar with astronomy you can find constellations. Also, they move due to the earth's rotation and in the correct direction too. Being a physics student with astronomy as the chosen sub-faculty, that was one of the first things i looked for when i started playing SH3.
If you want to, you can download some free/limited license astronomy programs to help you get acquainted. Starry night is one that has both full license and shareware versions (i think you can get it from Space.com) and also the ability to set the date and watch the sky at that date from a certain longtitude/latitude. I have been able to recreate past eclipses, the Haley comet crossing in 1987 and also simulate an upcoming eclipse, it's pretty accurate. So i guess you could use it to gather data on star positions during WWII if you don't have access to any of the old data charts from that time period.
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