I don't know what some of you are talking about, but there are only few players who really play Axis only whom I can remember. Most famous examples are Karel88l and Kingtiger (MajorKönig). And atm you are more clever if you stick to the allied team and drive ze new Ubersherman and ze invincible Cromwell.
The expereinced players I know try to get in the same team as their buddies and only few of them stick to a certain side because they get better equipment. Unique for example prefers the Firefly over any german tank except the Panther maybe.
Well i like to play as Allied and only recently have i been playing as German. I like the challenge & i have noticed when working on awards, its much easier to achieve them as German, so take that for what its worth.
On another note, i fully understand players choosing to play a side because of where they are from.
In the past Koenig has owned me like no other, but it wasnt because he was the better player, more clever or had better weapons
(mostly). It was due to my ping being 100 points higher than his.
1vs1 confrontations ended with him pulling the trigger just a bit faster than me, but on WAW server, im better.