Can't get as far as 1940, eh?:rotfl:
I started playing SHCE in 1998, and got into the habit of running concurrent patrols; one out of each available port. If a captain died or retired I would start a new career out of that port starting the same month. I never got past early 1943. In 2004 I finally got a copy of AOD, and started over in 1939 doing the same thing. I planned to start SHCE over when my AOD careers reached 1942, but then SH3 came along. Every time some great new mod came along (anyone remember when there was no Kiel Canal?) I'd drop everything and start over. Now I have SH4, but my computer won't run it, and SH3 is on hold while I work on my latest project.
So no, I've never been past early 1940 either...except in the Pacific, where I once made it as far as June 1943.