When a defenders only retreat option is into an embattled territory, who decides the order of combat resolution?
The attacker gets to choose the order of battle resolution. For example, on turn one if the USSR attacks both the Ukraine and Eastern Europe, the USSR player chooses which battle is resolved first. If the Ukraine battle is first, the German player can retreat his surviving units into Eastern Europe, where they can take part in the unresolved battle there. If Eastern Europe is attacked first, the German player CANNOT retreat into the Ukraine, because there are other retreat options (Germany and Southern Europe). If Eastern Europe is attacked first and the USSR captures the territory, then the Germans in the Ukraine have no adjacent retreat options. [NOTE: This rule prevents the USSR from attacking Eastern Europe with a token force (like one infantry) just to keep the Ukraine Germans from retreating. If you want to cut off an enemys retreat options, you have to actually capture the territories to prevent them from retreating.] Q: Is it possible to cut off escape routes in naval battles?
