I’ll keep those tips in mind.

I am I need of some pointers with dealing with the Pacific/naval warfare in general. Every game I have ever played of AA revolves around the Allies ganging up on Germany
and hoping the Japanese can’t assist with taking down Russia with the Pacific being ignored almost completely.

What ways can you force your enemies hand into dealing with the pacific? What are some of key moves for either side to gain a strategic advantage? Also, how do you use submarines so they are effective? I hear people buy them a lot but I am not sure why. Is just that they can’t be hit with aircraft? Sorry if these are dumb questions but the Pacific has kind of remained an enigma to my playgroup so it gets ignored. Trying to fix that.