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France - Victory in Libya and Balbo is Ousted - 19 Sep to 30 Sep 1939

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19 Sep 1939: I commit the 4th Light Mechanized Division to our attack on Trento. The Italians are counterattacking but to no avail. 20 Sep 1939: There are two Naval battles ongoing around Corsica. 23 Sep 1939: The fall of Trento is immenent. Goodbye, Balbo but the Fascists are back. 24 Sep 1939: We left a hole in the line so I must fix it quickly. My two divisions on the Swiss border are attacking in order to pin down the enemy so that they can't advance. Another defeat. Three American Merchants were sunk. 25 Sep 1939: Allied Air Wings stationed at Lombardia which can support up to 2000 aircraft. Enough equipment is being received to maintain training. I launch an attack across two rivers to capture Ferrara 29 Sep 1939: Italian forces in Libya have been defeated. I use the 12 Colonial Divisions to garrison the 3 ports in Libya. The Supply map of northern Italy. Too much blue (bad) for my liking. I plan to improve the Rail network. We might be there for a while. The Resistance map.

France - Success in Libya & Venezia with Obstacles - 08 Sep to 18 Sep 1939

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08 Sep 1939: The attack on Padova is making great progress. Next stop Venezia. The attack on Genova looks good so why not plan to go the whole way to Lucca. I request three times Fuel Lend Lease.... ....and receive it. 09 Sep 1939: Sweden (!) joins the Central European Alliance (CEA) and we have almost defeated the remaining Italian forces in Cyrenaica. I commit a couple more divisions to the attack. 10 Sep 1939: Norway is the next member to join the CEA. Italy's 5 divisions are out of supply and have no escape. 11 Sep 1939: We have finished researching Fuel Refining II .... ....and I select to research Engineer Company II  next. My current Research. I add an extra Military Factory to Support Equipment. 13 Sep 1939: Another 5 days and Genova has hopefully fallen. The attack towards Bologna appears to have stalled. Ouch! We captured Venezia but the enemy regained Padova. We need to recapture it. 15 Sep 1939: Done but we need to widen the corridor to Venezia. Our next target is Trent

France - The Global Picture - 04 Sep to 07 Sep 1939

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04 Sep 1939: I'm looking for the war goal justicication from Japan but I find nothing. Not even against one of our allies. Something will happen though. This is the Dutch East Indies. There is a lot of action there. I don't see any French divisions there. They've advanced into the British Raj. Why on earth did the British attack Iran and Iraq? The World Tension History table.... ....and current wars. I delete two of the divisions in order to support the other two. My Fuel status. I wish it were better. The Dodecanese will soon be in Allied hands. I create a new Air Wing in Bouche-du-Rhône. 05 Sep 1939: Luxembourg has joined Germany's faction. A real boost. I decide that it is time to finally attack Genova again. Germany is in a good mood. Of course I'll accept. 06 Sep 1939: Denmark joins the Central European Alliance. 07 Sep 1939: Now Belgium joins and I've commited more divisions to the attack on Genova. That will take a while unless I find more divisions. I ad