The question was essentially about if we treat the infantry moving in as a combat move, and hence the tt as “captured”, not all that clear as this only happens during non-combat movement.
Spain is also adjacent to 5 different seazones, so an airbase or port here will unbalance the game, so there is no doubt that Spain need to be cut in more territories, if only just for balace
The only scenario where I would consider attacking neutrals is if I had a big army (either Axis or Allies) that needs to go through Turkey and isn’t mobile enough to go around Turkey. I’ve never actually seen that scenario though.
In general the downside to attacking neutrals is way more significant than any perceived upside. It’s hard to justify a move that is going to gift 15+ infantry to your opponent.
He meant to say that UK can declare war, as it always can, but the consequences (USA not stepping in) stay the same. Russian-japanese situation doesn’t influence UK.
I do mind these things, and will be posting on this soon.
Sierra Leone was an important Atlantic base for the UK, being it’s most westerly large colony in Africa.
However is does seem bizarre that warts like Rio de Oro and Portuguese Guinea are included while much larger and more important colonies have been left out.