Recap:
Mostly standard except no attempt for Norway. Because he is unlikely to launch Sea Lion or build many subs I decide to forgo ASW tech and try to blockade the withdrawal of Italians to Sicily. I declare war on Italy right before fall of France (a mistake as it turns out it upsets the US and they reduce their war effort - should have foreseen this). Blockade is pretty unsuccessful as most transports slip through somehow - sink 1 and damage another. I take the Italian NA ports at an early date and invade Sicily before it is covered with troops. Morris counters by sending Luftwaffe there and RN suffers heavily from them and the RM. When it becomes hopeless the RN tries to go back to the Atlantic (convoys have suffered due to lack of surface fleets in Atlantic) and Morris blocks at Gibralter with subs and Kriegsmarine. I sink most of Kriegsmarine including subs and finaly get out. Although the Sicilian gambit was a failure it did cause him to use lots of PP's and oil with the Luftwaffe in Italy.
Barbarossa - this was pretty standard for Morris with an INF heavy Armies in North and Center and ARM/Mech blob in the south. My defense was a less aggressive Max defense. I bought few leaders and built MECH/INF armies around Stalingrad/Rostov/Voronezeh. Invested in Anti-armor research and waited for armor bonus and efficiency to rise. By the time he got there I could attack his low efficiency armor with INF and get near even odds on the first attacks. So we have taken out several Arms already. We are thin but, Morris got a late start as severe winter went into the end of April and doesn't end til the first Allied move, so he got a one turn late start.
It is now 9/30/41 and he has not taken Rostov yet, let alone Stalingrad, suffered some armor losses and is knocking at the doors of Moscow and Leningrad with INF armies - now, weather will be the deciding factor.
9/30/41 Start
North
Here we can see Morris is knocking at the gates of Moscow and Leningrad with a largely INF army. It is Sept. 30 so it will be 50:50 whether he gets another good offensive turn or runs into snow or mud. As all the Luftwaffe is in the south I feel pretty good about holding out here til winter and then possibly reestablishing lines between Moscow and Leningrad. All I plan is to shore up defenses in this front.
South
In the southern front we plan some more attempts to take out Mechs or Arms - even though the weather is fine, our anti-armor bonus gives us mostly even odds on the first attack and better on successive attacks. Goal is to blunt his armor "tip of the spear" and, where possible retake rail depots to prevent him railing up reinforcements.
9/30/41 Finish
North
Nothing much up here just strengthen lines and hope for bad weather.
South
The southern offensive goes fairly well as we take out 1 Mech and knock another to 1 step. Also setting up a possible INF pincer if he isn't careful. We've left some big defensive gaps but I don't think he will blunder forward much further even if the weather is good - and I have reinforcements coming if necessary.
