Hallo zusammen,
 
we've now reached the starting date of WW2. And probably the story of this
season's Turkey being pushed back both in the Balkans and in the Mediterranean.
Spain has brought the entire Iberian peninsula under her dominion, a feat not
replicated since the personal union of 1580-1640 (if I'm getting my dates
right). In Northern waters events had more of a muted quality to them -
other than the French securing much of Scotland. Shades of the Jacobite
Rebellion of 1745 here...?
 
The Winter 1939 Retreats/Adjustments are due NLT 6PM CET
on Wednesday, 9 June. 
 
Liebe Grüsse,
 
Charles
 
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PLAYERS:
    BRITAIN: Michael Thompson
<psychosis(at)sky.com>
    FRANCE: Joao Queiros
<jlqueiros3(at)hotmail.com>
    GERMANY: Ghostine, Jimmy
<Jimmy.Ghostine(at)vtmednet.org>
    ITALY & NAT. SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer
dirk(at)knemeyer.com   
    POLAND: Kyle Overby-Lee
<tomjnkns.IL(at)gmail.com>
    SOVIET UNION & REP. SPAIN: Nigel
Phillips <nephilli99(at)hotmail.com> (eliminated
Winter 193
    TURKEY: Repu Maoni
<wesaq(at)list.ru>

HEADLINES:
    o FRENCH SNEAK INTO CLYDE
ESTUARY
    o WEHRMACHT SUPPORTS ITALIAN OFFENSIVE INTO
BALKANS
    o REGIA MARINA STEAMS EASTWARDS
    o POLISH TROOPS PARADE THROUGH BUCHAREST
    o CRACKS IN "FORTRESS TURKEY"?
    o SALAZAR REGIME SIGNS TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP WITH
SPAIN

PRESS:
 
PIC OF THE DAY: Stalin grinning like a cheshire cat
at the signing of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, August 1939.
 
 
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Don't delay. The
best is the enemy of the good. By this I mean that a good plan violently
executed now is better than a perfect plan next week. War is a very simple
thing, and the determining characteristics are self confidence, speed and
audacity. None of these things can be done perfectly, but all can be done well."
-George Patton
 
ORDERS:
 
Britain:
F Belgium - English Channel
F Brest
Hold
F Edinburgh - Liverpool
F Tripoli Supports F Ionian Sea - Libyan
Sea
F Bay of Biscay - South-Western Approaches
F North Sea
Hold
 
France:
A Gascony - Paris
F Irish Sea -
Edinburgh
 
Germany:
A Austria Supports A Hungary
A
Hamburg - Denmark (*Bounce*)
A Hungary Supports A Slovenia - Croatia
A
Lorraine - Burgundy (*Bounce*)
A Munich - Lorraine (*Fails*)
A Slovakia
Supports A Hungary
F Sweden Hold
F Baltic Sea - Denmark
(*Bounce*)
 
Italy:
A Rome Supports A Slovenia -
Croatia
A Slovenia - Croatia
A Trentino - Switzerland
F Ionian Sea -
Libyan Sea
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea
 
Poland:
A Byelorussia - Moscow
A Cracow -
Rumania
A Greater Poland - Warsaw
A Moscow - Kazakhstan
A Norway
Hold
A Ukraine Supports A Cracow - Rumania
A Warsaw - Volhynia
F Gulf
of Bothnia Hold
 
Turkey:
A Beirut - Syria
A Croatia Supports
A Serbia (*Dislodged*)
A Eastern Anatolia Supports F Black Sea -
Stalingrad(wc)
A Istanbul - Bulgaria
A Rumania Supports A Serbia
(*Dislodged*)
A Serbia Supports A Croatia
A Stalingrad - Persia
F
Aegean Sea - Greece
F Arabian Sea Hold
F Black Sea - Stalingrad(wc)
F
Libyan Sea - Gulf of Sidra
 
Nationalist_Spain:
F Gibraltar - Atlantic
Ocean
A Madrid Supports F South-Western Approaches - Portugal
A Marseille
- Burgundy (*Bounce*)
F South-Western Approaches - Portugal
 
Egypt:
A Egypt Hold
 
Morocco:
A Morocco Hold
 
Portugal:
F Portugal Hold
(*Disbanded*)
 
PENDING RETREATS:
 
Turkish A Croatia can retreat to Bosnia or Albania.
Turkish A Rumania
can retreat to Dobruja or Transylvania.
 
ADJUSTMENTS:
 
Italy:
Build
 
Poland:
Build
Build
 
Turkey:
Build?
Build?
 
Nationalist_Spain:
Build
 
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 193:


    Britain(6): Belgium,
Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Netherlands, Tripoli.
   
France(2): Brest, Paris.
    Germany(: Austria,
Berlin, Czechia, Denmark, Hamburg, Hungary, Munich,
Sweden.
    Italy(5): Algiers, Milan, Naples, Rome,
Switzerland.
    Poland(: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia,
Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Warsaw.
   
Turkey(13): Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Iraq, Istanbul,
Izmir, Persia, Rumania, Serbia, Stalingrad, Suez.
    Nationalist Spain(4): Burgos,
Madrid, Marseille, Valencia. 
    Neutrals(4): Egypt, Morocco, Norway, Portugal.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM
CET (GMT+1)...not local time)
    o Winter 1939 Retreats/Adjustments: 9
June
    o Spring 1940 Moves: (12) 14 June
    o Summer 1940 Retreats: 16 June
    o Fall 1940 Moves: (19) 21
June
    o Winter 1940 Retreats/Adjustments: 23
June
 
ORDERS MAP:
 
RESULTS MAP: