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@CWO-Marc
Thank you for this well substantiated reply. It gives me a lot to consider.

The whole idea of a ‘time’ came from the situation how I play AA 1940 Global these days with friends. Once in say two weeks, mostly on Sundays we meet and play. The game is placed on a large table at the attic. In this way it’s possible to play a longer period of time.

Preparing the next moves at home, before the continuing battle continues after a week or two. Therefore I came up with the idea to create a Journal or Log. I wanted to keep track on the game progress. And therefore it felt necessary to find a way to relate game events to a ‘real’ date…

@Panther
This is a really helpful answer.
Thank you very much for your reply.

It keeps me bothering and busy, questioning the real versus game time.

I like the idea, “like a rubber band where its stretched in some points and shorter in others”.

However, according to Larry Harris’s Designer’s Notes A&A Europe 1940 2nd edition, Larry writes;
“From a game design point of view, I’d have to bridge some spans of history. Spring 1940 through December 7, 1941, represented a year and a half. I wanted certain historic milestones to occur in the game and they had to occur in their proper order. I quickly decided that the game would have to start with the Battle of France. France had to fall, and fast. The problem was, France was no small, token nation, and its military was first class. In June 1940, the British and other remnants of the Allied armies had just evacuated Dunkirk, leaving behind tons of equipment. I decided to begin the game at that moment.”

Also according to the manual,
A&A Europe 1940 2nd edition, the Political situation, United States, page 37.
“However, if it’s not yet at war by the Collect Income phase of its third turn, the United States may declare war on any or all Axis powers at the beginning of that phase.”

Keeping in mind the above, I came to the following solution.
The first 3 Turns seems tot take about 7 months per turn. From turn 4 and following up turns, these turns can be about 4 months per turn. The so called ‘rubber band’ (effect) from Larry.

Combining and interpreting the different input, I come up with this scheme:

Turn 1 (7 months):
Month 1. Mar. 21, 1940 - Apr. 20, 1940
Month 2. Apr. 21, 1940 - May. 20, 1940 (May 10th, Invasion France.)
Month 3. May. 21, 1940 - Jun. 20, 1940 (May 26th, Dunkirk.)
Month 4. Jun. 21, 1940 - Jul. 20, 1940
Month 5. Jul. 21, 1940 - Aug. 20, 1940
Month 6. Aug. 21, 1940 – Sep. 20, 1940
Month 7. Sep. 21, 1940 - Oct… 20, 1940

Turn 2:
Month 8. Oct. 21, 1940 - Nov. 20, 1940
Month 9. Nov. 21, 1940 - Dec. 20, 1940
Month 10. Dec. 21, 1940 - Jan. 20, 1941
Month 11. Jan. 21, 1941 - Feb. 20, 1941
Month 12. Feb. 21, 1941 - Mar. 20, 1941
Month 13. Mar. 21, 1941 - Apr. 20, 1941
Month 14. Apr. 21, 1941 - May. 20, 1941

Turn 3:
Month 15. May. 21, 1941 - Jun. 20, 1941
Month 16. Jun. 21, 1941 - Jul. 20, 1941
Month 17. Jul. 21, 1941 - Aug. 20, 1941
Month 18. Aug. 21, 1941 - Sep. 20, 1941
Month 19. Sep. 21, 1941 - Oct. 20, 1941
Month 20. Oct. 21, 1941 - Nov. 20, 1941
Month 21. Nov. 21, 1941 - Dec. 20, 1941 (December 7th, Pearl Harbor.)

Turn 4 and further (4 months):
Month 22. Dec. 21, 1941 - Jan. 20, 1941
Month 23. Jan. 21, 1941 - Feb. 20, 1941
Month 24. Feb. 21, 1941 – Mar. 20, 1941
Month 25. Mar. 21, 1941 - Apr. 20, 1941

What are your thoughts?