Robb, I'm going to steal your list of nations, and give my take on it all:
French - Butt of jokes, yes. But kit is becoming available, and it's a must if the early-war crowd is going to have anything to shoot at! A handful out there are doing Free French forces in Brit or US uniforms, which is cool. People that do these 2 main Allied impressions could easily convert.
Italy - It's a cool impression, always liked the uniforms. Two spins you can do here of course: pre-43 regular, or post-43 loyalists that fell under German command. The elite units were arguably equal to any of the other nations... I guess it was the average infantry that were ill-commanded.
Poland - Polish contributions are a list a mile long! FOUR possible impressions: 1939 regular army, 1940 outfitted by the French, Free Polish army in exile outfitted by the Brits, and the LWP (Polish People's Army) that fought under the Soviets (mix of Polish styled uniforms and standard Soviet kit). Too cool. These were hard-fighting lads with a vengeance!
Russian - Indeed, lingering Cold War mentality pervades some of the would-be "Urrah" fodder out there. I have to say that if you're like me and enjoy taking on a challenging, culturally-different impression like many claim German is, Russian/Soviet should be even that much more challenging. They had their own way of doing everything, different usually from anyone in the west. Hell, they thought Spam was a delicacy!
Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian - May not be "cool kid", but hopefully some of the reenactors out there with those ethnic ties might take it up, much like a majority of the Poles have done. It would be a start! Plus, Romanian you get to switch sides too...
G.I. - No leg unit near you, Robb?? Wow, I would think at least a small 5-man group would be anywhere. That seems to be the unfortunate trend in GI these days: tiny leg units. They end up playing together at battles, but for some reason or another, can't be bothered to band into one group.... yes, of brothers. There, I said it
Japanese - You'd think with the J-punk movement, killer electronics, and more sushi restaurants around than ever, people would be keen! Personally though, the stumbling block would be that I'm a 6'-1" tall Caucasian... same reason why I refuse to do NVA/VC in the 'Nam. Same reason I don't do WAC or female nurse impression.
Belgian - They & the Dutch actually fought some pitched battles at the onset... even the Fallschirmjaeger almost got beat up by them in a couple instances. You could be one of the few that retreated and fought briefly in France. Or do a Eben Emael battle... YES!! Anyone have a large hill we can carve out a bunker system into??
French Foreign Legion - Cool... don't know much about their European front contributions though.
Finnish - Did it, been there, got the T-shirt! Regular "SA" army and SK.Y militia (the guys you see in the "Winter War" movie). Limited only by the fact that you can only do eastern front, but you can do the early 1939-40 Winter War, or 1941-44 alongside the "occupying" Germans.
Brit and Canadian - Indeed, seems that only a handful take these on still, and when they do, many of them have to be either para or commando, or some elite Guard unit that happened to receive a case of Denison pattern camo. OK... I'll promise to stop yelling "DON'T JUST STAND THERE! LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEE THE HAND OF GOD BEFORE!!!" at you if you do it up
Ohh, and CIVILIAN - Yep, you knew I'd plug it. Wear whatever fashion from Europe in the 30's/40's you want, mess with the guys wearing uniform, repel the Soviet hordes with your Cz-24 & 5 rounds, or just dodge bullets as you get your stuff & family to safety. Oh, it's gonna be the next Airborne, I tell ya....
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