Prelims for Spring 1940 are due in just under 24 hours! Other 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
   Democratic Germany cancels Plan Z, braces for continental clash   With Serbian army routed, Poles deploy newly trained army in Cracow   Volunteer ranks from expanding conquests swell as the fighting Turks form army in Ankara   Eastern Ukrainians fail to respond to Stalin's pleas for permanence, disband   Army in Burgos foreshadows bold plans of upstart Republicans

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Retreats:
Germany: Retreat A Czechia to Silesia
Polandisband A Serbia
USSRisband A Eastern Ukraine

Builds:
GermanyRemove F Hamburg
Poland:Build A Cracow

Turkey: Build A Ankara
Republican_SpainBuild A Burgos
***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,  5 Units:  Removes   0 unit.
Italy:      10 Supply centers,  10 Units:  Builds   0 units.
Poland:     9 Supply centers,  9 Units:  Builds   0 units.
Turkey:     10 Supply centers,  10 Units:  Builds   0 unit.
USSR:       2 Supply centers,  2 Units:  Removes   0 unit.
Republican_Spain:  3 Supply center,   3 Unit:   Builds   0 unit.
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
 Spring 1940 Prelims, Friday August 20
 Spring 1940 Orders, Tuesday August 23
 Summer 1940 Retreats, Thursday August 26 Fall 1940 Prelims, Friday August 27 Fall 1940 Orders, Tuesday August 30