Why do you care about this bit of realism so much in a game that cannot and does not claim at all to be historically accurate?
I understand the bugs and balance arguments, but realism and CoH? Look at the Total War series, in Medieval II you could conquer English soil with Italian troops?! Heresy! Historically impossible!!
I think it's quite cool to be able to combine US and Sovs, even if they didn't directly fight together. If I wanna have realism, I watch documentaries or movies that have a claim to be historically accurate and authentic.
too many history buffs, who just don't understand company of heroes is just dawn of war: world war 2 edition. Relic does not give a shit about authenticity in multiplayer anywhere near what some players on the forums do.