Oh yah I remember COD WAW. After I beat it, I showed it to a friend, and then we microwaved the CD-ROM rather than return it back into the wild. I think microwaving it was more fun than playing the game.
What a heartless thing to do.
The Pacific campaign was OK not terrific, however, the Russian Berlin campaign was what made the game enjoyable. It was very energetic, fierce, and brutal. Something different from the previous Call of Dutys before it. It might not be historically accurate, but I still find fun smashing through the Seelow defenses and storming the Reichstag.
About CoDWW2: it looks like the campaign will be entirely in Western Europe... again. However, I've heard you get to play as different divisions such as infantry, airborne, armoured, etc. This might be a neat concept.