how do i get my troops overseas?

[Freelancepear87]

i just want to beat the united states and few other countries

[ha]

There are 2 different types of sea travel:
1) Sea invasion - you select divisions you want to send,click on naval invasion button (left one usually) port of origin and province you want them to assualt from the sea. There are several factors - size of force and time needed for planning invasion depends on your techs and focuses,you need to have intel about province you attack and naval superiority above 70%+- in the naval regions between port of originand target.
2) Transporting troops to friendly port - select forces you want to ship,move them to province with port ,after they arrive,simply move them to port of destination.
Edit:
Naturally you also need to have enough convoy ships

[Pippin123]

Note that 1) can be actually hard to achieve if the US had time to build up the navy.
You can expect losses if the convoys are caught mid transit by warships

[Freelancepear87]

it seems that i don't have any convoys for it, how do i make convoys go for naval invasion?

[Mansen]

You build them like you would any other vehicle in the production screen. You need shipyards to produce them like any other ship - except when they are created they are put into a sort of reserve and teleported to wherever they are needed when the game asks for them.

You use them for trading and supply lines as well - they are great targets for submarines.

[Mihai]

A little related to this, so I won't create another thread. Is there a way to tell the troops to take naval transports instead of land route?
Example, Japan invading China, makes landings in the south. If you have troops in Korea, how do you send them to invaded ports through sea? I tried all the things I could think of, but they only choose to go by land, meaning through enemy territory. The only thing I could do is to send them to Japan main first, then to target ports.

[Pippin123]

Two things:
1/ You can use SHIFT-Right Click to set way points for your units
2/ Naval transport is a bit fiddly : units will only use it if a) They are standing in a province with a port and b) you click on the port icon at the target province (not the province itself, just the little anchor)

So what you need to do is select your armies, make them move to the nearest harbor and Shift RIght Click on the target port icon.

If you use a battleplan , they'll take the sea by themselves to reach it, but sometimes the pathing is dubious.

[Mihai]

Thanks.