The domino plan depended on diplomacy as well as thaw dates and fleet geography. If Copenhagen compelled Denmark-Norway to leave the League, British access to the Baltic could make Sweden reconsider without another full battle. Prussia presented a different problem, one suited to the familiar coalition model of British money funding Prussian soldiers. Russia remained the largest final obstacle, but its fleet might still be divided and many of its officers understood Royal Navy capabilities firsthand. The operation tried to turn one limited victory into a succession of easier diplomatic and military choices.
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From Denmark to Sweden, Prussia, and Russia
Britain expected pressure on Denmark to reshape the choices facing Sweden and Prussia before any final confrontation with Russia.