Yeah I mean that's fine with me, as long as the game has SOME Great War elements and is fun.
Though IMO it takes the wind out of the "no female soldiers because WE MUST MAINTAIN REALISM" argument.
I thought it was ridiculous at first glance, but there's models of female soldiers used in the singleplayer already and yeah the game's already very divergent from WWI so I really can kinda see why some are a bit incensed. Frankly, the exclusion of France or Russia from release is already a historical travesty anyway, chicks in trenches can't make it much worse