I usually figure half and hour to an hour per round as long as players have a concrete idea of what they want to accomplish and plan during other people’s turns. So, the fastest game of Europe I have had so far was this last weekend, at 4.5 hours and 5 rounds.
And if you let Italy eat up Africa…Then Germany looks pretty bleak
Africa will be hard, but if you can get through Egypt and Med you will be able to slowly move on the British, but they have an IC in South Africa. Russia will be bigger so Germany could get a lot more countless territories and France will be a few, so they can build up, but if the US ever gets there they are rich