Can you lend-lease facilities?

@hbg-gw-enthusiast Yeah, I looked it up. The FAQ is correct, Free France has a unique rule where it must be its capital.

The FAQ has been updated:
Q: Can you Lend-lease Militia? Colonial Infantry?

A: Militia: Yes.
A: Colonial Infantry: No

Looks like I was correct about Colonial Infantry, but Caesar-Seriona was right about Militia.

@chris_henry I think I will just amend the set-up to make it a minor factory and leave it at that for now…

If the rules had a different mechanic for the annexation process other than a combat move then I might think that the medium factory could stay a medium factory. The rules state any factory that was a major or medium in a territory that is conquered becomes a minor factory.

I guess there is nothing to stop the Germans from building another minor factory there if they want but why would they?

I think it was just a mistake when the neutral set-up was getting developed.

@chris_henry Andalusia is the only Spanish home territory that isn’t mountain, which could be with not much difficulty taken, of course depending on the player. I is also home to one Major Port.

@noneshallpass You are correct. A Strategic Bomber has no ability to attack a ship in any way, shape, or form in the game so it is obviously impossible to use them on MAP. MAP is a combat move and you can’t make a combat move if you have no ability to conduct combat.

Thanks for asking the question. We have added it to the FAQ.

Regarding lend-lease, I do not think that it is explicitely stated in the v3 Rules, but some of the wording suggests that multiple lend-lease can be performed in the same turn, provided that it goes to eligible nations, according to each National Reference Sheet.

Specifically, Rule 7.9 mentions: “Major Powers may send lend-lease to other Major and Minor Powers. This can be either military units or IPPs.”

It also mentions in the “Production” subsection that you “Purchase the unit during the Production Phase and place in on the Production Chart with the receiving nations roundel underneath it.”

Finally, rule 11.4 mentions in the “Over Land Zones Delivery Process” that “The lend-lease stops in the first land zone in the receiving nations Home Country”.

The use of plural in all these rules suggests that there may be more than one receiving nation at a time.

@GeneralHandGrenade, Thank you for all that you do for the community!

I believe they are trying to accomplish too much in too few of words.

The basic rule for Lend-Lease Supply Path: “Lender’s Major Factory to Receiver’s Home Country.”
Since as you mentioned, FEC is not Home Country it cannot receive Lend-Lease.
Also, FEC’s Capital is technically London, so its Capital cannot be captured.

To compensate for this, the game designers added the exception “The FEC capital is Calcutta for purposes of tracing lend-lease and capture of enemy capitals.”

Meaning that for the FEC Calcutta is duel purpose acting as Home Country in terms of Lend-Lease only, and as their Capital in terms of capturing FEC’s Capital.

IMO, the Rule should be written as “Calcutta is FEC Home Country for purposes of tracing lend-lease, and the FEC Capital for purposes of capture of enemy capitals.”

But to answer your question, the lend-lease to FEC ENDS in Calcutta.
As in normal Lend-Lease rules, if the shortest path of Lend-Lease goes through another Indian Port, then along undamaged railroads to Calcutta, then yes it can go through that Indian port.