As the heat of summer turns into the colours of fall the events of the world continue apace:
Building off the recent smaller event in Britain, on July 2 the 1st World Science Fiction Convention opened in New York City
On August 2 Albert Einstein writes to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt about using uranium to develop a super weapon called the "atomic bomb". This gets Roosevelt thinking...
On October 11 Einstein follows up with a letter urging the United States to rapidly develop the atomic bomb
With unprecedented defeats at Changsha and Guangxi tis year, the Japanese suffer setbacks that encourage the Chinese to begin preparations for a massive counter-attack..it remains to be seen how it goes.
And of course, Europe and the surrounding lands remain a blood-stained mess!
There are three retreats and only a modest number of builds and disbands for this year. Orders are due Thursday; you may submit conditional builds and disbands based on retreats!
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PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung@gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell@gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf@web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould@bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68@gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski@gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch@gmx.de
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HEADLINES
British armada attempts to tilt west; thwarted in the Arabian Sea
Third Republic consolidates around essential supplies
Fall of Czechia leaves Manstein, Guderian red-faced
Brilliance in Czechia offset by gifting of Valencia to upstart Spaniards
Joint Italian-Turkish conquest of Serbia politically troubling to Polish leadership
Turkey is the only major power to grow in 1939
Finnish expansion too much to hold in light of foreign incursions
Spain is united and assimilated as spunky Republicans oust Italians from Valencia
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Orders:
Britain:
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
F Morocco Supports F South-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
F Norway - North Sea
F Sweden - Skaggerak
F Atlantic Ocean - Arabian Sea (*Bounce*)
F English Channel - Picardy
F North Sea - English Channel
F South-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
France:
A Gascony - Brest
A Paris Supports A Gascony - Brest
Germany:
F Belgium - Netherlands (*Bounce*)
A Czechia - Austria (*Dislodged*)
F Hamburg - Netherlands (*Bounce*)
A Lorraine Supports A Rhineland - Munich
A Munich - Saxony
A Rhineland - Munich
Italy:
A Austria Supports A Slovakia - Czechia
A Croatia Supports A Greece - Serbia
A Milan - Switzerland
A Slovakia - Czechia
A South Tyrol Supports A Milan - Switzerland
A Switzerland - Burgundy
A Tunisia - Marseille
F Gulf of Lion Supports A Tunisia - Marseille
F Ligurian Sea Convoys A Tunisia - Marseille
F Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Tunisia - Marseille
Poland:
A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Fails*)
A Cracow - Rumania
A Latvia - Leningrad
F Leningrad(sc) - Finland(sc)
A Rumania - Eastern Ukraine
A Serbia - Bulgaria (*Dislodged*)
A Transylvania Supports A Cracow - Rumania
A Western Ukraine Supports A Rumania - Eastern Ukraine
F Gulf of Danzig - Sweden (*Bounce*)
Turkey:
A Ankara - Bulgaria
A Greece - Serbia
A Istanbul Supports A Ankara - Bulgaria
A Kazakhstan - Siberia
A Palestine - Suez (*Fails*)
F Suez - Arabian Sea (*Bounce*)
F Aegean Sea Hold
F Black Sea Convoys A Ankara - Bulgaria
F Libyan Sea Supports A Palestine - Suez (*Fails*)
USSR:
A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Dislodged*)
A Moscow Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Cut*)
A Stalingrad Supports A Moscow
Republican_Spain:
F Gibraltar - Western Mediterranean
A Madrid - Valencia
Portugal:
F Portugal Hold
Retreats:
German A Czechia can retreat to Silesia or OTB
Polish A Serbia can retreat to Albania or Bosnia or Hungary or Thrace or OTB
Soviet A Easter Ukraine can retreat to Georgia or OTB
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Winter 1939 Builds:
Germany:
Remove?
Poland:
Build?
Turkey:
Build
USSR
Remove
Republican_Spain
Build
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Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Denmark, Edinburgh, Egypt, Liverpool, London, Morocco, Norway, Sweden.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Belgium, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Netherlands.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Marsailles, Milan, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Tripoli.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Hungary, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Rumania, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Serbia, Suez.
USSR: Moscow, Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Valencia.
Britain: 8 Supply centers, 8 Units: Builds 0 units.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Builds 0 units.
Germany: 5 Supply centers, 6 Units: Removes 1 unit.
Italy: 10 Supply centers, 10 Units: Builds 0 units.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 9 Units: Builds 0 units.
Turkey: 10 Supply centers, 9 Units: Builds 1 unit.
USSR: 2 Supply centers, 3 Units: Removes 1 unit.
Republican_Spain: 3 Supply center, 2 Unit: Builds 1 unit.
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Winter 1939 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday August 19
Spring 1940 Prelims, Friday August 20
Spring 1940 Orders, Tuesday August 24
Summer 1940 Retreats, Thursday August 26
Fall 1940 Prelims, Friday August 27
Fall 1940 Orders, Tuesday August 31
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