An odd season. While a variety of centers change hands - generally following a theme of "rich get richer" - there are misorders and unused supports in various places. Perhaps the officer corps is napping and letting the NCO's dictate strategy this spring? Treat this as a reminder to all players to double-check your orders and make sure you are placing valid ones!
Elsewhere...
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor; within days the United States has declared war on Japan and is officially part of the imbroglio.
On January 11 Japan declares war on the Netherlands, invades the Netherlands East Indies, and captures Kuala Lumpur.
On February 15 Singapore surrenders to Japan.
On April 9 the Bataan Peninsula falls to Japan and the Bataan Death March began.
In May the first undersea oil pipeline is tested in the English Channel between England and France.
There is one (Polish) retreat this season. Robert, let me know if you need more time on it since the spring adjudication is late. More upcoming deadlines at the end of this note:
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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
Determined defense of Ireland shifts into place
French armies are again on the move
Joy of Austrian reclamation is short-lived as Hamburg, Czechia pillaged
Italian generals on holiday as conquest, confusion intermingle
Polish homeland pierced for first time as fine citizens of Cracow sent running for their lives
Soviet attempts to break out of Stalingrad thwarted by Hussars
Turkish war machine continues to progress
As Italians pillage Valencia, Republicans left to re-assess strategy
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Britain:
F Belgium - English Channel
F Denmark Supports F Netherlands - Hamburg
F Netherlands - Hamburg
A Picardy - Belgium
F English Channel - Irish Sea
F Irish Sea - Ireland
F North-Western Approaches Supports F Irish Sea - Ireland
France:
A Brest - Picardy
A Paris - Gascony
Germany:
A Czechia - Austria
A Hamburg - Saxony
A Munich Supports A Czechia - Austria
A Rhineland - Lorraine (*Fails*)
Italy:
A Austria - Hungary
A Granada - Valencia
A Lorraine Supports A Picardy - Rhineland (*Void*)
A Marseille Supports A Navarra - Catalonia
F Morocco Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western Approaches (*Void*)
A Navarra - Catalonia
A Slovakia - Czechia
A Slovenia Supports A Czechia - Austria
A Switzerland Supports A Lorraine
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
F Western Mediterranean, no move received
Poland:
A Archangel Supports A Byelorussia - Moscow
A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Bounce*)
A Cracow - Rumania (*Dislodged*)
A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine
A Leningrad Supports A Archangel
A Silesia - Slovakia
F Sweden Hold
A Volhynia Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine
Turkey:
A Egypt - Libyan Sea (*Fails*)
A Georgia - Eastern Ukraine
A Istanbul - Bulgaria
A Kazakhstan Supports A Stalingrad - Moscow
A Moscow - Archangel (*Fails*)
A Rumania Supports A Transylvania - Cracow
A Serbia - Transylvania
A Siberia Supports A Moscow - Archangel
F Suez - Egypt(nc) (*Fails*)
A Transylvania - Cracow
F Atlantic Ocean Supports F South-Western Approaches
F Black Sea Supports A Georgia - Eastern Ukraine
F Libyan Sea - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
USSR:
A Stalingrad - Moscow (*Bounce*)
Republican_Spain:
A Burgos - Navarra
A Madrid - Gibraltar
A Portugal - Madrid
F South-Western Approaches Supports A Madrid - Gibraltar
Retreats:
Polish A Cracow can retreat to Warsaw or Silesia or OTB.
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Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Madrid, Netherlands, Norway.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Tripoli.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Rumania, Serbia, Suez.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain: 7 Supply centers, 7 Units: Builds 0 units.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Builds 0 units.
Germany: 4 Supply centers, 4 Units: Builds 0 unit.
Italy: 11 Supply centers, 11 Units: Builds 0 units.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 9 Units: Removes 0 unit.
Turkey: 13 Supply centers, 13 Units: Builds 0 units.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Removes 0 unit.
Republican_Spain: 4 Supply center, 4 Units: Builds 0 unit.
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Winter 1941 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday September 30
Spring 1942 Prelims, Friday October 1
Spring 1942 Orders, Tuesday October 5
Summer 1942 Retreats, Thursday October 7
Fall 1942 Prelims, Friday October 8
Fall 1942 Orders, Tuesday October 12
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