Wikibooks: Diplomacy/England

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Norway; Salisbury; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Diplomacy/England

=England/British Empire/United Kingdom (English)= Leader at 1901 Prime Minister Marquess of Salisbury Head of State King Edward VII Color Dark Blue or Pink in some versions (webDiplomacy.net etc.) Neighbors France Germany Russia Home supply centers London Liverpool Edinburgh England s defensive position is the strongest in the game besides Turkey and landing an army on the British Isles will usually require at least three units one convoyed army one fleet to convoy and one fleet to support the convoy. England s back door in the North Atlantic is however much more difficult to defend than Turkey s back door in Syria. England s position as an island means that it will have to maintain a large navy in order to achieve victory. England s position causes a bottleneck similar but less severe than the one Turkey faces because sea routes can get troops quickly from the home centers to the Mediterranean to Germany and to St. Petersburg. England has a limited choice of centers to make 18. Most simply three home Bre and Par Bel Hol Den Swe Nwy StP Kie and Ber are the 13 easiest leaving 5 centers to get out of Spa Por Tun Mun Mar Mos and War. Mos and War are very difficult to get without German or Turkish help and any centers further south are possible only with an extremely committed French ally. =Opening Strategy= England can choose between commitment to an attack against France or to calmly pick up builds from Norway and possibly Belgium and wait for 1902 to choose a side. =18 Center Goal= 3 home centers Scandinavia St. Petersburg The Low Countries Kiel Berlin Brest Paris and Iberia makes 15. Then three out of Munich Marseilles Tunis Moscow and Warsaw are required to convert to a victory. Any other supply centers are much too far away to be part of a normal victory although once in a while England will break into Italy or capture Sevastopol. England s main choice is where to send her two fleets. =F LON ENG F EDI NTH (Southern Opening)= Provides the best anti French possibilities. =Wales Variation= A LPL WAL Unequivocally ...