Tempted to give conventional wisdom the finger (and Italy!) the finger, but right now I think I'll only do it halfway.

Retreat OTB, disband F Bre.

-Nick

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Dirk Knemeyer <dirk(at)knemeyer.com> wrote:

Fine Diplomats,

I fear that my only getting to this after 3:30 am local time will preclude my usual effort at history. I will manage to muster some headlines though! At this point I'm just pleased not to have NMR'ed.

There are two retreats (all neutral units are disbanded) and plenty of builds this year, as you will see below. Also, a Polish-Turkish draw has been proposed. Only YES votes will be counted affirmatively, and the vote must be unanimous to pass. Upcoming deadlines are at the end of this note.


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PLAYERS
 Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
 France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com

 Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
 Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com

 Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
 Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com

 USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de

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HEADLINES
 Suez falls to surging Turks; middle east holdings now tenuous

 Guillotine being prepared for terrified French leader
 Swap of Austria for Belgium not likely to please traditionalists Italian military genius in evidence seemingly everywhere
 Poles conquer Leningrad and advance in the Balkans, but suffer disaster in the the Ukraine

 Aid to beleaguered Soviets punctuates new conquests
 Fall of Leningrad has Soviet military leadership again uneasy
 Republicans conquer Burgos, win the Spanish Civil War! Nationalists aid Italian interests before dispersing for their homes


Now, for some player press:

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Italian Press:
Franco regrets to announce that his forces have had a vote and decided to disperse into the French countryside. The food and wine of France are infinitely superior to that of Spain, and so he will be joining them. While he is sorry to have abandoned the Spanish people to the reign of communists, who no doubt will start doing foolish things - like helping those in poverty - he is sure that Spain will eventually emerge from this darkness and the people will stand up for real action and then move forward. Something like that, at any rate. Franco's last message to his people - as best as this correspondent can gather - is: 'This cheese is all right, hey? Pass me another bottle of the red, Mola.' 

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Turkish Press:
November 10 of this year, our dear leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died after struggling with cirrhosis. This tragedy has shaken the Turkish Republic to the core and will undoubtedly effect the military which he so selflessly loved. On the leader's deathbed, he emphasised how much he enjoyed his tough negotiations with Jozef Stalin after their Caucasian. It is because of this and not any anti-Polish sentiment that the Black Sea fleet of the proud Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri will support the Soviet cause. Istanbul wishes that Warsaw would view this action as purely symbolic of the friendship between these two great leaders and not as some declaration of war. We are a friend to all that share our borders.
 Very soon we will be notifying the world of our change in government. We hope to have this change confirmed by Spring of next year and will share our new foreign policy at that time.

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Orders:

Britain: F Denmark Supports F SwedenF Morocco Supports A Tunisia - AlgiersF Norway - Finland(nc) (*Fails*)
F Suez Hold (*Dislodged*)F Sweden Supports F Norway - Finland(nc) (*Cut*)F Irish Sea - South-Western ApproachesF North Sea - Belgium (*Fails*)
France: 
A Algiers Hold (*Disbanded*)A Marseille Supports A Munich - Switzerland (*Void*)(*Dislodged*)A Picardy - ParisA Southern Algeria Supports A AlgiersF Bay of Biscay - Brest

Germany: A Austria Supports A Saxony - Munich (*Dislodged*)F Hamburg HoldA Munich - LorraineF Netherlands Supports A Rhineland - BelgiumA Rhineland - Belgium
A Saxony - Munich (*Bounce*)
Italy: A Milan - South TyrolA Rome - AustriaA Slovenia Supports A Rome - AustriaA Switzerland - Munich (*Bounce*)
A Tunisia - AlgiersF Gulf of Lion - MarseilleF Tyrrhenian Sea Supports A Tunisia - Algiers
Poland: A Cracow - RumaniaA Eastern Ukraine - Moscow (*Disbanded*)
F Estonia - Leningrad(sc)A Hungary Supports A Transylvania - SerbiaA Latvia Supports F Estonia - Leningrad(sc)A Transylvania - SerbiaA Western Ukraine Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Moscow
F Gulf of Danzig - Gulf of Bothnia (*Fails*)
Turkey: A Iran Supports A Kurdistan - IraqA Kurdistan - IraqA Thrace - Serbia (*Fails*)F Black Sea Supports A Georgia - Eastern Ukraine
F Eastern Mediterranean - SuezF Libyan Sea Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Suez
USSR: A Finland - Leningrad (*Fails*)A Georgia - Eastern Ukraine
A Moscow Supports A Georgia - Eastern UkraineA Stalingrad Supports A MoscowF Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Fails*)
Nationalist_Spain: A Gascony Supports F Gulf of Lion - Marseille

Republican_Spain: A Madrid - Burgos
Iraq: A Iraq Hold (*Dislodged* *Disbanded*)
Portugal: F Portugal Hold

Retreats:British F Suez can retreat to Egypt(nc), Palestine(nc), Palestine(sc), Arabian Sea, Atlantic Ocean, or Egypt(sc)German A Austria can retreat to Czechia or Slovakia
French A Marseilles can retreat to Burgundy or Catalina or Gascony or Piedmont or disband
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Winter 1936 Builds:

Britain:
BuildBuild?
France:Remove
Remove?

Germany:
Build?

Italy:
Build
BuildBuild
Poland:
Build
Build

Turkey:
Build
BuildBuild
USSRRemove
Remove
Republican_SpainBuild
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Ownership of supply centers

Britain:   Denmark, Edinburgh, Egypt, Liverpool, London, Morocco, Norway, Sweden.
France:    Brest, Paris.

Germany:   Belgium, Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich, Netherlands.
Italy:     Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Marsailles, Milan, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Tripoli, Valencia.
Poland:    Cracow, Gdynia, Hungary, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Rumania, Serbia, Warsaw.

Turkey:    Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Suez.
USSR:      Finland, Moscow, Stalingrad.
Nationalist_Spain: Burgos.
Republican_Spain: Madrid.

Britain:    8 Supply centers,  7 Units:  Builds   1 units.

France:     2 Supply centers,  4 Units:  Removes   2 units.
Germany:    6 Supply centers,  6 Units:  Builds   0 units.
Italy:      10 Supply centers,  7 Units:  Builds   3 units.
Poland:     9 Supply centers,  7 Units:  Builds   2 units.

Turkey:     9 Supply centers,  6 Units:  Builds   3 units.
USSR:       3 Supply centers,  5 Units:  Removes   2 units.
Republican_Spain:  2 Supply center,   1 Unit:   Builds   1 units.

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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)

 Winter 1938 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday August 5
 Spring 1939 Prelims, Friday August 6
 Spring 1939 Orders, Tuesday August 10
 Summer 1939 Retreats, Thursday August 12 Fall 1939 Prelims, Friday August 13
 Fall 1939 Orders, Tuesday August 17
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GM Notes: None.