if you haven’t played before, i would suggest that you try to be the axis in your first game, as they usually win the first few games in beginner games b/c the allies haven’t perfected working together, and the germans can take moscow easily if the russian player has no idea what he’s doing. if you are japan, then try to run wild on the mainland, maybe building a complex in manchuria by turn 3 or 4 (depending on how well you’ve done against india and china) to pump out tanks to take into russia. if you’re the allies, get ur allies to focus on taking out germany and africa first, and then japan second, and russia should buy all infantry, beacuse they are great on defense and can attack well if there are enough of them.