Who gets control of captured province?

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Apologies if this is answered somewhere, I checked the FAQ and Wiki and didn't find it...

I'm playing as Canada in my first game (probably not the best choice for a first game but whatever, I'm used to Eu2 and CK). For something to do I built a dozen or so divisions of infantry and armor and transported them to Bordeaux. Then I thought I would attack Spain, which I did successfully blitzkrieg style. However I noticed that every province I captured got set to controlled by France, and later when I moved south I found that those adjacent to Gibraltar became UK's. In the end, France and UK divided Spain by annexation and I got nothing for my trouble despite doing 80% of the conquering. Is this normal and I just didn't know about it or is there a way I could control them as Canada if I did something different? Can you only conquer territory if your war started with a shared land border?

Thanks!

 

[blue emu]

Control of captured territory goes to the nation that provided Supply for the attack, unless another ally has national claims (called "cores") on the province. When you attacked from French territory, France supplied the attack and gained the provinces. When you came adjacent to Gibraltar, the UK supplied the attack and gained the provinces.

Generally speaking, you will only gain the province yourself if you attack directly from your own controlled territory, or if you launch an amphibious assault from a fleet based in your own (not allied) port, to a target province that is not adjacent to an ally.

Once Spain is annexed, try to buy a conquered Spanish port province from France or the UK, rebase a fleet there, and launch an amphibious attack against an enemy province that is NOT adjacent to one of your allies... that should give you a Canadian-controlled province on the European mainland, which you can expand into a Canadian-owned enclave.

 

[dublish]

I may be wrong, but don't you get the province if you're attacking from a puppet's territory, regardless of supply considerations?

 

[Kernest]

If you attack with YOUR forces from puppets territory you get the provinces no matter where supplies come from. But if you military control puppet and use them to attack from their own territory, they get the provinces.

 

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Thanks guys. blue emu's answer is what I was looking for and that makes very good sense. I'll have to keep that in mind for future campaigns.