Germany - The Conflict in Turkey - 15 Jun to 11 Jul 1941

15 Jun 1941: The upgrade of my Panzer-Division has created a temporary shortage of Panzer IVs but in less than 6 months all divisions will be at the new full strength.
17 Jun 1941: I've just noticed an error which needs to be fixed. I'm building a bare-bones battleship!
That would be a useless battleship.
So we add on a lot of extra fittings and we now have a real battleship. I thought about a 3rd main turret but I remembered that anti-aircraft weaponry is very important. I also add the All-or-Nothing armour.
I've wasted 56 days of production....
I add a 5th Dockyard and it will now finish earlier.
20 Jun 1941: A U-Boot has been produced in Sevastopol! We have the beginnings of the Black Sea Fleet.
21 Jun 1941: Why on earth did Turkey attack Kurdistan given their catastrophic war situation? The UK obviously doesn't have control of its minions.
23 Jun 1941: Panzer IV construction can be increased by another 30% which would mean more than 5 per day. (In real life Operation Barbarossa has just started.)
26 Jun 1941: I've added 3 Fuel Silos to my Construction Queue and another Oil Refinery will soon be completed.
Two more U-Boots are added to 2. U-Boots Flottille.
The Bosphorus battle continues. West of Istanbul those 2 units are Spanish. How did they get there?
02 Jul 1941: The very confusing battlefield called Kurdistan. For clarification: Green = Italy, Grey-Yellow = Turkey, Lilac = France and Brown = Iraq (not at war). The Yellow is Kurdistan.
Kurdistan's Diplomacy chart. That's a cool leader!
Turkey's chart and I send them some Lend Lease.
They have of course accepted.
09 Jul 1941: I have received the technology for Improved Infantry Equipment II.
I choose to develop the Sd. Kfz. 124 Wespe next. Basically it is a 105mm Gun on a Panzer II chassis. I have about 1200 Panzer IIs.
My current Research. That Spanish guy there has a maroon beret - they are Paratroopers! I hope they have Air-Drop supply or they will quickly die.
10 Jul 1941: My Focus Befriend the Netherlands has been completed.
I select Long-Range Escorts next because my He-177's need a Fighter Escort.
Why aren't the Spaniards being attacked? They are dangerously near to Istanbul.
In Bulgaria even the Panzer-Divisionen are not helping. I shall have to consider more drastic measures than a Civilian Administration. Should I activate Heydrich?
Finally a Global Summary. UK is top of the table because of its massive airpower.
Interesting is the block top right. LE has 4 x 96, we have 8 x 75 but the Allies have 28 x 27. 

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