United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Capital:

London

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Government type:

Democratic, Conservative

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Faction:

Allies (Leader)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (more commonly “the United Kingdom,” “UK”, “Great Britain”, or simply “Britain”) was the principal power of the Allies in World War II. In 1939, the UK honored its guarantees to  Poland by declaring war on  Germany. After the fall of  France, the United Kingdom was the only Allied nation left in Europe until  Italy's surprise invasion of  Greece led the Greeks to fully join the Allies. It remained the only one of the “Big Three” (Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States) and Allied major power in the war from the fall of France until 1941 when the German Reich invaded the  Soviet Union. The United Kingdom was heavily engaged in the Western European, Atlantic, Mediterranean, African, and Southeast Asian theaters.

Geography

The country lies in Western Europe and consists of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. The United Kingdom also owns a lot of overseas territories and colonies around the world. This includes huge parts of Africa, Newfoundland and Labrador, Guyana and the Falklands and direct control of the strategic locations of Gibraltar, Malta, and the Suez Canal. The United Kingdom directly borders  Ireland to the west, but is otherwise separated from European nations by seas. The North Sea lies to the North East, while the English Channel separates mainland Europe. To the west lies the Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom indirectly borders a lot of countries through overseas territories like  Canada to the west, which borders Newfoundland and Labrador. It also borders  Spain through Gibraltar, and  France and  Italy through the African colonies. The United Kingdom is dominated by the Scottish highlands in the North. In the south hills, plains and urban areas dominate. The United Kingdom has a lot of urban areas including London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Liverpool.

Historical background

After the dust settled in Europe following Napoleon's short-lived reign the United Kingdom emerged as a global power, integrating Ireland into the Union and establishing a new continental order. The independence of the Thirteen Colonies forced the empire to shift its focus eastward and, after taking Dutch possessions during the Napoleonic Wars (and handing over the non-African territories back to the Dutch), the British Empire now controlled India, Egypt, the Cape of Good Hope and the straits of Singapore. These new possessions were vital to British control of global trade and only furthered Britain's rapid industrialisation. This new empire, larger than any before it, combined with a huge level of indirect control globally and the largest navy in existence, led the United Kingdom to take its place as the most powerful industrial empire in history resulting in the "Pax Britannica" - literally "British Peace": an informal era of 99 years from 1815 to 1914 in which the European balance of power, despite various smaller armed conflicts, remained largely uninfluenced on the Home Islands during major wars.

However, the rise of the German Empire would challenge the British. The ascension of Wilhelm II to the throne of Germany would turn Germany's huge industrial capacity and military against the British, with an aggressive foreign policy and a naval arms race between the two empires. In the British Parliament debates raged as to whether the empire should maintain neutrality or actively intervene to ensure the continuation of British dominance; Parliament chose the latter when Belgium was invaded by German forces in 1914. Britain's entry into the First World War helped secure an Entente victory, especially with the arrival of the US Army into the war in late 1917; however, the Pax Britannica was nothing more than an informal state of world politics by this point. Russia had fallen to Communism, Germany and Italy to Fascism, and the Japanese Empire slowly diminished British influence in the east. With the massive costs of the First World War and the loss of Ireland, Britain is no shape for a new war, let alone its people.

Due to its situation, a division has arisen in Britain; one side calls for the maintenance of the Empire's status quo by avoiding war and making an ally of the Third Reich, while the other calls for the Empire to defend the continental order and stop both Fascism and Communism in their tracks. The UK's Home army is experienced but small and its colonial forces are smaller, inexperienced and underequipped, and its navy, while numerous, is restricted by the London Naval Treaty, alongside the naval powers of the US, Japan, France and Italy, in respective order. The current Conservative Government calls for appeasement with the true intention of postponing a war with Germany until it has re-armed. More staunch interventionists under Churchill have called for an end to appeasement. Yet with a constitutional crisis, the birth of independence movements in colonies and the threat of Germany, Italy and Japan on all corners of the British Empire, many argue Britain's reign over the world has ended and it's better to preserve what the UK has rather than fight what doesn't concern it.

Events

Main article: British events

Main article: British_events_2

National focus

British national focus tree.

Main article: British national focus tree

The British national focus tree can be divided into 5 main branches and 6 distinct sub-branches:

Cryptologic Bomb/Limited Rearmament Branch

This branch gives technology research bonuses, factories and an extra research slot.

• General Rearmament Sub-branch

This sub-branch gives air and naval research bonuses along with providing a collection of air bases and dockyards.

Reinforce the Empire Branch

This branch is centered around the industrial development of the colonies and the fortification of key territories, with the ultimate end goal of creating an Imperial Federation, which will have the United Kingdom annex all the colonies and gain cores on their territories.

• Encourage Colonial Elite Sub-branch

The "Fortify East Asia" side of the sub-branch focuses on developing in Asian colonies, influencing  China and gaining a war goal against  Japan. The "Commonwealth Ties" side focuses on developing the Dominions, Autonomy or Independence for the  British Raj and forming the Imperial Federation.

• Mediterranean Bastion Sub-branch

This Sub-branch focuses on the development of the Mediterranean colonies, coercion of Balkan countries and  Turkey, and gaining a war goal against  Italy.

Steady As She Goes Branch

The Democratic branch of the Focus tree. The UK will stay democratic and maintain the current government structure.

• Home Defense Sub-branch

This Democratic sub-branch focuses on intervening against (and puppeting) the Scandinavian and Benelux countries, securing  Iraq and  Iran, and eventually war with the  Soviet Union and  Germany.

Revisit Colonial Policy Branch

This Branch focuses on decolonization, which effectively amounts to dismantling the British Empire, with some colonial territory kept as puppets, in exchange for getting more manpower and industry in the British homelands, and allowing the UK to concentrate on dealing with European affairs.

Global Defense Sub-branch

This Democratic sub-branch under the Steady As She Goes Branch focuses on placing Winston Churchill into power early, ending appeasement, eradicating pacifism and mobilizing the country for war followed by gaining war goals against countries with oil, Major European countries who caused World tension, and allowing justification against other Democratic countries.

A Change in Course Branch

This branch focuses on changing the government structure of the UK by switching the ideology of the government to Monarchist, Fascist or Communist.

• The Monarchist path focuses on setting up King Edward VIII as an absolute monarch, allying with  Germany and gaining war goals against  Italy and the  Soviet Union. This path also allows the United Kingdom to gain a war goal against the  United States to reinstate British rule by installing an American monarchy.
• The Fascist section focuses on securing alliances with other European fascist nations against  Germany. The "God Save The King" section is shared with the Monarchist path and focuses on retaking the Dominions after they gain independence and gaining a war goal to annex the  United States.

  Concessions to the Trade Unions Sub-branch

The Communist sub-branch will cause the United Kingdom to become communist and opens up the choice between allying with the  Soviet Union or forming a new faction and then moving on to turn other European nations to communism, with the end goal of going to war with  Germany and the  United States and installing puppet regimes in each. It also forces the  United Kingdom to take the decolonization focus and complete it within 2 years of becoming communist as otherwise a civil war will break out.

Technology

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
Rifle No.4 MkI (Infantry Eq. I) Austin K5 (Motorized) Engineer Company I Recon Company I Mark V (Great War Tank) Vickers Medium Mark II (Light Tank I) QF 18-pounder (Towed Artillery I) QF 3-inch 20 cwt (Towed Anti-Air I)	1936 Destroyer Hull Smoke Generators Type 124 ASDIC (Sonar I) Mk I DC Rails (Depth Charge I) 1936 Cruiser Hull C.IV H 7,000lb Cat. (Flight Facilities I) 4in Belt/2in Deck (Cruiser Armor II) Early Heavy Ship Hull 14.5in Belt/5.5in Deck (Battleship Armor II) 12in Belt/3in Deck (Battlecruiser Armor II) 1936 Carrier Hull Early Submarine Hull Triple 21 inch TT (Torpedo I) 4.7 in QF Mk IX (Light Battery II) 8 in Mk VII (Heavy Cruiser Battery II) 6 in BL Mk XXIII (Light Cruiser Battery II) 14 in Mk VII (Heavy Battery II) 46 cm Cannon (Super-heavy Battery) 6 in BL Mk XXII (Secondary Battery II) Contact Mines Minelaying Submarine Transport Ships Two-pounder 'Pom-Pom' (Anti-Air II) Admiralty FCT Mk I (Fire Control I)	Gloster Gladiator (Interwar Fighter) Hawker Nimrod (Interwar Carrier Fighter) Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Interwar Bomber) Hawker Hector (Close Air Support I) Fairey Swordfish (Naval Bomber I) Blackburn Shark (Carrier Naval Bomber I)	Electronic Mechanical Engineering Radio Radio Detection Fuel Storage Fuel Refining I
Doctrines
Grand Battleplan	Fleet in Being	None

Without Man the Guns
Destroyer II Light Cruiser I Upgraded Amphion Class Heavy Cruiser I Upgraded County Class Battlecruiser I Upgraded Admiral Class Battleship I Upgraded Nelson Class Submarine I Upgraded O/P/R Class Upgraded S Class Transport Ship

Decommissioning the O/P/R submarine is recommended since the Stealth and Engine upgrades just cancel each other out.

Cosmetic names

Britain has a number of unique names and appearances for various technologies and equipment, listed here. Note that generic names are not listed.

Infantry & motorized techs

Type	1918	1936	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944
Support Weapons	Vickers MG & Stokes mortar		Lewis Mk. III DEMS & SBML two-inch mortar		Bren Mk. I & ML 3 inch mortar		Bren Mk. III & ML 4.2 inch Mortar
Infantry Equipment	Rifle No.1 MkIII	Rifle No.4 MkI		Sten MkII			Sterling MkI
Infantry Anti-Tank							Boys Anti-Tank Rifle	PIAT
Motorized		NA
Mechanized					Bren Carrier		Universal Carrier		Churchill Kangaroo

Armor techs

Tech year	Amphibious	Light (TD/SPG/AA)	Medium (TD/SPG/AA)	Modern (TD/SPG/AA)	Heavy (TD/SPG/AA)	Super-Heavy (TD/SPG/AA)
1918		Mark V
1934		Vickers II (Deacon / Birch / Vickers II AA)			Vickers (NA / Gun Carrier Mk. I / NA)
1936		Matilda (Valiant / Priest / Matilda AA)
1939			Crusader (Cavalier / (Centaur / Crusader AA)
1940
1941		Valentine (Archer / Bishop / Valentine AA)	Cromwell (Charioteer / Avenger / Cromwell AA)		Churchill ( Churchill Gun Carrier / Churchill AVRE / Churchill AA )
1942
1943			Comet (Contentious / Sexton / Comet Marksman)		Black Prince (Hector / Black Prince AVRE / Black Prince Marksman)	Tortoise (Iron Duke/ NA / NA)
1945				Centurion (Centurion Malkara / Centurion AVRE / Centurion Marksman)

 

Artillery techs

Tech year	Anti-Air	Artillery	Rocket Artillery	Anti-Tank
1934		QF 18-pounder
1936	QF 3-inch			QF 2-pounder
1939		QF 25-pounder
1940	QF 40 mm Bofors		RP-3 HE/GP	QF 6-pounder
1942		BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun
1943	QF 3.7-inch		RP-3 HE/SAP	QF 17-pounder

Aircraft techs

Tech year	Close Air Support (Carrier)	Fighter (Carrier)	Naval Bomber (Carrier)	Heavy Fighter	Tactical Bomber	Strategic Bomber	Scout Plane
1933		Gladiator (Nimrod)			B-18 Bolo
1936	Hector (Osprey)	Hurricane (Sea Gladiator)	Swordfish (Shark)	Blenheim	Wellington	Halifax
1940	Typhoon (Skua)	Spitfire (Fulmar)	Albacore (Roc)	Beaufighter	Beaufort	Lancaster
1944	Tempest (Sea Fury)	Spiteful (Firefly)	Barracuda (Firebrand)	Mosquito FB	Mosquito B	Lincoln
Jet Engine Technology
1945		Meteor			Venom
1950		Vampire			Canberra	Valiant

Politics

National spirits

The UK starts with three national spirits.

British Stoicism

• Ideology drift defense: +50%
• Can create factions

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same. Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and - which is more - you'll be a man, my son.

The War to End All Wars

• Recruitable Population Factor: -30%

With the Great War in recent memory, both the nation's people and leaders are reluctant to send another generation to die in the trenches.

King George V

Popular Figurehead
Stability: 15%

Rallying around the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, as well as Emperor of India, the British people stand united and proud of their imperial legacy.

With the Man the Guns expansion enabled, the United Kingdom starts with an additional national spirit:

London Naval Treaty Signatory

• Carrier Max Cost: 9500
• Cruiser Max Cost: 5300
• Heavy Ship Max Cost: 10000

We have signed the London Naval Treaty and accordingly are restricted in the size of our capital ships.

Ideology

UK starts 1936 as a democracy, with elections every four years, with the next one in 1939. The ruling party is the Conservative Party led by Stanley Baldwin.

The UK has no national focus that allows it to change ideology without Man the Guns; Only fascist or communist political advisors could reverse the ideology. With Man the Guns, the Change in Course branch grants focuses to change the ideology to non-aligned, fascist, or communist. The AI controlling other countries can attempt to promote other ideologies. Because of the UK's national spirit British Stoicism this will be much slower than normal as it grants ideology drift defense: +50%.

Diplomacy

The Commonwealth
The United Kingdom maintained close ties with the Commonwealth countries of  Canada,  South Africa,  Australia and  New Zealand. These countries were formerly part of the British Empire, but are now independent. They have their own governments, economies and armed forces and the UK player cannot control these unless they provide an expeditionary force to the UK. But they start the game as members of the Allies faction, led by the UK. Certain UK focus choices affect them (e.g., construction of factories).

Note: With the Together For Victory DLC, all the Commonwealth Realms are British subjects to various degrees.

Puppets
Their colony of India has some local autonomy. It is represented in the game as a puppet called  British Raj. It is possible for the UK to release British Raj as an independent country. The colony of Malaya is also represented as a puppet under Britain. With the "Together For Victory" DLC active, India is represented as a Colony, more autonomous than a puppet, while Malaya is represented as an Integrated Puppet, which is less autonomous than a puppet.

Colonies
The UK starts with direct control over many colonies across the world. These include the strategic locations of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal.

The Allies
The UK is leader of the faction called the Allies. The faction's starting members are the Commonwealth countries (Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand) and the British Raj and British Malaya. It's the most powerful faction in the game in the start. The UK has very friendly relations with France, but the latter isn't a member of the Allies in start, nor is the United States. France normally joins the faction early in the game, but it might not — its National Focuses could steer it elsewhere. The U.S. normally joins the Allies later, but it can also form its own faction.

In terms of cores, aside from the ones that are granted as a result of the Imperial Federation, the UK can also gain cores on Ireland if it goes either Fascist or Monarchist, as well as temporarily gain cores on all potential French cores through the Franco-British Union (it will only keep French cores as long as the UK is at war; if the UK is at peace, the UK can opt to keep the Union formed, but it will lose all French cores regardless of if it agrees to let France become independent or if it keeps the Union in place). Additionally, if either New Zealand or South Africa were to form either Polynesia or Mutapa, the UK would also gain those additional cores (New Zealand can form Polynesia even if it is a dominion, but Mutapa can only be formed if South Africa is independent, thus meaning that the UK likely won't be able to gain Mutapan cores unless either South Africa goes Fascist/Communist or the UK goes down a non-Democratic branch of it's focus tree). If the UK goes Fascist, after forming the Imperial Federation, the UK can also form the European Union if it conquers the required territories in mainland Europe.

With the Man the Guns DLC, the UK starts as a signatory of the naval treaty - while the UK is not restricted by the number of capital ships, it is still restricted by the limits on the cost of ships, which gives them slightly more versatility than other countries.

Diplomatic rules

Rule	Whether it applies	Reason
Can declare war on country of the same ideology group without a war goal	No	Democracy
Can Guarantee other Ideologies	Yes	Democracy
Can join Factions led by another Ideology	Yes	Democracy
Can create Factions	Yes	National Spirit
Lowers World Tension with Guarantees	Yes	Democracy
Can puppet a country	No	Democracy
Can justify war goals against a country that has not generated world tension	No	Democracy

Economy

United Kingdoms economy in 1936 has good access to all resources except oil which is easily accessible through trade for the UK as its mostly in the hands of democracies. There is also plenty of territory for construction of new factories. Many resources come from the far reaches of the United Kingdom by convoys, so ensuring that the Royal Navy has superiority along the trade routes is of importance to ensure that these make their way to Britain.

Laws

Conscription Law	Economy Law	Trade Law
Volunteer Only 1.5% Recruitable population	Civilian Economy 35% Consumer Goods factories –30% Factory construction speed +30% Factory (type) conversion cost –40% Fuel gain per oil –25% Fuel capacity	Export Focus 50% Resources to market +5% Research speed +10% Factory/Dockyard output +10% Construction speed +20% Civilian intelligence to others +10% Navy intelligence to others

Industry

1936 state: The U.K. has a moderate production ability when it comes to military factories and a great shipbuilding one.

14 Military Factories

19 Naval Dockyard

30 Civilian Factories

Resources

Oil	Rubber	Steel	Aluminum	Tungsten	Chromium
8*	30	373	64	32	53

These numbers represent the available resources, depending on the trade law a certain amount may be traded away.

^*Note: With Man The Guns the UK gets half of Mexico's oil in 1936, and with Battle for the Bosporus it gets all of Iraq's.

Staff and designers

These are the unique companies and individuals that are available for the British to use.

Political advisors

Icon	Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
	Harry Pollitt	Communist Revolutionary	Communism Support: +0.1 Country must be Communist	150
	John Beckett	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.1 Country must be Fascist	150
	Nevile Henderson	Backroom Backstabber	Political Power Gain: +5.0 Ideology drift defense: +15.0%	150
	Leslie Hore-Belisha	Armaments Organizer	Civilian to Military conversion speed: +20.0%	150
	Clement Attlee	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.1 Has not completed focus A Change in Course	150
	Philip Kerr	Silent Workhorse	Political Power Gain: +15.0% Country must be Democratic Has not completed focus No Further Appeasement	150
	Maxwell Aitken	War Industrialist	Military Factory Construction Speed: +10.0% Dockyard Construction Speed: +10.0% Fuel Silo Construction Speed: +10.0%	150
	Ernest Bevin	Quartermaster General	Air Base construction speed: +15.0% Naval base construction speed: +15.0% Rocket Site construction speed: +15.0% Radar Station construction speed: +15.0% Nuclear Reactor construction speed: +15.0%	150
	George Orwell	Socialist Novelist	War Support: +10.0% Communism Support: +0.1 Country must be Communist	150
	Sylvia Pankhurst	Red Suffragette	Stability: -10.0% Recruitable Population: +2.00% Country must be Communist	150
	Oswald Mosley	Economic Reformer	Stability: +5.0% Consumer Goods Factories: -5.00% Country must be Non-Aligned Has Completed Focus King's Party	150
	David Lloyd George	Old Figurehead	Political Power Gain: +15.0% Country must be Non-Aligned Has Completed Focus King's Party	150
	Winston Churchill	Royalist Bulldog	War Support: +10.0% Unaligned Support: +0.1 Country must be Non-Aligned Has Completed Focus King's Party	150
	Mary Sophia Allen	Princess of Terror	Effect of partisans on us: -25% Foreign subversive activities efficiency: -30% Non-Core manpower: +2.00% Country must be Fascist	150
	Stewart Menzies	Illusive Gentleman	Operative slots: +1 Agency upgrade time: +15% Has created an Intelligence Agency	150
	Alan Turing	Mastermind Codebreaker	Decryption Power: +15 Has created an Intelligence Agency Has created a Cryptology Department	150

Tank designers

Icon	Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
	Vickers-Armstrong	Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15.0% Armor: Reliability: +5.0% Soft Attack: +5.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Ship designers

Icon	Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
	Cammell Laird	Atlantic Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15.0% Carrier: Armor: +50.0% HP: +10% Capital Ship: Armor: +10.0% Heavy Attack: +10.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
	Harland & Wolff	Pacific Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15.0% Carrier: Deck size: +25.0% Armor: -15.0% Max Range: +25.0% Capital Ship: Max Range: +25.0% Screen: Max Range: +25.0% Submarine: Max Range: +25.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
	John Brown & Company	Coastal Defense Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15.0% Carrier: Production Cost: -25.0% Deck size: -20.0% Max Range: -50.0% Capital Ship: Production Cost: -25.0% Armor: -20.0% Heavy Attack: -20.0% Max Range: -50.0% Screen: Production Cost: -25.0% Max Range: -50.0% Submarine: Production Cost: -25.0% Max Range: -50.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Escort Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15.0% Screen: Max Range: +30.0% Sub detection: +10.0% Max Speed: +10.0% Production Cost: +10.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Aircraft designers

Icon	Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
	Avro	Heavy Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
	De Havilland	Medium Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20.0% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
	Fairey Aviation	Naval Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Naval Bomber: Range: +10.0% Naval Attack: +10.0% CV Naval Bomber: Range: +10.0% Naval Attack: +10.0% Carrier Fighter: Range: +10.0% Agility: +10.0% Carrier CAS: Range: +10.0% Naval Attack: +10.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
	Hawker Aircraft	CAS Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Close Air Support: Ground Attack: +10.0% Reliability: +10.0% Carrier CAS: Ground Attack: +10.0% Reliability: +10.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
	Supermarine	Light Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Fighter: Agility: +10.0% Max Speed: +10.0% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10.0% Max Speed: +10.0% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Materiel designers

Icon	Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
	Royal Arsenal	Artillery Designer	Artillery Research Speed: +15.0%	150
	RSAF Enfield	Infantry Equipment Designer	Small Arms Research Speed: +15.0%	150
	Vauxhall	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Speed: +15.0%	150

Industrial concerns

Icon	Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
	AIOC	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Speed: +15.0%	150
	English Electric	Electronics Concern	Electronics Research Speed: +15.0%	150

Theorists

Icon	Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
	Bernard Montgomery	Grand Battleplan Expert	Grand Battle Plan Doctrine: +15.0% Army Experience Gain: +0.05 Has not completed focus: Eliminate the Upper Class	250
	Harold Alexander	Military Theorist	Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10.0% Army Experience Gain: +0.05 Has not completed focus: Eliminate the Upper Class	150
	Raymond Briggs	Military Theorist	Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10.0% Army Experience Gain: +0.05 Has completed focus: Eliminate the Upper Class
	James Somerville	Grand Fleet Proponent	Fleet in Being Doctrine: +15.0% Naval Experience Gain: +0.05 Has not completed focus: Eliminate the Upper Class	250
	Tom Phillips	Naval Theorist	Naval Doctrine Research Speed: +10.0% Naval Experience Gain: +0.05	150
	Hugh Dowding	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Doctrine Research Speed: +10.0% Air Experience Gain: +0.05	150
	Arthur Harris	Victory Through Airpower	Strategic Destruction Doctrine: +15.0% Air Experience Gain: +0.05	250
	James Chadwick	Nuclear Scientist	Nuclear Research Speed: +15.0%	150
	Frank Whittle	Rocket Scientist	Rocket Research Speed: +15.0%	150
	J.F.C. Fuller	Blitzkrieg Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10.0% Armor: Max Speed: +10.0% Country must be Fascist

Chief of Army

Icon	Candidate	Type	Effects + requirements	Cost ()
	John Vereker	Army Offense (Expert)	Division Attack: +10% Has not completed focus: ‘Eliminate the Upper Class’	150
	Edmund Ironside	Army Defense (Expert)	Division Defense: +10%	150
	Alan Brooke	Army Maneuver (Genius)	Division speed: +15% Has not completed focus: ‘Eliminate the Upper Class’	150

Chief of Navy

Icon	Candidate	Type	Effects + requirements	Cost ()
	Ernle Chatfield	Naval Maneuver (Expert)	Naval Speed: +10%	150
	Dudley Pound	Decisive Battle (Specialist)	Capital Ship, Screen: Attack: +5% Armor: +5%	150
	Andrew Cunningham	Naval Aviation (Expert)	Naval Air Attacks from Carriers: +6% Naval Air Targeting from Carriers: +7% Naval Air Agility from Carriers: +8%	150

Chief of Air Force

Icon	Candidate	Type	Effects + requirements	Cost ()
	Cyril Newall	Air Reformer (Expert)	Air Experience Gain: +7.5%	150
	Charles Portal	Night Operations (Expert)	Night Operations Penalty: −20%	150
	Edward Ellington	Air Safety (Expert)	Air Accidents Chance: −10%	150

Military High Command

Icon	Candidate	Type	Effects + requirements	Cost ()
	Archibald Wavell	Army Regrouping (Expert)	Division Recovery Rate: +8% Has not completed focus: ‘Eliminate the Upper Class’	150
	Claude Auchinleck	Army Logistics (Expert)	Division Attrition: −8%	150
	Kenneth Anderson	Infantry (Expert)	Infantry Attack: +10% Infantry Defense: +15%	150
	Sholto Douglas	Air Superiority (Expert)	Air superiority attack: +3% Air superiority defense: +3% Air superiority agility: +3%	150
	Trafford Leigh-Mallory	Bomber Interception (Expert)	Interception attack: +3% Interception defense: +3% Interception agility: +3%	150
	Frederick Bowhill	Naval Strike (Expert)	Naval Bombing: +3% Naval Targeting: +3% Naval Agility: +3%	150
	Louis Mountbatten	Amphibious Assault (Genius)	Amphibious Invasion Speed: +15% Has not completed focus: ‘Eliminate the Upper Class’	150
	Henry Harwood	Screens (Expert)	Screen Attack: +10% Screen Defense: +15%	150
	Max Horton	Submarines (Expert)	Submarine Attack: +15% Submarine Defense: +10%	150
	David Stirling	Commando (Genius)	Special forces Attack: +20% Special forces Defense: +20% Has completed focus: ‘Special Air Service’	150

Military

The United Kingdom starts with a world-dominating fleet across the globe, and a sizable air force. Its army nevertheless, is stretched thin because of the Empire's extent. The nation has a decent amount of manpower at the start of the game but juggling this will be a major concern. Careful planning should be used for the manpower pool given the Empire's broad geographic commitments; newly made ships and planes will require their part of manpower for crewing. Though manpower demands for the army's preparations for coming war are pressing, they're not urgent for Britain by 1936 and could wait for a while.

Army

	Type	No.
	Infantry	32
	Cavalry	3
	Light tank	1
	Total divisions	36

Navy

	Type	No.
	Destroyer	128
	Light cruiser	31
	Heavy cruiser	16
	Battlecruiser	3
	Battleship	12
	Submarine	42
	Carrier	5
	Total ships	237

Air Force

	Type	# 1936	# 1939
	Close air support	304	480
	Fighter	689	744
	Heavy fighter	0	168
	Naval bomber	144	132
	Tactical bomber	240	352
	Total planes	1377	1876

Army

Most of the British Army's forces are concentrated in England, Wales, and Scotland, with the remainder in small garrison units around their colonies. The British isles are home to 16 infantry divisions, of which five are full-strength, regular-quality of 9 regiments each with engineer and artillery companies. The rest of the divisions are similar in size, but at a 'trained' level and with equipment shortages. They're coupled with two cavalry brigades and a light armor brigade. Overseas divisions are 16 trained and green infantry brigades, made of six regiments that share a shortage of equipment. The British Army is expected to be hard pressed from the extent of territory that needs to be defended when war breaks out. The player will have to decide wisely how to split its originally limited divisions to defend the Empire and allied nations.

Navy

The Royal Navy is the largest in the globe by 1936. The UK starts with all tier I ship techs and tier II destroyers, cruisers and carriers. Initial naval production is extensive: Four Leander-class light cruisers, five Town-class light cruisers with improved armor and weight of fire compared to the Leanders, two S Class early submarines, nine E/F/G/H-class destroyers all scheduled for completion by the end of the year, and the HMS Ark Royal, the first "modern" aircraft carrier in the fleet.

Ship classes of the Royal Navy without Man the Guns
Type	Class	Amount	In production	Tech
CV	Courageous Class	4		Carrier I
BB	Nelson Class	2		Battleship I*
BB	Queen Elizabeth Class	5		Battleship I*
BB	Revenge Class	5		Battleship I
BC	Admiral Class	1		Battlecruiser I*
BC	Renown Class	2		Battlecruiser I
CA	County Class	13		Heavy Cruiser I*
CA	Hawkins Class	3		Heavy Cruiser I
CL	Amphion Class	2	3	Light Cruiser I*
CL	Emerald Class	7		Light Cruiser I*
CL	C Class	21		Light Cruiser I
DD	G/H/I Class	18	9	Destroyer II
DD	A/B/C/D Class	34		Destroyer I*
DD	V/W Class	76		Destroyer I
SS	O/P/R Class	21		Submarine I*
SS	S Class	9	2	Submarine I*
SS	L Class	12		Submarine I
	Convoy	800
* marks a variant with increased base stats to symbolize ships that are not modern enough to warrant a full 1936 tech level but too modern to fit into the1922 tech level.

Ship classes of the Royal Navy
Type	Class	Amount	In production	Tech	Design notes
CV	Courageous Class*	3		Deck Conversions	Converted Battleship, 60 Deck Size
CV	Eagle Class*	1		Deck Conversions	Converted Battleship, 40 Deck Size
CV	Hermes Class*	1		Deck Conversions	Converted Cruiser, 20 Deck Size
CV	Ark Royal Class		1	1936 Carrier Hull	60 Deck Size, Secondary Battery
BB	Nelson Class	2		Early Heavy Ship Hull	Heaviest weight of fire
BB	Queen Elizabeth Class*	5		Early Heavy Ship Hull	Scout planes, improved detection
BB	Revenge Class*	5		Early Heavy Ship Hull	Fastest battleship class
BC	G3 Design			Early Heavy Ship Hull	Heavier guns and engines than tech level indicates
BC	Admiral Class	1		Early Heavy Ship Hull	Weaker guns, same engines as G3
BC	Renown Class*	2		Early Heavy Ship Hull	Scout planes, less heavy attack
CA	Hawkins Class*	3		Early Cruiser Hull	Fastest heavy cruiser model
CA	York Class			Early Cruiser Hull	Heaviest gun load of heavy cruisers
CA	County Class	13		Early Cruiser Hull	Slowest, greatest visibility and durability of CAs
CL	Adventure Class	1		Early Cruiser Hull	Minelayer
CL	Danae Class*	8		Early Cruiser Hull	Trades weight of fire for Org
CL	Emerald Class*	5		Early Cruiser Hull	Improved variant of C Class
CL	C Class*	13		Early Cruiser Hull	Baseline CL
CL	Leander Class	4	4	1936 Cruiser Hull	Global improvement over Tier I cruisers
CL	Town Class		5	1936 Cruiser Hull	Trades detection and speed for AA and light attack
DD	S Class*	6		Early Destroyer Hull	ASW focused early destroyer
DD	A/B/C/D Class*	34		Early Destroyer Hull	Improved ASW and anti-surface
DD	V/W Class*	66		Early Destroyer Hull	ASW and anti-air
DD	E/F/G/H Class	18	9	1936 Destroyer Hull	Improved E/F/G/H, all-around combatant
SS	O/P/R Class	33		Early Submarine Hull	Baseline submarine
SS	S Class	13	2	Early Submarine Hull	Doubled torpedo count
	Convoy	800
* marks an obsolescent variant

Air Force

The United Kingdom's Royal Air Force (or R.A.F) by 1936 is the largest air force in the globe, with a number 30% larger than the USAAF, 50% than the Luftwaffe, and twice the size of the French Armée de l'air. There are 96 "Nimrods" and "Sharks" operating from the aircraft carriers.

Strategies and guides

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for United Kingdom. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Naval Supremacy

Britain begins the game with an overwhelming naval presence due to her large number of ships and ability to base them nearly anywhere in the world. Because the range of ships is limited to one or two tiles from the nearest naval base, Britain's presence in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as her presence in the Mediterranean Sea, should not be underestimated. With the exception of Hong Kong and British Malaya, most of these bases are far from historically belligerent powers and relatively unlikely to be attacked, while still providing access to critical shipping lanes such as European trade with South America. Britain's ability to interdict convoy shipping and protect her own in these sectors is considerable; even if she loses Hong Kong and Singapore she can quite easily influence the course of trade and supply the world over. Maintaining control of Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Mediterranean bastions of Malta, Cyprus, and Gibraltar can give Britain a significant advantage in naval basing capabilities, as can maintaining control of the Suez Canal. In addition to the aforementioned points, it is worth noting that Britain can base her ships in any nation of the Commonwealth - even nations that show as different "colors" such as Australia and New Zealand.

Imperial Federation

Take the King's Party path, and reclaim the Dominions. While you can get them as integrated puppets if you do the uprisings, as New Zealand needs to be a dominion to form Polynesia if it isn't independent, you want it to have more autonomy. Declare on Australia, South Africa, or New Zealand (attacking Canada will get the US involved; you want to hold off on that until after you've gotten Canada under your control); as long as you actively fight each country, you can puppet them during the peace deal (that being said, New Zealand and South Africa can be capitulated easy with 5 and 10 infantry units respectively).

While at war with Canada, take Reclaim the Jewel in the Crown to get war goals on India, Burma, and Pakistan (you'll also get one on Bangladesh if they've spawned). Declare on Burma (if India has White Peaced with Pakistan by this point, declare on India as well) and naval invade Burma (and India) to be able to take them in the peace deal (if Pakistan and Bangladesh are still fighting, leave them alone until after they white peace, as Bangladesh will disband most/all of their forces afterwards).

Then, go to war with the US through Unite the Anglosphere, making sure to call NZ in - by this point, France and Czechoslovakia will be fighting the Axis; this will result in either France inviting the US to the Little Entente, or the US forming a faction with the Phillipines and France and Czechoslovakia joining. Stage naval invasions of either cavalry or motorized divisions across the English Channel, and rush the French victory points. During the peace deal, take all the US states directly and give the required French and US Islands to NZ (Hawaii, Guam, Tahiti are the required states; take the other US and French islands directly and after Polynesia has been formed, return the territory to NZ).

Go after Japan, and in the peace deal, take the remaining required islands (Saipan, Samoa, and the Caroline Islands) - note that you might wanna hold off invading the islands directly, as if you don't generate enough war score, the Chinese will start taking land outside of mainland China (you can circumvent this by joining the Chinese United Front and assuming leadership). Raise NZ's autonomy through lend-lease - if you hold off on taking Imperial Conscription and call them into all the wars, as well as request lend-lease from them, you should be able to get them to the rank of Dominion. Then, take the focus to create the Pan-American State - since NZ is under your control, Hawaii will be transferred to the Dominion after forming it. Then, form the Imperial Federation.

Note, to gain cores on both the  Dominion of North America AND  Polynesia as part of the Imperial Federation, one should first form the latter - as the Dominion only requires that Hawaii be under either British control directly or under control of a British subject, NZ should get it first.

Imperial Super Federation

Fascist Britain has the unique ability to form the European Union in addition to the Imperial Federation, becoming one of the most powerful nations in the entire game.

First, start to position your divisions so you can impose marital law on the Dominions once you flip Fascist. You need to place divisions in your dominion's states so your have enough manpower to impose martial law. The minimum manpower requirements are:

Dominion	State	Minimum Manpower
Australia	New South Wales	48,000
Australia	Victoria	38,400
Australia	Queensland	19,200
Australia	Western Australia	9,600
British Raj	Delhi	96,000
British Raj	Arunachal Pradesh	9,600
British Raj	Assam	9,600
British Raj	Bihar	9,600
British Raj	Bombay	9,600
British Raj	Burma	9,600
British Raj	East Bengal	9,600
British Raj	Gujarat	9,600
British Raj	Hyderabad	9,600
British Raj	Indore	9,600
British Raj	Jabalpur	9,600
British Raj	Kashmir	9,600
British Raj	Lucknow	9,600
British Raj	Madras	9,600
British Raj	Madurai	9,600
British Raj	Mandalay	9,600
British Raj	Mysore	9,600
British Raj	Orissa	9,600
British Raj	Peshawar	9,600
British Raj	Punjab	9,600
British Raj	Rajahsthan	9,600
British Raj	Sind	9,600
British Raj	West Bengal	9,600
Dominion of Canada	Southern Ontario	48,000
Dominion of Canada	Saint Lawrence	28,800
Dominion of Canada	Alberta	9,600
Dominion of Canada	British Columbia	9,600
Dominion of Canada	Manitoba	9,600
Dominion of Canada	New Brunswick	9,600
Dominion of Canada	Nova Scotia	9,600
Dominion of Canada	Saskatchewan	9,600
New Zealand	North Island	48,000
New Zealand	South Island	9,600
South Africa	Natal	48,000
South Africa	Transvaal	48,000
South Africa	Cape	19,200

The best way to allocate your troops is to request all forces from all dominions (including Malaya), convert 35 out of the 36 UK divisions to the UK's starting 9-0 infantry template (9,600 manpower), keep one Cavalry Division and put it in Delhi, then train 9 new infantry divisions. This allows you to factor the exact number of troops needed in each state, except for Delhi which is 2,800 manpower over its minimum manpower quota. Then physically place the divisions as follows:

#	Target TAG	Target State	Source TAG	Division	Manpower	Note
1	Australia	New South Wales	Australia	Cavalry Division	6,000	1st Cavalry Division
2	Australia	New South Wales	Australia	Cavalry Division	6,000	2nd Cavalry Division
3	Australia	New South Wales	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Lahore District
4	Australia	New South Wales	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Rawalpindi District
5	Australia	New South Wales	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Kohat District
6	Australia	New South Wales	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Pashawar District
7	Australia	Victoria	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
8	Australia	Victoria	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
9	Australia	Victoria	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
10	Australia	Victoria	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
11	Australia	Queensland	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
12	Australia	Queensland	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
13	Australia	Western Australia	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
14	British Raj	Delhi	Australia	Infantry Division	11,000	1st Infantry Division
15	British Raj	Delhi	Australia	Infantry Division	11,000	2nd Infantry Division
16	British Raj	Delhi	Australia	Infantry Division	11,000	3rd Infantry Division
17	British Raj	Delhi	Australia	Infantry Division	11,000	4th Infantry Division
18	British Raj	Delhi	Australia	Infantry Division	11,000	5th Infantry Division
19	British Raj	Delhi	Canada	District Militia	9,000	5th District Militia
20	British Raj	Delhi	United Kingdom	Cavalry Division	3,000	Convert at game start
21	British Raj	Delhi	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
22	British Raj	Delhi	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
23	British Raj	Delhi	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
24	British Raj	Arunachal Pradesh	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
25	British Raj	Assam	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
26	British Raj	Bihar	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
27	British Raj	Bombay	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
28	British Raj	Burma	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
29	British Raj	East Bengal	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
30	British Raj	Gujarat	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
31	British Raj	Hyderabad	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
32	British Raj	Indore	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
33	British Raj	Jabalpur	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
34	British Raj	Kashmir	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
35	British Raj	Lucknow	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
36	British Raj	Madras	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
37	British Raj	Madurai	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
38	British Raj	Mandalay	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
39	British Raj	Mysore	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
40	British Raj	Orissa	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
41	British Raj	Peshawar	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
42	British Raj	Punjab	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
43	British Raj	Rajahsthan	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
44	British Raj	Sind	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
45	British Raj	West Bengal	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
46	Canada	Southern Ontario	Canada	District Militia	9,000	1st District Militia
47	Canada	Southern Ontario	Canada	District Militia	9,000	2nd District Militia
48	Canada	Southern Ontario	Canada	District Militia	9,000	3rd District Militia
49	Canada	Southern Ontario	Canada	District Militia	9,000	4th District Militia
50	Canada	Southern Ontario	Canada	District Cavalry	3,000	4th District Cavalry
51	Canada	Southern Ontario	Canada	District Cavalry	3,000	10th District Cavalry
52	Canada	Southern Ontario	Canada	District Cavalry	3,000	12th District Cavalry
53	Canada	Southern Ontario	Canada	District Cavalry	3,000	13th District Cavalry
54	Canada	Saint Lawrence	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
55	Canada	Saint Lawrence	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
56	Canada	Saint Lawrence	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
57	Canada	Alberta	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
58	Canada	British Columbia	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
59	Canada	Manitoba	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
60	Canada	New Brunswick	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
61	Canada	Nova Scotia	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
62	Canada	Saskatchewan	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Train from scratch
63	New Zealand	North Island	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Deccan District
64	New Zealand	North Island	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Bombay District
65	New Zealand	North Island	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Waziristan District
66	New Zealand	North Island	Canada	District Cavalry	3,000	2nd District Cavalry
67	New Zealand	North Island	New Zealand	District Force	6,000	Northern Military District
68	New Zealand	North Island	New Zealand	District Force	6,000	Central Military District
69	New Zealand	North Island	New Zealand	District Force	6,000	Southern Military District
70	New Zealand	South Island	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
71	South Africa	Natal	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Lucknow District
72	South Africa	Natal	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Meerut District
73	South Africa	Natal	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Madras District
74	South Africa	Natal	British Raj	District Garrison	9,000	Presidency & Assam District
75	South Africa	Natal	South Africa	District Brigade	3,000	Wiltwatersrand Command
76	South Africa	Natal	South Africa	District Brigade	3,000	Cape Command
77	South Africa	Natal	South Africa	District Brigade	3,000	Natal Command
78	South Africa	Natal	British Malaya	Infantry Brigade	3,000	1st Infantry Brigade
79	South Africa	Transvaal	Canada	District Militia	9,000	6th District Militia
80	South Africa	Transvaal	Canada	District Militia	9,000	7th District Militia
81	South Africa	Transvaal	Canada	District Militia	9,000	10th District Militia
82	South Africa	Transvaal	South Africa	District Force	6,000	RH-Transvaal Command
83	South Africa	Transvaal	South Africa	District Force	6,000	Eastern Province Cmd.
84	South Africa	Transvaal	South Africa	District Force	6,000	Orange Free State Cmd.
85	South Africa	Transvaal	British Malaya	Infantry Brigade	3,000	2nd Infantry Brigade
86	South Africa	Cape	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start
87	South Africa	Cape	United Kingdom	Infantry Division	9,600	Convert at game start

If you assign all the divisions correctly, then you should have an army that looks something like:

Target TAG	Divisions	Required Manpower	Deployed Manpower
Australia	13	115,200	115,200
British Raj	32	307,200	310,000
Canada	17	134,400	134,400
New Zealand	8	57,600	57,600
South Africa	17	115,200	115,200
Total	87	729,600	736,000

While positioning troops, begin the British path to fascism. Rush "Organize the Blackshirts". In the events, always "Urge Restraint" and denounce Germany to ensure your stability never falls below 50%, or else you will trigger a civil war. Take George VI instead of Edward VIII for the extra stability. Do not hire advisors or designers, save your political power until after you have secured the dominions. As soon as you flip to fascism, rush Secure the Dominions. Once done, spend your political power to impose martial law, propaganda campaigns, and flip each Dominion fascist. At the same time, take God Save the King. If you flip the Dominions fascist, you'll then bypass Ceylon Forward Operating Base, Reclaim the Jewel in the Crown, Appeal to Imperial Loyalists, and Bring the Dominions Back into the Fold. Take or bypass these focuses, conquering any Dominions that broke away. Be careful, if Canada breaks away, don't launch a loyalist uprising to reconquer Canada - this will create a new Canada tag that cannot form the  Dominion of North America. One these focuses are complete, take Consolidate the British Isles then Unite the Anglosphere, which will grant a war goal on the USA.

Conquer the United States in early 1938, they will go down easily. Naval invade the Philippines just before the USA falls so you can annex them too. Annex all of the continental United States yourself, don't give anything to Canada. Once you've annexed the land, a decision will appear within the next few days to grant all of the USA to Canada, who can core it, if and only if the UK owns every single continental American state and territory. Don't take the decision to grant Canada yet.

Take down Belgium, the Netherlands, France and the Little Entente

While you're taking down the USA, prepare for war with France. If world tension is over 25% then France will guarantee most nations that you justify on. Justify on the Netherlands, who France will guarantee. Once ready, naval invade the Netherlands. Attack the Dutch East Indies too so you can annex them in the peace deal. Do not call your dominions into the war. Rush the Dutch VPs and they'll go down easily. The moment France joins the war, begin justifying on Belgium. You're fascist, so your time taken to justify will be –80% faster while you're at war with a major (France), make use of it. Declare on Belgium, rush its VPs, then rush on Paris to bring France down. Before France falls, start one last justification on a strategic nation like Turkey or Iraq.

If you are moving quickly, then when you take down France you can also annex the Little Entente: Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Romania. France will form the Little Entente because you're fascist. When you DOW France, their Entente Allies will join France's war against you. When you capitulate France, you can also annex all three Entente nations if you have dealt war score against them - occupation, casualties or strategic bombing. Send an airwing of tactical or strategic bombers to conduct strategic bombing over the Entente airzones as well as naval invade Yugoslavia. If Italy is in your faction, naval invade from Italy. Invade right next to Italy's ports on the Dalmatian coast, even though Italy isn't in the war, their ports can still supply your troops if Italy is in your faction. The naval invasion will guarantee Yugoslavia will be at the peace conference. If a Czech or Romanian division surrounds your naval invasion, attack it even if it's suicidal, you just need to deal causalities against the Czechs and Romanians to get them to the peace conference too.

Once France falls, if you've done all this right then you can directly annex all of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Romania. If you want the French fleet, then you can reduce them to a single island and puppet them, just like you did for the USA, but note that if you puppet France then Germany will DOW them (and by extension you) via their focus tree. Similarly, if you puppet the Dutch East Indies then Japan will get a war goal via focus on the Dutch East Indies and will declare on you in 1941-42.

You now have a couple of options for what to do next.

Option: Annex the minors

One option is to annex most of the global minors while Germany (eventually) eats the USSR and Japan takes care of China. If you annexed Czechoslovakia, then Germany will demand the Sudetenland from you - give it to them. If you starting justifying on Turkey before France fell, launch the invasion of Turkey. You will probably annex Turkey just before Germany invades Poland. If so, then the second Germany attacks Poland, begin fabricating on Poland - the Polish justification will take 30 days because they're in a great power war with Germany. As soon as you finish justifying on Poland, DOW Poland and then begin justifying on an out of the way major, which is probably Sweden by this point. Because you're at war with Poland, the justification will take very little time. Once you're finished justifying on Sweden (or a similar major) DOW them but don't invade. You want to keep this war with Sweden going so you can serially justify war goals on minors in under 25 days.

Spend a few years justifying on and invading global minors: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Liberia, Bulgaria, Greece, Siam, Spain, Portugal, and all of Central and South America except Mexico, El Salvador, Venezuela, Peru and Paraguay. Mexico you'll get a war goal on via event. Venezuela, El Salvador and Peru are fascist and will join the Axis if you DOW them, Paraguay is Communist and will join the Comintern, so leave them until the very end. Once you're finished with these minors, or want to start the Imperial Conference, naval invade Denmark to get to Sweden. Build ports on the UK side of the Danish peninsula, then naval invade Sweden, or invade Norway and then Sweden, then capitulate them.

Annex Germany

If you're going for Imperial Super Federation, then you need to annex Germany.

One option is to annex Czechoslovakia after you defeat the Little Entente. Germany will demand the Sudetenland from you, deny their request and they will DOW you. Justify on Luxembourg while at war with Germany and DOW them ASAP.

The other option is to wait for Germany to declare on the USSR then stab Germany in the back. The advantage of this approach is that Germany will eat Poland, Luxembourg and the Comintern for you, however, it will delay the formation of the Super Federation. If you go this route, then wait for Germany to DOW the USSR. Lend lease fuel and a few hundred rifles to Germany to help them out. Take a war goal against Germany via your focus tree. Once the USSR is about to capitulate, DOW Germany. If you do this right, Germany will annex the USSR just before you capitulate Germany, saving you the hassle of invading Russia.

Whichever you choose, it helps that you recruit German spies from the game start and prepare collaboration governments before the war with Germany. Start building the spy network for your first prepare collaboration operation about a year before you plan to DOW Germany.

Option: Annex the USSR

If you've come this far, then why not go for the One Empire achievement? Assuming you take down Germany early, then you'll need to defeat the Russians yourself. They will demand Bessarabia from you because you annexed Romania. Deny their request. If they don't DOW you over it, then take out a war goal against them via your focus tree. Complete the focus to align Iran and Afghanistan too, the second front from the south really helps.

Preparing for the Imperial Conference

Reduce your Dominions' autonomy to Reichskomissariat. The focus for Imperial Conscription helps. Build lots of convoys and lend-lease them to the Dominions. Build infrastructure and civilian factories in the dominions. Take the continuous focus to reduce subject autonomy if you absolutely need to. Save up ~400-500 political power. Take Indian Autonomy as the last focus before beginning the Imperial Conference. Improve relations with your Dominions up to the maximum, then start the conference.

During the Imperial Federation talks, always go with the option where you spend the most political power. If you gave Canada all of North America, then they're less likely to agree to Imperial Federation here. If the talks succeed in every nation agreeing to federation, then give Canada all of North America. Canada will form the  Dominion of North America, coring the entire United States, which you will inherit once you complete the final focus, Imperial Federation.

Finally, form the European Union. You already have France, Belgium and the Netherlands. You just need all Italian, German and Luxembourg cores. DOW Germany if you haven't already, then kick Italy from your faction and DOW them. Once you've annexed all the nations you can core the EU states.

Achievements

Britzkrieg

As the United Kingdom, put Edward VIII in power, ally Germany and fully control Paris.

Crush the Dream

As a Communist United Kingdom, crush the American Dream by puppeting the U.S.A.

Last for a Thousand Years

As the United Kingdom, accomplish the federation of the entire British Empire.

Nothing Wrong with our Bloody Ships

As the United Kingdom, have at least 9 battlecruisers.

One Empire

Unite the entire world under the British Empire.

The Empire Strikes Back

As Britain, declare war on one of your former subjects.

Turing Complete!

Fully decrypt all nations in the Axis.

William Wallis

As the United Kingdom, put Edward VIII in power, enforce an American monarchy, and have both it and Scotland as subjects.

Countries

Europe

Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Free France Vichy France German Reich Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Nationalist Spain Republican Spain Kingdom of Romania Slovakia Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia

North America

Dominion of Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama United States

South America

Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

Asia	Afghanistan Bhutan British Malaya British Raj China Communist China Guangxi Clique Iran Iraq Japan Manchukuo Mengkukuo Mongolia Nepal Oman Philippines Saudi Arabia Shanxi Siam Sinkiang Tannu Tuva Tibet Xibei San Ma Yemen Yunnan

Africa

Kingdom of Egypt Ethiopia Liberia South Africa

Oceania

Australia New Zealand Tahiti