Hi Everyone,
We bring 1945 to a close with a three-way horserace for the win. Here are your votes for the Spring season:
3-Way (IPT)
DIAS (BIPST)
Upcoming deadlines down at the bottom!
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PLAYERS
 Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
 France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com (eliminated Winter 1944)
 Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de (eliminated Winter 1943)
 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 (USSR eliminated Winter 1945)
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HEADLINES
 British recession deepens
 Italy begins retreating ground forces toward home
 Polish ingenuity claims Berlin, expands army
 More ground units for ascendent Turks
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Britain: 
Disband F Atlantic Ocean
Italy:
Retreat A Serbia - Croatia
Disband A Saxony
Poland: 
Retreat A Saxony - Berlin
Build A Warsaw
Turkey: 
Build A Istanbul
Build A Izmir
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Ownership of supply centers
Britain:   Belgium, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London, Netherlands.
France:    None.
Germany:   None.
Italy:     Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Munich, Naples, Paris, Rome, Switzerland.
Poland:    Berlin, Cracow, Denmark, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Norway, Rumania, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey:    Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Serbia, Stalingrad, Suez, Tripoli.
USSR:      None.
Republican_Spain: Brest, Burgos, Madrid, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain:    6 Supply centers,  6 Units:  Remove   0.
France:     0 Supply centers,  0 Units:  Remove   0.
Germany:    0 Supply centers,  0 Units:  Remove   0.
Italy:      13 Supply centers,  13 Units:  Remove   0.
Poland:     13 Supply centers,  13 Units:  Build   0.
Turkey:     13 Supply centers,  13 Units:  Build   0.
USSR:       0 Supply center,  0 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)
 Spring 1946 Prelims, Monday November 29
 Spring 1946 Orders, Tuesday November 30
 Summer 1946 Retreats, Thursday December 2
 Fall 1946 Prelims, Friday December 3
 Fall 1946 Orders, Tuesday December 7
 Winter 1946 Retreats and Adjustments, Thursday December 9
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