Let's answer some Questions here.
No Fortress is inpregnable, all you have to do is be prepared to take the casulties to storm it, I have no problems about that.
As for the USA, well there is still some game balancing to be done and don't forget Japan did wipe out Chaing KMT, if they hadn't done that then I doubt the USA would of joined the war. It was the Japanese who have conquered most of India. I am thinking it is a matter fo time before they get the rest.
I do prefer to repatch because the game gets better each time. The French AI inflicted far more casultied on me the second time round, and even threw back one of my assaults. It makes for a better ARR.
I have abanded the Malta operation to concentrate on Russia.
Suez was taken by my mobile forces driving thourgh Turkey. This time I did not forget about them in the Deserts, and kept feeding reinforments to them to keep thme up to strength. They got as far as modern Zambia before I did forgot about them.
I have abandoned Subamrines because the current models do not have the range to be really effective and longer rnage models are a long way from being researched. I decided to go for Rocket techs becuase you get a couple of nice side apllications out of that research field (no details, NDA). Nuclear Tech's I chose because hey what the hell.
I can't see what the allies are up to in the Pacific, but it looks like the Japanese are concentrating on India at the moment.