User blog comment:Damac1214/Treyarch releases official "Black Ops Timeline"/@comment-1187559-20150924180628/@comment-3171236-20150927090222

Well of course, because people liked World at War and liked the WW2 setting.

I think people just miss WW2 shooters. They used to oversaturate the market, sure, but there were still some good ones, and it would be cool to see some new ones (and there are games like Red Orchestra, but I think people miss games like Battlefield 1942, Medal of Honor, and pre-COD4 Call of Duty titles.