Hi guys,
I am glad we're now back on track. And with quite an eventful turn!
For starters, some might think hell has frozen over. For Franco's Nationalists have supported the Republican army into Portugal! I suppose the two camps have formed some sort of "government of national unity". Incidentally, I purposefully did not add a rule clause preventing such cooperation. In my estimation it will be quite a rare event and - if it comes to pass - presents a perfectly plausible scenario. So I felt it inappropriate to curtail the players' freedom with a heavy-handed rule.
Further North, the previously moribund French Republic has set her forces in motion and invaded the Rhineland in a replay of the French occupation of the Ruhrgebiet in 1923. Quo vadis, Monsieur-le-Président...?
Much as France has moved eastwards, so have - for the most part - Germany, Italy and Turkey. And the lesser powers have suffered from some bloodletting as six armies in the field of theirs were comprehensively beaten. Quite a change of pace compared to Spring '36. A year ago merely two minor powers had to bite the dust.
We have some player press again, always something we GMs are grateful for!
Since there are no pending retreats, we directly move on to Fall 1937. Prelims on Monday 6 PM CET, please.
Happy dipping,
Charles
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PLAYERS:
BRITAIN: Jimmy Ghostine
FRANCE: Matthew Kelly (Replacement Spring 1937)
GERMANY: Dirk Knemeyer
ITALY & NAT. SPAIN: Andrew Tanner
POLAND: Daniel Dzikowicz
SOVIET UNION & REP. SPAIN: Kyle Overby-Lee
TURKEY: Joao Queiros
HEADLINES:
o ROYAL NAVY SKIRMISHES WITH TURKISH COUNTERPART IN MEDITERRANEAN WATERS
o FRENCH BLINDÉS CROSS THE RHINE
o GERMANY SECURES VITAL ORE IMPORTS FROM SWEDEN THANKS TO BRITISH AND FINNISH SUPPORT
o SUDETENGERMANS REJOICE AT UNION WITH THE MOTHER COUNTRY
o ITALIAN IRREDENTIST AMBITIONS FINALLY SATISFIED IN DALMATIA
o LITHUANIA CAN NO LONGER DEFY POLAND
o STALIN SEES HIS FEARS OF A CAPITALIST CRUSADE AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION EVER MORE BECOME REALITY
o PAN-TURKIC FERVOUR GRIPS THE KEMALIST REPUBLIC AS REPLAY OF THE MARCH TO BAKU UNDERWAY
o NATIONALISTS AND REPUBLICANS FIND FIRST COMMON GROUND - WILL IT HOLD?
PRESS:
ITALY: "German forces have begun the orderly transition of Austria from Italian to German control, as the elite Bersaglieri troops aid in the German liberation of Czechoslovakia! The last Italian troops are expected to leave Vienna by the fall of 1937."
ORDERS:
Britain:
F Edinburgh - North Sea
F Norway Supports A Denmark - Sweden
F Suez - Eastern Mediterranean (*Bounce*)
F English Channel Supports F Edinburgh - North Sea
F South-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean
France:
F Brest - Picardy
A Gascony - Burgundy
A Picardy - Rhineland
Germany:
A Denmark - Sweden
F Hamburg - Baltic Sea
A Munich - Czechia
A Switzerland - Munich
F Helgoland Bight - Netherlands (*Fails*)
Italy:
A Algiers - Tunisia
A Austria Supports A Munich - Czechia
A Marseille - Gascony
F Naples - Adriatic Sea
A Rome - Croatia
F Southern Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea
Poland:
A Cracow - Volhynia
A Rumania Supports A Bulgaria - Serbia
A Warsaw - Lithuania
F Gulf of Danzig Supports A Warsaw - Lithuania
Turkey:
A Alexandretta - Kurdistan
A Ankara - Eastern Anatolia
F Beirut - Eastern Mediterranean (*Bounce*)
A Bulgaria - Serbia
F Istanbul - Black Sea
USSR:
A Byelorussia Supports A Latvia
A Eastern Ukraine Hold
F Estonia - Gulf of Bothnia
Nationalist_Spain:
A Burgos Supports A Madrid - Portugal
Republican_Spain:
A Madrid - Portugal
A Valencia - Madrid
Belgium:
A Belgium Supports A Picardy - Rhineland
Czechoslovakia:
A Czechia Hold (*Disbanded*)
Egypt:
A Egypt Hold
Finland:
A Finland Supports A Denmark - Sweden
Greece:
F Greece Hold
Hungary:
A Hungary Supports A Rome - Croatia
Iran:
A Iran Hold
Latvia:
A Latvia Supports A Warsaw - Lithuania
Lithuania:
A Lithuania Hold (*Disbanded*)
Morocco:
A Morocco Hold
Netherlands:
F Netherlands Hold
Portugal:
F Portugal Hold (*Disbanded*)
Sweden:
F Sweden Hold (*Disbanded*)
Yugoslavia:
A Croatia Hold (*Disbanded*)
A Serbia Hold (*Disbanded*)
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1936):
Britain(5): Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway, Suez.
France(3): Brest, Iraq, Paris.
Germany(5): Berlin, Denmark, Hamburg, Munich, Switzerland.
Italy(7): Algiers, Austria, Marseille, Milan, Naples, Rome, Tripoli.
Poland(4): Cracow, Gdynia, Rumania, Warsaw.
Turkey(5): Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Istanbul, Izmir.
USSR(3): Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad.
Nationalist Spain(1): Burgos
Republican Spain(2): Madrid, Valencia.
Minor Powers(16): Belgium, Croatia (Yug.), Czechia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia (Yug.), Sweden.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (GMT+1)...not local time)
o Fall 1937 Moves: (3) 5 November
o Winter 1937 Retreats/Adjustments: 7 November
o Spring 1938 Moves: (10) 12 November
o Summer 1938 Retreats: 14 October |
