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Germany - War Preparations (II) - 02 Dec 1936 to 13 Feb 1937

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02 Dec 1936: Three fully-trained Infanterie-Divisionen are assigned to Panzerkorps Guderian.... ....while the other three are assigned to 2nd Army at the northern end of the front. 16 Dec 1936: The Focus Extra Research Slot  has been completed. I choose to research Radio  with the new slot. My next Focus is Army Innovation . My current Research. 27 Dec 1936: I select Walther Funk, a War Industrialist, as a political advisor. 15 Jan 1937: I remind the Dutch again since the UK has been active. 17 Jan 1937: I assign U-21 and U-22 to II. Uboots-Ausbildings-Gruppe. 27 Jan 1937: We desire a harsh sentence and hope that the Swiss show reason. 28 Jan 1937: We have completed researching Fuel Refining II .... ....and select Survivability Studies  next. I want my pilots to survive combat even if their aircraft are shot down. This new and allows interesting Aircraft designs. 02 Feb 1937: Research has been completed on Construction I .... ....and I select Concentrated Industry II  next. My current

Germany - War Preparations (I) - 24 Aug to 18 Nov 1936

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24 Aug 1936: The three trained Panzer-Divisionen are returned to Panzerkorps Guderian. Six Infanterie-Divisionen are deployed early and placed in training.while six trained Infanterie-Divisionen are assigned to Army Ost. 25 Aug 1936: I commence justifying the war against Poland - I could have done that earlier - and we can launch the invasion on 27 Apr 1937. The operational plans for Fall Weiß. 12 Sep 1936: I allocate 2 Geschwader in Königsberg to Army Ost. 06 Oct 1936: Research has been completed on Concentrated Industry I .... ....and I select Basic Medium Tank Chassis  next. 07 Oct 1936: The Focus KdF-Wagen  has been completed....   ....and I select Extra Research Slot  next. 13 Oct 1936: We have completed researching 3,7 cm Pak 36  Anti-Tank Gun.... ....and I select Field Hospital I  next. 17 Oct 1936: Hitler turns up the propaganda machine. 31 Oct 1936: My Aircraft Production.... ....and Army Production. We now have 8 Military Factories more than in January. 03 Nov 1936: I add 6 D

Germany - Creating the Panzer II A Variant - 22 Jun to 22 Aug 1936

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22 Jun 1936: Research has been completed on three projects. Next I select Fuel Refining II.... .... Concentrated Industry I....  ....and Construction I. My current Research projects. 27 Jun 1936: I select Hermann Göring as my Chief of the Luftwaffe. 30 Jun 1936: I assign the fully-trained Cruisers Bremse and Brummer to the Ostseeflotte. 17 Jul 1936: The Spanish Civil War begins. I will not be sending troops there before the Polish Campaign has ended in our favour. 22 Jul 1936: I assign 2 Geschwader in Oberbayern to Panzerkorps Guderian. I commence Pilot Exercises for a Jagdgeschwader in Königsberg. 29 Jul 1936: The Focus Hermann Göring-Werke  has been completed.... ....and I select KdF-Wagen  next. BothFocii give me 6 Civilian Factories. My Construction queue. I assign the trained Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee to the Ostseeflotte. 16 Aug 1936: That went down well. 22 Aug 1936: It's time to upgrade the Panzer II. I replace the Autocannon with a Close Support Gun.... ....then replac