03 May 1940: Two Destroyers are transferred to the Iberian Coast Fleet....
....and the Submarine HMS Thetis is assigned to 2nd Submarine Flotilla patrolling in the North Sea.
I order Army ANZAC to garrison the three ports in Libya.
The fully-trained 70th and 76th Infantry Divisions are assigned to 1st Army in the UK.
I transfer five Indian Divisions from Army ANZAC to Army Gibraltar....
....the assign these 5 divisions to Libya's border with French NW Africa.
05 May 1940: I can recruit an operative for the SIS and I select Helen Leiper whose first assignment is to build an Intel Network in Paris.
The first of two Oil Refineries has been completed and we are now producing more Fuel than we are consuming. Good news.
Home Command, which consists of 3 Fleets on Convoy Escort, is assigned Iberian Coast as a 4th Region.
I request 12 Divisions from South Africa....
....and receive them. I add one more from Army Africa then order them to various ports in Southern and Eastern Africa.
I create 4th Army reassigning 5 divisions from Army ANZAC (2) and Army MME (3) then assign it to the Palestinian border with Syria....
....then plot a plan to occupy Syria.
06 May 1940: The Yankees obviously don't understand King's English.
That is looking good.
The 56th (London) Infantry Division is assigned to 1st Army.
I reassign Military Factories giving more emphasis to Motorized and Support Equipment but less on Infantry Equipment. Here is before.
07 May 1940: This is afterwards. I need to get my Armoured Divisions fully-motorized.
I place two divisions from Army Canada in Army Training.
I've set a lot of things in motion but it will take a while for the forces to reach their assigned positions.
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