February 38.
Who needs peace? Happily building away while grabbing every country that looks juicy and is an easy pick. After I captured Albania (without any losses btw), I landed a division near Athens, while the main body of my army moved in on the other VP of Greece. Athens fell pretty quickly and seemingly surprised by my attack (even though my threat was over 100 by then), all other units retreated. Before I could capture the VP however, the Greek army decided they would give me a fight anyway, but then it really was too late. Within 2 months and 250 casualties later Greece was mine.
I then moved on to try and capture Czechoslovakia. Although they did not have much troops at the border, I spotted a tank division, while I still fight without tanks (inf/arty and cav/armoured cars divisions). Looking at their VPs however, it might be possible to do a quick capture. Bratislava fell quickly to the units of the 3rd Corps, while 1st and 2nd Corps moved in on Prague. Pushing over the lightly defended fortresses, I reached the outskirts of Prague, which was heavily defended. The surroundings of the city however, were practically undefended, allowing me to set up my army all around the city. Then it was a matter of waiting, damage control by a fast cavalry division in the east (not allowing them to grab too much land/VPs), 3rd Corps holding a good portion of the Czech army, while 1st and 2nd fought the battle in Prague, while fending off attacks in their rears.
But yay! The glorious Turkish army was victorious! So now the Turkish Empire looks like this:
Taking a better look at Germany quick captures (like I did with all other countries) from the south is a no go. With national unity at over 90% and quite some VPs, spread out all over the country, it will be impossible to do a surprise blitz. It might be possible if my attack would allow France and Poland to capture VPs in the west and east, but I'm not counting on that. So I guess I will turn my attention to the southeast and get some more strength with the light tanks that are now researched and building.
Or try Italy? Hmm...