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As an Island nation, you should rely on the Royal Navy and the Airforce. Don't waste your Manpower on reinforcing divisions, instead build new ones, preferably with brigades.
Against the AI :
Build ICs until Munich conference.
Then start building enough HQs/INF to fill your beaches. Upgrade/reinforce them only after sept 39.
Build many interceptors that will be used during Battle of Britain.
Send a small exp corps in France if you want to but don't forget to defend Malta, Egypt and Palestine by the time the Italians join the war.
MOT/ARM/PAR/MAR should be prioritized once you have enough INF for your home beaches.
Basically between mid 40 and mid 41, you are alone against the Axis so defend your island first, Egypt if you can afford it and when the Soviet Union join the war, you'll be able to focus on Italy and then Japan.
Build ICs until Munich conference.
Then start building enough HQs/INF to fill your beaches. Upgrade/reinforce them only after sept 39.
Build many interceptors that will be used during Battle of Britain.
Send a small exp corps in France if you want to but don't forget to defend Malta, Egypt and Palestine by the time the Italians join the war.
MOT/ARM/PAR/MAR should be prioritized once you have enough INF for your home beaches.
Basically between mid 40 and mid 41, you are alone against the Axis so defend your island first, Egypt if you can afford it and when the Soviet Union join the war, you'll be able to focus on Italy and then Japan.
thoguh it may be tempting, dont build bb's or cas. idk if others find them useful, but the problem with cas is that they arent as good as tac bombers for ground support, and as for groudn attack, theyll attack a random unit in an area and not attack the more vulnerable retreating unit.
im a sucker for battleships, but they rlly are a waste of resources. also, be prepared to reinforce gibralter, on the off chance spain joins the axis. its happened to me before >.>
one last thing, use a "defense-indepth" strategy for defending palestine and thje area around it. the italian ai is stupid and will assault the beaches there, often without sufficient support. tac bombers + any ground troops will result in dozens of italian divisions being wasted over time. in other words, allow the italians to land in palesitne, then cut them off.
im a sucker for battleships, but they rlly are a waste of resources. also, be prepared to reinforce gibralter, on the off chance spain joins the axis. its happened to me before >.>
one last thing, use a "defense-indepth" strategy for defending palestine and thje area around it. the italian ai is stupid and will assault the beaches there, often without sufficient support. tac bombers + any ground troops will result in dozens of italian divisions being wasted over time. in other words, allow the italians to land in palesitne, then cut them off.
Oh ya i forgot it.
Keep a fleet at Gibraltar all time otherwise Franco could join the war.
Keep a fleet at Gibraltar all time otherwise Franco could join the war.
Does it only need to be based there? Or physically in the port at all times?
I'm in the middle of a pretty awesome MP game, where I'm UK, and Nat'l Spain joined the Axis despite my decent-sized garrison + a fleet based there... though, the fleet may have been off doing ASW...
Oh it has to be in port.
Which is not the most convenient thing, you are right but triggers are hardcodded as you know.
Which is not the most convenient thing, you are right but triggers are hardcodded as you know.
on the subject of cas, is there any solution to that? i know its historical for germany ot use ju-87s, and historically they were very efffective. but in-game, ive found that theyre a waste of resources -.-
The problem is you will always come up with maths stating a unit is much worthy than the other.
I don't see how one could change that in a mod.
I don't see how one could change that in a mod.
When you say keep a fleet, will for example one destroyer be enough?
How the hell is it even possible to build anything from the start? Money and supplies run out too fast even if you set the reinforcement and uprgrade sliders to nothing.
You have to reduce dissent, trade for supplies/money, move some ministers at the right time...but yea during Edward VIII interlure, IC are very low