@ CCIP - that is a good idea; I don't like the thought of cutting off the campaign in 1944 either and if the dev team really don't want to bother with it, they should at least leave it open for modders if at all possible.
I brought up the subject in the Marinesims preview thread though, and no one seemed to agree with me - in fact, some of them seemed more amused at what I was saying.