I think the difference in our games and what you have found in your games is Scott's view of the "most likely path to an axis victory". Scot is a "maximum force" kind of player who will efficiently muster the maximum available force to overcome one target while conceding just about anything else on other fronts. He feels Africa is waste of resources and is a distraction for the real goal. No subs, no airbases, no amphib attacks. the axis can hold their ground well enough until the USA is into the war. At that point Germany starts putting all their resources into defending vs the Western allies. With Russian territories fueling the german war machine, they rival the USA economically.