Hallo zusammen,
let me note again that I enter illegal orders as simple hold orders, as has occurred this season. I recommend testing whether your orders are all legal by entering them into the Realpolitik module, for I don't always get round to looking things over. I've been away in Weimar and hence both didn't round to doing so and had some work to do first upon my return before getting to the adjucation. I hope the delay hasn't overly taxed your patience.
Now what happened this season? For starters, Switzerland once again changed hands - and a similar fate befell Egypt. The French may have been kicked out of Scotland, but they've now made themselves comfortable in the British capital, hardly welcome news to a Prime Minister who's now received similarly bad news from the Low Countries and the North Sea. Shall England have to brace herself for another 1066 or triumph as in 1588?
In other news, we now also say farewell to the last independent minor power. Morocco (historically divided into a French and Spanish protectorate, plus an international zone - in my game lumped together as one minor power) finally succumbs fully to foreign influence.
The Winter 1940 Moves are due NLT 6PM CET on Wednesday, 23 June. Now, gotta root for the South Africans! Trash that trainwreck Tricolore team! Spank those spoilt superstars! Bafana Bafana, make your nation proud!
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 UNION JACK ONCE AGAIN FLIES OVER EDINBURGH AND CAIRO
o FRENCH MARINES TAKE A DEFENCELESS BRITISH CAPITAL
o WEHRMACHT GENERALS VISIT AILING KAISER WILHELM II IN HIS DUTCH EXILE, CONQUER THE COUNTRY WHILE THEY'RE AT IT
o THE DUCE RECLAIMS THE HELVETIAN CONFEDERATION
o CONFUSION REIGNS IN REGIA MARINA GHQ
o POLES TAKE OVER NORWAY
o MIXED NEWS FOR THE CAUDILLO
PRESS:
POLISH PRESS: Dateline Warsaw: The Foreign Minister today released an intercepted internal German government memo proposing a revision of the Lebensraum concept from an eastern orientation to a western focus. Reached for comment at one of Gdansk's many luxury sea-side resorts, a group of Belgians on holiday seemed un-moved by the news. "British bosses, German bosses, it's all machts nichts to us," said one member of the group, adding "Either way, we get good cheese, bier, and football. The rest, we can live with."
PIC OF THE DAY: British WW2 propaganda poster.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence." - Charles M. de Talleyrand
ORDERS:
Britain:
F Belgium Supports F North Sea - Netherlands (*Cut*)
F Brest - Picardy (*Fails*)
F Edinburgh Hold
F Tripoli Supports F Atlantic Ocean - Egypt(sc)
F Atlantic Ocean - Egypt(sc)
F North Sea - Netherlands (*Dislodged*)
France:
A Lorraine - Munich (*Bounce*)
F Yorkshire - London
Germany:
A Austria - Munich (*Bounce*)
F Denmark Supports F Norway - North Sea
A Hungary Hold
A Netherlands Supports A Picardy - Belgium (*Cut*)
F Norway - North Sea
A Picardy - Belgium (*Fails*)
A Slovakia - Czechia
A Switzerland - Munich (*Dislodged*)
Italy:
A Burgundy Supports A Milan - Switzerland
A Croatia Hold
F Dodecanese Hold
A Milan - Switzerland
A Trentino Supports A Milan - Switzerland
F Ionian Sea Hold
Poland:
A Byelorussia - Ukraine (*Bounce*)
A Cracow - Transylvania
A Finland Supports F Sweden - Norway
A Moscow - Kazakhstan (*Bounce*)
A Rumania Supports A Warsaw - Cracow
A Siberia - Kazakhstan (*Bounce*)
F Sweden - Norway
A Volhynia - Ukraine (*Bounce*)
A Warsaw - Cracow
F Gulf of Danzig Hold
Turkey:
A Bulgaria Supports A Serbia
A Eastern Anatolia - Kurdistan
F Greece Hold
A Palestine Supports F Suez
A Persia - Iraq
A Serbia Supports A Bulgaria
F Stalingrad(wc) Hold
F Suez Hold
A Thrace Supports A Serbia
F Eastern Mediterranean - Izmir
F Libyan Sea - Eastern Mediterranean
Nationalist_Spain:
F Egypt(sc) Hold (*Disbanded*)
A Gascony - Marseille
A Gibraltar - Morocco
F South-Western Approaches - English Channel
F Western Mediterranean Supports A Gibraltar - Morocco
Morocco:
A Morocco Hold (*Disbanded*)
PENDING RETREATS:
German A Switzerland can retreat to Piedmont.
British F North Sea can retreat to Skaggerak or Helgoland Bight or Yorkshire or Norwegian Sea.
PENDING ADJUSTMENTS:
Germany:
Build
Build?
Nationalist_Spain:
Build
Build
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1939):
Britain(6): Belgium, Brest, Liverpool, London, Netherlands, Tripoli.
France(2): Edinburgh, Paris.
Germany(8): Austria, Berlin, Czechia, Denmark, Hamburg, Hungary, Munich, Sweden.
Italy(6): Algiers, Croatia, Milan, Naples, Rome, Switzerland.
Poland(10): Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Norway, Rumania, Warsaw.
Turkey(11): Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Greece, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Persia, Serbia, Stalingrad, Suez.
Nationalist Spain(5): Burgos, Madrid, Marseille, Portugal, Valencia.
Neutrals(2): Egypt, Morocco.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (GMT+1)...not local time)
o Winter 1940 Retreats/Adjustments: 23 June |
