United Kingdom

London

Democratic, Conservative

Allies (Leader)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (more commonly “the United Kingdom,” “the 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) in the war until 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The United Kingdom was heavily engaged in the Western European, Atlantic, Mediterranean, African, and Southeast Asian theaters.

Events[edit]

Main article: British events

National focus[edit]

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 entire British Empire in exchange for getting more manpower industry in the British homelands, and allowing the UK to concentrate on dealing with European affairs.

Global Defense Sub-branch: This Democratic sub-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[edit]

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.

Politics[edit]

National Spirits[edit]

The UK starts with four National Spirits.

London Naval Treaty Signatory

Carrier Max Cost: 9500
Cruiser Max Cost: 9500
Heavy Ship Max Cost: 9500

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

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: -25%

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.

Ideology[edit]

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[edit]

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. With the "Together For Victory" DLC active, it is represented as a Colony, more autonomous than a puppet.

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

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.

Diplomatic Rules[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Industry[edit]

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	33 Civilian Factories

Resources[edit]

Oil	Rubber	Steel	Aluminum	Tungsten	Chromium
23	87	373	114	39	150

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

Staff and Designers[edit]

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

Political Advisors
Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost
Harry Pollitt	Communist Revolutionary	Communism Support: +0.1 Country must be Communist	150 pp
John Beckett	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.1 Country must be Fascist	150 pp
Nevile Henderson	Backroom Backstabber	Political Power Gain: +5.0 Ideology drift defense: +15.0%	150 pp
Leslie Hore-Belisha	Armaments Organizer	Civilian to Military conversion speed: +20.0%	150 pp
Clement Attlee	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.1 Has not completed focus A Change in Course	150 pp
Philip Kerr	Silent Workhorse	Political Power Gain: +15.0% Country must be Democratic Has not completed focus No Further Appeasement	150 pp
Maxwell Aitken	War Industrialist	Military Factory Construction Speed: +10.0% Dockyard Construction Speed: +10.0% Fuel Silo Construction Speed: +10.0%	150 pp
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 pp
George Orwell	Socialist Novelist	War Support: +10.0% Communism Support: +0.1 Country must be Communist	150 pp
Sylvia Pankhurst	Red Suffragette	Stability: -10.0% Recruitable Population: +2.00% Country must be Communist	150 pp
Oswald Mosley	Economic Reformer	Stability: +5.0% Consumer Goods Factories: -5.00% Country must be Non-Aligned Has Completed Focus King's Party	150 pp
David Lloyd George	Old Figurehead	Political Power Gain: +15.0% Country must be Non-Aligned Has Completed Focus King's Party	150 pp
Winston Churchill	Royalist Bulldog	War Support: +10.0% Unaligned Support: +0.1 Country must be Non-Aligned Has Completed Focus King's Party	150 pp
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 pp

Tank Designers
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp

Ship Designers
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp

Aircraft Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Avro	Heavy Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10.0% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp
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 it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150 pp

Materiel Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Royal Arsenal	Artillery Designer	Artillery Research Speed: +15.0%	150 pp
RSAF Enfield	Infantry Equipment Designer	Small Arms Research Speed: +15.0%	150 pp
Vauxhall	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Speed: +15.0%	150 pp

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

Theorists
Designer	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 pp
Harold Alexander	Military Theorist	Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10.0% Army Experience Gain: +0.05	150 pp
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 pp
Tom Phillips	Naval Theorist	Naval Doctrine Research Speed: +10.0% Naval Experience Gain: +0.05	150 pp
Hugh Dowding	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Doctrine Research Speed: +10.0% Air Experience Gain: +0.05	150 pp
Arthur Harris	Victory Through Airpower	Strategic Destruction Doctrine: +15.0% Air Experience Gain: +0.05	250 pp
James Chadwick	Nuclear Scientist	Nuclear Research Speed: +15.0%	150 pp
Frank Whittle	Rocket Scientist	Rocket Research Speed: +15.0%	150 pp
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

Military[edit]

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	No.
	Close air support	304
	Fighter	689
	Naval bomber	144
	Tactical bomber	240
	Total planes	1377

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. 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 about 20 trained infantry brigades, made of four 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 one of the largest in the globe by 1936, with the U.S. Navy on numerical par. 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	G3 Class			Early Heavy Ship Hull	Extra Anti-Air
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	Admiral Class	1		Early Heavy Ship Hull	Similar to G3 Class
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

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 U.S.A.F., 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[edit]

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Countering Subs

When war starts, enemy submarines are one of the first issues that the UK needs to deal with. Although all of the UK's starting destroyers do have depth charges, they don't have much available for detecting subs.

1) For the UK in particular, the first line of detection comes from the land based radar towers. Some already exist to cover the English Channel at the start of the game, but these are insufficient. Building one in Aberdeenshire will provide critical coverage of the North Sea region. Additional beneficial locations include the Scottish Highlands and Northern Ireland regions. Upgrading to the 1938 level 2 radar towers is recommended, in order, in the East Anglia, South-West England, and Aberdeenshire regions ASAP.

2) Starting some naval bomber production is recommended. These will kill subs, not just surface ships, and can provide additional assistance.

3) At the start of the game, none of the British ship designs have sonar. Combined with the lack of spotter aircraft on their cruisers, this results in their patrol fleets being less than ideal for detecting subs. While the UK does start with the Sonar I module, consider researching Sonar II at the start of the game, before modifying any destroyer templates.