Re: [eia] political points after a battle

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake Michael Gorman:
>
> I suppose I'm as much raising a secondary issue as dealing with the current 
> one.  12.4 works fine for neutrals as access is already set up clearly, but 
> eventually it will probably come to pass that the war in Russia will 
> end.  Then we'll have to figure out what limited' means for force 
> departures from major nations.  Remember that this access is two way. It 
> isn't just what access do the victors have for the time period, it's also 
> what access to the victorious nations does the defeated nation have and 
> 12.4 does not show that the access conditions are at all different between 
> the two.
> 
> Beyond stating that there is some access and that that access is limited, 
> 12.4 seems a pretty useless rule in that it gives no information on the 
> mechanics of the access.
> 
> What is probably the single most important issue is the conditions under 
> which a corps can enter a nation it is no longer at war with in order to 
> retrieve garrisons.  Can it engage in combat with allies of the major power 
> it is retrieving forces from if they are also present in the nation it is 
> retrieving forces from?  Can it exit from a different path than it 
> entered?  Can a corps not present in the major power's territory at the 
> time of peace enter the nation or is it not covered under the peace time 
> access conditions?
> 
> Mike

There are two different cases here, one involving neutral minors and one 
involving majors after a peace. As far as I can tell, there's nothing 
prohibiting battles from taking place in neutral minors, so long as the 
belligerents are otherwise eligible to fight.

I believe that the rules in 12.4 constitute the sole restrictions on leaving the territory of a former enemy major power. Nothing there prohibits fighting battles, restricts exit paths, prohibits additional corps from entering, building depots, etc. All I see are restrictions on occupying cities beyond 3 months, and the requirement that everyone have left after half a year. So that's the way I think it should be played baring a compelling argument to the contrary.

-- 
J.


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