I also prefer an IC in India… even if I lost it the last time I played with the allies.
I think that is the only way to stop Japan in Asia and, most of all,
to avoid that Japan eats alive Russia while Moscow is being defended from Germany.

I also like that Italians help to support the Germans againts the Russians that way.
But I suspect that Russia would survive longer if counterattacking with tanks
instead of building up infantries.