However, I've just started getting into CoH2 so I'm open to changing my mind. Now (finally) to my question: Which faction is the best late game? In CoH1, wehr was usually the best faction late game and there was a great dynamic were the americans had to push and be extremely aggressive early on, while the germans had to hang on in there and tech.
They are both very good in their own way.
You can have stronger late game faction with both German and Soviet faction, you just have to do well the rest of the game. (you can do fuck all to Soviet player having some SU85's, IS2, etc if you let him build up his army, and vice versa)
Don't listen to these German or Soviet biased players with blame square on "other factions God like units"......
German late game was only good if you did well in the rest of the game, pulling KT or Tiger didn't mean much if you had no other units.........
Also, Vet3 paratroopers make short work of tiger or KT, as do vet M10's and Perisher
So no excuse on units..
unit preservation veterancy vs purchased veterancy.. that wasn't in your game vocabulary, than you had problem with 'late German game'