Germany - Final Preparations For the Polish Campaign - 15 Jul to 14 Oct 1936

17 Jul 1936: The Spanish Civil War begins.
The situation in the Iberian Peninsula.
27 Jul 1936: I deploy 3 Infanterie-Divisionen early....
....and place them in training.
28 Jul 1936: I return 7 Destroyers to the Ostseeflotte.
....and transfer a Light Cruiser and 4 Destroyers from Hochseeflotte into training.
29 Jul 1936: The Focus Autarky has completed....
....and I select Hermann Göring-Werke next. I could well use the 6 new Civilian Factories.
02 Aug 1936: About time. Were the Italians having a picnic there?
04 Aug 1936:  I assign 3 fully-trained Kavallerie-Divisionen to Mobilkorps Manstein....
....and order them to Köslin.
16 Aug 1936: That went down well.
21 Aug 1936: We have completed researching Construction I....
....and I select Basic Armour Protection next.
My current Research.
30 Aug 1936: Still no response from the UK. That should be enough for a while
I appoint Franz Halder as the Army Chief of Staff.
23 Sep 1936: I deploy 2 Kavallerie-Divisionen early then cancel the recruitment.
They are placed in training.
30 Sep 1936: I assign the three Infanterie-Divisionen to Armee Ost.
07 Oct 1936: The Focus Hermann Göring-Werke has been completed....
....and I select Oppose Hitler next. This is a huge gamble because I need to conquer Poland within the next 70 days or I'm screwed.
10 Oct 1936: Research has been completed on Concentrated Industry I....
....and I select 1934 Medium Tank Chassis next. I need this for the Panzer III and IV.
14 Oct 1936: The Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee and the Cruiser Emden are assigned to the Hochseeflotte.
I also assign U-16 and U-18 to II. U-Boots Gruppe.
We are as ready as we can be before the Polish campaign. We are at war in the next post. 

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