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England - Airborne Divisions and Further Naval Exercises - 31 Mar to14 Apr 1938

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31 Mar 1938: I add an Airborne Infantry Battalion and an Airborne Artillery Support Company to my Division template. Note that the maximum number of divisions has dropped to 5. I'm limited by the number of Special Forces battalions I can field. Two Town Class Cruisers and a Destroyer have been trained and assigned to Reserve Fleet in Sussex. 01 Apr 1938: I select Nation Building in the British Raj  and send a Lend Lease Package there.... ....which they of course accept. 03 Apr 1938: I extend 1st BEF's frontline eastwards to include the city of Metz. 06 Apr 1938: The new frontline. 12 Apr 1938: The new larger German Reich. The Reserve Fleet with 5 Capital ships and 35 Screening ships is a formidable fleet. Probably as large as the entire Kriegsmarine. 13 Apr 1938: Eight Submarines of the 1st Submarine Flotilla are ordered to conduct Naval Exercises. 14 Apr 1938: Naval Exercises too for the entire Mediterranean Fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean. I unlock the Special Forces Doctr...

England - Guard Division and Spanish Civil War Ends - 01 Mar to 31 Mar 1938

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01 Mar 1938: We'll manage without it. The 1st BEF on the French-Belgian border. The Light Cruiser HMS Ajax and the Destroyer HMS Maori have finished their Naval Exercises and are assigned to the America and West Indies Fleet stationed at Bermuda. 03 Mar 1938: I change the Conscription Law to Limited Conscription . That should fix my Manpower problem for a while. 16 Mar 1938: The Focus General Rearmament  has been completed.... ....and I select RADAR  next. The newly-deployed 2nd Army Tank Brigade is assigned to the Royal Armoured Corps.... ....while the trained Royal Tank Regiment is assigned to the 1st BEF. 17 Mar 1938: Research has been completed on Basic Large Airframe .... ....and I select Mechanical Computing  next. Avro receives a new Trait - Extended Rear Fuselage . I won't produce the Halifax because I am sticking to Fighter and Tactical Support aircraft. 26 Mar 1938: The 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division has been deploxed and is sent to training. 29 Mar 1938: Rese...

England - Upgrading More Units, Austria and Spain - 24 Jan to 28 Feb 1938

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24 Jan 1938: Research has been completed on Range Improvments .... ....and I select Fuel Refining II  next, We have received a new Trait for De Havilland - Mixed Material Construction . 27 Jan 1938: The newly-deployed 66th Infantry Division is placed in training. The 5th and 6th Cavalry Brigades are converted to Tank Brigades. 29 Jan 1938: I change their names accordingly. I transfer 3 Tank Brigades from Army Training to the Royal Armoured Corps which is now also a training unit. 30 Jan 1938: I can support that. I order all Royal Armoured Corps units to Cardiff. 07 Feb 1938: We have completed researching Lewis Mk. III DEMS & SBML two-inch Mortar .... ....and I select Improved Infantry Equipment I  next. My current Research list. 08 Feb 1938: The trained 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division is assigned to the 1st BEF. 10 Feb 1937: Germany has started to expand. Four trained Submarines are assigned to 1st Submarine Flotilla. 19 Feb 1938: The 23rd RAF Squadron is created in...