Will starving Britain of oil work?

[unmerged(124447)]

I'm playing a game as Germany, and I'm wondering, if I take all of Britain's African and Middle Eastern possessions, will she run out of oil? And, if so, will that neutralize her navy and air force?

Thanks.

 

[blue emu]

I'm playing a game as Germany, and I'm wondering, if I take all of Britain's African and Middle Eastern possessions, will she run out of oil? And, if so, will that neutralize her navy and air force?

Thanks.

Britain typically reaches 1939 with a huge stockpile of Oil... enough to last for several years.

 

[midget_roxx]

Even if you did they would trade with the SU and US

 

[Zardnaar]

You can use submarines to sink convoys which will stop the oil being shipped to where its needed.

 

[Talquin]

but that won't stop the oil that they will trade for. Also Blue Emu did a scenario with subs vs concoys, if i remember correctly the end result was that it isn't worth the time and effort considering what you could do with a Sea Lion invasion.

I'm sure Blue Emu will chime in if i paraphrased him wrong.

 

[BlueWarrior]

but that won't stop the oil that they will trade for. Also Blue Emu did a scenario with subs vs concoys, if i remember correctly the end result was that it isn't worth the time and effort considering what you could do with a Sea Lion invasion.

I'm sure Blue Emu will chime in if i paraphrased him wrong.

My recollection was the strategy didn't work for starving the UK mainland due to the stockpile built up between 36 and 39 but that it was very useful for starving the UK's overseas possesions of supplies and oil making attacking them a walk over.

 

[blue emu]

but that won't stop the oil that they will trade for...

Trade efficiency is degraded by enemy Naval forces at sea, including Submarines. With a good blockade, efficiencies of around 20% are common... ie: four out of every five trading vessels are sunk without delivering their goods.

My recollection was the strategy didn't work for starving the UK mainland due to the stockpile built up between 36 and 39 but that it was very useful for starving the UK's overseas possesions of supplies and oil making attacking them a walk over.

Correct... the strategy quickly reduced the UK to a world-spanning empire that could only FIGHT in the home islands. My invasion of India, for example, encountered opposition from only ONE Division of Nepalese troops. All of the UK Divisions had already starved to death and been removed from the map.

 

[unmerged(124447)]

My invasion of India, for example, encountered opposition from only ONE Division of Nepalese troops. All of the UK Divisions had already starved to death and been removed from the map.

Ah...Thanks. I think I'll still go for the Middle East simply because I need the oil, but I'll get some subs too. Thanks everyone.

 

[Komraden]

You can use submarines to sink convoys which will stop the oil being shipped to where its needed.

This is simply the best strategy, to be honest. Too many other sources, as people have noted.

 

[unmerged(83496)]

It's for reasons like this that I enjoy mods like WiF that limit resource stockpiles to 100k. You can't simply build up 5 years worth of raw materials.