The Emperor's Resolve

"If we were to launch an attack on the Island Nation, how large a force would we need to defeat them?" Oscar asked, looking at the Empire's senior ministers.

"Your Majesty, as far as the navy is concerned, the Imperial Navy need only dispatch a fleet centered on six battlecruisers to defeat them. At present, only the Island Nation Navy's four Kongo-class battlecruisers can be considered dreadnoughts. Their remaining battleships are all pre-dreadnoughts or semi-dreadnoughts, nothing to worry about. To be safe, we could send three Mackensen-class battlecruisers and three Derfflinger-class battlecruisers. I believe that would be enough for us to secure victory!" said Field Marshal Count Tirpitz, the First Sea Lord.

Oscar nodded. The Island Nation Navy at this time was nowhere near the navy that, decades later, could contend with the powerful American Navy in the Pacific Ocean. In another time and space, the Island Nation Navy had been the first to focus heavily on developing aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft. This allowed them to batter the American Navy until it was scrambling for its teeth across the ground in the early stages of the Pacific War, inflicting grievous losses. If the United States' industrial strength had not been far greater than that of the Island Nation, it would have been very difficult to say who would win the Pacific War. The Island Nation Navy's defeat had chiefly been because the United States dragged it to death with overwhelming industrial power.

"What about the army? If we are to defeat the Island Nation, or even destroy it, how many troops would the army need to send?" Oscar continued.

Field Marshal von Falkenhayn, Minister of War and Chief of Staff, immediately grew solemn.

"Your Majesty, to defeat the Island Nation, or even destroy it, we would need to deploy