Diplomats,
Play on!
All three draw proposals burn like the villages of Europe. And with no new draw proposals to consider so far it appears we will see the end of 1945...
A schedule reminder: I am NOT planning to delay the game for the U.S. holiday Thanksgiving. If any of our players need a break on its account - or if people from other countries have similarly time-sucking holidays, please make sure there is at least one week's notice before a requested break.
Just one retreat: Italian A Slovakia can retreat to Czechia or OTB. I've taken the liberty of retreating it to Cze. Let me know, David, if you prefer OTB.
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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
F South-Western Approaches withstands withering assault
Little progress for rebuffed Italians
Polish might being felt in the former Germany, Slovakia, Siberia
Stalin harasses Polish Moscow to no avail
Turkey departs Russia and the Ukraine, seemingly bracing for endgame
Spaniards attempt to outflank the British Royal Navy
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Italian Press:
"One day, however-- sad and melancholy day!-- peace was signed between the survivors of the war; the thunder of the guns gradually ceased, the mortars were silent, the howitzers were muzzled for an indefinite period, the cannon, with muzzles depressed, were returned into the arsenal, the shot were repiled, all bloody reminiscences were effaced; the tomatos and grain grew luxuriantly in the well-manured fields, all mourning garments were laid aside, together with grief; and the Italian military was relegated to profound inactivity." (Jules Verne)
Sad and melancholy day indeed. However, shall the guns rest silent forever? Shall no more once-human remants lie scattered across a wasteland of craters as the chatter of machinegun fire turns hopes and dreams to shattered bone and splattered blood? Nay. We shall not let that dreadful dawning come to pass. As a famous fighter once said, 'Peace. I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Diplomats and thee, my fine opponents.' And one day I would make war on you again.
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Britain:
A Belgium Supports A Netherlands - Rhineland
F Hamburg - Netherlands
F Ireland Supports F South-Western Approaches
A Netherlands - Rhineland
F Atlantic Ocean Supports F South-Western Approaches
F English Channel - Brest
F South-Western Approaches Supports F English Channel - Brest
Italy:
F Albania Supports F Naples - Ionian Sea
A Austria - Hungary
F Gibraltar Supports F Portugal - South-Western Approaches
A Hungary - Transylvania
A Lorraine Supports A Paris - Picardy
F Morocco Supports F Portugal - South-Western Approaches
A Munich - Rhineland
F Naples - Ionian Sea
A Paris - Picardy
A Picardy - Belgium
F Rome(ec) - Adriatic Sea
A Serbia - Greece
A Slovakia Supports A Hungary - Transylvania
F Western Mediterranean - Tyrrhenian Sea
Poland:
A Archangel - Siberia
A Byelorussia Supports A Moscow
A Cracow - Slovakia
F Denmark - Sweden
A Greater Poland - Saxony
A Latvia - Leningrad
A Lithuania - Volhynia
A Moscow Supports A Archangel - Siberia
A Rumania - Transylvania
A Silesia Supports A Cracow - Slovakia
A Warsaw - Cracow
A Western Ukraine Supports A Moscow
Turkey:
A Bulgaria - Thrace
A Dobruja Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Bulgaria
A Eastern Ukraine - Bulgaria
A Egypt - Tripoli
F Greece Supports A Bulgaria - Thrace
A Iran Hold
A Siberia - Kazakhstan
F Suez Hold
F Black Sea Convoys A Eastern Ukraine - Bulgaria
F Ionian Sea Supports F Greece
F Libyan Sea Supports F Ionian Sea
USSR:
A Stalingrad - Moscow
Republican_Spain:
F Brest Supports F Portugal - South-Western Approaches
F Burgos - Bay of Biscay
A Gascony Supports F Brest
A Madrid Supports F Gibraltar
F Portugal - South-Western Approaches
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Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Berlin, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London, Netherlands.
France: None.
Germany: None.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Munich, Naples, Paris, Rome, Serbia, Switzerland.
Poland: Cracow, Denmark, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Norway, Rumania, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Stalingrad, Suez, Tripoli.
USSR: None.
Republican_Spain: Brest, Burgos, Madrid, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain: 7 Supply centers, 7 Units: Remove 0.
France: 0 Supply centers, 0 Units: Remove 0.
Germany: 0 Supply centers, 0 Units: Remove 0.
Italy: 14 Supply centers, 14 Units: Build 0.
Poland: 12 Supply centers, 12 Units: Build 0.
Turkey: 11 Supply centers, 11 Units: Build 0.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 5 Supply centers, 5 Units: Build 0.
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Summer 1945 Retreats, Thursday November 18
Fall 1945 Prelims, Friday November 19
Fall 1945 Orders, Tuesday November 23
Winter 1944 Retreats and Adjustments, Thursday November 25
Spring 1945 Prelims, Monday November 29
Spring 1945 Orders, Tuesday November 30
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