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Germany - Expanding the Empire's Global Presence - 24 Jul to 01 Aug 1942

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24 Jul 1942: I order the Nordseeflotte to Albania.... ....and the 2 U-Boots Flottille to Derna, Libya. I base a Fighter Wing and a Stuka Wing at Tripoli, Derna and the Dodecanese. At Sofia six Air Wings are placed in training, i.e. Pilot Exercises. 25 Jul 1941: I still have a high resistance level in Slovenia. I take two Decisions. 1) I create an Africa Section for the Abwehr.... ....and 2) I initiate Paramilitary training in Italy for 120 days. I order Armee Russland to assemble in Bucharest.... ....and Armee Türkei to assemble in Budapest. Many of its divisions are Hungarian troops serving in the Wehrmacht. I ship Panzerarmee Guderian to Rhodes. 26 Jul 1942: Now Panama has capitulated! I split U-Boots Flottille 1 in two halves.... ....creating 5. U-Boots Flottille which I order to Somaliland. I plan the expansion of the Port at French India. The future home of 5. U-Boots-Flottille. I add two Destroyers and the Heavy Cruiser Blücher to 5. U-Boots Flottille: Remind me to change its nam...

Germany - Kriegsmarine, Somalia and Southern Arabia - 01 Jul to 24 Jul 1942

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01 Jul 1942: I ship Armee Belarus to Mogadishu.... ....and plan the expansion of Port and Airbase facilities there. I noticed that southern Arabia and the Arabian Empire are remnants of the Latin Entente so let's wipe them off the map and hopefully get an outpost in southern Arabia. They are already at war with the Allies so there's no chance of them dragging me into that conflict. 02 Jul 1942: I rename the army to Arabian Expedition Force (AEF). Now Costa Rica has fallen.... 06 Jul 1942: The extra Dockyards make a huge difference. 07 Jul 1942: I decide to ship Panzerarmee Manstein to Somalia too. Arabia is large and 21 divisions can easily get overextended there. 09 Jul 1942: I assign 1. Armee to Germany's border with Yugoslavia. 19 Jul 1942: Only Slovenia is one of my states. Somehow I 'own' Trabzon.... I extend 1. Armee Bohemian garrison duties to include Slovenia. 20 Jul 1942: I assign Armee Albanien to Albania's border with Yugoslavia. I do the same for Arm...