@BJCard:
So a British IC in Persia or Iraq is recommended if someone does this? I’ve never really liked an Egypt IC.
For me, I would have needed at least two ICs in the Egypt-Persia belt. But you pretty much need them before the Axis show up in Turkey, otherwise you won’t have enough units to hold the area.
It seems vital for the UK to have an Egypt IC down by at least UK2, preferably UK1, but this opens you up to the potential of a Sea Lion. It’s a very catch-22 situation for the UK which I discussed at length in this other thread:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=29771.0