I tried the mod33 beta out of curiosity, playing as Germans as I'm most comfortable as them, and the Soviets declared war on me and quickly flooded me.
It was simply stunning how much men they had in the field. I had an alliance with all the Balkans, Iberia, and Japan, and eliminated all Allies except the African colonies, Indians, Aussies, and Americans. Their landing attempts were pathetic, held back by maybe 36 units total, out of over 200.
Almost all my attention was on beating the bear, ready for Barbarossa.... And they declared war on me, just a few months early, and taking away my deserved bonus.

I think Germany deserves a hefty bonus if they're actually not the aggressors. Maybe not initially, but at some point.
I managed a few good encirclements, taking out maybe 30-40 units, but eventually they started to pile on sheer mass. The only major city I managed to take was Leningrad, largely due to bad AI defense (they had no reason to pull back from it). Besides that, I was only able to hold at the river. They eventually broke through the southern side, puppeted my pathetic Balkan allies, and surged through Bohemia.
That extra 18 months or so helps the USSR a hell of a lot more than it helps, well, anyone else. Losing on normal difficulty is hard to take.

I'll have to try again, with air power abuse, because it doesn't look like a 6 month blitz is viable with 33 beta. If I do somehow beat them next attempt, I'll probably be too late to stop the US from nuking me, but that's the next step.
