Germany ended up doing Sealion and took London with quite a bit left; I think 4 or 5 tanks, 3 inf and 2 art. Since the UK sank the Italian navy, those two French ships in the Med sailed on up to SZ 109 and killed all the German transports so all that stuff was stuck on England and therefore no help at all against Russia. USSR did attack and got Finland, Romania, Slovakia/Hungary but lost in Poland. After that, Russia managed to keep trading territories with Germany – first it was Baltic States and E Poland. Germany would take them and Russia would take them back. This went on for several rounds which gave the US time to get enough men and equip over and liberate London. Then the balance shifted some and Germany and Russia started trading Poland and Slovakia back and forth. Russia already had Finland and Norway and managed to push into Romania again. US took Denmark and W Germany, Germany took W Germany back, US took it again. Italy never got their navy back and with the UK back in the game and buying stuff, they went after Italy and eventually took Rome.
Meanwhile, the US fleet just pounded the Japanese. Japan couldn’t replace the losses while USA could. Japan lost their mainland force to attacks by Chinese, Russian, British and ANZAC attacks. Even their big air force got whittled down. Eventually Japan was cornered on their island and convoy raided into the poorhouse. They were collecting 0 IPCs for 3 rounds or so. ANZAC had built up enough transports, troops and planes so they tried an invasion and ended up taking Japan. This was a surprise because Japan had a lot of guys on Japan + 3 fighters that they got before the US started convoy raiding them silly. USA also had an invasion fleet ready and the plan was for ANZAC to hit Japan and kill as many guys possible then USA would finish the job. ANZAC got some good dice and ended up winning after all.
Vance, I think you have the right idea. I don’t think Sealion is a good strategy for Germany anymore, unless the ROyal Navy is totally killed off, which I failed to do this time. That caused my navy to be sunk and delayed my invasion of England another crucial round. Also, I was still too weak on the Eastern Border and Russia just had a field day. Sure, they lost in Poland, but everywhere else I was crushed. Germany never really recovered and Russia was able to keep pouring on the heat. I think a better strategy is to kill the Royal Navy then head east. Leave London alone and deal with Russia with much better strength.