I have not tested this as any other nation, however if you can muster about 50+ ships to cover the seas between your nation and the UK, 24 troops, and a sufficient amount of convoys, you should be able to do this as any nation that can fit the above requirements. For the purposes of this guide, I've gone with Germany.

First off, get 24 troops into an army (commander not required but is recommended), and move them to Wilhelmshaven or Hamburg (or the closest port for naval travel). Next, combine all your fleets into a single fleet and set it to Search & Destroy in Eastern North Sea and English Channel (or whichever seas your troops would cross). With this sorted, you can now choose your researches and national focus. Nothing specific is required and nothing with actually affect your invasion, with the exception of Military Staff.

It is recommended that you do all this while the game is paused to make it more efficient.

Once your troops are on the port of Wilhelmshaven (or whichever port you're using), draw up a naval invasion plan, and set the target to either Portsmouth or the port closest to Norwich. I'm suggesting these because the British will have no troops there (with the exception of single-division patrols, which only rarely sit on these ports). I do NOT recommend Dover or Plymouth as these are often guarded, and any port not connected to the English Channel is pointless to target.

With your plan drawn, assign only 10 divisions to it, as only 10 can be used in a single invasion. The other divisons will follow once you've captured the first port.

Next up you'll want to save up Political Power. Once you're at 50 Political Power, start justifying against Great Britain, and choose any of the main provinces in England. Justification will take some time, so sit back for a few months and enjoy some research time.

Justification should take 250 days, and should be completed by mid-September to early-October (depending on when you began justifying). Once it is complete, declare war. With the 24 troops you placed in Wilhemshaven, only 10 should be set for the naval invasion. Activate this plan. Travel should be rather quick, and you should have naval superiority for awhile after the start of the war.

Once your troops have landed at the designated area, it should have little resistance (in most cases none). Once you've captured the first port, bring over the other 14 troops by simply moving them.

Now that you have all 24 troops in Southern England, start spreading out. The first few provinces should be empty or only have 1 division on it. Easy pickings. A push for London can be made within the first few days of landing. Once that's done, just fan out and capture the territories as you would in any other conquest scenario. Easiest strategy is to focus on ports as it can affect the supply of their troops while improving your own supply.

The war should last a little over a year (give or take depending on how well your invasion went).


With about 2/3rds of the UK taken, Great Britain will capitulate, and a Peace Conference will be held a day later. You should have enough points to take every province owned by Great Britain. This includes the UK, Gibraltar, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore, Maldives, Ceylon, as well as their claims in Canada, the Carribean, South America, Africa, and Borneo.

With Great Britain removed, the Allies falls apart, every British colony is without Allied protection, and one of the biggest powers in the war is out of the game. However, a new focus arises. The United States forms it's own faction; The North American Federation.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I plan on doing more early-game battleplan guides for other nations, and I want the US to be my next target, but they have a much better start than Great Britain, and it'll be much more challenging.

If you have any thoughts, ideas, opinions, or criticism, feel free to leave a comment.