@Speusippus:
I once played against a UK who waited three rounds before he even bought anything. I now understand he did this so he could lay down a massive navy all at once.
Well, what is going to be left for G to attack SZ2, the safest place to put your fleet in?
As LMD said, normally (if he did mot lose any planes against the UK BB on G1): 2 SUB, 1FTR, 1BMB (the G DD will have been destroyed by either UK or US planes).
2DD, AC, 2FTR (I suggest using the US FTR on the AC) is going to defeat that attack.
He could have more, but then he’s crippling his G1 attacks, and crippling his options for G2.
That being said, even if you have to wait until UK2 to put your fleet down, you’r not losing a lot.
Why? Because you don’t have anything to do with that fleet without any Transports (TRN). You might have 1 TRN in SZ1, but that’s it. You could land in Norway, but it’ll be destroyed anyway (it’s worth it if you can capture Norway). You could also just send it to SZ 8 on UK2.
On UK2, you can lay down your fleet in SZ8, where it’ll be joined by US 1 CRU and 1DD. At that point, G will have to pull all of its planes back to W EU. to threaten you. If it does so, don’t worry, that means the Russians are having a field day… Just build an additionnal DD with UK and you’ll be fine.