Germany - SID difficulty, AI most aggressive, no workers (clean pollution only), ironman rules (no reloads)
Week 36, 1939 - Took Danzig and Radom (Poland). Spy planted in the US.
Week 37, 1939 - Caught Chinese attempting to plant a spy. Poland defeated.
Week 38, 1939 - Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Antwerp taken (France). Britain moved 6 Battleships, 3 Battlecruisers and 5 Heavy Cruisers towards Oslo minefield.
Week 39, 1939 - Destroyed 5 Britain Heavy Cruisers and 3 Battlecruisers at a loss of 1
Deutschland Class and 4 U-Boat VII's.
Week 40, 1939 - Brussels taken. Sunk 1 British Battleship at a loss of 6 u-boat VII's.
Week 41, 1939 - Assault on France ready to commence.
Week 42, 1939 - Lille and Verdun taken (France).
Week 43, 1939 - Japan takes Guam.
Week 44, 1939 - 4 British Battleships sunk at a cost of 18 subs/uboats.
Week 45, 1939 - Paris taken with ease after 2 weeks bombardment by 35 bombers and 8 HQ Artillery pieces.
Week 46, 1939 - Japan takes Manila (US). Declare war on Sweden.
Week 47, 1939 - Took Strasbourg (France).
Week 48, 1939 - Japan takes Ningpo.
Week 49, 1939 - Japan takes and razes Yenan.
Week 50, 1939 - Took Malmo (Sweden).
Week 51, 1939 - Japan takes Lanchow and Amoy. Took Lyon. My Allies have still not declared war on Sweden ???? France has been pumping out French DCR Armoured Divisions like crazy, really slowing down my advance.
Week 52, 1939 - My Allies finally declare war on Sweden. Japan takes and razes Balikpapan. Spy planted in Great Britain (3rd attempt).
Week 1, 1940 - Japan takes Ansi. Took Goteborg (Sweden). Strange, hardly any naval activity around the Britain, French and German coastline for the past 4-5 turns.
Week 2, 1940 - Japan takes Su-Chow.
Week 3, 1940 - Took Stockholm (Sweden) and Marseilles (France).
Week 4, 1940 - Took Toulouse and Bordeaux (France).
Week 5, 1940 - Colombia declares war on the US. Great Britain declares war on Colombia. Took Sundsvall (Sweden). Preparing assault on Switzerland.
Week 6, 1940 - 2 French Battleships sunk in Corisca harbor from bombing. Took Brest
(France). France defeated on European mainland.
Week 7, 1940 - Maginot Line destroyed, all remaining French fortresses and special
fortresses in the area have been taken out. Took Lulea (Sweden). Declare war on
Switzerland. Took Bern. Switzerland defeated. Preparing assault on Yugoslavia.
Week 8, 1940 - Gave Bern to Italy.
Week 9, 1940 - Japan takes Singapore.
Week 10, 1940 - Using Ju-87B Dive Bombers from Marseilles, killed all troops stationed at
Corsica, so Italy can use its transport to bring over troops and take the city. Using about 25 bombers, sank a french and british transport (along with escorts) that dropped tanks off near Italian capital. Britain continues bombing runs on my coastal cities, with heavy losses. They have sent lone transports out, but have not seen any ships around the Britain homeland since Week 1, 1940.
Week 11, 1940 - US defeats Colombia (city of Bogota). Japan takes Sian. Italian transport drops 6 tanks off on Corsica coast, Ju-87's kill the newly made french infantry there. Britain stationed 13 Blackburns, Spitfires, and Hurricanes at the coastal airbase near London protected by 1 1939 British Infantry and a flak. With a transport, destroyed them all with 1 marine and a couple infantry. Declare war on Yugoslavia. Took Belgrade and Zagreb (Yugoslavia). Preparing assault on Greece and Turkey.
Week 12, 1940 - Italy takes Corsica. My small fleet of 11 ships (u-boats, destroyers and
light cruisers) runs into 55 French and British subs off Spanish coast near La Coruna (20
subs sank). Took Dubrovnik and Yugoslavia defeated. 8 more British aircraft destroyed at coastal airbase near Portsmouth at loss of 3 German Infantry from transport. Declare war on Greece.
Week 13, 1940 - 4 British transports sunk near London, Plymouth, and La Coruna. 19 more French and British subs sank north of La Coruna.
if Civ V and VI are better, Civ IV is quite a 
disappointment.
Things would sure have been different, they were supposed to stop with Panama. 
I guess in this case though they brought it on themselves.
