And so we bring 1942 to an end. Will a solo bid emerge in 1943? Will our three Towers of Power remain above the rest? Or will one of our beleaguered heroes pick themselves up and assert their will on the endgame?
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PLAYERS
 Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
 France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
 Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
 Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
 Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
 Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
 USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de

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HEADLINES
 British navy shows trust of expeditionary Turks Austrian Wehrmacht divisions winter in Czechia Another fleet bolsters the Italian position Re-energized Hussar regiments re-form in Gdynia Mediterranean domination on the mind of Ataturk
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Britainisband F NWA
Germany:A Austria - Czechia
Italy:Build F Naples
Poland: Build A Gdynia
Turkey: A Cracow - SilesiaBuild F Izm
Republican_Spain: F South-Western Approaches - PortugalDisband A Madrid
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Ownership of supply centers

Britain:   Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London.
France:    Brest, Paris.
Germany:   Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy:     Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Munich, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Valencia.
Poland:    Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey:    Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Moscow, Rumania, Serbia, Suez, Tripoli.
USSR:      Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal.

Britain:    6 Supply centers,  6 Units:  Remove   0.
France:     2 Supply centers,  2 Units:  Build   0.
Germany:    3 Supply centers,  3 Units:  Build   0.
Italy:      12 Supply centers,  12 Units:  Build   0.
Poland:     9 Supply centers,  9 Units:  Build   0.
Turkey:     14 Supply centers,  14 Units:  Build   0.
USSR:       1 Supply center,  1 Units:  Remove   0.
Republican_Spain:  3 Supply centers,   3 Units:   Remove   0.

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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
 Spring 1943 Prelims, Friday October 8
 Spring 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 12
 Summer 1943 Retreats, Thursday October 14 Fall 1943 Prelims, Friday October 15 Fall 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 19 Winter 1943 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 21
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