I've actually thought about this a bit myself. It wouldn't be difficult to do a Call of Duty: ANZAC. We, the ANZACS, were regarded as the best allied soldiers in North Africa. Rommel's reasonably well known quote was: "If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold."
There are also a ton load of battles to chose from in WWII. You could swap between and Aussie and Kiwi soldier. Start with the retreat in Greece, then the Kiwi's defending Crete against the German paratroops. Then you have all the N.African battles to chose from, Tobruk and Alamein just to name two major ones. The last part of the game could be set in Italy (mind you, the aussies had packed up and pissed off by this stage - but this only opens for some pacific missions). The attacks on Monte Cassino would be a great mission.
I agree that it won't happen though. Most games are marketed for the American audience... and Americans only seem to be happy playing as a white middle class male killing Arabs, Nazis, Russians or Koreans.
Edit: Ok, just saw the poll results... and what a laugh. New Zealand, because we are a member of the Commonwealth, The UN and allied with the US have been involved in a crap load of wars and conflicts. You can chose anything from the Boer war, to Gallipoli or Passchendaele. We fought for 5 years in WWII cutting a lap round the Mediterranean from Greece to Crete, Egypt, Lybia and Tunisia before heading up Italy. Straight after WWII we were in the Malaysian Emergency with the English. We fought in Korea and Vietnam and are currently deployed in Afghanistan. Our SAS have been there the entire time, and they haven't lost a single man. You can bet your arse they're in a full combat role too.
Australia's military history is similar - but much worse. Those poor bastards had to fight drinking weasel piss beer.
There are also a ton load of battles to chose from in WWII. You could swap between and Aussie and Kiwi soldier. Start with the retreat in Greece, then the Kiwi's defending Crete against the German paratroops. Then you have all the N.African battles to chose from, Tobruk and Alamein just to name two major ones. The last part of the game could be set in Italy (mind you, the aussies had packed up and pissed off by this stage - but this only opens for some pacific missions). The attacks on Monte Cassino would be a great mission.
I agree that it won't happen though. Most games are marketed for the American audience... and Americans only seem to be happy playing as a white middle class male killing Arabs, Nazis, Russians or Koreans.
Edit: Ok, just saw the poll results... and what a laugh. New Zealand, because we are a member of the Commonwealth, The UN and allied with the US have been involved in a crap load of wars and conflicts. You can chose anything from the Boer war, to Gallipoli or Passchendaele. We fought for 5 years in WWII cutting a lap round the Mediterranean from Greece to Crete, Egypt, Lybia and Tunisia before heading up Italy. Straight after WWII we were in the Malaysian Emergency with the English. We fought in Korea and Vietnam and are currently deployed in Afghanistan. Our SAS have been there the entire time, and they haven't lost a single man. You can bet your arse they're in a full combat role too.
Australia's military history is similar - but much worse. Those poor bastards had to fight drinking weasel piss beer.