As the heat of summer turns into the colours of fall the events of the world continue apace:
Building off the recent smaller event in Britain, on July 2 the 1st World Science Fiction Convention opened in New York City
On August 2 Albert Einstein writes to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt about using uranium to develop a super weapon called the "atomic bomb". This gets Roosevelt thinking...
On October 11 Einstein follows up with a letter urging the United States to rapidly develop the atomic bomb
With unprecedented defeats at Changsha and Guangxi tis year, the Japanese suffer setbacks that encourage the Chinese to begin preparations for a massive counter-attack..it remains to be seen how it goes.
And of course, Europe and the surrounding lands remain a blood-stained mess!
There are three retreats and only a modest number of builds and disbands for this year. Orders are due Thursday; you may submit conditional builds and disbands based on retreats!

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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
 British armada attempts to tilt west; thwarted in the Arabian Sea
 Third Republic consolidates around essential supplies
 Fall of Czechia leaves Manstein, Guderian red-faced Brilliance in Czechia offset by gifting of Valencia to upstart Spaniards
 Joint Italian-Turkish conquest of Serbia politically troubling to Polish leadership
 Turkey is the only major power to grow in 1939
 Finnish expansion too much to hold in light of foreign incursions
 Spain is united and assimilated as spunky Republicans oust Italians from Valencia
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Orders:

Britain: F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)F Morocco Supports F South-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)F Norway - North SeaF Sweden - SkaggerakF Atlantic Ocean - Arabian Sea (*Bounce*)F English Channel - PicardyF North Sea - English ChannelF South-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
France: A Gascony - BrestA Paris Supports A Gascony - Brest
Germany: F Belgium - Netherlands (*Bounce*)A Czechia - Austria (*Dislodged*)F Hamburg - Netherlands (*Bounce*)A Lorraine Supports A Rhineland - MunichA Munich - SaxonyA Rhineland - Munich
Italy: A Austria Supports A Slovakia - CzechiaA Croatia Supports A Greece - SerbiaA Milan - SwitzerlandA Slovakia - CzechiaA South Tyrol Supports A Milan - SwitzerlandA Switzerland - BurgundyA Tunisia - MarseilleF Gulf of Lion Supports A Tunisia - MarseilleF Ligurian Sea Convoys A Tunisia - MarseilleF Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Tunisia - Marseille
Poland: A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Fails*)A Cracow - RumaniaA Latvia - LeningradF Leningrad(sc) - Finland(sc)A Rumania - Eastern UkraineA Serbia - Bulgaria (*Dislodged*)A Transylvania Supports A Cracow - RumaniaA Western Ukraine Supports A Rumania - Eastern UkraineF Gulf of Danzig - Sweden (*Bounce*)
Turkey: A Ankara - BulgariaA Greece - SerbiaA Istanbul Supports A Ankara - BulgariaA Kazakhstan - SiberiaA Palestine - Suez (*Fails*)F Suez - Arabian Sea (*Bounce*)F Aegean Sea HoldF Black Sea Convoys A Ankara - BulgariaF Libyan Sea Supports A Palestine - Suez (*Fails*)
USSR: A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Dislodged*)A Moscow Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Cut*)A Stalingrad Supports A Moscow
Republican_Spain: F Gibraltar - Western MediterraneanA Madrid - Valencia
Portugal: F Portugal Hold
Retreats:German A Czechia can retreat to Silesia or OTBPolish A Serbia can retreat to Albania or Bosnia or Hungary or Thrace or OTBSoviet A Easter Ukraine can retreat to Georgia or OTB
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Winter 1939 Builds:

Germany:Remove?

Poland:
Build?

Turkey:
Build

USSRRemove
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, Hamburg, Munich, Netherlands.
Italy:     Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Marsailles, Milan, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Tripoli.
Poland:    Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Hungary, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Rumania, Warsaw.
Turkey:    Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Serbia, Suez.
USSR:      Moscow, Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Valencia.

Britain:    8 Supply centers,  8 Units:  Builds   0 units.
France:     2 Supply centers,  2 Units:  Builds   0 units.
Germany:    5 Supply centers,  6 Units:  Removes   1 unit.
Italy:      10 Supply centers,  10 Units:  Builds   0 units.
Poland:     9 Supply centers,  9 Units:  Builds   0 units.
Turkey:     10 Supply centers,  9 Units:  Builds   1 unit.
USSR:       2 Supply centers,  3 Units:  Removes   1 unit.
Republican_Spain:  3 Supply center,   2 Unit:   Builds   1 unit.

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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
 Winter 1939 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday August 19
 Spring 1940 Prelims, Friday August 20
 Spring 1940 Orders, Tuesday August 24
 Summer 1940 Retreats, Thursday August 26 Fall 1940 Prelims, Friday August 27 Fall 1940 Orders, Tuesday August 31
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