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Note: I was ispired by the story of goktug14. (It's very good) England, 1200, default options ================================ Episode 2.1 - Operation Irish Kingdoms Episode 2.2 - Operation Irish Kingdoms Episode 3 - The Great English War (1) Episode 4 - The Great English War (2) Episode 5 - The British Empire Episode 6 - The British-Danish War Episode 7 - Expansion in the East Episode 8 - Oldenburg & Overview Episode 9 - An Unexpected War Episode 10 - War and Peace Episode 11 - Richard II. Episode 12 - United against Morroco Episode 13 - Reorganizing the Iberian Peninsula Episode 14 - The Colonialisation Begins Episode 15 - War on Two Continents Episode 16 - Development Episode 17 - War Against Norway Episode 18 - An Uprising Vassal Episode 19 - Defending the Empire Episode 20 - Richard III. Episode 21 - Richard III's First Conquest Episode 22 - Expanding the Colonies (1) Episode 23 - Expanding the Colonies (2) Episode 24 - Charles II. Episode 25 - Final Years Extra Episode - Bulgaria Strong ================================ INTRODUCTION Richard the 1st became king of England when his father Charles I died at the age of 51. His plan was to create a global empire - the British Empire. The problem was that England wasn't powerful and strong enough, so he had to do something to change that. ================================ EPISODE 1 - FIRST CONQUESTS It was the 14th of February in 1200 when Richard the 1st gave the order to prepare an army to conquer the Kingdom of Gwynedd. The war should be fast and not many people should die, Richard thought. On the 8th of September in 1201, England declared war on Gwynedd and began invading their land with about 2500 troops. The campaign was a success and Gwynedd was soon conquered by England. Richards next target was the Kingdom of Powys, so England began gathering its troops near their border. The war was declared on the 20th of December in 1203 and also here England faced just a little resistance. Richard was very happy about his successful campaigns but he was thinking about where England should expand next. Some time passed but he decided to sign non-aggression pacts with some neighbouring countries, so that he could concentrate fully on the Irish kingdoms in the west...