Maybe posting just once a week isn't enough, seeing the number of replies here...
Anyhow, my report:
America, v1.3, currently week 33, 1941
Instead of going week by week, I'll go theatre by theatre and see if that gives a better picture of my game.
South America.
I am currently at war with Brazil, and they are nearly gone. On this turn I capture Porto Alegre, spawning Eisenhower, who forms the 2d Marine army (the first was in the Pacific). In week 34, I take Goyaz and Cuyaba, and the turn after that Montevideo falls. Curumba is taken in week 36, and Brazil is no more.
On week 9, 1942, I declare war on Argentina, and capture Rosaria, but they retake the city on their turn. I then take Buenos Aires, Rosaria, Salta, Santa Fe., Mendoza, and Bahia Blanca. There is no peace with them as of yet, but my invasion is over. By this time it is week 12, 1942.
In the Pacific, I am halfway up through China, still battling the Japs who had been kicked off their home islands. They are not very good on the defensive, and my two huge carrier groups off shore tear them apart. I take Haichow, Shanghai, Chengtu, Teintsin, Yenan, Peking, and Kalgan fairly easily all in one rush. This is the first test of the Shermans, and I like them a lot. Not as good as marines, but then they're a good bit cheaper too.
I now advance into Manchuria, which is not more heavily defended, but slower due to all the forests. By week 47 of 41, the only Jap cities left are way off in the himalayan mounts. I leave them to the Brits, who eventually finish them off on their own.
In Europe, things heat up quickly. When last I spoke, I was battling the nefarious Uboat threat posed by the Nazi shipyards. In responce to this threat, Operation Closure, the capture of Iceland, is formed. I am certain the uboats are not getting through the channel, as the Brits would catch them more often than not, so I need to block the route going out of the North Sea. Reykjavik is captured on week 34 of 41, killing the Danish people, but it was for the good of the world, so no love lost.
On wk 37, Spain Declares War on Britain. After a few turns of relentless bombing by my atlantic carrier group, the Spaniards give up, and we have peace again.
By week 38, I believe the Uboat menace to be under control (at least enough for enough convoys to get through to europe w/o being sunk), and a massive airdrop by many US and "mercenary" Paratroopers surrounds the city of Amsterdam and the US invasion fleet prepares to dock after the area is reasonably secure! Once the Krauts find out what we're up to, their Panther divisions manage to break through the seige of Amsterdam, but they fail to crush the paratroops, and more importantly, they FAIL TO RE-INFORCE THE CITY! On the next week, all remaining airborne troops charge the city after raiding the adjacent radar station. Though Very heavily defended, the paras give the city a thorough beating, and nearly take it under their own steam. But the German garrison has run out of time; there in the distance looms the sea-borne invasion. The Marines take up where the paras left off, and Amsterdam is ours! Operation Overlord's initial landing is a success!
The rest of the marines who had not fought on the beaches prepare to defend the city against the inevitable German counter thrust. I have no decoy, and the Germans will certainly beleive that this is the schewerpunkt (did I spell that right?). Though the landing has succeded, a decisive breakout will require many more troops, and the Germans are still a VERY potent power, on the seas, on the ground, and their FW 190 can only be beat by pure numerical superiority. The buildup period has begun. 12 Marine divisions prepared to give their lives for the city of Amsterdam.
It was another five weeks before sufficient troops were assembled to launch another offensive, and a small one at that. But the attack on Brussels did more than just liberate a city from the Nazis; A great leader spawned there formed an army sufficient to defend Brussels on its own. The second we captured the city, however, the Germans predictable launched a counter attack, and razed Amsterdam, denying us a port. Maybe we should have brought over some mulberries.
Germany seems to be rush buying Panthers. Every turn they throw two or three at my cities. My strategic airforce (mainly b24s at this point) is proving to be the only really reliable tool for taking down heavy armor and defensive units. (btw, the B17G does seem to have a bit too high a range; It can reach from Ireland to Moscow! Maybe taking five or more off the range would be advisable. I know that all of Nazi controlled Europe was vulnerable to bombing by these, but in terms of gameplay and relative to the rest of the map [some one playing Japan said the US bombed Hawaii from the mainland with these] it seems a bit too much). Germany is still very much a power, but one that is certain to be worn down with time.
Also, in this game, my British allies have proven themselves very helpful. By week51 they had captured Sardinia, Corsica, all of Italian Africa, and up the boot to Rome. By the time Germany has fallen to her knees, they had taken all of Italy! Of course it helped that I gave the Brits buttloads of gold, but I wasn't doing anything with it, and it seems to have been a worthwhile investment.
1942 Starts off with an overwhelming naval victory. a stray fighter (I misclicked, actually...talk about luck!
)had swept over the Nazi port of Brest and found a convoy of 4 Bismarck C and a CDS sitting being refueled! Every heavy bomber that could be spared flew over the city that week, and by the end, 3 of the Bismarcks were blocking the channel with their wreckage, and the other two ships were severly wounded! Hurrah for our airforce!
The next week a large convoy lands on the beaches of Normandy to capture Paris, which they succeed in doing the next week, as well as razing Brest, and demolishing the Seigfried Line (though at high cost in Sherman tanks). In the German counter attack, they launch 6 Panther divisions at us, killing 7 marines and 2 wolverines. They fail to re-take paris though. When it is my turn, my airforce kills all six Panthers.
As more and more convoys arrive, I take the initiative and overrun Lyons, cutting off everything south and west off from Germany itself. In the next several weeks I capture those cities themselves.
I finally begin my offensive into Germany herself. Stuttgart and the Ruhr region fall within a week of each other. this success is marred slightly by the troubling news that Britain has declared war on the Soviets. :worried:
We are eventually forced to declare war on Russia ourselves, though the action is at first all in the Far East where I held China. In Europe, I continue methodically using LOTS of heavy bombers to soften defenses (germany's defenders are top notch! I like this, it makes it so you really cannot progress without a large airforce. I would be stopped dead by the StuG IIIg if it weren't for B29 SFs.). I eventually capture Berlin itself. I have taken Berlin and Tokyo. Britian had taken Rome.
HOUSE RULES VICTORY WEEK 25 1942!!!!!
Then there is the war with Russia to recount, but I'm tired of typing, so I'll save it for tommorrow. I intend to dunk Russia soundly in this game, and I have just gotten the really fun toys like the M26 and the Iowa class, not to mention thos B29s
this could be FUN!
), with nothing but PanzerIIIe's. Granted, France took a little longer and the UK is still a force off the coast, but....
. So why borther with French and British when there are easy targets. Take them before they build up. I am also almost not building diffence units. Instead of concuering Paris my strategy with French was to slowly take the airport "La Burge" near by Paris to prevent British bombardment while taking Leningrad, Stalingrad and all between till Moscow. While assult Turkey and Africa. I give up all navy game play by hiding in mine fields and killing whatever easy one. 
They pioneered the jet fighter but didnt build the simplest of things, a jeep. This greately cost the germans and maybe as a way of incorporating this they could be handicapped in not being able to build any new Railroads or making it extemely difficult to build?
