The Disappointing Beginning
Right so I've picked UK, marvelled at the large and confused array of fleets/armies and been suitably impressed with the much better IC figure available. Then the problems start;
Seemingly almost five years of continuous total war haven't really convinced the government of the merits of intervention in foreign affairs or a hawk like approach. They'd much rather sit back in a semi-doveish isolation. While watching formations of flying pigs race past.
Moving on to production
Ignoring the slight annoyance of seeing HMS Implacable not being preped for her attack on Tirpitz but sitting unfinished in a dockyard I was confused by quite a few things on this list. Not least such rubbish subs. I mean that list of rubbish subs and A-class subs could almost be from the start of the game. This needed investigating.
My first port of call was HMS Vanguard, laid down in 1941, launched 1944 but absent.
Well that explains that.
Moving on, where were the Colossus class carriers? They should be finished by year end ready for some Far Eastern Fleet action....
Well that's a bugger.
Still at least when I do research these ships, probably some time after their historic launch date mind, I'll be able to build them quickly....
Oh. Well obviously years of desperately building shipping as fast as possible to replace U-boat losses didn't rub off on the shipyards.
Thankfully that wont be a problem anymore. With the Battle of the Atlantic won, Bletchley Park humming away and proper ASW air/sea escorts we'll see no problems there...
Oh. Obviously the Royal Navy must have just 'forgotten' all that. Better buy my Admirals some paper so they can write these things down.
My naval disappointments were, sadly, just the beginning. There was a whole world of army and air force-based letdowns yet to come.