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"Final Countdown"

WiFD with Days of Decision II Campaign Report

http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-10760/campaign.html

Maintained by Grzm.

Players Settings 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940

The Players

Germany Gunnar Blomberg Storgatan 12 753 31 Uppsala 13 76 02

Mirko Bulovic Pilvägen 90 191 42 Sollentuna 08 - 92 87 95

Italy Peter Öhman Fjärdhundragatan 46 753 37 Uppsala 24 11 95

Japan Lennart Jansson Rackarbergsgatan 60 752 32 Uppsala 51 65 13

USSR Robert Steneholm Sernanders väg 4:513 752 61 Uppsala 46 43 72

Commonwealth Erik Ljungberg Salagatan 42A 753 26 Uppsala 71 41 15

Per Brand home: 0175 - 670 68 work: 08 - 752 15 29

France Johannes Nesser Karlsrogatan 11B 752 38 Uppsala

USA/China Emil Persson Rackarbergsgatan 12:231 752 32 Uppsala 50 98 69

Edward Blomstrand Hamnesplanaden 6 753 19 Uppsala 69 41 43

The Setting

Play is every Tuesday from about 19:00 to about 22:00, at the apartment of one of the German players.

This time we're playing with World in Flames Final. A summary of the rules we use are here.

1936

Jan/Feb 1936
	Av.	Bid	Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE			0(g)	Brazil	5,25	AMPH	22,25
IT			IPO 2, MEA Turkey	Austria	5,25	1 Bid, AMPH, INF DIV, PIL, LND-2	15,25
CW			0(g)	Turkey	6,00	CV-2, GAR	27,00
FR			IPO 10, Election	Denmark	4,50	5 Bid, CAV	12,50
RU			RU 6, Purge!	Bulgaria	2,17	2 Bid, AMPH	9,17
JA					4,50	10 Bid, CV-1, CAR-0, CONV, INF DIV	11,50
US					2,40		37,40
CH					0,80		22,80

Italy lets the Ethiopian war lapse.

Mar/Apr 1936
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	12	10	+4	IPO 2, MEA Sweden	Rumania	5,25	5 Bid	18,50
GE	12	10	+4	.	Rumania	5,25	5 Bid	18,50
FR	5	4	+2			4,50	8 Bid	9,00
JA	11	5	+1			4,50	LND-2, CV-1, CAR-0	13,00
CW	6	2	+3			6,00	4 Bid, AMPH, SCS-1	25,00
IT	1	1	+3			5,25	6 Bid	14,50
RU	2	1	+2			2,17	1 Bid	10,33
US	1		+1			2,40	7 Bid, CV-2	30,80
CH	1					0,80	5 Bid, INF	15,60

May/Jun 1936
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
FR	11	9	+3	FR 6, Rhineland Occupied!	Belgium	5,50		6,50
JA	7	6	+3	Ja 2, Economic Boom!	Netherlands	7,25	2 Bid, CAR-0, AMPH II(3)	6,25
GE	7	4	+4	0(g)	Rumania	5,25		23,75
IT	9	2	+2	IT 2, War Drive!		6,75	1 Bid	13,25
RU	5	3	+1			2,17	1 Bid	11,50
CW	10	2	+2			6,00	MOT, CAR-0, SCS-1, CONV	25,00
US	9		+1			2,40		33,20
CH	7					0,80		16,40

Jul/Aug 1936
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
IT	8	6	+2	IT 4, It's Bellum! S. Arabia		6,75	3 Bid, SCS-2, INF	10,00
GE	15	4	+3	0(g)	Turkey	5,25	TRS	27,00
JA	3	1	+3	0(g)	Netherlands	7,25	4 Bid, CV-2	7,50
CH	8	1		CH 2, Double All Prod.	S. Arabia	1,60		11,00
FR	2		+4			5,50	4 Bid	8,00
RU	6		+2			2,17	TRS	11,67
CW	10		+1			6,00	6 Bid, CAR-0, SCS-1, CONV	23,00
US	10		+1			2,40	5 Bid	30,60

Saudi Arabia, having no troops, is quickly conquered by an Italian infantry division landing on the Red Sea coast.

Sep/Oct 1936
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	23	11	+3	GE 14, Vienna Accord	Rumania	5,25	SUB	19,25
GE	23	11	+3	0(e), Place coup cell	Yugoslavia	5,25	SUB	19,25
IT	5	3	+4	IT 4, It's Bellum! Iraq		6,75	1 Bid, AMPH II(3), CONV	9,75
FR	8	5	+2	Fr 3, Treaty 1 w. CW	Sweden	6,00	2 Bid	9,00
CW	18	6	+1	0(f), Accept treaty	Czechoslovakia	6,00	2 Bid, TRS(2), SCS-1, CONV	23,00
RU	9	5	+1			2,17	AMPH II(3), SCS-1 II(1)	9,83
JA	9	3	+3			7,25	PIL, TRS(2), CV-2 II(1), CONV	8,75
US	16	1				2,40	4 Bid	29,00
CH	7		+2			1,60	MTN	8,60

The treaty specifies that the Commonwealth should supply two resources per turn to France.

An out of supply Italian infantry division advances into Iraq from Riyadh. The Iraqi cavalry corps attacks, threatening to end the war very quickly, but perishes in the attempt.

An Italian infantry corps lands in the Red Sea and races towards Baghdad, but is delayed by bad weather and does not reach it before the Iraqi militia is mobilized.

Nov/Dec 1936
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
US	20	16	+1	IPO 10, Election!	Norway	2,40	3 Bid	27,40
GE	12	4	+4	GE 2, Double All Production!	Portugal	10,50	2 SUB	17,75
CW	14	5	+2	CW 2, Economy Mobilizes!	Yugoslavia	8,00	3 Bid, SCS-1, AMPH II(3)	14,00
RU	7	4	+2	IPO 15, Join Naval Treaty	Finland	2,17	CAV DIV	10,00
IT	3	1	+3			6,75	2 Bid, SCS-2, CONV	11,50
FR	5	1	+3			6,00	5 Bid	10,00
JA	7	2	+1			7,25	FTR-2, PIL, SCS-1, CV-1 II(2), CONV	8,00
CH	8					1,60		10,20

Italian troops consolidate their position in Iraq, capturing Basra and landing an Italian HQ.

Totals 1936
	Bid p.	Options	Units	Total		Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
GE	5	26	8	39	0	33	8	3	5
IT	14	15	21	50	2	13	4	0	4
JA	16	9	26	51	5	17	2	1	1
RU	4	4	10	18	3	13	2	0	2
CW	15	10	24	49	1	15	3	1	2
FR	24	12	3	39	4	19	3	0	3
US	19	1	2	22	6	17	1	0	1
CH	5	7	7	19	7	1	1	0	1
Total	102	84	101	287		128	24	5	19

	Bid p.	Options	Units			Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
Fascists	35	50	55	140		63	14	4	10
Communists	4	4	10	18		13	2	0	2
Democrats	63	30	36	129		52	8	1	7

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1937

Jan/Feb 1937
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
US	7	7	+4	US 6, Pass Neutrality Act	Persia	2,40	3 Bid, 2 CONV	23,80
GE	8	6	+3	0(g)	Sweden	10,50	2 SUB, HQ-I	21,25
FR	11	6	+1	IPO 16, LofN Trade sanctions against Italy	Netherlands	6,00	3 Bid, INF	8,00
CW	12	4	+3	IPO 12, Guarantee Persia	Poland	8,00	2 Bid, 2 CV-2, 2 CONV	13,00
IT	7	3	+2			6,75	MECH	13,25
RU	3	1	+2			2,17	1 Bid	11,17
JA	6	2	+1			7,25	CAR-1, PIL, CV-2, CONV	9,25
CH	9					1,60		11,80

Mar/Apr 1937
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	14	5	+3	0(g)	Baltic States	10,50	SUB II, AMPH II(3), INF	24,75
FR	8	5	+3	Fr 3, Treaty 1 w. USA	Persia	6,05	3 Bid	8,05
US	3	2	+4	0(f), Accept treaty	Venezuela	2,15	5 Bid, 4 CONV	16,95
IT	7	3	+2			7,50	MTN DIV, LND-3	15,75
CW	10	3	+2			8,00	CV-2, SCS-2, 4 CONV	13,00
RU	7	1	+1			2,17		13,33
JA	5	1	+1			7,25	MOT, CAR-0, PIL, CV-1, CONV	8,50
CH	10					1,60	GAR	11,40

Italian troops assault Baghdad and take it easily, partly due to a brilliant plan by Italian general Badoglio.

May/Jun 1937
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
CW	8	6	+2	CW 3, Treaty 1 w. USA	Brazil	8,07	3 Bid, 2 SCS-2	10,07
GE	21	3	+4	IPO 1, New Order - Democracy	Rumania	10,50	2 SUB II, TRS II(3), INF	23,25
US	6	4	+3	0(f), Accept treaty	Brazil	2,15	4 Bid, 3 CONV	12,10
FR	6	3	+3	IPO 10, Election	Turkey	6,05	5 Bid	8,10
RU	10	4	+1	0(g)	Chile	2,17	INF, TRS II(3)	9,50
IT	7	3	+2			7,50	TRS(2), GAR, R.SCS-1	18,25
JA	5	1	+1			7,25	NAV-2, CAR-1, PIL, TRS(2), CONV	7,75
CH	11					1,60		13,00

Jul/Aug 1937
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
RU	18	18	+2	RU 8, Warl. abd. Chiang	Spain	2,17	1 Bid	5,67
RU	18	18	+2	RU 4, War w Baltic St.	Spain	2,17	1 Bid	5,67
IT	7	7	+1			7,50	CAV, PIL, 2 SUB	18,75
GE	18	4	+3			10,50	2 SUB II, INF	28,75
US	6	3	+3			2,15		14,25
FR	8	3	+2			6,05	3 Bid	11,15
CW	5	1	+4			8,07	2 Bid, CAR-1, 2 SCS-2, CV-2	9,14
JA	5		+1			7,25	MAR, SCS-1	9,00
CH	12					1,60		14,60

Russian troops overruns the defenseless Baltic States.

Sep/Oct 1937
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	18	18	+3	IPO 3, Ally Netherlands	Poland	10,50	4 Bid, INF, GAR, R. SCS-1	22,25
				IPO 15, Join Naval Treaty	Sweden
				IPO 12, Guarantee Finland	Finland
FR	10	6	+1	IPO 18, Free Trader	Belgium	5,55	3 Bid	13,70
CW	7	5	+2	IPO 10, Election	Turkey	8,57	4 Bid, 2 CAR-0, TRS(2), SUB(1)	9,71
RU	1	1	+4			2,67		8,33
IT	3	1	+3			7,50	SCS-2 II(3), CV-2, PIL, LND-3	16,25
US	5	1	+2			2,65	TRS(2)	14,90
JA	6		+1			7,25	INF, NAV-2, SCS-2	9,25
CH	13					1,60	INF	13,20

Nov/Dec 1937
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	4	3	+4	0(g)	Austria	11,25	GAR	31,50
IT	5	5	+2	IT 2, War Drive!	Hungary	8,25	NAV-3, PIL, CV-2	10,50
US	6	6	+1	US 6, Pass 2nd Neutrality Act	Mexico	2,65	1 Bid, TRS(2)	13,55
RU	4	4	+2			2,67		11,00
FR	7	2	+3			5,55	2 Bid	17,25
CW	6	2	+3			8,57	MOT, CAR-1, CV-2 II(2), SUB, CONV	9,28
JA	7		+1			7,25	INF, NAV-2, CV-2 II(1), TRS II(3)	7,50
CH	14					1,60	LND-3, PIL	9,80

Totals 1937
	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
GE	4	11	35	50		39	6	3	3
IT	0	7	39	46		22	1	0	1
JA	0	0	44	44		4	0	0	0
RU	2	5	6	13		29	3	1	2
CW	11	6	37	54		21	3	0	3
FR	19	6	3	28		25	4	0	4
US	13	2	13	28		23	4	0	4
CH	0	0	10	10		0	0	0	0
	49	37	187	273		163	21	4	17

	Bid p.	Options	Units			Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
Fascists	4	18	118	140		65	7	3	4
Communists	2	5	6	13		29	3	1	2
Democrats	43	14	63	120		69	11	0	11

Totals 1936-1937
	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
GE	9	37	43	89		72	14	6	8
IT	14	22	60	96		35	5	0	5
JA	16	9	70	95		21	2	1	1
RU	6	9	16	31		42	5	1	4
CW	26	16	61	103		36	6	1	5
FR	43	18	6	67		44	7	0	7
US	32	3	15	50		40	5	0	5
CH	5	7	17	29		1	1	0	1
	151	121	288	560		291	45	9	36

	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
Fascists	39	68	173	280		128	21	7	14
Communists	6	9	16	31		42	5	1	4
Democrats	106	44	99	249		121	19	1	18

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1938

Jan/Feb 1938
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
CH	15	11		CH 2, Double All Prod.!	Spain	2,75	CAV	3,55
FR	9	5	+2	FR 2, Defence Up!	Poland	6,63	2 Bid, GAR	11,88
RU	4	4	+2	RU 2, 5 Year Plan!	Bulgaria	3,75	1 Bid, GAR, SCS-1	0,75
GE	16	1	+4	IPO 3, Ally Netherlands	Rumania	11,25	ENG, SUB, HQ-A	25,75
US	1	1	+3	US 2, Double All Prod.!	Brazil	4,75	2 Bid, TRS(2)	2,30
JA	8	3	+1			7,25	1 Bid, ENG, CAR-1, PIL, SUB	6,75
CW	5	2	+1			8,63	2 Bid, CAV, AMPH(3)	9,91
IT			+3			8,25	SYNTH	10,75

Mar/Apr 1938
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	15	4	+2	0(g)	Belgium	11,25	CAV, MECH	29,00
JA	7	4	+1	IPO 2, MEA Persia	Netherlands	8,00	MTN DIV, CAR-1, PIL, TRS(2)	3,75
FR	6	1	+3	FR 3, Treaty 2 w. CW	Greece	6,13	LND-3, PIL	13,01
CW	6	3	+1			8,63	2 Bid, TRS(2), SUB II(1), TRS II(3), CONV	9,54
US	2	1	+2			4,75	SCS-2	5,05
CH	4		+4			2,75	INF	3,30
RU	1		+3			3,75	PARA DIV	1,50
IT	3					8,25	HQ-A	11,00

The French-American treaty involves no exchange of resources or factories.

May/Jun 1938
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	26	3	+4	0(g) +15	Czechoslovakia	11,25	PARA, ATR, PIL	30,25
FR	5	2	+3	FR 3, Treaty 2 w. CW	Venezuela	6,13	3 Bid, HQ-I	8,14
CW	6	3	+2	0(f)	Czechoslovakia	8,63	3 Bid, MECH	10,17
JA	3	2	+3	0(g) +3	Siam	8,00	PIL, CV-2, CV-1 II(2)	5,75
RU	5	3	+1	0(g) +9	Yugoslavia	3,75	SCS-2	3,25
US	4	1	+2	- +3		4,75	SCS-2	7,80
CH	5	1	+1	- +1		2,75	2 INF DIV	2,05
IT	6	1		- +3		8,25	INF, MTN, CAR-1, PIL, SUB II(1)	8,25

Jul/Aug 1938
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	38	17	+4	GE 2, Double All Prod.!	Czechoslovakia	13,50	INF, FTR-2, LND-2, 2 PIL, SUB II(1)	17,75
				GE 8, Sudetenland	Sweden
				IPO 10, French Govt Falls!	Czechoslovakia
RU	11	4	+2	0(g) +12		3,75	GAR	5,00
CW	6	2	+3	- +1		9,96	3 Bid, PIL, 3 CONV	12,13
FR	6	1	+3	- +2		5,13	LND-4	9,27
JA	4	1	+2	- +1		8,00	2 Bid, FTR-2	9,75
IT	8	1		- +3		8,25	NAV-2, CAR-1, PIL, SUB II(1)	10,50
US	6		+1	- +3		4,75	AMPH(3)	9,55
CH	5		+1	- +1		2,75	PIL	2,80

Sep/Oct 1938
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
CW	8	6	+3	CW 2, Economy Mobilises!	Poland	14,00	3 Bid, FTR-2, PIL, LL 1, 3 CONV	5,13
IT	10	6	+1	IT 3, Treaty 1 w. GE	Belgium	8,25	FTR-2, PIL, R.SCS-1, 2 CONV	9,75
JA	6	5	+2	JA 3, Treaty 1 w. GE	Argentina	9,50	2 Bid, MAR DIV, CV-1 II(2)	9,25
GE	21	8	+4	0(f), Accept treaties	Netherlands	13,50	INF, MOT, FTR-2, LND-3, 2 PIL	11,25
GE	21	8	+4	GE 7, Anschluss	Czechoslovakia	13,50	INF, MOT, FTR-2, LND-3, 2 PIL	11,25
FR	7	3	+2	0(c), Election!	Sweden	5,64	4 Bid, R.LL 6, MECH	11,91
RU	19	1	+3	- +4		3,75	2 INF	2,75
US	9		+1	- +3		4,75	LL 5, TRS(4)	5,30
CH	6			- +1		2,75	FTR-2, PIL	1,55

Commonwealth lend-leases one build point, and the US five, to France.

Nov/Dec 1938
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
RU	22	21	+1	IPO 16(c), Incr. Credit	Bulgaria	5,90	1 Bid, GAR, PIL	2,65
RU	22	21	+1	RU 2, 5 Year Plan!	Turkey	5,90	1 Bid, GAR, PIL	2,65
GE	13	5	+2	0(g) +15		13,50	GAR, FTR-2, LND-2, LND-3, 3 PIL	9,75
FR	8	4	+2	FR 2, Defence Up!	Poland	8,80	R.LL 4, MOT, ART, PIL, FTR-2	4,71
CW	5	2	+4	IPO 18, Free Trader!	Spain	13,33	1 Bid, LL 4, FTR-2, PIL, 2 CONV	7,46
JA	3	3	+3	JA 8, Tojo Takes Over!	Netherlands	9,50	3 Bid, INF, MOT DIV, ATR-3	6,75
IT	4	1	+3	- +3		8,25	LND-3, PIL, TRS II(2), CV-2 II(2)	9,00
US	12		+1	- +3		5,41		10,71
CH	7			- +1		2,75		4,30

The League of Nations votes to increase Russian credit to, in the words of the Soviet premier, "buy tractors for the Russian people".

Totals 1938
	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
GE	0	23	73	96		38	8	3	5
IT	0	2	49	51		9	1	0	1
JA	8	8	35	51		18	4	1	3
RU	2	11	20	33		33	5	2	3
CW	14	10	41	65		18	3	0	3
FR	9	19	23	51		16	5	0	5
US	2	12	18	32		3	1	0	1
CH	0	7	15	22		12	1	0	1
	35	92	274	401		147	28	6	22

	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
Fascists	8	33	157	198		65	13	4	9
Communists	2	11	20	33		33	5	2	3
Democrats	25	48	97	170		49	10	0	10

Totals 1936-1938
	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
GE	9	60	116	185		110	22	9	13
IT	14	24	109	147		44	6	0	6
JA	24	17	105	146		39	6	2	4
RU	8	20	36	64		75	10	3	7
CW	40	26	102	168		54	9	1	8
FR	52	37	29	118		60	12	0	12
US	34	15	33	82		43	6	0	6
CH	5	14	32	51		13	2	0	2
	186	213	562	961		438	73	15	58

	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
Fascists	47	101	330	478		193	34	11	23
Communists	8	20	36	64		75	10	3	7
Democrats	131	92	196	419		170	29	1	28

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1939

Jan/Feb 1939
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
US	15	8	+1	IPO 4, Coup in Rumania	Ireland	5,41	CV-2	9,12
GE	23	4	+3	0(g) +15	Siam	13,50	2 INF, FTR-2, LND-2, LND-3, 2 PIL, SUB	5,25
IT	6	6	+1	0(g) +9	Hungary	9,00	ENG, CV-1, SCS-2 II(3), SUB	10,00
RU	2	2	+4	- +4		5,90	GAR	6,55
FR	4	1	+3	- +2		8,80	MOT, MTN	5,51
JA	3	1	+2	- +3		9,50	GAR, PARA DIV, CAR-1, CV-1 II(2), CONV	7,25
CW	4	1	+2	- +1		13,33	4 Bid, GAR, 2 SCS-1 II(2), 2 CONV	8,80
CH	8			- +1		2,75	INF	4,05

Mar/Apr 1939
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	34	13	+3	GE 4, It's Krieg!		13,50	INF, FTR-2	9,75
GE	34	13	+3	IPO 10, French Govt Falls!	Portugal	13,50	INF, FTR-2	9,75
IT	9	5	+3	IPO 4, Coup in Spain (+7)	Spain	9,00	FTR-2, PIL, 2 R.SCS-2	6,00
FR	5	5	+2	- +2		8,80	2 Bid, R.LL 5, HQ-I, INF, LND-3	6,31
CW	8	6	+1	- +1		13,33	2 Bid, MOT, FTR-2, PIL, CV-2 II(2)	10,13
RU	4	4	+2	- +4		5,90	SCS-2	10,45
US	7	1	+4	- +3		5,41	LL 5	9,53
JA	5	1	+1	- +3		9,50	INF, MTN, CAR-1, CV-2	6,75
CH	9			- +1		2,75	INF	3,80

Germany declares war on Czechoslovakia, and German troops assault and take both Prague and Bratislava without losses.

In a blitzkrieg counter-attack, Czechoslovakian troops force two German corps to retreat and overrun a German Me-109 fighter group, killing the pilots. Germany decides to scrap that model of airplane, it obviously not being up to the vagaries of modern warfare.

As the fall of Czechoslovakia comes ever closer, Czechoslovakian troops counter-attack again, but the Germans retreat, taking no further losses.

May/Jun 1939
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
GE	21	10	+4	IPO 3, Break Polish All.	Rumania	15,00	MOT, LND-3, PIL	7,75
GE	21	10	+4	GE 4, It's Krieg!	Rumania	15,00	MOT, LND-3, PIL	7,75
IT	4	4	+3	0(g) +9	Turkey	8,25	HQ-I, PIL	7,25
FR	4	2	+3	0(c), Election!	Sweden	8,30	5 Bid, R.LL 5, AA, MOT DIV	8,61
RU	4	1	+2	0(g) +12	Hungary	5,90	2 Bid, SCS-2, HQ-i	7,35
CW	5	1	+2	- +1		13,33	6 Bid, LND-3, TRS II(4)	10,46
JA	7	1	+1	- +3		9,50	MAR DIV, FTR-2, CAR-1, CV-2 II(2)	8,25
US	9		+1	- +3		5,41	LL 5	9,94
CH	10			- +1		2,75		6,55

France loses political face, as she has left her ally Czechoslovakia without help.

Germany declares war on Poland and destroys three screening Polish infantry corps on the way towards Lodz and Warsaw. The Polish destroyer fleet is forced to scuttle as German troops overrun all the Polish harbors.

German troops, in succession, assault and take Lodz and Warsaw, incurring no losses.

Jul/Aug 1939
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
RU	17	16	+2	IPO 4, Coup in Rumania (+6)	Rumania	5,90	5 Bid, INF	0,25
US	12	11	+1	0(g) +9	Netherlands	6,04		15,98
GE	11	6	+4	- +4		15,75	MOT, ARM, LND-3, SUB	9,50
IT	9	7	+3	- +3		8,25	MOT, MAR	6,50
JA	9	9	+1	- +3		8,25	INF DIV, HQ-I, LND-2	7,50
CW	11	1	+2	- +1		13,33	4 Bid, INF DIV, PIL, AMPH II(4)	11,80
FR	7		+3	- +1		8,30	6 Bid, AT	7,91
CH	11			- +1		2,75		9,30

France, having failed her promises to Poland, loses face again.

Sep/Oct 1939
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
US	10	10	+3	IPO 2, Break GE tr. agr. w. Sweden	Norway	6,04	5 Bid	13,02
CW	15	12	+1	IPO 12, Guar. Rumania	Yugoslavia	13,33	5 Bid, MOT DIV, TRS II(5), SUB(1)	11,13
FR	14	12	+1	- +0		8,30	8 Bid	8,21
GE	9	5	+3	- +4		14,25	2 ARM, LND-3, PIL	6,75
RU	6	1	+4	- +4		5,90	INF	3,15
IT	5	1	+2	- +3		8,25	PARA DIV, LND-3, PIL	6,75
JA	3	1	+2	- +3		8,25	HQ-I, LND-2	8,75
CH	12			- +1		2,75		12,05

Nov/Dec 1939
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
FR	10	9	+3	FR 3, Treaty 2 w. RU	Rumania	8,30	1 Bid, MTN DIV	10,51
RU	9	9	+2	0(f), Accept treaty	Turkey	5,90	5 Bid, INF	1,05
US	5	4	+4	0(g) +9	Venezuela	6,04		19,06
GE	8	4	+2	- +4		14,25	MTN DIV, 2 LND-3, 2 PIL	9,00
CW	8	1	+3	- +1		14,00	3 Bid, NAV-3, PIL, 2 SCS-1 II(2), SCS-1	12,13
IT	7	1	+1	- +3		8,25	LND-3, PIL, SUB II	9,00
JA	5	1	+1	- +3		8,25	TRS II (4), R.SCS-1, CONV	9,00
CH	13			- +1		2,75	MOT DIV	12,80

Totals 1939
	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
GE	0	12	75	87	4	42	5	1	4
IT	0	5	46	51		24	3	2	1
JA	0	0	51	51		14	0	0	0
RU	12	5	20	37		33	3	1	2
CW	24	1	51	76		22	1	0	1
FR	22	3	20	45		29	2	0	2
US	5	9	12	26		34	4	2	2
CH	0	0	8	8		0	0	0	0
	63	35	283	381		198	18	6	12

	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
Fascists	0	17	172	189	4	80	8	3	5
Communists	12	5	20	37		33	3	1	2
Democrats	51	13	91	155		85	7	2	5

Totals 1936-1939
	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
GE	9	72	191	272	4	152	27	10	17
IT	14	29	155	198		68	9	2	7
JA	24	17	156	197		53	6	2	4
RU	20	25	56	101		108	13	4	9
CW	64	27	153	244		76	10	1	9
FR	74	40	49	163		89	14	0	14
US	39	24	45	108		77	10	2	8
CH	5	14	40	59		13	2	0	2
	249	248	845	1342		636	91	21	70

	Bid p.	Options	Units		Loss	Bid	# opt	# 0(g)	# real
Fascists	47	118	502	667	4	273	42	14	28
Communists	20	25	56	101		108	13	4	9
Democrats	182	105	287	574		255	36	3	33

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1940

Jan/Feb 1940
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
CW	11	9	+2	Cw 3, Treaty 2 w US	Bulgaria	14,50	5 Bid, FTR-3, HQ-I	9,63
US	10	7	+3	0(f), Accept treaty	Brazil	5,41	5 Bid	19,47
GE	8	7	+2	- +4		14,25	5 Bid, 2 INF, HQ-A, LND-2	2,25
FR	2	1	+4	- +0		8,30	PE1, PIL, GAR, INF	10,81
RU	5	1	+3	- +4		5,90	2 INF	0,95
IT	9	1	+1	- +3		8,25	GAR, ATR-3, CV-1 II(2), SUB	9,25
JA	7		+1	- +3		8,25	2 Bid, GAR, PIL, AMPH(3), CONV	7,25
CH	14			- +1		2,75	MOT, GAR	9,55

The Commonwealth-US treaty specifies that the Commonwealth gets to fetch the 5 Venezuelan oil if she so desires.

Mar/Apr 1940
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
CH	15	14		CH 2, Double All Production!	Netherlands	5,50	HQ-I, GAR, INF DIV	-0,95
GE	10	8	+3	0(g) +12	Belgium	13,50	7 Bid	8,75
IT	11	10	+1	IT 4, It's Bellum w Greece		8,25	MECH DIV, PARA	7,50
CW	7	2	+4	IPO 10, Election!	Hungary	14,50	5 Bid, INF, 3 CONV, 2 SCS-1 II(1+2)	9,13
US	8	1	+3	US 2, Gear up!	Persia	6,58	2 Bid	12,05
RU	8	1	+2	0(g) +12	Yugoslavia	5,90	2 INF	0,85
FR	1	1	+2	- +0		8,30	PE 1, AT, PIL, FTR-2	11,11
JA	12		+1	- +3		8,25	2 Bid, INF, SUB, PIL, CONV	6,50

An Italian port strike against the Greek fleet in Korkyra sinks it. The Italian fifth infantry corps lands against marginal resistance south of the western Greek port of Patrai.

The Greek army races out of Athens in order to deny the use of the western Greek ports to Italy.

Italian troops assault Patrai after a brief build-up, taking it with no losses, assisted by air support from both navy and army airplanes, who both persevere in spite of Greek fighter cover.

May/Jun 1940
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
RU	19	12	+1	IPO 4, Coup in Rumania	Turkey	6,50	R.LL 1, 2 MIL	4,35
GE	21	9	+3	GE 4, It's Krieg!		16,50	MTN, SUB, PIL	18,25
JA	17	12		- +3		8,75	3 Bid, SCS-1 II(2), FTR-2, PIL	6,25
US	9	3	+2	- +3		6,58		18,63
CW	10	3	+2	- +2		14,50	2 Bid, FTR-3, PIL, SCS-1 II(2), SUB II, 3 CONV	10,63
IT	1	1	+3	- +3		7,50	MECH, INF	7,00
CH	1		+4	- +1		5,50	INF DIV, AT	-0,45
FR			+1	- +0		8,30	4 Bid, LL 8, PE 1	1,41

France declares that it will lend-lease 10 build points to Russia.

The German armed forces have spent the winter massing on the Soviet border, and now Germany declares war. The Luftwaffe strikes against Smolensk, Kiev and Odessa with little effect. Italian bombers drop their cargo on Athens in spite of Greek fighter cover, but there is no effect. German forces take Pskov and Vitebsk, completely overwhelming the out-numbered defenders.

Soviet submarines comb the Baltic in vain for German convoys. The Red Air Force strikes against forward elements of the Wehrmacht in Vitebsk and south-east of Pskov with some success.

The Luftwaffe for the first time sends the brand new Ju-87D Stuka against Soviet forces in Smolensk, with only partial success. Then German ground forces attack Smolensk, Kiev and Odessa, destroying a total of 4 Soviet corps and forcing one to retreat. The German offensive in Smolensk took its toll on the German attackers, who are now disrupted. German troops also race through the Baltic States and capture Novgorod and Stalino against light resistance.

Soviet submarines still fail to find the German convoys. The Kalinin factory is dismantled and loaded onto trains for transport to Sverdlovsk.

The Luftwaffe strikes against Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk, with some success only in Kharkov. Gomel and Rostov fall to forward elements of the Wehrmacht, the latter cutting off the rail line from the Caucasian resources to the Soviet factories. The corps that was retreated out of Smolensk is destroyed en passant by German panzers. German troops also attack and take Dnepropetrovsk, destroying the two Soviet corps defending it. In the Mediterranean, Italian troops now attack Athens, taking it with no losses.

Elements of the Wehrmacht enter Kalinin, Boyansk and Tula, encountering very light resistance. An attack on Kharkov destroys the two corps in it. Still no sign of the offensive slacking.

The Luftwaffe attacks Kursk, causing some disorder among the defenders. Ryazan, Voronezh and Yaroslavl are taken, the latter cutting the rail line to Archangelsk and Murmansk. Now there is no way for the French lend lease to reach Russia. Kursk and its two defending corps fall.

The remainder of the Luftwaffe, having had severe problems reaching the front, now strike at Moscow, disrupting all the defenders. Stavropol falls. An assault on Moscow captures it easily, destroying two airplanes with pilots, two corps and one division.

The 41st Panzer corps races deep into the Caucasus, capturing an oil field. Saratov falls.

When the offensive finally draws to a close, the German armed forces are still completely intact. 14 Soviet corps, 2 divisions and 2 airplanes have been destroyed. 7 Soviet resource centers and 2 oil fields have been captured for German use. 18 Soviet factories are in German hands, of which 4 can at some future time be put to German use. Leningrad and the Caucasian oil fields are cut off from the rest of the Soviet Union. Only 7 functional factories remain, all but one in Asia. One lucky kick, and the whole rotten structure collapsed. Even the most optimistic German planners expected it to take at least two.

A band of partisans appear in the Greek mountains.

Greece and the Baltic States have been conquered.

Jul/Aug 1940
	Av.	Bid		Option play	Minor	Inc.	Spending	BP
RU	7	7	+4	0(g) +12	Rumania
JA	11	8	+3	JA 4, It's War!
GE	12	6	+3	- +4
US	9	1	+2	- +3
CW	11	1	+2	- +2
IT	3	1	+1	- +3
FR	4	1		- +0
CH	2		+1	- +1

Elements of the Red Air Force based in Leningrad strike against Wehrmacht troops crossing Russia, but with little effect. The Gorki factory is relocated to Chelyabinsk.

The German offensive continues, albeit at a slightly lower tempo. Gorki falls to German troops moving towards the Asian part of Russia.

The entire Red Navy sets to sea, in the Baltic and the Black Sea. The German convoys in the Baltic escape detection again.

Penza falls, and German troops continue to struggle east. Russia is vast.

Japan declares war on Russia. A Japanese task force enters the Japanese Sea and promptly dispatches the Russian submarine lurking there. Meanwhile, Japanese air strikes disrupt the Russian defenders in Vladivostok. The Luftwaffe also strikes Russian troops, with mixed success. Perm and Vologda fall, as German troops move further into Asian Russia. Italian troops, in a huge coordinated campaign in the Greek mountains, obliterate the partisans there. Japanese troops assault and take Vladivostok, destroying a Russian infantry and militia corps and suffering no losses. German troops blitz Russian troops south of Kazan, destroying a cavalry and infantry corps.

The Russian Baltic Sea fleet fails once more in its efforts to find the German convoys. Russian troops counter-attack for the first time. In the west, a German mechanized corps is engaged in a mobile battle which results in the loss of a Russian infantry corps. In the east, a disrupted Japanese cavalry corps that is out of supply is attacked and dispatched by a Russian infantry corps.

German troops take Giflis and Uta and reach the foothills of the Ural. A Russian mechanized corps, disorganized after its desperate counter-attack is easily eliminated after it is put out of supply by German troops reaching the Caspian Sea from the west.

The second stage of the offensive has resulted in the loss to the Russian of another 2 factories, four oil fields and 2 resource centers. In addition to this, the factory in Kazan is now isolated.

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