Hallo zusammen,
 
shall we see "Peace in our Time"? Perhaps, but certainly not just yet as
the draw proposal failed to pass muster. So Europe's attention shall have to
remain divided between the diplomatic arena and the football pitch. Now that we
Germans have punished the Aussies for giving us Foster beer and Kylie Minogue, I
suppose we'll have to next teach the Serbs a lesson for starting WW1
and whacky Playmobil-esque Eurovision hairstyles! :p
 
Germany plainly doesn't seem to be satisfied to successes being confined to
on-pitch action as the Wehrmacht has invaded the Netherlands, Norway and
Switzerland, though simultaneously also relinquishing de facto control over
Sweden.
 
Off the pitch, the Spaniards have now dealt the Egyptians some punishment
and Morocco now happens to be the last lonely nation on the independent minor
power list.
 
Something must be also happening in Paris. For five different nations now
surround the French capital. Perhaps it's because the last World Cup before WW2
was hosted by France (see poster below) and everyone's flocking to see the
games... Something terribly wrong happened though, as the Italians won...
Anyway, the press section is exclusively devoted to the beautiful game.
 
The Fall 1940 Moves are due NLT 6PM CET on Monday, 21
June. So please send my your prelims no later than Saturday. But prior to
that, we've got some pending retreats which are due in two
days.
 
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 NEWSPAPER FRONTPAGES
EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO GERMANY'S 4-0 VICTORY!

PRESS:
 
POLISH PRESS: Dateline London:   Disoriented by stunning football
error, Royal Navy hooligans assault French fleet.  After drowning the
memory of their own football disappointment, France's sailors were in no
condition to repel the Anglo onslaught.  Officials observed no handballs
during the brief battle.
 
PIC OF THE DAY: 1938 FIFA World Cup
poster.
 
 
QUOTE OF THE DAY [in honour of
today's game]: "Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the
game against the Italians." - Johan Cryuff
 
ORDERS:
 
Britain:
F Brest Hold
F Liverpool - Edinburgh
F Tripoli Supports
F Atlantic Ocean - Egypt(sc)
F English Channel - Belgium
F North Sea
Supports F Liverpool - Edinburgh
F South-Western Approaches - Atlantic
Ocean
 
France:
F Edinburgh Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Paris - Lorraine
 
Germany:
A Austria Supports A Munich - Switzerland
A Hamburg -
Netherlands
A Hungary Supports A Austria
A Lorraine - Picardy
A Munich
- Switzerland
A Slovakia Supports A Hungary
F Sweden - Norway
F Baltic
Sea - Denmark
 
Italy:
A Croatia Hold
A Milan Hold
A Rome - Trentino
A
Switzerland - Burgundy
F Ionian Sea Hold
F Libyan Sea Supports F Atlantic
Ocean - Egypt(sc) (*Dislodged*)
 
Poland:
A Cracow Supports A Rumania
A Kazakhstan - Siberia
F
Latvia - Gulf of Danzig
A Moscow - Ukraine (*Bounce*)
A Norway -
Finland
A Rumania Hold
A Ukraine - Byelorussia
A Volhynia - Ukraine
(*Bounce*)
A Warsaw Hold
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden
 
Turkey:
A Bulgaria - Thrace
A Dobruja - Bulgaria
A Eastern
Anatolia Supports F Stalingrad(wc)
F Greece Supports F Gulf of Sidra - Libyan
Sea
F Izmir - Eastern Mediterranean
A Persia Supports F
Stalingrad(wc)
A Serbia Supports F Greece
F Stalingrad(wc) Hold
A Syria
- Palestine
F Arabian Sea - Suez
F Gulf of Sidra - Libyan Sea
 
Nationalist_Spain:
A Madrid - Gibraltar
A Marseille - Gascony
F
Portugal - South-Western Approaches
F Valencia - Western Mediterranean
F
Atlantic Ocean - Egypt(sc)
 
Egypt:
A Egypt Hold (*Disbanded*)
 
Morocco:
A Morocco Hold
 
PENDING RETREATS:
 
French F Edinburgh can retreat to Ireland or North-Western Approaches or
Norwegian Sea or Yorkshire or Irish Sea.

Italian F Libyan Sea can retreat to Aegean Sea or Dodecanese.
 

SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1939):


    Britain(6): Belgium,
Brest, Liverpool, London, Netherlands, Tripoli.
   
France(2): Edinburgh, Paris.
   
Germany(: Austria, Berlin, Czechia, Denmark, Hamburg, Hungary,
Munich, Sweden.
    Italy(6): Algiers, Croatia, Milan,
Naples, Rome, Switzerland.
    Poland(10): Cracow,
Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Norway, Rumania,
Warsaw.
    Turkey(11): Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Greece,
Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Persia, Serbia, Stalingrad, Suez.
    Nationalist Spain(5): Burgos,
Madrid, Marseille, Portugal, Valencia. 
    Neutrals(2): Egypt, Morocco.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM
CET (GMT+1)...not local time)

    o Summer 1940 Retreats: 16 June
    o Fall 1940 Moves: (19) 21
June
    o Winter 1940 Retreats/Adjustments: 23
June
 
ORDERS MAP:
 
RESULTS MAP: