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The Anglo Isles is a conglomerate of islands that once formed a great empire. Based on real-life United Kingdom, the Anglo Isles is composed of a main big island with several small islands scattered around it.

Despite remaining in the backwaters of global diplomacy, the Isles are still a force to be reckoned with, and are a member of the Alliance of Nations.

History[]

Background[]

The Anglo Isles is a small nation based on the United Kingdom of our world. The Isles were once in control of a huge empire but, unlike the real British Empire, it collapsed during the Lightning Wars, losing all of their overseas territories.

Battalion Wars 2[]

The Anglo Isles were introduced in Battalion Wars 2 when they invaded the Solar Empire, believing rumours that they had constructed a super weapon. They were eventually pushed out by the Solar-Frontier forces.

When the Solar Empire and its ally, the Tundran Territories, invaded the Anglo Isles in a war of retribution, the Anglos successfully repelled the Solar-Tundran force before learning of Kaiser Vlad's orchestration of the war. They then signed a truce with the Solar Empire and joined the Alliance of Nations.

The Anglos then helped in the liberation of the Tundran regions occupied by Xylvania and aided in the destruction of the Mining Spider.

Country Representation[]

Like all other nations in the Battalion Wars series, the Anglo Isles is based off a real life country, in this case being Great Britain in the first half of the 20th century.

Anglo veterans wear tartan kilts, just like Scotland and the Flame Veteran's flamethrower looks like bagpipes, hence its name, "Bag and Pipes", All Anglo units have either cockney or upper-class accents and all vets have handlebar mustaches that must be strictly regulated; A homage to the real-life British Army's tough regulations on maintaining facial hair,

The Anglo in "Anglo Isles" is is derived from the Germanic Anglo-Saxons and "Angle's Land", an old name for England.

Culture and Industry[]

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Concept Art of the Rural life on the Isles.

The Anglo Isles appear to be more rural where agriculture still seems to play a major part of the economy. Much of the Isles bear a hive of commerce, shipbuilding, and trade with the large number and size of its ports and harbors. It is also more populated given to the presence of civiliantowns and villages across the land; Whereas in the other countries, such as the Western Frontier, seem to be devoid of any infrastructure, abeit military installations. Anglo towns and villages confirmed include Porthampton, Merseychester, Much Whittering, Lower Thatchford and Dragonham. 

The Isles are also home to some ancestral landmarks and national treasures such as Parliament House, the lighthouse on Victory Island, Jubilee Bridge, Windsor's Column, Hengecleft Keep, a Stonehenge-esque monument and Castle Bergerac; Relics of a bygone era dutily preserved as a reminder of the Anglos' proud history.

The country is also incredibly cultural and a fond of its native cuisine as many of its unit dossiers feature such fare including: tea, toast, tea cakes and fish & chips.

The Anglo Armed Forces[]

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They use Dieselpunk technology.

The Anglo nationals show a great degree of patriotism and as such nearly all of their forces are volunteers willing to take up arms in their home and the country's interests. While much of the unit roster is relatively shallow, their fighting capabilites are not to be underestimated with effective equipment and technology to back. As such, they do not have a use for experimental units such as the Battlestation, Dreadnought and the Strato Destroyer).

Air[]

The Anglo Isles' greatest strength lies in air power, making them a difficult foe when contending for the skies; Far more than any other nation's air capabilites. The designs for the Fighter unit are based on the Supermarine Spitfire and the bomber on the Vickers Wellington.

The Anglos' were planned to have access to the Strato Destroyer, based on the Lancaster Heavy Bomber.

Commander Pierce is an accomplished Fighter pilot (revealed in the first cut-scene, in which he leads the air assault from his fighter, and in a later cut-scene when he rescues Brigadier Betty).

Ground Forces[]

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Concept art for Anglo Isles Grunt and Assault Veteran

Serving as the backbone of the Anglo Army, the tommies are hard wearing and utilise weaponry is based on guns on the World Wars II and Cold War era as their assault rifles are based on the Belgian FN FAL and Light Machine Guns are based on the British Bren

With a dependable armored column, their Light and Heavy Tanks bear some similarites to the Rolls Royce series of cars alongside some elements borrowed from the Vicker Medium Tank series. Originally, they were fueled by coal but the Anglos grew more environmentally concerned and thus converted the engines to run on yeast extract.

Navy[]

Another heavy emphasis of the Anglos' strengths lies in their navy, which naturally proves advantagous given to the islandic geography of their home. Each element of the armada are designed to challenge the enemy's own with equal, if not superior firepower. Much of their vessels were outdated but only modestly updated to remain combat worthy in the fight.

Unit Dossier[]

Trivia[]

  • With the exception of the Grunts, all Anglo infantry units have mustaches and wear kilts. The grunts are based on the British Africa Corps in WW2, hence the shorts and tan coloring.
  • Strangely, the Anglo Battleship doesn't have a propeller, rudders or anything that might make it move.
  • There was originally going to be an Anglo Isles Strato Destroyer, although this was dropped from the final game.
  • The Anglo Isles is the only nation which does not appear in the original Battalion Wars.
  • Victory Island appears in the campaign mission "Up Periscope" and the online map "Armada" though its appearance is different in the two missions to suit the objectives.
  • The missions Shipyards Ablaze and Storm the Beaches (multiplayer) both have the same map, although the environments are drastically different from one another.
  • When the Solar Empire and Tundran Territories attack the Anglo Isles, Colonel Windsor and Commander Pierce are having dinner in Parliament House. Despite the name, it does not look like Parliament and instead, a country house. It is unclear who owns the house, though it could belong to Windsor or perhaps the unmentioned King.
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    Battalion Wars 2 Unit Dossier - Anglo Isles

    Anglo vets and their weapons
    Anglo Facility buildings
    The Anglo Isles is a Kingdom, but its King's name is not mentioned. It could possibly be a George as two different Georges were King during WWI and WWII.
  • The town of Merseychester is inspired from Manchester, a British city, and the river Mersey.
  • The town of Porthampton is a portmanteau of Portsmouth and Southampton, two coastal towns in England.
  • In "Their Finest Hour", there's a monument resembling Stonehenge in the middle of the map.
  • There is a castle near Windsor's Column (itself inspired from Nelson's Column) called Castle Bergerac. Bergerac was a popular British detective drama TV series during the 1980s.
  • Perhaps unintentionally, the Anglo submarine is very reminiscent of The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" due to its cartoony appearance and the national Anglo color being yellow. Also, ironically, The Beatles were British, the country the Anglo Isles are based on.
  • The central wheel on the Anglo Isles bomber is meant to represent Barns Wallace's bouncing bomb used by the Dam Busters.
  • The Anglo Anti-Air Vet only appears in one mission in Multiplayer.
  • The Anglos, much like the real-life Brits, seem to be very laidback and jovial, treating war as a noble venture and their enemies as worthy opponents.
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