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Stories and Strategies with Terry
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History, strategy gaming and stories.
Current games featured:
Hearts of Iron 4
Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts
Current games featured:
Hearts of Iron 4
Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 29: America in Flames - Hearts of Iron 4
The fragmented USA are in no position to enforce the Monroe doctrine, and Syndicalist subversion has gained a foothold in South America as well. Argentina, our reliable trading partner, is under attack from multiple sides. Meanwhile, the newly formed Sturmtruppen start having their first successful operations in the US east coast theatre.
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One For All - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 48
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An engagement against raiding British cruiser forces goes very wrong quickly, with friendly convoy escorts being damaged and forced to withdraw. Only the USS "J. Fred Talbott" remains, but can she save the transports against the more powerful raiders? #ultimateadmiraldreadnoughts #uad
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 28: Sturmdivision - Hearts of Iron 4
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The troops landed in the American Union State are rapidly deployed to clean up the naval incursions, which should free up troops for the brittle frontlines. Afterwards, they will move north along the coast, with the goal of diverting Syndicalist forces and subjecting them to attritional warfare. The overall goal is to thin out their lines, including their foreign support, before attempting any ...
Special : Wochenschau September 1937 - Kaiserreich - Hearts of Iron 4
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Thank you @thechto-to3151 for the script at ruclips.net/video/I-alkj4pBUY/видео.html&lc=Ugzk_PgWIMIKEvBuvut4AaABAg #hoi4 #heartsofiron4 #kaiserreich Music: "Zombie March" by Sir Cubworth Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-299-1824-15 / Scheck / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-299-1823-12 / Scheck / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H25224 / Unknown author / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-E2056...
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 27: Our Place in the Sun - Hearts of Iron 4
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Following a political affront by General MacArthur's federal government, Germany has to come to grips with a slow realisation - the post-Weltkrieg order is falling apart, and our reputation as the world's greatest nation isn't quite shining as brightly as we thought. Syndicalist world revolution, the Russian's push to regain their empire, and the US' misconception of their own superiority all l...
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 26: Abandoned - Hearts of Iron 4
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Despite the lack of heavy equipment, German divisions in California are spearheading the assault against the Pacific States' lines, and make it to the outskirts of Los Angeles, while trapping the southern flank of the enemy near San Diego. But then, just as federal troops look like they're finally ready to join the fight, disaster strikes. #hoi4 #heartsofiron4 #kaiserreich
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 25: Hochseeflotte - Hearts of Iron 4
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After the launch of the latest battleships, German dockyards are requesting direction from the naval high command for future construction. Time to organise the navy, determine what we're missing for an effective fleet, and get that part of the armed forces on track for a war footing. #hoi4 #heartsofiron4 #kaiserreich
Baltimore in Action - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 47
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The newly launched Baltimore-class heavy cruisers get a chance to show their merit, as a transport convoy is ambushed by a group of British raiders. #ultimateadmiraldreadnoughts #uad
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 24: Shattered Order - Hearts of Iron 4
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The old, post-Weltkrieg order is no more. The disintegration of the United States is having ripple effects across the continent, while Eastern Europe is rapidly fractioning, with even the venerable Dual Monarchy showing internal fissures and unrest. #hoi4 #heartsofiron4 #kaiserreich
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 23: To the Pacific - Hearts of Iron 4
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Some troops have arrived to assist the federal government in retaking control over the United States from the separatists, and after securing Houston, the next mission is to focus on the western front and retake the Pacific states. Meanwhile, the world is breaking apart rapidly, with ever more uprisings and civil wars spreading. The hold of the German Empire globally is becoming weaker. #hoi4 #...
Impatient Beginner's Guide - Hearts of Iron 4
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So you just bought Hearts of Iron 4 on the Steam sale, but then quickly realised that you apparently need to watch 30h worth of RUclips tutorials, and read through a hundred Wiki pages and Reddit posts before you can actually start playing the game in a meaningful way. Don't despair, it's actually not that hard. Here's a guide through some basics that get you some action right off the bat, and ...
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 22: State of Disunion - Hearts of Iron 4
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Open hostilities are about to break out in the United States - yet another bastion of democracy is falling, and it's anyone's guess who will come out on top. Desperate times require desperate measures, so four lone German infantry divisions are sent to the southern USA to help General MacArthur regain control over the federal government, and hopefully restore some balance on the American contin...
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 21: Fall of Madrid - Hearts of Iron 4
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The Spanish troops are in complete disarray. Conflicting orders from field commanders lead to troops either being absent when needed, or pulled off vital fronts, leaving flanks exposed. Our divisions, despite being outnumbered, are trying desperately to force the encircled Anarchist troops into surrender, while the Carlists in the north are steadily advancing against the capital. #hoi4 #heartso...
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 20: Guadalajara Offensive - Hearts of Iron 4
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The northern front against the Carlist rebels is holding - at the outskirts of Madrid, but it is holding. This gives us an opportunity to race across the plains of Guadalajara, and cut the most powerful Syndicalist forces off from their lines. We have a chance here to eliminate the French tank divisions we couldn't catch in East Asia, and this time, they're not getting away. #hoi4 #heartsofiron...
Alliance Breaks - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 46
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Germany, after losing their sea power for good in a string of humiliating defeats, has sued for peace. This will put severe strain on their alliance, and give the repaired and rearmed US Navy an opportunity to deal with the remaining British forces in the theatre, as well as the French marauders. #ultimateadmiraldreadnoughts #uad
Scenario Restoration Timelapse (no commentary) - HOI4 Kaiserreich
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Scenario Restoration Timelapse (no commentary) - HOI4 Kaiserreich
Sink the Repulse - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 45
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Sink the Repulse - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 45
Channel Update - House, Health & Future
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Channel Update - House, Health & Future
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 19: Land Reform - Hearts of Iron 4
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Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 19: Land Reform - Hearts of Iron 4
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 18: Battlefield Spain - Hearts of Iron 4
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Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 18: Battlefield Spain - Hearts of Iron 4
Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 44
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Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 44
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 17: Condor Legion - Hearts of Iron 4
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Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 17: Condor Legion - Hearts of Iron 4
Bugs & Series Future - Hearts of Iron 4 Kaiserreich German Empire
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Bugs & Series Future - Hearts of Iron 4 Kaiserreich German Empire
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 16: Syndicalist Threat - Hearts of Iron 4
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Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 16: Syndicalist Threat - Hearts of Iron 4
Soupe aux Torpilles - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 43
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Soupe aux Torpilles - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 43
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 15: Belgrade Pact - Hearts of Iron 4
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Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 15: Belgrade Pact - Hearts of Iron 4
Heavy Escort - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 42
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Heavy Escort - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts USA 1920 Campaign - Ep 42
Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 14: Trouble in Brussels - Hearts of Iron 4
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Kaiserreich - German Empire Ep 14: Trouble in Brussels - Hearts of Iron 4
Military Industrial Organisation Guide - Hearts of Iron 4
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Military Industrial Organisation Guide - Hearts of Iron 4
Since you will get a bunch of army exp from the focus anyway you should use some of what you already have on Ireland to solidify your controll over them. Also I would have just sent all of the Transoxian states expeditionary troops anyway to weaken the Russians and hinder their progress.
Terry back at it again with a Great video. Keep up the good work 🙌
Excellent work in Chile and making progress in the America's. Slow, but steady progress.
Also you might be more easily break through the western romanian parts in the balkans, that may give some advantage to the Bulgarians and there are potencial encircelment options
Have you thaught abaut artificially extending the black monday recovery? I mean at this point each segment is like multiple (between 2 2 and 4 depending on how long are the focuses you take) focuses long and tge many recovery-cards combined with the dept decrease cards sould givenyou space and do the trick.
why would you extend black monday?
@@Musik2Huhn to complete more focuses and get more bonuses and decisions for development, like extra resurcies, infrastructure, factories and so.
@@andrasnoll2559you can still do the focuses after BM. The 50% Boost from the Original Focus is the only thing you loose as the Focus explicitly mentioned its only for the duration of BM
@@Musik2Huhn so the khm... Tanobaden plan and the work creation/recovery focuses can be done after your economy recovered, I didn't know that. Than just complete the focuses with the depth resuction and you can finis off black monday for good, ok ok, I thought public works can only be done during recovery, got it.
Hopefully these interventions go more in Germany’s favor!
Yeah because the world war probably won’t.
Omg this is amazing
Thanks! I got really lucky with archival footage, since Karmen's Soviet propaganda-documentary "Spain" is an easily accessible source that the likes of Pathé haven't got their copyright hands on. It's not usual that I get this much video material for events of the time.
@@StoriesandStrategieswithTerry keep up the work for stuff like this!
yoooo this is so cool!! I love all the worldbuilding you can put into a hoi4 game
Thanks for the script - makes it easy for me to build a special out of. I might do some more "Wochenschau" in-betweens every now and then, time permitting. This one was easy, due to ample archival video material being available.
After Carlist forces succeeded in their offensive operations in Andalusia and took vital cities previously controlled by the legal Spanish government, including Malaga, Gibraltar and their provisional capital of Sevilla, government forces had to abandon the South and move towards defending Valencia and territories around it. In the light of the collapsing morale of the loyalists, General Günther von Kluge, head of the Imperial Expeditionary Force in Spain, ordered his armored divisions to launch an offensive against weakened armies of the CNT-FAI, hoping to break through their defensive lines and seize the center of their activity in Barcelona, thus securing Catalonia for the loyalists and ending the risk of a syndicalist victory in Spain. While during initial offensive operations at the Ebro anarchist militias were pushed back by the combined German armored and air offensive, German tanks were stopped just before Barcelona. On the edge of their supply lines and forced to fight a war in a city surrounded by mountains, the German armored force proved ineffective against Spanish guerrilla fighters. While the battle for Barcelona was going on, Kluge got news from Valencia that Carlist forces were now approaching the city, and many members of the Spanish government were planning to surrender to the Carlist faction. Kluge realized that any further operations would be uselessas they would most likely not be supported by the Spanish army, and, with the threat of the rest of his forces being destroyed by the Carlists, he contacted Berlin in a call for help. Seeing their ally fall to repeated Carlist offensive, Germany withdrew its recognition of the previous government and instead invited a Carlist ambassador to Berlin. On arrival, this ambassador was greeted by the Kanzler himself, after which they negotiated an safe retreat of the Expeditionary Force from Spain in return for Germany switching its support to the Carlists. While both SPD and the DVLP deputies complained in the Reichstag that this is a de facto betrayal of a German ally and drew clear parallels between this incident and the Schleicher-MacArthur split, Schleicher once again emphasized the need to build a "cordon sanitaire" against syndicalist revolutionaries seeking to destabilize Germany and its allies, and that "For Germany, it's not a matter of loyalty; it's a matter of survival"
Thank you for the script! It's been turned into the first "Kaiserliche Wochenschau" special episode: ruclips.net/video/eDhIMla-IyA/видео.html
Loved the dialogue for MacArthur!
I may have made him a tad more rude than he would have been, but the sentiment felt on brand, considering that he's basically involved in a coup against the elected government at this point
@@StoriesandStrategieswithTerry I think it was probably pretty close to how he sounded behind closed doors. Lol
The intro made me want to see a newsreel breakdown of the withdraw from the view of the McCarthur controlled media wings
That's a great idea, I might try to use reporting "from the other side" as flavour segments in the future
I love the historic videos!
I've got to get a little creative with the material sometimes, since it's alt-history 🙂
I know this is the last thing you probably want to hear right now, Prime Minister, but German volunteers will soon be needed once again. The Ottoman Empire is expected to come under attack from the Cairo pact within a matter of months, and will see significant Egypt backed revolts from its Arab population. It is the foreign ministries opinion that the Ottoman Empire must be supported in this looming conflict. Not only does the continued stability and friendly policy of the ottomans ensure trade flow from Asia can be done without navel convoys, it also functions as a bulwark against the newly expansionist Russians. The ministry of War reports that both the ottomans and their regional enemies possess only a weak military-industrial base, and many of their officers are inexperienced and nepotisticly promoted. For once our troops, and especially our armored divisions, may be able to act decisively. Though we should not expect effective support from the Turkish military in these operations.
The syndicalists are probably going to win the American civil war, because the American union state is really weak without Texas and MacArthur is having to fight a two front war. Should the Syndicalists secure the East of America they will control the majority of the population and industry and will win barring a Canadian intervention.
I suggest making your voices as your current voice is low (in my opinion)
Should be about the same volume level as the other ones. Did this sound more quiet than previous videos?
@@StoriesandStrategieswithTerry No,Im just saying that your sound level should be higher in your future videos.
Ah, gotcha. I'll see what I can do, may have to split off the voice track and do some normalisation. I tend to, unfortunately, not have a very even volume level when talking, so I have to set the initial gain quite conservatively.
unironically the best hoi 4 tutorial ive found. so comprehensive and easy to understand
Thanks! The game has a huge depth, which is great, but I was trying to cram as much general info into an hour as I could, to get a new player started without having to study for weeks before getting to play :)
Finally caught all the way up! Good series. It is always more fun when someone roleplays rather than goes for the ultimate cheese.
Point of reference for the civil war in Arabia, Saudi is just the family name of the irl current royal family. So, the region is not called Saudi Arabia until after the British installed the current royal family as the kings of the land. Before that, it was just Arabia. Najd is the name of the desert in the middle. If the people of Arabia ever overthrow the Royal family, then it will no longer be called Saudi Arabia. What it would then be called, I have no idea, but it would make no sense to name the country after a royal family that is no longer royal.
I’m fairly sure the princely federation goes pro-Japanese, so the dominion is the only good option because the entente aren’t guaranteed to be hostile to Germany.
I usually lack in terms of tips, but: I'd restrict sea zones sooner than later, in case you get caught off guard. I can see the black sea trade route, for instance, becoming a major security threat Not huge mechanically, but wouldn't a responsible trade minister keep things like that in mind? :)
Edit: add English channel and the east coast of America to that list
Your fleet in africa is half dead , it is not repairing its damage. If you play from laptop, you should consider one thing: in kiserich you relise defeated countries as puppets, but some countries can be split/balkanized which ,by not a small margin , worsening game performance. Other countries can be absorbed like swiss splitting between france italy and germany, or sweeden annexing norway and forming sweden-norway .It small mercy's , but as someone who plays on week pc i say it is worth keeping countries in one bloob.
If you click the arrow icon under the factions star icon you should be able to see that Deutsch-Ostasien is probably planing a naval invasion of Saigon, as you can see four marine and infantry divisions stationed in Kuching.
Thanks, that's an awesome tip. This can also help telling, for example, how a faction reacts to things like naval invasions.
How about when fighting syndicalist Spain push along the coast instead of sandwiching your men between the Carlists and the syndicalists?
I'm trying to plug the gaps in the Spanish lines, since they tend to leave large holes in the flanks that can easily lead to getting cut off. The other advantage is that I'm looking for opportunities to cut off troops, e.g. between myself and the Carlists, leading to getting some help from the latter in cleaning up the pockets.
Oh boy, its unsolicited advice time units cannot strat redeploy (take a train) to a tile where a battle is currently taking place. The player must click on the tile directly behind the battle, or wait for the battle to end. 31:06 "lets be politically savvy" (chooses the authoritarian). Don't worry about it, so long as you don't start losing massively on the eastern front it should be fine. MacArthur does seem to be moving some troops down to deal with it, but make sure you keep a very close eye on that. The ai is terrible at managing multiple fronts, and navel invasions just add more fronts. Of course this goes for the syndicalists too. I am unsure if you already know this, but keeping your debt below 150% at the end of the black monday card game will give more rewards than anything higher. Austria is generally able to crush the hungarians without issue, so if you need to have one less proxy to manage, you can probably consider that the lowest priority. The great issue in the balkans is that there is a land corridor connecting romania and serbia, allowing them to combine armies. However I think it may just be too late to deal with that: Bulgaria tends to get its shit rocked by this war. The greatest issues in Spain is that the carlists get volunteers from the whole entente, basically gaining a vassal swarm. I think you have a good strategy: knock out the reds, hope that spain does not fall, wait until the entent get involved in a war somewhere, then run circles around the carlists. I do encourage you to not give up hope in spain, simply for the reason that it is the most important proxy for germany. gaining a southern front against france cannot be understated in its importance. That said, carlist spain accomplishes much the same thing.
Thanks for the intel! That explains why I've been having issues with strat redeployment... This has been puzzling me for a while, cheers. Did I really end up picking the wrong side for Poland? Crap. 🤦♂️ well, going to have to live with it. The main problem I have in the Balkan war is that I'm fighting with 9/0 infantry, which is just not something that's possible offensively without heavy air support. In retrospect, I would pick the Cannae focus much earlier, as soon as it becomes available. That national spirit is the harshest nerf for Germany, now that Black Monday is under control, since it blocks General upgrades and division modifications. The other thing I'd do differently would be to focus much more on rifle production. I constantly need them for other stuff, which has prevented training more divisions, which could have given me one or two more divs for volunteer deployments. Well, these are things you learn, it's certainly been fun not knowing what's coming.
Hungary joining the Belgrade packt?! Pffffhahaha... Budy, the Belgrade packt has Serbia and Romania in it, argueably the two nations most antagonistic towards Hungary, they would never join + Hungary probably just wins it's freedom and rejoins the Reichpackt anyway at least when they Will be atacked by someone, most likely the Belgrade packt members.
Honestly, in this timeline, nothing surprises me anymore 😂
I'm also playing for Germany on the way Schleicher, and I want to tell you that if you didn't strengthen Russia and international settings, it will be boring. Just like in vanilla, for an interesting game, the main opponents need to be seriously enhanced with additional mods or settings in the game
I've heard that the mod is challenging, and since I'm playing blind / first time, I didn't buff the opposition - mostly because I had no idea who it would be. We'll see how hard it gets, Germany certainly has been given some major debuffs to sort through, but that's also one practical reason I didn't want to support the fascists in the US, since having the US on my side felt OP.
@@StoriesandStrategieswithTerry Oh my God, did this man really call Long a fascist? He is fighting for a better, conservative America without debauchery and leftist lawlessness!
Long was called a fascist by his contemporaries, but later historians have been more balanced, from what I remember. In game-lore, the America First Party is allied with the Silver League, and those folks were proper Roman-salute white supremacists. Long himself I've described in the intro as a "demagogue" version of von Schleicher, with a relatively socialist agenda (e.g. 100% taxes for anything above a million), but with somewhat unsavoury Allies. Ironically, kind of like von Schleicher in the historical timeline, which ended up costing him and his wife their lives.
@@StoriesandStrategieswithTerry Will you continue to play Kaiserreich after the game for Germany is over?
I've got a different plan for the next series, but I definitely like the lore depth in this mod, so I'll pick it back up for sure.
Help Hungary, you would have (gona' want) to take over Austria Bohemia and Slovenia anyways. + It's so rare to see a succesfully libarated Hungary these day, it would be nice so see them win. Also I don't remember weather Kaissereich has it but they might be able to give you Austrian and "majority" German terrytories is they capitulate the monarchy.
For now, the German government isn't quite in favour of Hungary's "rebellion" - who knows which other states get funny ideas. But Austria isn't without blame, so things might change.
Remember to upgrade the panzer template.
Yes, I'll be adding support arty in the next episode, thanks for the reminder :) I'll also finally squeeze in a focus to reduce the "Victors of the Weltkrieg" debuff. I'm seriously struggling to do any kind of offensive operations with 9/0 infantry.
weirdly it could be good for you if hungry wins as you get to annex Austria and most of the time all there puppet just join your faction but know doing A narrative so put to you
For now, supporting our Austrian brothers is the right choice - after all, we've been fighting side-by-side in the Weltkrieg, and they've been a guarantor of peace in the Balkans. That said, their decision to try and break down Hungary puts some serious question marks over their capability to govern sanely, and we'll see how things turn out in the end.
Den Konflikt zwischen Österreich und Ungarn gewinnt eigentlich immer Österreich, die haben eine etwas größere Armee als die Ungarn und können zusätzlich auf die Truppen der Kronländer (Illyrien, Galizien, Bohemien) zurückgreifen. Das größere Problem ist, das die Österreichischen Freiwilligen-Divisionen jetzt zurückgerufen werden. Es hängt davon ab was Österreich macht, nachdem sie Ungarn besiegt haben. Ich meine nämlich es kann einen zweiten Krieg geben, der dann zum Zerfall des Reiches führt. Das würde ich an deiner Stelle zulassen weil dann kann es zum Anschluss kommen
Österreich zu unterstützen ist die logische Entscheidung zu diesem Zeitpunkt, aber das kann sich ändern - es sieht schon danach aus, dass die Wiener Kollegen das großangelegt versaut haben mit ihrem Versuch, Ungarn aufzuspalten. Und in der nächsten Episode passiert noch etwas, dass da zu einem Umschwung führen könnte. Aber ehrlich gesagt habe ich im Moment genug zu tun mit drei Bürgerkriegen.
Du hast einige Trucks, vielleicht solltest du in Spanien auf motorisierten Supply wechseln
Gute Idee, sind ja nur 4 Divisionen in Spanien
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forming fascist eu as france without la resistance is peak hoi4
I've been wanting to do the Napoleon path, and not get frozen near Moscow this time around :)
" impatient beginner's guide" Terry : 1h video
And I even had to talk in double-speed to fit it all in. Still, that's as short as I could squeeze it, without leaving out anything vital, while also glossing over heaps of details :)
Im suprised that this helpfull video has no comments.
still a small channel :)
Apakah USS Arizona berasal dari kelas USS new Mexico?
Hope you can stabilize Spain more!
It's almost as if they're trying to lose 😉
@@StoriesandStrategieswithTerry nooooooooooo!
I think supporting the 'Dugout Doug Big Chief' might be a mistake. I recall that MacArthur can push for over-seas crusades in an attempt to militarily try and 'democratize' countries he sees fit. In the long run the german empire might be at stake. Maybe. Wonderful and immersive series.
I've got my reasons, and yes, from an optimisation perspective, supporting the Union is the best option - they have a chance of joining the Reichspakt. That said, I'm not after an optimal playthrough, and through the eyes of von Schleicher, MacArthur seems like the "lesser evil". From a look through his focus tree, there's a chance that he joins the Entente as well, so there are all manner of interesting combinations ahead.
From memory you said you would support MacArthur’s faction, however I believe Huey Long’s American Union State is the most pro German faction.
That's true - I did take a peek at their focus tree, and they have an option (not guaranteed, since it's in a decision path) to join the Reichspakt. However, I have my "lore" reasons - I'll be doing an intro section before the next episode to elaborate.
18:01 what the hell USA they backing the syndicalist they literally about go to war with the american syndicalist dumb AI
I would strongly suggest focusing on the pacific states first. The HOI4 ai is notoriously bad at fighting two front wars. If you do not kill California the USA will effectively be crippled for the whole war, and you will not have enough divisions to fill in their mistakes. The CSA is by far the most powerful of the civil war factions, as they control the industrial heartland. Even though the Union State is weak, and could conceivably be destroyed first, I really think you should let them live in order to give the CSA another roadblock so they do not have the option of turning their full strength against your own side.
That's a good point. I've started with the south, since that's pretty much where my divisions were dropped off, and it allows me to have an impact immediately, instead of railroading through the country for an extended period of time. I might just destroy some divisions there and then head west - if they start shuffling divisions across the midwest instead of maintaining the lines, that could indeed go sideways quickly.
Absolutely loving this series
Woooooo
Great guide, very informative!
Thanks! Took me a moment to get my head around it, and I couldn't find a good overview on RUclips, so I figured I'd add one 🙂
The spanish civil war AI always does this, I think it just doesn't have enough units to cover its own frontline + any encirclements you make. And the rest of the reichspakt countries never seem to send volunteers either, whereas every syndicalist country will clown car in their troops.
The Spanish troops certainly behave erratically. Seems their generals don't have good lines of communication - either they send nobody, or they end up sending half the frontline, leading to the collapse. It's really hard to make something happen with only four weak divisions. But as long as the Syndicalists take losses, I'm calling mission accomplished :)
Your dedication is part of why I keep watching !!! Keep it up! 🎉
Thanks, really appreciate it. It's tricky, some days my brain just doesn't work, but I'll try to get back to three videos per week regularly. Thank you for the support!
The Bulgarian volunteers can now get a field marshal I believe, since you recalled the volunteers in Asia.
Ah, good point, I'll need to note that for the episode after next (I've already recorded 22).