3 things crippled me.
First, I didn't properly supply my drive into the Med, and while initially I pounded teh Italian navy, i could not follow it up and take them out. I then left myself vulnerable to counter attack and the Germans took full advantage.
Second, I took a chacne the german would try to go east early and did not research ASW early on, Unfortunately German went HEAVY in to subs and upped evasiona and trop attack and built a crap load of them (I think he has 11). HE sent several to teh med and used them to drive back into port at Suez, and has pretty much taken the entire NA and isolate the British Isles.
Third, I got some very bad naval attrition when I tried to press my advantage and lost ships to no effect on my turn, and then got hammered, when he attacked me back, out of supply, the next turn.
The good news is, it will be fast to upgared my naval tech becasue having no fleet left makes it cheap
The silver lining it that it is now Fa 41 and its not clear if Germany will attack russia this trun or go for a knockout blow against Britain. In some ways, him going after England at this point is prefferable for us, as every turn closer to the factroy upgrades of 42 makes it that much more lickely the SU will survive and be in a STRONG position to take on Germany. Especially if England can hold out until the US gets in the war and now its 42 and Germany has not taken England and Scotland, and is not in a strong position to strike deep into the SU.
Unless Germany can take out England now that its down, I'm not sure the effort to cut England off from the Empire will pay off once the US enters and starts rolling back across. ITs a very interesting situation that could still play out to the Germans siginifcant advantage. I did not set out to "see how low you could go" and still get back into it, but seems that is the position I'm currently in...
SO its hole up for 3 or 4 turns and hoe the US can push the Atlantic conveyor back across to reunify the UK!
