Hi Everyone,
FYI, I made a mistake on the last adjudication. Since Italy had a disband last year he gets two builds instead of one.
Apologies for any confusion.
Dirk

On Sep 7, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Dirk Knemeyer wrote:
Best season of this game, by far. There are only 3 builds despite many centers changing hands from one end of the continent to the next. Clarity seems to be forming around the end game: will momentum roll toward an inevitable result, or will the human factor take this massive conflict into a different direction?!
As 1940 starts winding to a close we take a moment to look away from the war and consider international affairs:
The indecisive posture of the United States is poignantly illustrated on August 4: General John J. Pershing urges all-out aid to Britain in a nationwide radio broadcast, while Charles Lindbergh is the features speaker at a large isolationist rally in Chicago
On August 21 Leon Trotsky died in Mexico from axe wounds sustained the previous day by an NKVD agent. In light of the present Soviet struggles in the European engagement one wonders if Trotsky's leadership might have made a difference
In September the United States begins converting National Guard Divisions: the newly-formed U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division is activated and ordered into federal service
On September 12, away from military activity, a group of young Frenchmen hiking in Lascaux discover 17,000 year-old cave paintings
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 on September 16, creating the first peacetime draft in U.S. history
On October 16 draft registration begins. It is believed that 16 million men will eventually be so conscripted
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented third term as U.S. President on November 5
On December 14 plutonium is first isolated chemically in the laboratory
There are 2 retreats this season; upcoming deadlines 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
 British Empire is officially closed as far-away holdings fall, in exchange for more regional gains
 French armies remain spritely, maneuvering throughout Paris and the countryside
 Re-conquest of Munich gives hope to beleaguered Wehrmacht Italians continue to show strategic and tactical class
 Polish expansion afar offset by defeats uncomfortably close to Warsaw
 Seedy bookmakers instal Turks as favourites to win the war after latest spectacular season
 Ironically, Stalin retreats to Stalingrad to make his last stand
 Joy of defeating Portugal is mixed with horror as British overrun Madrid
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Britain: F Belgium Supports F North Sea - NetherlandsF Denmark - Helgoland BightF Morocco Hold (*Disbanded*)F Atlantic Ocean - Arabian Sea (*Bounce*)F English Channel - South-Western Approaches (*Bounce*)F North Sea - NetherlandsF Skaggerak - DenmarkF South-Western Approaches - Madrid
France: A Paris - GasconyA Picardy - Paris
Germany: A Czechia - Austria (*Bounce*)A Hamburg Supports A Saxony - MunichA Lorraine - Switzerland (*Dislodged*)A Saxony - Munich
Italy: F Algiers - MoroccoA Austria - HungaryA Burgundy Supports A Munich - LorraineA Croatia Supports A Austria - HungaryA Marseille - Switzerland (*Bounce*)A Munich - LorraineA Switzerland - Austria (*Bounce*)F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Western MediterraneanF Western Mediterranean Supports F Algiers - Morocco
Poland: A Byelorussia Supports A MoscowA Cracow - SlovakiaF Finland(sc) - SwedenA Leningrad Supports A MoscowA Moscow Supports A Western Ukraine - Eastern Ukraine (*Cut*)A Rumania - Serbia (*Dislodged*)A Transylvania - Hungary (*Fails*)A Western Ukraine - Eastern Ukraine (*Bounce*)F Gulf of Danzig Supports F Finland(sc) - Sweden
Turkey: A Bulgaria Supports A Dobruja - RumaniaA Dobruja - RumaniaA Eastern Anatolia - IranA Kazakhstan - SiberiaA Palestine - EgyptA Serbia Supports A Dobruja - RumaniaF Suez - Arabian Sea (*Bounce*)F Black Sea Supports A Dobruja - RumaniaF Eastern Mediterranean Convoys A Palestine - EgyptF Libyan Sea Convoys A Palestine - Egypt
USSR: A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Fails*)A Stalingrad - Moscow (*Fails*)
Republican_Spain: A Burgos Supports A Madrid - PortugalF Gibraltar - South-Western Approaches (*Bounce*)A Madrid - Portugal
Portugal: F Portugal Hold (*Dislodged*)
Retreats:German A Czechia can retreat to Rheinland or Picardy or OTBPolish A Rumania can retreat to Cracow or OTB
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Winter 1940 Builds:

Germany:Build?

Italy:
Build

Poland:Build?
Turkey:
Build
Build
USSRRemove
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Ownership of supply centers

Britain:   Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Madrid, Netherlands, Norway.
France:    Brest, Paris.
Germany:   Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy:     Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Tripoli.
Poland:    Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey:    Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Rumania, Serbia, Suez.
USSR:      Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Portugal, Valencia.

Britain:    8 Supply centers,  8 Units:  Builds   0 units.
France:     2 Supply centers,  2 Units:  Builds   0 units.
Germany:    4 Supply centers,  4 Units:  Builds   0 unit.
Italy:      11 Supply centers,  10 Units:  Builds   1 units.
Poland:     9 Supply centers,  9 Units:  Builds   0 units.
Turkey:     12 Supply centers,  10 Units:  Builds   2 unit.
USSR:       1 Supply center,  2 Units:  Removes   1 unit.
Republican_Spain:  3 Supply center,   3 Units:   Builds   0 unit.

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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
 Winter 1940 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday September 9
 Spring 1941 Prelims, Friday September 10
 Spring 1941 Orders, Tuesday September 14
 Summer 1941 Retreats, Thursday September 16 Fall 1941 Prelims, Friday September 17 Fall 1941 Orders, Tuesday September 21
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