After an operative got captured, immediately send another to rescue(requires 30% network strength). I would also like to be able to make peace with nations after they have failed in their invasion against me. As soon as the coup fires, you'll get the achievement (Nation Franaise doesn't even have to win the war). Don't develop any political branch in national focus tree. Successfully stage a coup in any nation using a spy with the Seducer trait. You can beat the USSR on your own, stack defensive bonuses and hold the line until you have opportunities for a counter-attack. 10 width infantry divisions are ideal for holding the line, while you can make a few 7 infantry / 2 artillery divisions to make breakthroughs. After the Anschluss, you can justify a quick war goal on Germany using the claim on Vorarlberg. If you wish to also go after Why Die for Danzig?, Our Other Place in the Sun, and Monarchy is Back in Fashion in the same game as well, justify on a country France is guaranteeing (Romania, Yugoslavia, or Czechoslovakia), and train enough cavalry units to guard the borders with Poland and Czechoslovakia. Alternatively, you set Historical Focuses to Off as Guangxi and reload a few times to get the best outcome, where China doesn't try to annex you and Japan doesn't attack soon - or even at all. The achievement requires taking the focus Crush the Dream which involves an alliance with the Soviet Union, and is unavailable if the US is already a puppet or not democratic, so DO NOT CAPITULATE THE US BEFORE THE FOCUS IS FINISHED or it will be bypassed, even if other alliance members are still fighting with the US. Turn Communist, join Comintern and take Romania to have a border with Soviet Union, Build up Sudetenland to level 7 forts and don't give up Sudetenland, When Germany attacks hold on till Soviets arrive and beat them (if you are quick Italy will not join Axis), Take the best Germany provinces (by resources and IC), build up your forces and take Italy, Balkans and France (avoid fighting with Allies if possible), Build up your navy, attack the Allies and island hop to Australia, It is easier with historical AI turned off (Hungary can take Austria and/or ally with Italy, France may not join the Allies), Turn fascist, justify on Austria and Yugoslavia ASAP(don't choose any focus to get extra PP) - make sure both justifications finish at around the same time to avoid guarantees (playing on nonhistorical will reduce guarantee chances), During your justifications, take the focus 'Trust with the West' to get rid of the Romanian guarantee on you, pulling Romania in the war also, In peace deal, annex the states you need to form Austria-Hungary, You can then justify and annex Hungary to form AH, giving you cores(manpower + extra factories), You can then join Japan's faction and invade from their territory, Alternatively just join Axis, get military access from Japan (when they war on Allies) and naval invade from Japan (VERY easy), Join Axis, declare war, wait a few days for Netherlands to send more troops to the frontline, paradrop on victory points (don't call Germany), Join the war when Germany attacks Poland, paradrop into Northern Territory, take Canberra (don't call East Indies). If you want to keep playing, you an try to grab as much of the east as possible as well as there is a follow-on decision to core the far east. So you might need a bit of luck for this strategy to succeed. Launch the naval invasions and Rush the French victory points, and push through the United States - as France will still have Disjointed Government, they'll capitulate after taking Paris and a few others. You can start training a ton of 1-battalion divisions and boost the template later. Wait for Germany to declare war on Poland. But for some reason this function seems to be broken. Simply go to war with the colonial powers and occupy enough territories in Africa to create 13 collaboration governments, which will count for the achievement once you complete the Towards African Unity focus. Once you are able to declare war launch naval invasions in the south on and around ports, supporting contested landing with encirclements to quickly gain sea access. As of patch 1.11.13, this achievement is rather trivial: you can start as Germany in 1939, conquer Poland and France at your leisure, and drop some Paratroopers under Kurt Student in Dover (use Force Attack and Glider Planes if necessary) to take over the UK and end the war without bothering with naval invasions. All you have to do is click on the hand-shaking icon to bring up your diplomacy screen. Start the game as Mongolia. Their army is really weak and the Germans will never go after it when you have it annexed. Finish all Rocket Technologies as Poland. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV by Paradox Development Studio. The below list groups the various achievements by a difficulty level as assessed by the wiki editors (uncategorized - UC - achievements haven't been assessed yet). This can be done by keeping control of the northern states (Asturias & Pais Vasco) for as long as possible as the Nationalists need them to prevent the uprising. achievement_romance_of_the_three_kingdoms_YUN flag is set. Complete "Rally Around the Emperor" focus, request permission to set up a government in exile in United Kingdom through decisions. Don't forget to increase the number of factories assigned to A-A/Enigeers after Infantry equipment has a good amount off them. Save up Political Power. Alternatively, take the Fascist path and take the focus "Join the Axis". An easy way to trigger the uprising as Soviet Union: Is faction leader on Paradox technology, Legal You can also spam recruitment of divisions until you've used up all your manpower, wait a few ticks for the achievement to trigger, and then cancel them all again (if you want to continue your game). When Japan declares war on China, join their war, and when China calls in the members of the Chinese United Front, you will instantly get the achievement. It is recommended to use spies to create a Collaboration Government. Attack the Monarchist (or both sides) before they can recover from the civil war. If you get full annexed, it's game over, but the allies won't annex you, they'll probably split Germany into a few puppets, and you'll get to keep playing as a Allied puppet. Wait until Germany is deep in the USSR, then declare on them - the closer the Germans are to capitulating the Soviets when you declare on them, the better (if you're really lucky, the Soviets will capitulate right before the Germans capitulate to you). The trigger flag is le_clerc2. Continue working on boosting fascist support in Finland and keeping their stability below 70%, once facism is above 20% begin preparing a coup in the land Islands, this is crucial as they will remain undefeatable by mainland Finland, once the coup is complete (and it is important to do this before late 1939 / early 1940 to avoid the Soviet Union getting involved) begin using 'Diplomatic Pressure' and 'Improve Relations' on the fascist rebels, they will survive almost indefinitely and once world tension is around 55% you will be able to create a faction with them, alternatively you can now freely justify on Finland as now they are at war which prevents them from being guaranteed, just make sure you haven't already started the faction as that could cause them to join the Allies. (there is a good chance of Hungary taking Austria and/or allying with Italy so Germany will be weaker). And that is my point - Even though the country had surrended, you still had pockets of resistance fighters hellbent on fighting till their death, and some commanders with some final plans they desperatedly tried to go through with. B), Choose Fascist Demagogue as your first Political Power spending and turn Fascist (skip Civil War option), Join Axis and help them in wars (Germany has to survive until they research Tiger tank - at least late 1943), Get the Fascist focuses ,declare independence of South Africa, Justify and Declare War on Liberia and puppet them in a peace deal (can also be done by releasing Namibia and justifying on them. As South Africa, finish the Anti-Colonialist Crusade focus, release all European colonies via the focus, and take London. Make sure to research rockets. Since Tannu Tuva doesn't have the means to properly suppress the resistance, you can just wait until the resistance in, Can be completed alongside "Swiss Cheese". Divide your army in one stack of 16 and 2 stacks of 24. By early 1939 you should stop building factories and instead start building forts, railways and where necessary supply hubs. Once that decision is done start boosting resistance in specific French provinces. You can now continue down to Ostland to get the achievement as Germany will accept your request to join the Axis since you're not at war anymore. Once in UK, focus on London and other victory points. Refuse the Soviet's ultimatum and just hold the line for a while. Both will have low compliance and resistance strength in their African provinces. If you do it right, you won't run into an equipment deficit. When they reach the required level, establish monarchism in Poland. welcome to the "make peace" mod. The USA starts with the first Georgia, while the other two; Georgia and South Georgia, are owned by the Soviet Union and United Kingdom. In 1938 Germany will declare war and drag the Allies in even before they declare on Poland or Czech. Type the name of a command into the search bar to instantly search our database of 172 HOI4 commands for the most recent version of the game on Steam (PC). When the Trotsky seeks refuge event pops up, choose to invite him into the government. When Germany demands Danzig give it to them, but don't select the fascist option in the event that follows soon afterwards. Rush Fascist and justify a war goal on the Philippines, if you try to justify on a major country like the United States world tension will skyrocket but because the Philippines is a puppet the US will automatically join when you declare war upon them, with far less world tension generated. This can easily be done by conquering France before taking Oppose Hitler; justify on France directly (while France guarantees Yugoslavia, Romania, and Czechoslovakia, if you justify on one of them, you'll call either Romania or Czechoslovakia in as well). Play as any South American nation if you want to AFK. Use templates from. Once you have annexed/puppeted the USA, a decision will appear to install an American Monarchy. . You should be able to take the focus "The people's republic of Bulgaria" by December 1936. Alternatively, Italy is a great choice. Once the civil war starts, the playable side in the civil war will receive independence, which grants the achievement. Conquered a coastal state in Europe. If everything done correctly, you can get this achievement by 1942. warsaw_liberated_self_flag gets set if resistance hits 90 in a. This will splinter your nation into many autonomous puppets (which don't count towards the achievement) and a small Ethiopia. Go fascist and justify on Albania once you flip. To trigger the civil war do not arrest the king and go down the focus "The Right to Rule". As British Raj build military factories, invest tech in newest infantry weapons, mass produce it and lend-lease them to the UK for autonomy points (technology above UK level will net more points). Posted on 26 Feb in avondale redbud problems. Take advantage of the Zara exploit. Do not engage any factions or wars then. This achievement is best done with a world conquest game or with the achievements "Awake and Angry" or "Battlecry". casualties < 475 Grind during the Sino-Japanese war as much as possible. The Trk Ulusu focus will pacify the Kurdish states, while the Islamist opposition can be dealt with through the Counter-Fundamentalist Operation or compromise decisions (as long as the Kemalist remain loyal). By this point Shanxi and Xibei San Ma won't have enough divisions to cover the front line so you can walk around them. Safe the rest of your PP for when the war starts so you pick war economy, free trade and Extensive Conscription. Important to choose "Insist on a Royal Marriage" so you can form the American Monarchy. Primarily in California for the Lv10 Naval Base. Justify on Republican Spain, and declare war. The key in here is to not capitulate. A decision should be available after the war is complete. The guide below is outdated because the "Emperor Stays" path no longer has access to the focus:"Towards African Unity". You have 2 focuses giving you boost in that area. Although, given the military capabilities by that point, and that Germany will probably invade France too, it shouldn't be a big problem to do so. Let them wear themselves out attacking you for a while. Now you are safe from Germany. do nothing as Luxembourg). But since the AI UK had killed more Japanese they were the ones who Japan surrendered to. The Achievement requires the decision to release the nations rather than the release nation button on the occupied territory screen. Play as the United Kingdom, as they can release about 40 nations as puppets through their national focus tree. As Ethiopia, found the African Union and have it encompass at least 13 different countries with capitals in Africa. 1.4K. While the german civil war rages, keep an eye on Hungary. If you are lucky, a civil war in Germany might trigger in which case you can invite the rebel Germany to your faction. Multiple expansion icons mean either can be used. The easiest way to defeat Turkey is a battle of endurance. . Eliminate Warlords who don't submit quickly by rushing their victory points or in the case of. open.spotify. Take Ministero della Cultura Popolare and Believe Obey Fight focus just after it since you cannot take these focuses if you are no longer fascist, you may also want to complete the Security Militia branch next as it unlocks a support company and some other bonuses which you will keep later on but since this increases Fascist popularity, you might as well do these just before turning Non-Aligned. Easier if the Nationalist are weakened by the Carlist rebellion. As Ethiopia, without being in a faction, force the Italians to make peace. This means that they will quickly declare war on the other warlords and Communist China. Sooner or later Italy will declare on you, do not call your puppets to war. With Man the Guns, assuming leadership on the diplomacy screen requires 50% more factories and fielded manpower than the current leader. #Hoi4 Germany #speedrun guide with commentary to beat Hearts of Iron 4 in december of 1936. Capitulate the USA, and depending on other achievement tasks, either puppet or annex, then finish off Mexico. Justify on Mexico and build up naval base in Curacao. Aside from the countries covered in the focus tree, you won't have to justify on Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, Mexico, Albania, Greece, or Turkey; former 3 will get eaten by Germany, Mexico can give you a war goal through an event, and Italy will eat the latter 3). Once most of France is liberated and Italy has largely fallen simply leave the Axis and justify on Germany (A fast way is to choose Voralberg, as it's a core of Switzerland and therefore you only need 15 days before you can declare war). Puppet Bulgaria and follow up with Terror and Fear to start the war with Turkey and Romania. Once you get enough military XP, get the Proper Heritage spirit of the army and make the largest cavalry division template as possible for garrison, adding the MP once it finishes research then switching it for State Serves the Military once done. Hi, let me introduce myself! If the La Rsistance DLC is active, you can just rush the focus, Play Canada as normal but always rush down economic focuses. Wait out till 1945 for the achievement to fire. This prevents you from "taking territory." During the peace deal, take the American States as well as the French-held Kurdish State - the Axis will mostly focus on African and European lands, and will only take land elsewhere if nothing else is left. As the U.S.A., assume faction leadership of the Allies, and have over 50 expeditionary divisions from the United Kingdom. Don't forget to change the regions of the planes to help your troops. Join the Axis, which will consist of Germany alone. Basically I like to play as minor countries and see how much of a wrench I can throw in the greater chaos of WWII. Easiest way is to promote fascism in France from the start of the game, then complete "Danzig for Slovakia" to gain control of Danzig without going to war with the Allies (incl. Build up your HQ anywhere you like (Ukraine has the largest population and the most industry) and keep expanding outwards. Make sure that you took as many coastal provinces as you can. Use these divisions together with your fighters to make a push through the low countries. Don't forget to research Transport Ships to be able to launch naval invasions! Taking Moscow and Leningrad leaves you well positioned for 15% warscore, which you can further secure by pivoting east and reach for the Urals. For your focusses: The Castle -> Prepare for the Inevitable -> Resistance Industries -> Exile Industries -> The Sanitation Right -> The Sanitation Left down to A New King in the Castle -> Local Western Plans and then economic focusses for more factories/resources. Due to Vichy France's large colonial holdings, you will have over 24 states after annexing them in the peace deal. IIRC, whoever kills the most of the capitulating country is the country that is surrendered to. Send each one to a different coastal province of France, the ten closest to Belgium. As China, reconquer all of China and Manchuria and force a Japanese surrender. However, it must have a naval port. Remember to build Infrastructure, Railroads and Supply Hubs, as Chinese supply is mostly atrocious. There are several decisions in the focus tree, giving claims, but to make Miklos Horthy a Naval Commander you need to take the Habsburg Prince Focus Path. If you justified on Hungary, they should be an easier opponent than Romania and Turkey unless you are too late and they already joined the Axis. Countries cannot lose their major status while at war. If you go too far, they will overrun you. WARNING! Joseph Stalin is the current country leader. Do the same with the other faction members, leaving Sinkiang for last. As Germany have both Poland and France surrender before January 1st 1940. Join. You can join the Axis or Comintern to force Romania moving some of their troops, but don't call them in, as giving Romanian land to Transylvania will require a lot of war score. Some of them will join the war and grant you the needed land. Has not completed any of the below focuses: As of 1.9.0, Bourbon Spain only needs to occupy the French cores. For example, in a USA game I island hopped pretty quickly to Japan and then used the nuke events to capitulate them. They should abandon those plans just like Nazi-Germany did with the invasion of Britain. Alternatively, try to naval invade Soviet's far east front and capture a few victory point provinces. Note: if you are going for the Pizza achievement, this is a good time to go after the USA, do it before the next step. To gain Vojtek as your commander you need to trigger the Polish event: One possible way to achieve this is refuse, This can easily be done in combination with "Holy, Roman, and an Empire", because after forming the Roman Empire you've more than enough resources and big enough of a navy (take both France and the UK's in the peace deal) that no one should be able to stop you. However, make sure that they are not neighbours. If Iceland gets released, it may be necessary to justify against them. The first option is to launch naval invasions against Paris. Can be done as Manchukuo by following the focus tree to declare war on Japan - requires. Only if Hungary picks 'invite the Habsburg Prince' there will be Austria-Hungary. Dismantle the faction, declare war on the Soviet Union after Germany is pushing east. 1.4K. If your keyboard layout doesn't have that key, other hotkeys to open the console are SHIFT + 2 and SHIFT + 3. Making sure your armies exactly surround the small tile between Katowice and Krakow. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Build better infrastructure and railways on your east border. During the Peace Deal, focus on taking American land - the Axis will be mostly focused on Africa and Mainland Europe (if you didn't generate enough war score, take the coastal states + Alaska and Hawaii first, then the states bordering Canada and Mexico; then, take the rest of the inner states; if the Axis manage to make a puppet of the US with one of their cores, you should be strong enough to beat the Axis if you attack while they're dealing with the Soviets) - if you want to annex the US, you can puppet them using a non-core state and still take the decision. As South Africa, finish the A King for our People focus and take Jerusalem. Once Norway is gone, declare war on and take Sweden. Then, justify and declare on Turkey - by this point, Turkey will only be guaranteed by you and Germany if historical is turned on, and as you are both faction members, the Germans won't answer their call to arms (do not answer any German call to arms against the Soviet Union until after Turkey is defeated). Germany is not at war with France. Habsburgs everywhere as you will have already crowned a king and be able to get to Jerusalem easily by this point. Start as Japan. As a Communist United Kingdom, crush the American Dream by puppeting the U.S.A. As Yugoslavia, establish the autonomous region of Transylvania and have it own all Romanian cores. From the beginning build a couple of dockyards to increase your convoy production, and maybe some extra submarines too. Take Monarchia d'Italia when you are done. There's no need to do a naval invasion - you'd probably get curb stopped by the royal navy anyway. Let Germany get to -85 opinion so they get the war goal against you. Poland: Is in Faction with Kingdom of Hungary. As a democratic nation, build a lot of planes, namely strategic bombers and fighters, and rush nuclear technology. As Ethiopia, go communist and take all the states that border the Red Sea. Hungary starts with more aluminium than it will ever need: build a large air force to support your ground troops, You can let the German have the Sudetenland, they will leave you alone after that, Conquer Yugoslavia, then Romania and Greece: the oil fields will supply your army, while chromium can be used to build battleships and heavy tanks, Construct ships and naval bombers as soon as you have a coastal province, destroy buildings to make room for more dockyards if necessary, Find a good time to backstab Germany once they are at war with the USSR and join the Comintern. At peace conference take at least one Soviet and Polish core territory. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV by Just take fascist demagogue and spam "Rally the Leagues" decision. After that take the focuses "Enemies on All Fronts" and "Pre-Empt Western Intervention." After the peace conference, pass a few hours, then release the USSR in Onega and Olonets as an independent nation (not a puppet), justify a war goal and attack them. As Greece, liberate Albania while being at war with Italy. The game is available on Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS. On non-historical they may also simply not take the focuses in the right order to prevent the uprising from happening. Once capitulated you will be the only member of the Comintern. Game Play button - Click the game Play button after choosing the video settings, DLC, and mods. Once the war starts you should have naval supremacy for a few hours. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. When you reach the belgian-french border, the whole of the french forces will probably still be shuffling from the Maginot Line into Belgium while you are already drifting towards Paris. As the United Kingdom, have at least 9 battlecruisers. Take the Move to Secure the Dominion focus as soon as you switch communist, and start justifying on the Philippines, since that won't raise WT by much but still make sure the US gets involved. If world tension rises take the defensive focuses until Germany declares war on Poland, join the war and rush down the war focuses. Try to get as many of the potential members in as possible, if you can get UK to join you, you are all set and you can take it slow from there. May be done in conjunction with the Hail to the Qing and the The Good, the Bad and the Weird achievements. As soon as you are faced with the choice between "Affirm Loyalty to Moscow" and "Bastion of the True Communism" focus choose the 2nd one. Can be done relatively easily by defeating the Axis together with the Allies and simply taking Latium in the peace deal. You should be able to gain independence before the end of the war, through war contribution and the autonomy focus. Is a Collaboration Government Invade USA through the South, ignore Mexico for the time being. Merge all your ships in one single fleet and place it in one of your ports near Denmark with the order, Start the war. As the opposer of Stalin, you can get millitary access from those countries during civil war. Stage naval invasions from Wilhelmshaven to Hull and the provinces surrounding it (the British won't protect those as much; use the French navy + your navy to secure the Channel), and rush the provinces - capitulate the UK (as Poland is part of the Allies, you can take land from them in the Peace Deal, and then annex France through the puppet system (if you don't have , just annex France outright in the peace deal after they capitulate). Assuming you're playing as historical Germany, you should be able to defeat France without strategies as complex as naval invasions or paradrops. In order to get states to join your faction via decision it is important to have more manpower deployed to the field, and puppet expeditionary forces contribute to this number. Complete "The Path of Marxism Leninism", "Addressing Internal Affairs", "Expand the Agitprop", "The Komsomol" and then either "Positive Heroism" or "Collectivist Propaganda" to unlock the Agitprop decisions and expand to three slots. For more information, please see our You should be strong enough to capitulate Sweden through manpower alone, once the war ends take Lapland for yourself. As the Soviet Union, activate 30 propaganda campaigns before 1945. As United Kingdom, release at least 14 colonies as puppets at the start of the game. Keep an eye on non-aligned Russia's division count and declare war to Axis when you are ready, after that either get control of capitals via naval invasion/paradrop or ask control from your allies. The first part of the war with the Soviets is about holding and fencing off their naval invasions. Once the civil wars are over, immediately take "the unification of the balkans" focus, from test runs this can consistently be done Jan-March 1939, annexing Greece, Yugoslavia and Romania. this is one of the most powerful hoiiv exploits everTo See My Story and Support Me Check me Out on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dustinl796Check out more amazing videos here https://goo.gl/Nz9vKsSocial links to stay up to date on new videosTwitter https://twitter.com/TOPGUNGUY123Instagram http://bit.ly/1Rx03LMDiscord https://discord.gg/pxcbGaM The best I can figure out at the moment is using the occupation painting tool, deleting all the enemy's units, and then clicking all VPs. You don't have to accept the call to arms straight away once the Nationalists are attacked, so prepare as much as possible without letting them get steamrolled. Send absolutely everything at Ethiopia, you do not want them to become government in exile. Attack the Italians there, but don't take the port. But since you only need to occupy the land it isn't a big problem if they join a faction.