A tumultuous season. The end game seems to be crystallizing: Britain and Poland were part of a shaky middle, and this year we see it is Poland who exercises some upward mobility to try and break into the lead group with Italy and Turkey, while Britain loses ground and now juggles a more shaky position. Germany's back appears broken, the Republicans glimmer of hope takes a hit, and France and the Soviets keep playing out the string. But those French...in Rheinland now?!
There are 3 retreats this season; upcoming deadlines at the end of this note. And, don't look now, but we have some beloved player press!!!
Italian Press:
After their holiday in Valencia the Italian marine corps has returned refreshed to Rome, ready to fight new battles for the expanding empire. Despite terrible propaganda that has occasionally appeared in the Italian media - propaganda frowned upon by el Duce and his government, as he has always been fairminded regarding legitimate socialism - about evils of the Spanish Republican regime, the visit was a friendly one, with fine food, good companionship and fun in the sun and the waters.

As the history books will say (once they have been altered) the friendship between Spain and Italy has always been strong, no matter the internal politics of each peaceloving peoples. There has never been any war between us. Guernica was never bombed; Valencia was never occupied.
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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
 The joys of securing Hamburg more than offset by British losses in Netherlands, Norway You cannot stop the French: you can only hope to contain them! Hamburg and Munich fall as talk of a Fourth Reich grips a weary populace Haphazard Italian orders do not prevent myriad military successes Resurgent Poland committed to being an important part of the endgame White Russians for everyone as Stalin keeps the boys alive in his new capitol Africa is the next frontier for rangy Turks Ruthless German aggression improbably costs the Republicans Valencia
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Britain: A Belgium HoldF Denmark - Hamburg (*Fails*)F Hamburg - Berlin (*Bounce*)F Ireland Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western ApproachesF English Channel Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western ApproachesF Irish Sea - South-Western ApproachesF North-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
France: A Gascony - BrestA Picardy - Rhineland
Germany: A Austria - Rome (*Dislodged*)A Munich - Austria (*Disbanded*)A Rhineland - NetherlandsA Saxony - Berlin (*Bounce*)
Italy: A Catalonia - Marseille (*Fails*)A Czechia - MunichA Hungary Supports A Slovenia - AustriaA Lorraine Supports A Czechia - MunichA Marseille - Switzerland (*Fails*)F Morocco Supports F South-Western ApproachesA Slovenia - AustriaA Switzerland - Munich (*Fails*)A Valencia - Rome (*Bounce*)F Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Valencia - RomeF Western Mediterranean Convoys A Valencia - Rome
Poland: A Archangel Supports A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Cut*)A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Fails*)A Leningrad Supports A ArchangelA Slovakia - Transylvania (*Fails*)F Sweden - NorwayA Volhynia - CracowA Warsaw Supports A Volhynia - CracowA Western Ukraine - Rumania (*Fails*)
Turkey: A Bulgaria - SerbiaA Cracow Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Dislodged*)A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Fails*)A Egypt - TripoliA Kazakhstan Supports A MoscowA Moscow Supports A Siberia - Archangel (*Cut*)A Rumania Supports A Cracow (*Cut*)A Siberia - Archangel (*Fails*)F Suez - Libyan SeaA Transylvania Supports A Cracow (*Cut*)F Atlantic Ocean Supports F South-Western Approaches (*Cut*)F Black Sea Supports A RumaniaF Libyan Sea - Ionian Sea
USSR: A Stalingrad Supports A Moscow
Republican_Spain: A Gibraltar Supports A MadridA Madrid HoldA Navarra - GasconyF South-Western Approaches Supports A Gibraltar (*Dislodged*)
Retreats:German A Austria can retreat to Czechia or South Tyrol or OTB.Turkish A Cracow can retreat to Silesia or OTB.Republican Spain F South-Western Approaches can retreat to Bay of Biscay or Galicia or Portugal or OTB.
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Winter 1942 Builds:

BritainDisband
GermanyBuild?
ItalyBuild
Poland:Build
Turkey:
Build
Republican_SpainRemove
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Ownership of supply centers

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

Britain:    6 Supply centers,  7 Units:  Remove   1.
France:     2 Supply centers,  2 Units:  Build   0.
Germany:    3 Supply centers,  3 Units:  Build   0.
Italy:      12 Supply centers,  11 Units:  Build   1.
Poland:     9 Supply centers,  8 Units:  Build   1.
Turkey:     14 Supply centers,  13 Units:  Build   1.
USSR:       1 Supply center,  1 Units:  Remove   0.
Republican_Spain:  3 Supply centers,   4 Units:   Remove   1.

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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
 Winter 1942 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 7
 Spring 1943 Prelims, Friday October 8
 Spring 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 12
 Summer 1943 Retreats, Thursday October 14 Fall 1943 Prelims, Friday October 15 Fall 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 19
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