That is indeed cool.
There was a paid third party addon for Steel Panthers, 'Watchtower', that was basically a long campaign game covering Guadalcanal, with a media-sweetened interface. It was one of four, with the others covering the DAK in North Africa and also one for Barbarossa. IIRC, you can now get them from Matrix Games now as 'Steel Panthers: Generals', a single install with all four using the SPWAW engine.