Hallo zusammen,
we've now reached the starting date of WW2. And probably the story of this season's Turkey being pushed back both in the Balkans and in the Mediterranean. Spain has brought the entire Iberian peninsula under her dominion, a feat not replicated since the personal union of 1580-1640 (if I'm getting my dates right). In Northern waters events had more of a muted quality to them - other than the French securing much of Scotland. Shades of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 here...?
The Winter 1939 Retreats/Adjustments are due NLT 6PM CET on Wednesday, 9 June.
Liebe GrĂ¼sse,
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 (eliminated Winter 1938)
TURKEY: Repu Maoni
HEADLINES:
o FRENCH SNEAK INTO CLYDE ESTUARY
o WEHRMACHT SUPPORTS ITALIAN OFFENSIVE INTO BALKANS
o REGIA MARINA STEAMS EASTWARDS
o POLISH TROOPS PARADE THROUGH BUCHAREST
o CRACKS IN "FORTRESS TURKEY"?
o SALAZAR REGIME SIGNS TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP WITH SPAIN
PRESS:
PIC OF THE DAY: Stalin grinning like a cheshire cat at the signing of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, August 1939.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Don't delay. The best is the enemy of the good. By this I mean that a good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week. War is a very simple thing, and the determining characteristics are self confidence, speed and audacity. None of these things can be done perfectly, but all can be done well." -George Patton
ORDERS:
Britain:
F Belgium - English Channel
F Brest Hold
F Edinburgh - Liverpool
F Tripoli Supports F Ionian Sea - Libyan Sea
F Bay of Biscay - South-Western Approaches
F North Sea Hold
France:
A Gascony - Paris
F Irish Sea - Edinburgh
Germany:
A Austria Supports A Hungary
A Hamburg - Denmark (*Bounce*)
A Hungary Supports A Slovenia - Croatia
A Lorraine - Burgundy (*Bounce*)
A Munich - Lorraine (*Fails*)
A Slovakia Supports A Hungary
F Sweden Hold
F Baltic Sea - Denmark (*Bounce*)
Italy:
A Rome Supports A Slovenia - Croatia
A Slovenia - Croatia
A Trentino - Switzerland
F Ionian Sea - Libyan Sea
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea
Poland:
A Byelorussia - Moscow
A Cracow - Rumania
A Greater Poland - Warsaw
A Moscow - Kazakhstan
A Norway Hold
A Ukraine Supports A Cracow - Rumania
A Warsaw - Volhynia
F Gulf of Bothnia Hold
Turkey:
A Beirut - Syria
A Croatia Supports A Serbia (*Dislodged*)
A Eastern Anatolia Supports F Black Sea - Stalingrad(wc)
A Istanbul - Bulgaria
A Rumania Supports A Serbia (*Dislodged*)
A Serbia Supports A Croatia
A Stalingrad - Persia
F Aegean Sea - Greece
F Arabian Sea Hold
F Black Sea - Stalingrad(wc)
F Libyan Sea - Gulf of Sidra
Nationalist_Spain:
F Gibraltar - Atlantic Ocean
A Madrid Supports F South-Western Approaches - Portugal
A Marseille - Burgundy (*Bounce*)
F South-Western Approaches - Portugal
Egypt:
A Egypt Hold
Morocco:
A Morocco Hold
Portugal:
F Portugal Hold (*Disbanded*)
PENDING RETREATS:
Turkish A Croatia can retreat to Bosnia or Albania.
Turkish A Rumania can retreat to Dobruja or Transylvania.
ADJUSTMENTS:
Italy:
Build
Poland:
Build
Build
Turkey:
Build?
Build?
Nationalist_Spain:
Build
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1938):
Britain(6): Belgium, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Netherlands, Tripoli.
France(2): Brest, Paris.
Germany(8): Austria, Berlin, Czechia, Denmark, Hamburg, Hungary, Munich, Sweden.
Italy(5): Algiers, Milan, Naples, Rome, Switzerland.
Poland(8): Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Warsaw.
Turkey(13): Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Persia, Rumania, Serbia, Stalingrad, Suez.
Nationalist Spain(4): Burgos, Madrid, Marseille, Valencia.
Neutrals(4): Egypt, Morocco, Norway, Portugal.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (GMT+1)...not local time)
o Winter 1939 Retreats/Adjustments: 9 June
o Spring 1940 Moves: (12) 14 June
o Summer 1940 Retreats: 16 June
o Fall 1940 Moves: (19) 21 June
o Winter 1940 Retreats/Adjustments: 23 June
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