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Operation Barbarossa - HOI4 Complete Beginners Tutorial ep25
Finally! Can we rewrite history, in Hearts of Iron 4 as we invade the Soviet Union! Today we will learn what to do, and how, as we push deep into Red Russia!
If you wish to take part, download: gamesbrains.com/hoi2024tutorial/Germany_p24.hoi4 and put into your savegames folder.
Barboarossa was the greatest (and ugliest) land war ever fought, a front with 10 million men fighting (Germany 3m v Soviet 7m). Today we learn that the most useful tactic, as it was in real life, is the good old encirclement, using panzers and blitz warfare - at least for a while it went very well.
In the FIRST 3 months of the operation, the Germans using the tactic (they call it Kesselschlacht) they capture well over 1 million soviet forces. Some of these men would later switch sides and assist the Germans in basic logistcal operations, although the majority would die in captivity. The having a million extra mouths to feed on supply lines already strained was almost impossible, and only a small percentage would return home after hostilities ended.
Don't forget you can see the full series on this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLIY632rOtuKBW7-K9PDZZeaIfLWej_7Ji.html
A big thank you to all the positive comments and support I have recieved thus far!
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p24 HOI4 Complete Beginner Tutorial - Attacking Russia
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Today we prepare to attack the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). All the pieces are put into place in this episode. This Hearts of Iron tutorial video (part 24) forms part of a complete beginner series to the ww2 Real Time Strategy Game - if you wish to follow along, you do NOT need to have completed every episode. If you wish to follow along, the EXACT savegame I play can be found here: gam...
HOI4 Complete Beginners Tutorial Ep.23 - Invading the UK!
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Operation Sealion is upon us! The German Invasion of the UK, in Hearts of Iron 4. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PLAY THE FULL SERIES TO BENEFIT FROM THIS TUTORIAL!!! Read on: SAVE GAMES are once again available (as of Ep.21) So if you wish to follow this episode only, or your own save-game is looking WONKY compared to mine, then follow this link and grab the conclusion of Ep.22: gamesbrains.com/index.php/...
EPISODE 22 - The Hearts of Iron 4 Beginners Tutorial Continues 2024
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It's on again, Northern Europe on the menu with episode 22, as continuing our attacks from Sweden into Norway. I'd like to give a massive thank you to all those who've been supporting the channel, the comments I've received have been overwhelming, and some people have even donated, all those who left a like, and even the occasional email - can't thank you all enough. Contents: 0:00 Welcome back...
uBoat Patrol on MAX Realism - Game Changing Update
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Join me aboard the NEW type 41 u-boat, and experience all the exciting new changes that have been put into this game at MAXIMUM DIFFICULTY settings! #uboat #maxrealism As regulars to the channel may know, I'm a big time simmer. If you put the word "sim" onto a game, I'm there. Most of course turn out to be junk, but i've a small collection of games that pull me back again and again. U-Boat by P...
Trial of Allegiance HOI4 Review - NOT Looking Good!
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Why Most Players Dislike the New DLC for Hearts of Iron. We'll also look a pricing, and how you can obtain a refund to encourage developers (carrot AND the stick approach) to think twice before releasing lower quality work. Contents: 0:00 New HOI4 DLC! Trial of Allegiance 0:36 HOI4 DLC Money Grab? Pricing 1:40 HOI4 DLC Money Grab? Minor DLC v Focus Trees 3:04 HOI4 Trial of Allegiance - Review 1...
HOI4 Guide | Beginners Tutorial (2024 Version) - p21
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Our Tutorial Playthrough Guide to HOI4 Continues as we Attack Sweden then Norway. This Episode takes us through 8th Apr - 28 Jul, 1940. If you wish to sync up with the exact savegame I had for this episode, go rightclick-save from this link: gamesbrains.com/hoi2024tutorial/Germany p20.hoi4 The complete playlist can be seen here: ua-cam.com/play/PLIY632rOtuKBW7-K9PDZZeaIfLWej_7Ji.html
Beginners Guide to HOI4 - Tutorial p20 | Invading Sweden
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HOI4 Tutorial 2024 Edition - Continues part 20 as we use Naval planning for the first time, as part of our Swedish Invasion plans. Game Date: 1st Feb - 8th April, 1940 The links to all Savegames for each episode, plus the full playlist for this, the Complete Beginners Guide to Hearts of Iron 4 - can be found here: ua-cam.com/play/PLIY632rOtuKBW7-K9PDZZeaIfLWej_7Ji.html To grab Save Game 19 (to ...
Beginners Guide to HOI4 - Tutorial p19
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Complete Guide to War in Hearts of Iron Continues - Today's Episode Denmark, Holland, Belgium & France Must Fall. Dates covered: 18 Oct 1939 - 1st Feb 1940 To get the exact save game state that I had began with, grab Savegame 18: gamesbrains.com/hoi2024tutorial/Germany p18.hoi4 Those New here, make sure you check out the complete tutorial playlist can be seen here: ua-cam.com/play/PLIY632rOtuKB...
HOI4 Guide | Beginners Tutorial (2024 Version) - p18
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Hearts of Iron War continues as we attack Lithuania, and make use of a Field Marshall & Planning Bonuses to enhance our attacks. Meanwhile the British are bombing west Germany, so we need to rebalance our air. Episode 18 takes us through 23 Aug - 18 Oct, 1939. The complete playlist can be seen here: ua-cam.com/play/PLIY632rOtuKBW7-K9PDZZeaIfLWej_7Ji.html A Breakdown on what all the Combat Stats...
HOI4 Division Combat Stats | What Do They All Mean?
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All Army Template stats mean something, but what's sometimes far more important, are the unseen knock-on effects, most of the stats have, elsewhere in the battle. For example, a panzer division needs X amount of supply, and if we're short, the division will run low on fuel - this is obvious - but the panzer division will also begin to suffer organisational penalties, so it's a double whammy. Th...
Beginners Guide to HOI4 - Tutorial p17
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It's War! Today's Video - Hearts of Iron 4 Tutorial - Germany will conquer Poland. We will make use of Army, Navy & Airforce, and draw up some battle plans. Dates covered: 21st July - 23rd Aug 1939. If you are new to the game, and the channel - the Complete HOI4 Tutorial (2024 edition) playlist is here: ua-cam.com/play/PLIY632rOtuKBW7-K9PDZZeaIfLWej_7Ji.html For anyone joining us for the 1st ti...
HOI4 Guide | Beginners Tutorial (2024 Version) - p16
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To War with Poland! It's FINALLY here, today we finish off final preparations, so by the end of the episode, we can officially declare war. Dates covered 5th Aug 1938 - 21st July 1939! Welcome to the complete Hearts of Iron 4 tutorial guide, for complete beginners, with part 16 we finally do history justice and play the aggressor. By the end of this episode, we will have declared war on Poland....
HOI4 Guide | Beginners Tutorial (2024 Version) - p15
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Complete Beginners Guide to Hearts of Iron 4 continues now Part 15. Date from 29th Mar to 5th Aug, 1938. Today we'll answer a couple more subscriber questions, in this 15th episode, the final PEACEFUL episode, as we finish up last minute preparations. Do ask any questions into the comment section, and I'll get them answered before the series is finished... If you happen to be watching this late...
HOI4 Guide | Beginners Tutorial (2024 Version) - p14
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Part 14 of the 2024 Hearts of Iron tutorial series - covering 7th Jan - 29 Mar, 1938. Today we'll explore the new Austrian Divisions, keeping the ones we like, change or dumping those we don't. We'll recruit a new infantry division type for defensive roles, as well as recruiting the last 3 spaces we have for advisor roles. We shall also see what happens when we mix aircraft types. More detailed...
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HOI4 Infrastructure Effect - Let's See What Difference it Makes
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HOI4 Infrastructure Effect - Let's See What Difference it Makes
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HOI4 Naval Invasion Tutorial - Beginners Guide 2023/24
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HOI4 Naval Invasion Tutorial - Beginners Guide 2023/24

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  • @Prairiedawg91
    @Prairiedawg91 2 дні тому

    That second torpedo shot was insane

  • @otterhead44
    @otterhead44 2 дні тому

    Just found this game. It’s brilliant. Your tutorials are really helpful. But I can’t be Germany cos I’m Russian Hungarian. Thanks !!

  • @nip3004
    @nip3004 3 дні тому

    O.o i wish i could just eyeball the course

  • @WilliamCupples-u2n
    @WilliamCupples-u2n 4 дні тому

    Williams Brian Hall Patricia Jones Shirley

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 4 дні тому

    Destroyer leader also unlocks the Hunter killer behind it which is good for subs, but sadly that trait itself only buffs destroyers which is useless for that admiral

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 4 дні тому

    Maybe the equipment conversion can help with variants, like the AT variant tank vs the regular variant?

  • @DarrenMcGuire-t1o
    @DarrenMcGuire-t1o 5 днів тому

    Martinez Susan Clark Robert Martinez Betty

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 5 днів тому

    I finished the war a few hours after you did, went almost exactly the same, however Russia did already invade both Latvia and Lithuania

  • @WilliamCupples-u2n
    @WilliamCupples-u2n 5 днів тому

    Hall Robert Jackson Karen Harris John

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 5 днів тому

    In my case Austria has already revised the mountaineer brigade twice and it now is much larger with 8 mountaineer divisions, 1 artillery division, 1 artillery support company and 1 engineer company.

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 6 днів тому

    Does anyone els enot have general hans wagner?

  • @eliezernazariol1416
    @eliezernazariol1416 6 днів тому

    38 59

  • @TheGeneralThatGames
    @TheGeneralThatGames 6 днів тому

    Thank you! did not understand recovery rate until I watched this

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 6 днів тому

    Yugoslavia requests sale of airplanes, not sure if anyone else has that. Should I sell fighters, bombers, or nothing to yugoslavia?

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 6 днів тому

    I play it at the difficulty setting 1 higher than the lowest, so i am always low on political power.

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 6 днів тому

    I'm starting to run out of fuel (98 days left), have been following along pretty well

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 6 днів тому

    Finally in October spain started their war

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 6 днів тому

    You (probably accidentally) did not train your surface ships, only the subs, because you were explaining the strike force mechanic and then probably forgot to train them

  • @WilliamWoodfin-j8y
    @WilliamWoodfin-j8y 7 днів тому

    Miller Betty Garcia George Smith Jason

  • @axiezimmah
    @axiezimmah 7 днів тому

    I had 8/10 shipyards used

  • @Timlagor
    @Timlagor 8 днів тому

    I was surprised to see you go so fast before being detected. Maybe that just gets you Sonared faster though

  • @benettybrito
    @benettybrito 8 днів тому

    Wink Wink to people who know what kinda of torpedo he launched.

  • @RexReynolds-d6t
    @RexReynolds-d6t 8 днів тому

    Lopez Karen Robinson George Lee Barbara

  • @SysknShall
    @SysknShall 9 днів тому

    Davis Gary Jones Eric Martin Nancy

  • @TheVampyrebe
    @TheVampyrebe 10 днів тому

    Yup. Many thanks for the save game. Though at the moment of writing, it's impossible to load your save game anymore (This save is from another version of the game and cannot be loaded). And with a nice oddity. In La Rochelle, there was an English brigade left over. My troops were on the east. The time I head there, the moment I started hostilities with them, they (by what I understand) gave back the western part of France to Vichy, cutting in two the land newly conquered.

  • @Peter-qb8gf
    @Peter-qb8gf 10 днів тому

    MY SPANISH CIVIL WAR DIDN'T START STILL FEBRUARY OF 1937

  • @fafrat
    @fafrat 11 днів тому

    Cheers mate! Was just about to give up with HOI4 but gonna give it another go now.

  • @Doug4817
    @Doug4817 12 днів тому

    Bloody exciting

  • @TheVampyrebe
    @TheVampyrebe 13 днів тому

    Note in September 2024 : I have all DLC installed, but none of them are active for this series. I've been trying to upgrade my gerbils-brigade to the Austrian version, but for some reason the Alpensbrigade is not a valid selection. It is not decommissioned (gebirtsbrigade is), but it's not coming in the listing. I would suppose a patch changed that recently. Or something is definitely wrong with my game.

  • @TheVampyrebe
    @TheVampyrebe 13 днів тому

    Small remark from my game. I did had the icon saying shortage of stuff in my game a while ago (my game runs a lot differently as yours, probably due to some patches, but not differently enough to not allow me to follow (most of major events and choices trigger about 6 months earlier than yours. I researched that icon and I found out the reasons for the shortage being sent to me was not linked to Siam producing stuff. But due to degrading relationships (Siam has -10 with me), my trading score was low and other countries with trading score were higher. They were mass producing something, and took more resources, which are attributed based on trading score, highest getting 100% and the rest being distributed following that score until there is nothing left.

  • @YvonneClark-z2x
    @YvonneClark-z2x 13 днів тому

    Robinson Brian Moore Michael Hernandez Jason

  • @IqbalMs
    @IqbalMs 13 днів тому

    amazing tutorial, but when i captured belgium theres already 50+ french and british division waiting on the border, and the war last for months, what did i do wrong? or is it one of those degree of randomness?

  • @lonwof2105
    @lonwof2105 13 днів тому

    Thanks so much for this video. I learned a ton about playing this game. I hope to put it into practice.

  • @lonwof2105
    @lonwof2105 13 днів тому

    Lol I watched this guys video and realized I didn't know crap about this game. Playing on normal mode vs realism is a huge jump. Videos like this really help.

    • @olerasmussen72
      @olerasmussen72 2 дні тому

      I cant even go periscope-deep, my boat go deeper to 20meter my electric motor wont work

  • @cunny1307
    @cunny1307 14 днів тому

    really good tutorial pal I was having problems on how to move troops and assign armies

  • @GuitarandMusicInstitute
    @GuitarandMusicInstitute 14 днів тому

    The Norwegian Sea, where’s that then?

  • @garyreed4628
    @garyreed4628 16 днів тому

    Can you fake oil and debris ? On silent hunter i used to take out the destroyers first then surfaced used deck gun to finnish off convoys

  • @PRC_E5
    @PRC_E5 16 днів тому

    Can someone explain why when you’re only producing one type of fighter (the Bf 109 for example) why is it that more of the previous fighters (the inter-war fighters) are still being produced? I’m so confused. Shouldn’t you not be getting anymore of the previous fighters since they’re not being produced?

    • @axiezimmah
      @axiezimmah 6 днів тому

      They are not produced, but the newly produced planes will replace the older planes in active service, pushing the older planes to the reserves, which makes them available again to be assigned to a new division.

  • @EirheartTC
    @EirheartTC 17 днів тому

    Not sure if its something new they added since this video but you can shift click the exercise button and they just stop when theyre fully trained

  • @SociallyAwkwardPangolin
    @SociallyAwkwardPangolin 17 днів тому

    What size conveys do you play at in the settings?

  • @MelissaMiller-d3g
    @MelissaMiller-d3g 17 днів тому

    Moore Michael Harris Barbara Williams Elizabeth

  • @floridaraccoon1018
    @floridaraccoon1018 17 днів тому

    I'm learning how to play this game solely for Kaiserreich and The New Order

  • @PRC_E5
    @PRC_E5 17 днів тому

    The Demand Sudetenland hits home for me. My grandpa’s family moved to that region after Germany took it back and he was born in 1941 in that region right across from Poland. After the war the Czech’s kicked them and every German out and they eventually settled in Würzburg in 1950. It’s pretty crazy and weird playing a game that had such a big impact on my family.

  • @PRC_E5
    @PRC_E5 17 днів тому

    So I’ve been following along with this tutorial without any of the DLC enabled, as you said. I stepped away from the tutorial for about 2 months after episode 12 to try stuff out on my own. The stuff you taught plus others. I ended up getting the La Resistance DLC and tried that out and only saved on OTHER save files that were NOT this tutorial’s save file. When I opened up the tutorial save file with DLC’s disabled it said I couldn’t play it cause La Resistance was disabled. Again, I never played the tutorial save file with the DLC enabled. It’s fine for the tutorial cause I’m still following along. My question is do you know if this will affect games in the future? For example I may have one game saved with a DLC enabled and another without but will whatever I have going on affect every non-DLC save in the future?

  • @wendydelisse9778
    @wendydelisse9778 17 днів тому

    It would have been nice to see supply map mode, to show a larger horse delivery radius from a supply hub inside of level 5 infrastructure state compared to a supply hub inside of a lower infrastructure state. In a state with larger than typical tiles and low infrastructure, sometimes even a tile neighboring a supply hub tile gets essentially no supplies. Jungles eat supply hub delivery trucks fast, but if you choose to use truck delivery in the jungle for the sake of a larger delivery radius than with horse delivery, the same effect happens with truck delivery radius as with horse delivery radius. Less infrastructure means a smaller truck delivery radius, assuming that you actually have enough factories to manufacture delivery trucks faster than the jungle will consume them.

  • @rexFumoracing
    @rexFumoracing 19 днів тому

    Can I change the route of the convoys when I am trading resources?

  • @TheVampyrebe
    @TheVampyrebe 20 днів тому

    Watching this a bit late to get an answer in the video. However, I'm wondering if there is a bonus to making a plan and not execute it. For example, if you'd make an attack plan on Poland without starting it, would it generate a bonus for plan preparation ? The logic would be there is, since the generals already know what's to come and an action plan is different to hold a position.That could lead to a different placement of the units, with more organisation (since the troops would know where they go, rather than being told in the morning "hey let's go here", that would lead to a time to organize the troops.

  • @Corporate101-mk6ib
    @Corporate101-mk6ib 21 день тому

    Why isn’t the oppose Hitler branch in your focus tree, I noticed my recent game doesn’t have it but it used to

  • @Ben_D.
    @Ben_D. 22 дні тому

    25:55 I LOVE that you instinctively start whispering. Dude. So immersed. This was fun.

  • @テイラーサム
    @テイラーサム 22 дні тому

    Pathetic that UA-cam starts quivering in their boots if AH's _name_ is mentioned too many times. Like he's Voldemo...well, you know who. We literally treat no other comparable, horrible dictator in this fashion. Stalin, Stalin, Stalin. Mao, Mao, Mao. Pol Pot, Pol Pot, etc. Each of whom killed tens of millions a piece. Anyway. Good guide mate.