Hallo zusammen,
Spanish Republic, rest in peace! After three years of struggle, the republic has succumbed to a united front of Latin fascists.
To mark this seminal event, I picked a child's drawing from the "They Still Draw Pictures" collection. Perhaps you'll find it as interesting as I do: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/tsdp/frame.html
Of course, the unravelling of the socialist camp does not stop there. The USSR, after a promising start, is equally history. Lenin must be turning in his grave - and, in his Mexican exile, Trotsky probably feels vindicated in his belief that "Socialism in One Country" was an unworkable approach... So we have our first player elimination. Nigs, please do not forget to submit an EOG for later publication.
Now, the socialists' camp has also taken another hit, if we count France as being socialist on account of her Popular Front government. The French colonial troops in Tripoli simply couldn't withstand the uninhibited shelling of their positions by Anglo-Egyptian forces. Similarly, France's position in the Levant has been overrun, spelling at least for now the end to the French overseas empire. Yet at least in Metropolitan France the news is somewhat more positive as the Armée de Terre managed to halt the German advance on the capital, while Brest remained in French hands thanks to an Anglo-Spanish standoff there.
Matters in the Balkans have also been on the move. Hitherto proudly independent Hungary and Croatia have finally bowed to outside pressure, the Germans gaining the upper hand in the former, while the Turks conquered the latter. Though Turkish Balkan conquests did not stop there as Atatürk managed to oust the Poles from Rumania and seize those Ploesti oil fields...
Farther north, it's equally been a bad season for the lesser powers. Belgium moved into Britain's sphere of influence, whereas German ambitions in Sweden have finally been crowned with success. So, in total, the number of as yet truly independent lesser powers has been halved in a matter of months.
The Winter 1938 Retreats/Adjustments are due NLT 6PM CET on Wednesday, 26 May.
Frohe Pfingsten/Happy Pentecost!
Charles
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PLAYERS:
BRITAIN: Michael Thompson
FRANCE: Joao Queiros
GERMANY: Ghostine, Jimmy
ITALY & NAT. SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer dirk@knemeyer.com
POLAND: Kyle Overby-Lee
SOVIET UNION & REP. SPAIN: Nigel Phillips
TURKEY: Repu Maoni
HEADLINES:
o BRITISH INFLUENCE ASCENDANT IN BELGIUM AND TRIPOLITANIA
o FRENCH ONCE AGAIN HALT GERMAN ADVANCE AT THE MARNE
o ITALIAN IRREDENTISM IN DALMATIA CANNOT COMPETE WITH TURKISH EXPANSION IN THE REGION
o PILSUDSKI'S PROMETHEAN PROGRAMME OF DISSOLVING THE SOVIET UNION IS COMPLETED BY HIS SUCCESSORS
o TURKS CELEBRATE RETURN TO GREATNESS
o DEFEATED REPUBLICANS EMBARK BITTER EXILE AFTER FRANCO'S WHOLESALE VICTORY
PRESS: None. :(
PIC OF THE DAY: "Consequences of the war, death of a hero and the pain of a mother", Concepción RodrÃguez (aged 13), Valencia 1936-39(?).
POEM OF THE DAY:
Mass
At the end of the battle the fighter lay dead. A man came to him
and said: 'Don't die! I love you too much!'
But the corpse, alas, went on dying.
Two came to him and again said:
'Don't leave us! Take heart!
Come back to life!'
But the corpse, alas, went on dying.
Then twenty, a hundred, a thousand,
Five hundred thousand, came, crying:
'So much love and yet so powerless against death!'
But the corpse, alas, went on dying.
Millions surrounded him,
pleading together:
'Brother, don't leave us!'
But the corpse, alas, went on dying.
Then, all the men on earth
stood round him. The corpse eyed them sadly,
overwhelmed. He got up slowly,
embraced the first man, started to walk…
Cesar Vallejo (trans. By Paul O'Prey)
ORDERS:
Britain:
F Galicia - Portugal (*Fails*)
F Netherlands - Belgium
F English Channel - Brest (*Bounce*)
F Libyan Sea - Tripoli
F North Sea Supports F Netherlands - Belgium
France:
A Gascony - Paris (*Bounce*)
A Tripoli Supports A Egypt (*Dislodged*)
F South-Western Approaches - Irish Sea
Germany:
A Austria - Hungary
A Denmark Supports F Baltic Sea - Sweden
A Lorraine - Paris (*Bounce*)
A Munich - Austria
A Slovakia Supports A Austria - Hungary
F Baltic Sea - Sweden
Italy:
A Milan Supports A Switzerland
A Slovenia - Croatia (*Fails*)
A Switzerland Hold
F Western Mediterranean Supports A Madrid - Valencia
Poland:
A Byelorussia - Moscow
A Greater Poland Hold
A Leningrad - Finland
A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Dislodged*)
A Volhynia - Cracow
F Gulf of Bothnia - Leningrad(sc)
Turkey:
A Albania - Croatia
A Alexandretta - Beirut
A Bulgaria - Rumania
A Persia - Stalingrad
A Serbia Supports A Albania - Croatia
F Arabian Sea - Persia(sc)
F Black Sea Supports A Bulgaria - Rumania
F Eastern Mediterranean - Libyan Sea
USSR:
A Archangel Hold
A Georgia Hold
A Kazakhstan Hold
A Kurdistan Hold
A Siberia Hold
Nationalist_Spain:
A Catalonia Supports A Madrid - Valencia
A Madrid - Valencia
F Bay of Biscay - Brest (*Bounce*)
Republican_Spain:
A Valencia - Madrid (*Dislodged*)
Belgium:
A Belgium Hold (*Disbanded*)
Egypt:
A Egypt Supports F Libyan Sea - Tripoli
Hungary:
A Hungary Hold (*Disbanded*)
Morocco:
A Morocco Hold
Norway:
F Norway Hold
Portugal:
F Portugal Hold
Sweden:
F Sweden Hold (*Disbanded*)
Yugoslavia:
A Croatia Hold (*Disbanded*)
PENDING RETREATS:
Polish A Rumania can retreat to Dobruja or Transylvania or Ukraine.
French A Tripoli can retreat to Tunisia or Southern Algeria.
Republican A Valencia can retreat to Granada.
PENDING ADJUSTMENTS:
Britain:
Build
France:
Remove?
Germany:
Build
Build
Italy:
Build
Poland:
Build
Build
Build?
Turkey:
Build
Build
Build
USSR:
Remove
Remove
Remove
Remove
Remove
Nationalist_Spain:
Build
Republican_Spain:
Remove
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1937):
Britain(5): Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Netherlands, Suez, Tripoli.
France(3): Beirut, Brest, Paris.
Germany(6): Austria, Berlin, Czechia, Denmark, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy(4): Algiers, Milan, Naples, Rome.
Poland(6): Cracow, Gdynia, Latvia, Lithuania, Rumania, Warsaw.
Turkey(8): Ankara, Bulgaria, Greece, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Serbia, Suez.
USSR(5): Finland, Leningrad, Moscow, Persia, Stalingrad.
Nationalist Spain(3): Burgos, Madrid, Marseille.
Republican Spain(1): Valencia
Neutrals(9): Belgium, Croatia (Yug.), Egypt, Hungary, Morocco, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (GMT+1)...not local time)
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