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12 Mar 1936: Good for Turkey! 21 Mar 1936: I now have 2 Fleets in Naval Exercises. A U-Boot Flotilla and the Marineschule which has newly built warships. 25 Mar 1936: My non-Armour Army Production is looking much better. I select Franz Halder as my Army Chief of Staff giving me Army XP and +10% Offensive bonus. 29 Mar 1936: I initiate Pilot Exercises for two more Geschwader. 01 Apr 1936: I remind the Dutch who their major trading partner is. 02 Apr 1936: I allocate two Geschwader to 2nd Army. 18 Apr 1936: I order a Sturzkampfgeschwader from Niedersachsen to Königsberg. 23 Apr 1936: I remind the Dutch a second time. That should be enough for the moment. 27 Apr 1936: Research has been completed on Electronic Mechanical Engineering .... ....and I select 3,7 cm PaK 36 next. I need a better gun for the Panzers. My current Research. 01 May 1936: We didn't sign it! 08 May 1936: My first newly-deployed Infanterie-Divisionen are deployed and they are placed in training. 20 May 1936: The Foc...

I have now purchased the latest DLC By Blood Alone and I shall play my first campaign as Nazi Germany. I shall point out new items when they appear. Now to set-up the game. 01 Jan 1936: My initial Research projects. A deviation is the Interwar Artillery  instead of Construction . My Trade... ....and the Construction queue. My Infantry and Armour Production.... ....as well as my Aircraft Production. My Production of Capital Ships, Submarines and Destroyers. I create Armeegruppe 1 commanded by Feldmarschall Rundstedt then assign it to the Polish Border. I adjust the boundary between Army 1 and Army 2. My Logistics at the beginning of the campaign. Infantry Equipment is my biggest problem because it slows down Recruitment. My Fuel stocks are not very large but I need little at the moment. Finally my Officer Corps. 02 Jan 1936: I order Panzerkorps Guderian to Gleiwitz.... ....then assign it to the southern end of the frontline opposite Katowice. I need 100 PP and 20 Command to select a...

04 Apr 1937: My planned lines of attack. I want to encircle the 11 Polish divisions in the west around Poznan and smash through their defences at Kraków in the south. I activate all my armies and we have mostly'green' battles. 05 Apr 1937: The world has noticed. The 'green 87' at Kattowicz west of Kraków is looking good. 10 Apr 1937: Breakthrough east of Poznan and a massive breach in the Polish defences at Kraków which is now in our hands, The road to Warsaw is wide open. 11 Apr 1937: The difference in casualties says everything. 12 Apr 1937: The Kraków breach in more detail. South of Kraków a captured airfield is already being used by the Luftwaffe. 13 Apr 1937: The situation one day later. 14 Apr 1937: Poznan has been captured and the 5 remaining Polish divisions will soon be neutralized. I order 3rd Army to push towards Warsaw (I didn't replace Paulus after all - it takes 30 days). 16 Apr 1937: Poland is about 50% towards capitulation. 18 Apr 1937: We are closin...