*Russia and Austria Live On!*
*English "Liberate" Norway from "German Oppressors!"*
*Foreign Fleets Close In On Italy*

Hey all,

In general, the alliance structure seems to remain unchanged. England and France continue to slowly dismember Germany. England and Turkey seem content to leave each other alone. And Italy appears to be facing the whole world. I have to admit that I'm suprised we didn't see at least one elimination this season, though in Russia's case, it wasn't for lack of people trying. So our entire seven player roster (ok, six players and a mannequin) remains intact.

In other news, you may want to check out the WB Standings page on diplomaticcorp.com. Go to Games/winter blitz/standings. If you've not played in the Blitz before, this helpful tool allows you to see at a glance how the competition in *other* games are doing. On a side note, you might happen to note that yours truly is in 4th place right now. But that's very deceiving, because in my game Russia is probably going to solo this round... and I'm not Russia. Still, let me bask in a good score while I can, okay? Anyway, it's a useful thing to keep an eye on.

Back to our game, we do need a retreat from Germany. A Nwy can retreat to Swe, Fin, or OTB (Stp is NOT an option since a bounce occured there this season). The other dislodged unit (Turkish F Apu) was disbanded as it had no place to retreat.

Build-wise, here's the breakdown:
England - Build 1
France - Build 1
Germany - Remove 2 (unless Nwy retreats otb, then remove 1)
Italy - Remove 1
Turkey - Build 2

As always, these are due Tomorrow at 8:00 AM CST (2:00 PM GMT). And I will be gone much of this weekend, so don't expect much (if any) communication from me between the Winter Adjucation and the Spring 06 adjucation.

John

Austria:
F Adriatic Sea Supports F Apulia - Venice

England:
F Barents Sea Supports A Yorkshire - Norway
F Holland Supports F North Sea (*Cut*)
A Moscow - St Petersburg (*Bounce*)
F North Sea Convoys A Yorkshire - Norway
F Norwegian Sea Supports A Yorkshire - Norway
A Yorkshire - Norway

France:
A Belgium Supports F Holland
A Burgundy Supports A Munich
F Marseilles - Gulf of Lyon
A Munich Hold
F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Western Mediterranean - Tyrrhenian Sea (*Fails*)

Germany:
F Baltic Sea - Berlin (*Bounce*)
F Helgoland Bight - Holland (*Fails*)
A Kiel - Berlin (*Bounce*)
A Norway - St Petersburg (*Dislodged*)
A Silesia - Warsaw (*Bounce*)
F Skagerrak - Denmark

Italy:
F Naples Supports F Venice - Apulia
A Rome Supports F Venice - Apulia
A Trieste - Venice
A Tyrolia - Trieste (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea holds
F Venice - Apulia

Russia:
A Galicia, no move received

Turkey:
F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea
F Albania Supports A Budapest - Trieste
F Apulia - Venice (*Disbanded*)
F Black Sea - Sevastopol (*Bounce*)
A Budapest - Trieste
A Rumania - Sevastopol (*Bounce*)
A Serbia Supports A Budapest - Trieste
A Ukraine - Warsaw (*Bounce*)