I did a bit of research and General Keyaerts was responsible for guarding the Ardennes, an extensive area of rolling hills and forests. While I wouldn’t necessarily call them mountains by any means, they do contain some steep cliffs and whatnot.
Oof, he probably thought that this was a cushy enough job, after all who would dare to invade through the Ardennes? They certainly wouldnt try it with tanks...
So he was…oh, you know, only responsible for guarding the *most famous area in all of the Battle of France* as his command. So we can either cast a lot of blame on him for the fall of France or we can feel really bad for him that nobody thought the Germans would go through the Ardennes. I may look into him myself now, good research!
@@aceofspadesattorney There's only so much he could've done though. He was in the process of being sent more troops, wasn't supported by French High Command beyond one general who was sending him said troops, and didn't have ANY air support...
@@asbestos1502Don’t forget that the communications were cut and so he didn’t follow the orders, which were to retreat. Although in the end it was the best option to try to repel them, since it had the most potential to save Belgium.
@@Grugglaren Gdp wont work we can buy all ur companies Volvo, h&m and more soooo u dead im coming to sweden with the whole norwegian army of 20 men....
There are the Scenario Stalingrad and Overlord mod you could check them out , the scenario mods focus on particular campaigns or battles with a zoomed in map and historical order of battles, stalingrad has multiple start dates.
Ask the British if you're so keen for an answer. Also the answer was to be a buffer state between France and Germany, which I would say we did quite well given what we were up against.
Just a quick note regarding "mountaineers" in Belgium. The Chasseurs des Ardennes were mountain/hill-trained light infantry based in the Ardennes (in Hainaut).
There was a decision called 'Revise the Treaty of London' which should have given you cores over all the Benelux, did you not see it or something? Edit: I know because I saw it in the decision menu.
Omg Alex, I've been following you gor 4 years or longer now, I don't really remember. I love your video's and watch all of them. I am from Belgium so that's why I am so excited to leave a comment. Haven't even watched the video but thank you anyways for all of the fun content and really funny moments you have brought us. You are a great guy I am sure of that! All of the best. From Belgium. Ps maybe one day you'll have a multi-player game with Bittersteel, to show who's boss!
Vanilla Belgium is actually quite fun to play. By going brown you can conquer Lux and NL early on, form Leo Belgicus and have a relatively decent industry. Complemented by all the manpower you get from Congo and Indonesia you can build a good enough army to face the germans or attack the Allies... A timely switch back to democracy makes the country a pretty fun nation to form EU as
I've tried this mod, you can unify the Low Countries through the interventionist sub tree, then just spam forts across the length of the border. After achieving unification you have to clear the great depression and then after picking up the first army focus just go down the industry tree to get enough factories to finish the fort line. Bit cheesy but it works
I finally realized something after watching Bitt3rsteel play this mod. Alex and Bitt3r are opposites who bolster each other's popularity. We love Alex for his consistent incompetence and failures, and we love watching Bitt3r then correctly do whatever it was Alex borked.
I think the British AI is hard coded to sit in Dunkirk so France will fall and the Dunkirk encirclement will happen as in real life, same thing happened when I play France
"Why does everything sound like an innuendo?!" There are hundred of ways you could've made that statement, but you chose "...come in me"; not too many other ways to take that statement, Alex. It was hilarious, nonetheless.
Yeah, unfortunately with historical ai on, the ai is unfortunately, well, railroaded if you can believe it, but in a pretty dumb way. In 39 and 40, France and Britain basically *try* to lose France. And by 43-44, Germany is practically *trying* to lose the east and normandy. Like, it’s infuriating watching the french ai refuse to do anything if you as a democratic europe minor are actually doing alright against Germany, because the ai just ceases function until it capitulates because “that’s what it’s meant to do.”
The AI is just atrocious in this game. Like I get the desire for "historically accurate gameplay", but all it really does is force the AI to be stupid on one front or another. Takes the enjoyment out of a hard fought victory for me.
Idk if you in particular played the Rt56 Belgium tree but i feel like Leon de Grill is a bit of a cult classic meme in HOI4 youtube land, or at least it used to be a few years ago.
You've gotta play Executor redux. Its the star wars mod and it got a huge update. Both the Empire and the Rebel alliance are playable and they have huge focus trees. 10/10
Your lines break again and again since You repeat the same mistake. Your line has the weakest point near Eindhoven. The enemy line forms a bow around the river Rhein there. And the game mechanics is the way that this provides them an encirclement bonus against you there since they can attack from three provinces or more. The line was more stable if You draw it from Holland southward, using the Ijseelzee as defense. There would be a maximum of two possible attack provinces. And You would use the fortification there. By the way: fortifications are absolutely required if You play the defense card. And You have none of them.
I don't blame ya alex. You did nearly everything right in setting up a defensive line against Germany. You had more org, peircing, soft attack, and defence than they did. Most of the enemy units attacking had very little org and were half strength. Honestly I don't know why the game does stuff like that. Half the time the numbers say one thing but pdx's programming does another. 🤷🏿♂️
I genuinely don't know why Alex lost that fight either. 1000 defense and it's not even a speed bump. My only guess is that it has to be organization. Someone please explain why this doesn't work?
I played vanilla Belgium and had 1200 defense and they still broke trough because of the CAS and just because they were attacking non stop so divisions didn't regain their org
@@thetautvyduxs5242 but how does one mitigate organization damage without just increasing your own? You'd think with such a high defense that would negate it.
Air force was dealing like 4 ground attack which is pretty irrelevant Is just Org damage that causes a lot of reinforce memeing (is a thing that is happeneing since BBA)
Bro even pdx doesn't fully understand their own mechanics. Half the time the numbers will say one thing, but the game will do its own thing anyways in spite of that.
It's likely that his org just kept decreasing. Doesn't matter how high your stats are if the organization doesn't hold out. Again though half the time it doesn't even work as intended as I've had occasions were my organization was near full with high defense, but the enemy would still bulldoze through me as if I was fighting with a butter knife.
In Vanilla, I end up building my own Maginot line and I abandon Eupen-Malmedy. There are too many ways for Germany to attack it, so holding it become impossible. These days, I also have issues holding some of Flanders too...
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Alex your gonna get sued by paradox be careful!!!!
L bozo
Why was it too early
Play Youjo Senki Redux mod
@@explodingwolfgaming8024 🤡
I did a bit of research and General Keyaerts was responsible for guarding the Ardennes, an extensive area of rolling hills and forests. While I wouldn’t necessarily call them mountains by any means, they do contain some steep cliffs and whatnot.
I have been to a very small part of the Ardennes, and a hill expert would certainly of come in handy!
Oof, he probably thought that this was a cushy enough job, after all who would dare to invade through the Ardennes? They certainly wouldnt try it with tanks...
So he was…oh, you know, only responsible for guarding the *most famous area in all of the Battle of France* as his command. So we can either cast a lot of blame on him for the fall of France or we can feel really bad for him that nobody thought the Germans would go through the Ardennes. I may look into him myself now, good research!
@@aceofspadesattorney There's only so much he could've done though. He was in the process of being sent more troops, wasn't supported by French High Command beyond one general who was sending him said troops, and didn't have ANY air support...
@@asbestos1502Don’t forget that the communications were cut and so he didn’t follow the orders, which were to retreat. Although in the end it was the best option to try to repel them, since it had the most potential to save Belgium.
Focus Tree for Belgium, yes
As god intended
Bittersteel has been outbelgianned
Ja lekker maat
@@inactive75464 oei, hopelijk niet te veel?
You have to play it Bitt3r!
14:56 I think the reason the British are staying in Dunkirk is because the British AI is coded to not commit to France or Belgium until after D-Day
Yeah, If Germany stays fascist they tend to be much more of a pushover on Ahistorical
There's a great mod called "Krigsåren" that adds a really nicely developed PDX-style focus tree for Sweden. Well worth a play.
Why play as sweden when Norway is an option
VI KAN KJØPE HELE SVERIGE OM VI VIL!
@@ImNorwegian min norska bror denmark shall help against sweden 🇩🇰🇩🇰
@@TheDaneAKATheSigma Jaaaaa vi slå Sverige sammen
@@ImNorwegian Då återupplivar vi Karl XII.
@@Grugglaren Gdp wont work we can buy all ur companies Volvo, h&m and more soooo u dead im coming to sweden with the whole norwegian army of 20 men....
There are the Scenario Stalingrad and Overlord mod you could check them out , the scenario mods focus on particular campaigns or battles with a zoomed in map and historical order of battles, stalingrad has multiple start dates.
9:05 “see a king and a soldier… fighting shoulder to shoulder!” - Race to the Sea, Sabaton
"What is the point of Belgium?" Is a question many people have asked themselve
Ask the British if you're so keen for an answer.
Also the answer was to be a buffer state between France and Germany, which I would say we did quite well given what we were up against.
We make great beer, chocolate, waffles and fries. If those reasons aren’t good enough to exist than no country should exist
Just a quick note regarding "mountaineers" in Belgium. The Chasseurs des Ardennes were mountain/hill-trained light infantry based in the Ardennes (in Hainaut).
There was a decision called 'Revise the Treaty of London' which should have given you cores over all the Benelux, did you not see it or something?
Edit: I know because I saw it in the decision menu.
Lol he sucks at the game ofc he didn't
It would’ve been more vps to lose
@@Sowned_ Make your own RUclips channel let's watch your "Godly" gameplay.
@@esochibuike8477 No, I don't think I will
Alex, Tommy and the others do suck at the game, we all know it. We watch for the entertainment factor
Omg Alex, I've been following you gor 4 years or longer now, I don't really remember. I love your video's and watch all of them. I am from Belgium so that's why I am so excited to leave a comment. Haven't even watched the video but thank you anyways for all of the fun content and really funny moments you have brought us. You are a great guy I am sure of that! All of the best. From Belgium.
Ps maybe one day you'll have a multi-player game with Bittersteel, to show who's boss!
a mod? you had me excited for a second. Should have known paradox didn't actually care about belgium
I mean it’s likely that a focus tree for belgium will come when they rework Germany
I hope so, being from belgium i always feel drawn to play as them and i never stand a real chance without mods
Vanilla Belgium is actually quite fun to play. By going brown you can conquer Lux and NL early on, form Leo Belgicus and have a relatively decent industry. Complemented by all the manpower you get from Congo and Indonesia you can build a good enough army to face the germans or attack the Allies... A timely switch back to democracy makes the country a pretty fun nation to form EU as
17:01 don't take that out of context...
I've tried this mod, you can unify the Low Countries through the interventionist sub tree, then just spam forts across the length of the border. After achieving unification you have to clear the great depression and then after picking up the first army focus just go down the industry tree to get enough factories to finish the fort line. Bit cheesy but it works
I finally realized something after watching Bitt3rsteel play this mod. Alex and Bitt3r are opposites who bolster each other's popularity. We love Alex for his consistent incompetence and failures, and we love watching Bitt3r then correctly do whatever it was Alex borked.
The Ardennes in Belgium and Wallonië in general is mountainy but idk if it is in game
LOVE from Belgium
I think the British AI is hard coded to sit in Dunkirk so France will fall and the Dunkirk encirclement will happen as in real life, same thing happened when I play France
"Why does everything sound like an innuendo?!" There are hundred of ways you could've made that statement, but you chose "...come in me"; not too many other ways to take that statement, Alex. It was hilarious, nonetheless.
I think after that one patch the Brits have been hardcoded to chicken out to prevent Dunkirk
The UK waiting in Dunkirk to roleplay properly.
I know right...
Yeah, unfortunately with historical ai on, the ai is unfortunately, well, railroaded if you can believe it, but in a pretty dumb way. In 39 and 40, France and Britain basically *try* to lose France. And by 43-44, Germany is practically *trying* to lose the east and normandy. Like, it’s infuriating watching the french ai refuse to do anything if you as a democratic europe minor are actually doing alright against Germany, because the ai just ceases function until it capitulates because “that’s what it’s meant to do.”
The AI is just atrocious in this game. Like I get the desire for "historically accurate gameplay", but all it really does is force the AI to be stupid on one front or another. Takes the enjoyment out of a hard fought victory for me.
Jordan Petersen in the thumbnail
I just returned to my country after a trip to Belgium, I open RUclips and I see this 😂😂😂😂
10/10 vid, you should play the John Parker mod
Idk if you in particular played the Rt56 Belgium tree but i feel like Leon de Grill is a bit of a cult classic meme in HOI4 youtube land, or at least it used to be a few years ago.
bittersteel:visible happiness
Would love watching a playthrough of Old World Blues. The latest updates makes that mod really good.
You should try out the mod "Krigsåren", it's the best modded focus tree I've personally tried
There’s a mod for CK3 (Elder Kings 2), highly recommend.
You've gotta play Executor redux. Its the star wars mod and it got a huge update. Both the Empire and the Rebel alliance are playable and they have huge focus trees. 10/10
Your lines break again and again since You repeat the same mistake.
Your line has the weakest point near Eindhoven. The enemy line forms a bow around the river Rhein there. And the game mechanics is the way that this provides them an encirclement bonus against you there since they can attack from three provinces or more.
The line was more stable if You draw it from Holland southward, using the Ijseelzee as defense. There would be a maximum of two possible attack provinces. And You would use the fortification there. By the way: fortifications are absolutely required if You play the defense card. And You have none of them.
Is it me or does he sound like the stampy but for HOI4
I just read about the Mechelen Incident. Jesus what a bungle.
I highly recommend playing Equestria at War mod. I think you have played it before, but it’s been updated so much. Much meme/content potential.
0:59 Ah, yes. Minor france.
and it seems like that's my mod, i guess?
"What is the point of Belgium?"
Being a speedbump between France and Germany.
0:44 i think he is a simulation or someone is threatning him with a gun to this video.
my glorious belgian fatherland
"hills and mouintains in belgium"
uuuh...the Ardennes?
Theres a mod called the storm:a german rework mod, it adds a communist germany path aswell as better industry and military focuses
High again, Alex? I won't judge you for that.
cool video alex and pretty interesting mod
No wonder you lost, you needed to do the Land of Waffle focus.
He has returned
The Atlantis Mu Lemuria mod updated (called Atlantis Mu Lemuria 1.5)
Paradox really needs to add a focus tree for belgium tho
But they have
It's called vanilla focus tree
Best quote from Allo Allo will always be "You stupid woman" (René to Edith) ;D
I don't blame ya alex. You did nearly everything right in setting up a defensive line against Germany. You had more org, peircing, soft attack, and defence than they did. Most of the enemy units attacking had very little org and were half strength. Honestly I don't know why the game does stuff like that. Half the time the numbers say one thing but pdx's programming does another. 🤷🏿♂️
Portugal Rework Mod [2.0] | La Resistance in steam is one very good mod
4:06 That's what she said. Nyahahahahah.
Alex being being Alex: For the giggles let's do claim benelux!
*IGNORES THE ALLY GERMANY TREE WHICH ALSO LET'S YOU CONQUER THE BENELUX!!*
Alex :) good to see you mate
36 organisation and he wonders how he can't hold🙈
My mom was born in Belgium but family moved to the US
You should play Old World Blues again, its updated like a thousand times since youve last played.
not me waiting for matt mondays
0:38 is this the real life, is this just fantasy?
The thing I hate about the patch is that they nerfed transport planes so funking much
where is my matt monday!!! x
Mondays with Matt Can't get here fast enough!
you should check out a mod called bioshock where iceland is rapture
Good video keep op the good video😂❤
The rambler is back
Can you do a world conquest play through?
Please play Poland Time Machine, it's full of Polish inside jokes, but it would be fun to see someone nonpolish playing it
Have you played Eight Years' War of Resistance before?
A standalone focus tree mod for HOI 4?
Surely this won't be OP, right?
It would be nice to see you do another video on the North America divided mod
I don’t understand how the Germans fucked you up so bad when your defense was so high.
Paradox should make an belgian focus tree,
i hope some day paradox will add a proper focus tree in all scandinavian countries
That’s supposed to be the next country pack so
@@pocketmarcy6990 nice
Have you played Red flood?
you just have to build level 7 forts and the german ai will never even try to attack you. Works as france just fine
I did that as commie France it was great win the war by forcing the Germans to fight me in Italy
Ai can attack high level forts if think that can win
Finally, a better Belgium in this game 😂
You could have cored the whole benelux through a simple decision
So much in this video can be taken out of context... 😳
I really wanna see a Canadian focus tree mod if u could do one, dk if anyone else would like it, but I sure would
Canada has a pretty good tree in the Great War mod if you want to check that out
I genuinely don't know why Alex lost that fight either. 1000 defense and it's not even a speed bump. My only guess is that it has to be organization. Someone please explain why this doesn't work?
I believe its becasue of the combat width
I played vanilla Belgium and had 1200 defense and they still broke trough because of the CAS and just because they were attacking non stop so divisions didn't regain their org
@@thetautvyduxs5242 but how does one mitigate organization damage without just increasing your own? You'd think with such a high defense that would negate it.
He didn’t have an airforce
Air force was dealing like 4 ground attack which is pretty irrelevant
Is just Org damage that causes a lot of reinforce memeing (is a thing that is happeneing since BBA)
A belgium mod? When someone should convince the Bitt3r one to try it.
Has a french i can confirm that fries are belgian.
Beeing belgium in 1939, what-a-mistaka-to-make'a!
HoI4 with Goose Virus active >=D
Nice singing ❤
Belgian neutrality is no more
why dont you form benelux
i have never played a country that isn't belgium in hoi4
Lore of focus tree for Belgium momentum 100
Alex attacking me personally here :,(
I played a historical belgium in multiplayer and got the benelux quite easily.
actualy it only has one flaw fso far that bothers me Afga is german it was part of IG farben it should be Gevaert
You should play Equestria at War again they have had a massive update not to long ago
Belgium is already a highway for the german
Literal, i just vist Belgium XD
I would love some Belgian Fries
but why didn't u form benelux when u had the chance😭😭
As someone who knows absolutely nothing about this game from a technical standpoint, how does 1000 defence loose to so much less attack?
Bro even pdx doesn't fully understand their own mechanics. Half the time the numbers will say one thing, but the game will do its own thing anyways in spite of that.
It's likely that his org just kept decreasing. Doesn't matter how high your stats are if the organization doesn't hold out. Again though half the time it doesn't even work as intended as I've had occasions were my organization was near full with high defense, but the enemy would still bulldoze through me as if I was fighting with a butter knife.
All Hail Queen Alex!
You should play a Norwegian mod i found it relly gud
Can you play Terra Invicta?
Belgian here, I actually play Belgium a lot
In Vanilla, I end up building my own Maginot line and I abandon Eupen-Malmedy. There are too many ways for Germany to attack it, so holding it become impossible. These days, I also have issues holding some of Flanders too...