Update VI - July 1, 1938 - January 1, 1939
We're down to the final 50, and to start off update number 6, we start with Austria. At the end of the last update, Austria was down to just one province, their capital Vienna. France had actually gotten lazy and signed a white peace with Austria and Czechoslovakia, so I made sure I fixed that. As a result, Austria is the first victim of this update and gets 49th place.
Now for some more Great Britain beating up on smaller countries. This time its Somalia, who after doing a great job of taking down Ethiopia ended up being conquered by those wacky British. And so there is now one less country in Africa for the British to conquer before painting the continent pink.
47th goes to Czechoslovakia, who like Austria lucked out earlier with a white peace. Though unlike Austria they managed to turn into a thorn in France's side for a brief few weeks while the French chased the Czechoslovakian army around Poland. But of course, eventually the French won out and can now shift all those soldiers they had guarding the area around Prague to the Russian front.
Sarawak, who managed to survive this entire time by virtue of not being at war with Japan for most of the game finally got introduced to Japan's great friend, amphibious landings. And as a result of Japan annexing Sarawak, that territory in the middle of the Borneo jungle flips back to Indonesian control. Yeah, take that Japan. Indonesia sure showed you.
And now, time for some more Britain. This time its Iraq. Apparently using a whole two divisions, they managed to overwhelm the Iraqis and reached the Persian border. And with the Indians on Persia's eastern borders, things should get interesting in the Middle East very soon.
After everyone ignored it the entire game, someone finally got around to taking out Guyana. Surprisingly, its wasn't the Dominican Republic and its crazy amphibious assaults. Instead it was the more obvious choice, Brazil, who marched a single army up there and took the country.
Now over to Iberia, where Britain and France are making a mess of things. France ends up annexing Spain after capturing their last victory point, while the British have beacheads all over the place. Portugal has managed to survive by virtue of the Azores, since no one has bothered attacking it. And for some odd reason, the Chilean navy decided to sail to Europe and attack the British instead of sticking around to defend Chile from South American navies.
Persia annexes its first country, that being Turkmenistan. Though with India coming in from the east, Britain in the west, and Russia making another push into Central Asia, Persia is looking like its in big trouble.
After apparently deciding that the Balkans was an absolute mess, the French marched in and started cleaning things up. France finishes off Yugoslavia, and now the national borders down there are all nice and relatively clean. You can all thank Zombie Napoleon for making things look nice down there.
And now, things are nice all set up for the epic Franco-Russian war, all thanks to Russia annexing Poland. And while looking at this screenshot some of the territories form a giant chicken.
See. Look, it looks like a chicken sitting on its nest
Anyways, enough of the "finding animal shapes in territories" game, and back to Britain being a bully again. This time, its to Yemen. Not content with owning just most of the Red Sea coast, Great Britain conquered Yemen. Now it just needs Oman to complete its collection of Arabian territories. It also went and snuck into Baku, annexing Azerbaijan from right under Turkey's nose. And so now, Turkey is stuck with Britian on one side, France on another, and Russia on the other. And in the very rare triple elimination, Britain also dealt the final blow to Persia, annexing them. Though this now gives them a border with India, which should make things in the Middle East very interesting in the future.
Back to Africa, where the remaining countries are doing Britain a favour by taking out each other and spreading themselves out. Gabon and Rhodesia both invaded Congo, and Gabon finally annexed it. That therefore leaves just four African countries in mainland Africa, as well as a fifth country in Madagascar, who are taking full advantage of that whole island thing.
And to finish things off, Japan finishes off the Philippines. And now we should, assuming my math is correct, which odds are good is not, have only 34 countries left in the running.
Europe is slowly turning into one solid colour. France has just about kicked the Brits out of Spain, with just Gibraltar left. Hungary is still holding on, though they have moved into Romania now, and don't actually control any of Hungary. Turkey has been cut in two, with their Caucausus forces surrounded by the British and Russians, while in Anatolia, France has taken Istanbul, Britain has landed on the Aegean Coast. Meanwhile, the Franco-Russian front has remained relatively unchanged.
In Asia, Japan is still managing to hold on in southern China, while Manchukuo is pretty much doomed, which should free up a few Japanese soldiers once they hit the Transural border, who don't have anywhere near as many soldiers as China. Thailand is slowly getting ripped apart, with Japan advancing all the way up the Malay peninsula. Japan also took a few more of those small islands between Cebu and New Guinea, and made a landing in Rabaul, taking the entire Bismarck Archipelago from Australia. India has renewed hostilites with Russia, though this time in Central Asia, and India is also advancing against the British into Persia, and soon the Middle East.
Africa is slowly turning pink. Benin-Sahel is being cut into tiny little pieces, and they should be gone pretty soon. Angola is doing an amazing job of holding on for dear life. Rhodesia is split up by the British and is looking pretty weak. And Gabon is looking to be the stongest African country.
In South America, Brazil has collapsed, with Argentina and Peru advancing deep into Brazil. Chile is almost done for, and the US has broken through Panama, and begun the advance down the coastline.
And finally, North America, where what remains of the Californian army is making a last stand in the mountains of Idaho and Montana, and are all that remains of non-American controlled territory on the continent. And for some odd reason, the US has still yet to annex Guatemala. At least a year has passed in game, and Guatemala still technically exists.
