Dominion to World Power: Canada 1812

The war in North America:

Split the map into 3 sections, namely the Western front (where Mexico is involved), the Central Front (around Detroit) and the Eastern Front (the east coast, basically).

On the Western front, send very cheap reinforcements to assist the Mexican attack & try to capture some American cities. After a long war of attrition, you'll start to see some success here.
On the Central Front, try to block the Americans at Detroit and take the city. Some enemies may slip past so spawn some cheap troops to take care of these guys. After some time, the city WILL fall, but be sure to guard it well. From Detroit, go crazy on the surrounding cities as long as you guard your territory well.
On the Eastern Front, spawn inf to defend your cities and use them as fodder. You should aim to take cities systematically to avoid creating pockets that stretch your resources thin (aim for Boston, then NYC and lastly, Washington D.C.). Spawn a militia in the lvl 2 coastal city by the border to distract American ships, this helps to reduce enemy pressure when you are defending captured cities.

Other recommended moves: Using Diplomacy to send some funds to help Mexico and your allies in Europe.

When you are done with the USA, it's time to join the main fighting in Europe. Don't forget to fund your allies and strengthen your economy. Remember to invade Greenland as well!
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War in the Mediterranean:

The darker shade of green represents your troops (Your Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces). Here, if you fund Morocco, Spain, Portugal and Egypt well, you *should* see that the Coalition is winning the war here.

In my game, Morocco and Egypt were busy invading and conquering Algeria. Egypt defended well against the weak Ottoman forces in the region but struggles to invade Greece, Turkey or the Levant. Morocco will struggle to defend Tunisia and invade Sicily.

Your role:
- Send 1-3 units to assist Spain if needed.
- Deploy troops to join the land war on North Africa.
- Try to join in on the Moroccan invasion of Sardinia, Sicily, Corsica and mainland Italy. Your priority should be Sardinia and Sicily first.

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War in Europe (Part 1):

This depicts Coalition and Imperial Eagle movements in mainland Europe.


(Iberia + SW France)
The French invasion of Spain sparks off the Peninsula War. France will mainly focus on invading Spain but may spawn just enough troops to defend her home territories.
Spain (and Portugal later on) will try to cross the border to invade France. However, the Coalition will be struggling to invade or defend, unlike its French counterpart.

Your role: Funding Spain &/or Portugal may help them spam enough troops to defend while giving them the offensive edge.


(Northern France)
With the French distracted in the east and southwest, the British will cross the English Channel and *attempt* to invade France.
The French will miraculously have enough resources to mount a defence here.

Possible British successes may include seizing Brest, the Netherlands and *maybe* Belgium.
The Brits are more likely to face failures such as losing all its conquered French territories and letting themselves be sunk at sea.

With or without your aid, the fighting at this time will be won or, most likely, lost.


(Scandinavia)
The gambit will always be a great risk. In my game, I lost the gambit but Sweden fell after a very long time.
Your role: Wage war on Denmark-Norway about 1 turn before Sweden joins, so that at least the enemy can be caught off-guard.

(The Eastern Front)
Just wage war on Poland on turn 1. Better to let Poland start off drained than with a prepared economy. Russia will have to invade Poland even if you didn't do so.

Austria is doomed. At most, just wage war on Bavaria and the Papal States about 1 turn before Austria joins so that they don't attack the Austrian's weak Western flank. Also, allow the Ottoman forces in the Balkans to focus on Russia so that when Austria joins, she can quickly blitz through the exposed Balkans.

Prussia may put up a struggle, but he'd probably just be swiftly defeated.

Russia may put up a good performance, defending the Caucasus and Belarus. However, she will lose in a war of attrition.

Your role: When you have defeated the USA, fund surviving countries to ensure that the can defend themselves till your troops land in Europe. Russia in my game *almost* retook ALL her territories after my forces turned Imperial Eagle attention westward. The surprise is that Russia did so from 2 minor cities in the corner of the map with. With funding, the Russians can pull a great reversal.

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Grey represents Coalition territory (excluding Russia and Canada).
Dark blue represents the Imperial Eagle faction (all members included).
Red represents Mother Russia.
Green represents Canada.

War in Europe (Part 2):
When you enter Europe, you have 3 tasks - Defeat the Danish-Norwegian invasion of Britain, conquer Imperial Eagle territories on the mainland and helping Spain + Portugal.



The first task should be easy because the British would've turned their attention to their other sworn enemy.

The second requires precise captures, sacrifices and a very solid defence of conquered lands. You MUST always switch out damaged troops with fresh ones to ensure that the enemy is less likely to breach your defences.
You are likely start with Paris and some lesser French cities. Use them as staging points for more offensives and build forts to defend whatever precious lands you have taken.
Cooperation and attrition will carry the day so you MUST assist your allies.
Plan ahead with feasible attack routes and choose easily defensible cities.
If possible, use blitzkrieg to overrun enemy territory quickly to cripple or defeat them.

Spain and Portugal may send some help with Northern France, but they are more likely to invade Southern France, Bavarian Germany and the Papal States. They are essential if you are to successfully knock out Bavaria and invade the Papal States.


Afterwards, you can ride on the momentum to swiftly liberate cities in Central & Eastern Europe while you prepare to fight the Ottoman Empire.

Tip: Fund surviving states on the other side of Europe (eg. RUSSIA) to ensure their survival and provide them with resources to start a counterattack on the other side of the map. This will enable a strategic pincer attack whereby the Eastern Europeans will liberate their territory and invade the exposed eastern rear of the Imperial Eagle faction while Britain, Spain, Portugal and your forces lay waste to the enemy swarms in the west.

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Clean Up:
Cooperate with your allies to defeat Imperial Eagle remnants in mainland Europe.
The Ottoman Empire may put up a good struggle, but the Coalition will eventually succeed in stomping out the last enemy belligerent.