He should show Tommy Kay or Dankus this disaster save and challenge them to play as the Italians in Vladivostok. I know it won’t happen because it is very stupid.
Well it’s not really rebranding. English speaking nations they call the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the USSR. While in Russian it’s called the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР) or in English the SSSR. In Russian and Belarus it’s the SSSR, in Ukraine it’s the SRSR, in Uzbek and Azerbaijan it’s SSRI. Most other former Soviet Republics and satellite states tend to have the same or similar acronym of SSSR except for maybe Estonia (NSVL) and Tajikistan (ИҶШС). Note: I could only make these observations because I can read Cyrillic (the alphabet most SSSR nations used) but some of the nations don’t use Cyrillic. So I can’t really make an observation on Georgia and Armenia as Georgia uses the Mkhedruli alphabet while Armenia uses the Armenian alphabet.
Bittersteel: complains about lack of chromium 20 times Also bittersteel: does anything and everything in his power to not attack turkey even when bordering both konstantinople and in the caucusus
2:43 Battlecruisers rule! I am really not an expert at this game but i read a guide somewhere about Battlecruisers and after that I started to use them. They dominate the seas! I can play a campaign without losing a single one. I usually make them a bit more cheap thou. Plus its fun. Battlecruisers are just cool.
I always end up watching these videos late at night when I get home and I always fall asleep and watch them again the next night and the cycle continues😅
The limiting factor with games going into late game will almost always be manpower, as such inf offensives are never rly viable unless the enemy is spent and/or out of supply and u do it under green air with lots of cas. Also unless u r using very small tanks bunching them up in stacks of more than 4 per tile is just ineffective they don't get in the battle And they drain the supply for everyone making all of them useless. maintenence comp for expensive tanks is always a must in addition to wat u already know they help recover the tanks lost. finally speed kills, regardless of how many units they have on the line one breakthrough with fast units is all it takes for the whole front to collaps u just overrun and encircle them... territorial gains don't matter as much as killing the enemy army does.
it's honestly surprising that Germany doesn't really have a communust path in their focus tree, like nothing even mentioning the Sparticists uprising and such
This germany didn't seem as doomed as other disaster saves, I feel like the guy saw the allied 15-division doomstack on the west and his CAS obviously dying and got very intimidated by it
I'm glad that Bitter doesn't get my saved fail games. Oh the things I've messed up as a noob at hoi4. If Bitter thought this game was going to break him, I'd love to see his reactions in some of the hairy situations I've found myself in.
I like that the person who did this actually did try to make a navy. The navy is important. But the composition wasnt good. The battlecruiser design was totally fine. Quality over quantity pays off with the navy. But you dont need 15 of them. The AI doesnt generally build new capital ships, and when they do, they use them with inferior units that lowers the overall effectiveness. Pretty sure battles are decided by averages. A good target for intial fleet size with Germany would be 4 carriers, 4-6 battlecruisers or battleships, 2 more heavy cruisers than that, the same number of light cruisers as heavy cruisers (light cruisers are the most important unit, build them high quality) 8-10 is fine, and 22-24 destroyers. This provides a good balance of units, and you dont suffer from debuffs by having so many destroyers. Fleet coordination goes down with so many units and you loose more of them. Subs are extremely important as Germany. Cutting off British units from their island is how you beat them. But as much as I like the navy, and see how important it is, air is more important. I learned the hard way, in a manner not to different from this save (monarchist Germany) that you cant neglect air. Also, auto split off on the battlesleet is a big no. If you want the ships to repair indidually, click the repair button next to them to send individual ships to repair. They will automatically go to open ports. Ive lost too many capital ships to trash subs by having auto split off on. Thats what the AI does, and it feels like an exploit. You can have a battle with the enemy fleet, wreck a bunch of destroyers with your light cruisers, then the subs will do a number on the unescorted capital ships that break off to repair. Thats been my strategy for around 4 years now and it works phenomenally.
Pro tip for AA if you're playing any nation and plan on using anti-air two factories from day one will give you all the AA you ever need for your whole country including Germany
I feel like the recent DLCs have really messed up the axis AI. Its crazy how Italy and Vichy France get teared to shreds. In my recent Germany game I was balls deep in the USSR with 3 Collabs and the 86% to capitulation. I had to move my tank army to France and Italy 12 times to try to save them. And because of the amazing new Italy DLC, England only has to land like one province next to Rome and then the Italian civil war happens
I hope someone can help me here. I'm currently fighting the Soviets in ironman mode playing Germany, but the finns took 1 of the territory that I need to finish Barbarossa. How can I request it back? I have tried looking everywhere. Right click on the state, in my own countrys politic(?) tab, on the finn's, but no such button is visible. Unfortunately I only have the base game, is it not possible with that? I've tried letting the soviets take it back, but they refused to move in. =/ Also what should I do with Case Anton? I had all the requirements, no troops even close, mine or italian, yet the button remain green. I don't understand. I can't even annex Vichy France like this. Even if I somehow manage to take all their autonomy, there's no option to occupy a puppet... or at least Vichy France. Or am I doing something wrong here?
Time to watch a HOI4 video, while playing HOI4 It gets even more meta when I include the fact I'm going monarchist (Even though I'm in 1939 and I'm still fascist)
I'm fairly certain you read the Bourbon France event wrong. Free France gets those. They get the North of France which includes Alsace-Lorraine. I mean I don't know how you even thought they'd (Bourbon France) get this when this is just a Neutral flavored Vichy France lmao. Regardless, great video as always !
Hello I'm a new hearts of iron 4 player and am really struggling with divisions not being able to push through please can you do a guide for if you have no mods on for beginners Thank you😄
Colombia being the new leader of communism, how did they get there as an option? They have a vanilla focus tree and start democratic so what country focus tree caused them to join the soviets or which ai declared war on them?
it was an ahistorical campaign so probably Portugal or Mexico boosted communism at Latin America and about take over faction, any country take over faction if they have enough more manpower and industry than current faction leader which Soviets capitulated and Mongolia weak af Colombia easily get leadership
Bittersteel having to save Germany for the millionth time be like
Default kaiser
Honestly the keiser need to let his place to bittersteel
Indeed
And I'd watch it again...
I dont get it
When the steel is bitter
Bitt3rSteel when Swe1.5twood walks in:
@@at0m1c2?
Lets Do Any other nation
Bittersteel: Nah
Germany for the 1,000th time
Bittersteel: Yes!
Don't blame me, blame whoever keeps sending these in
@@Bitt3rSteelk
@@Bitt3rSteelBittersteel I sent you a communist Britan one try it out
@@Bitt3rSteel i send you a cool china disaster safe if you can check it :)
@@me347 c-comunism???? Ew
27:44 This is what disaster saves do to you kids...
"Italy has been sentenced to life in prison on Vladivostok" one of the greatest quotes in history
He should show Tommy Kay or Dankus this disaster save and challenge them to play as the Italians in Vladivostok. I know it won’t happen because it is very stupid.
I love the constant storyline in this of Bittersteel edging... 15:23 bro had to know what he was doin.
BROOOO
“Such a tight fit”
if you watch it in the context hes edging its a wild HOI4 vid@@Ironcurtainproductions
Well it’s not really rebranding. English speaking nations they call the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the USSR. While in Russian it’s called the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР) or in English the SSSR. In Russian and Belarus it’s the SSSR, in Ukraine it’s the SRSR, in Uzbek and Azerbaijan it’s SSRI. Most other former Soviet Republics and satellite states tend to have the same or similar acronym of SSSR except for maybe Estonia (NSVL) and Tajikistan (ИҶШС).
Note: I could only make these observations because I can read Cyrillic (the alphabet most SSSR nations used) but some of the nations don’t use Cyrillic. So I can’t really make an observation on Georgia and Armenia as Georgia uses the Mkhedruli alphabet while Armenia uses the Armenian alphabet.
3SR is just weird as hell
ah, so *that's* why they change to the sssr in that one path
Nice explanation.
I am Russian, but even for me it is really interesting information
Bittersteel: complains about lack of chromium 20 times
Also bittersteel: does anything and everything in his power to not attack turkey even when bordering both konstantinople and in the caucusus
Also germany and turkey had chromium trade agreements back then ww2
@@niyazikoken8836 really? Neat.
I tend to justify on turkey specifically for free chromium so thats why i took extra exception to it🤣
Imperial Germany in a two front war.... again...
It also looks like Alsace-Lorraine remained Alsace-Lorraine it seems. At least in the beginning.
"I can tell from this overview, that we are fucked." - Bitter, when he plays Disaster Saves, Me when i play anything in Kaiserreich.
When you play game as Germany in KR, and half of the Mitteleuropa betrays you xD
"Great value USSR, who are now rebranding as SSSR"
That was a lot funnier than it should have been 😂😂
Otto von Bismarck 1866 (colorised)
Underrated comment lol
Bitt3rsteel is so mature, what with his "touching tips" and "edging" of frontlines and encirclements.
"its such a tight fit" "we're slowly edging our way forward" 💀💀💀💀
2:43 Battlecruisers rule! I am really not an expert at this game but i read a guide somewhere about Battlecruisers and after that I started to use them. They dominate the seas! I can play a campaign without losing a single one. I usually make them a bit more cheap thou. Plus its fun. Battlecruisers are just cool.
The Italians in Vladivostok had me laughing
Mama mia! The pizza is ice!
ngl kaiser germany in 1940s looks like ww1 under ww2 skin
Not to mention the Austro-Hungarian Empire is back along with their faction being called the 'Central Powers'
Dude had almost a million guns in stockpile and sent this in.. Brilliant
23:05 the one, the only... An actually correct pronunciation of Jelgava. That was more satisfying than it should have been.
POV: Germany is so bad that Bitt3rsteel has to save it every single video
I always end up watching these videos late at night when I get home and I always fall asleep and watch them again the next night and the cycle continues😅
"There goes the royal navy!"
There was a lot of anger built into that small sentence.
The limiting factor with games going into late game will almost always be manpower, as such inf offensives are never rly viable unless the enemy is spent and/or out of supply and u do it under green air with lots of cas.
Also unless u r using very small tanks bunching them up in stacks of more than 4 per tile is just ineffective they don't get in the battle And they drain the supply for everyone making all of them useless. maintenence comp for expensive tanks is always a must in addition to wat u already know they help recover the tanks lost.
finally speed kills, regardless of how many units they have on the line one breakthrough with fast units is all it takes for the whole front to collaps u just overrun and encircle them... territorial gains don't matter as much as killing the enemy army does.
Am i the only one that was confused on 0:58 that Lithuania was "Non Aligned" but only had communism?
Bitt3rSteel's suffering and mental breakdowns are the best. Quality HoI4 content, no doubt!
15:46 It's Bodensee, I live in that region
it's honestly surprising that Germany doesn't really have a communust path in their focus tree, like nothing even mentioning the Sparticists uprising and such
Mama mia! The pizza is ice!
Nice video. Just some throw-away feedback: the Futurama clips are starting to feel a bit repetitive to me. Fun vid overall tho
Noted!
If austria and romania were involved this would be MUCH harder.
Germany is the easiest country. How do people keep messing it up?
They are new, unlucky or both.
14:08 Escape from Tarnow
5:50 for some reason your not producing CAS probably because he has 2k in stockpile for no reason and 300 fighters and 500 tac bombers
This germany didn't seem as doomed as other disaster saves, I feel like the guy saw the allied 15-division doomstack on the west and his CAS obviously dying and got very intimidated by it
Thank you for extending the deadline!
"Ah the Kaiser is losing another war and for that I must suffer." - Every German soldier in 1918
I'm glad that Bitter doesn't get my saved fail games. Oh the things I've messed up as a noob at hoi4. If Bitter thought this game was going to break him, I'd love to see his reactions in some of the hairy situations I've found myself in.
BRO I MISSED THE MOUSE PADS!! NOOOO
3:42 "Oh dear god, someone is trying to experiment and have fun! We can't have that! You must play meta in single player!"
Nobody said that tf 💀
"omg why am I losing?!"
That would be why
This video came out on perfect timing on my end
I got my desk pad! It's awesome. Big fan, quite thick and well-made. Good purchase.
Glad you like it!
"I can conclude from this overview that we're fucked but I'm gonna try to unfuck this" -every disaster save video ever created
Weraboos then: If germany had more Tigers they had won
Weraboos now: If germany had Bittersteel they had won 8:48
I like that the person who did this actually did try to make a navy. The navy is important. But the composition wasnt good. The battlecruiser design was totally fine. Quality over quantity pays off with the navy. But you dont need 15 of them. The AI doesnt generally build new capital ships, and when they do, they use them with inferior units that lowers the overall effectiveness. Pretty sure battles are decided by averages.
A good target for intial fleet size with Germany would be 4 carriers, 4-6 battlecruisers or battleships, 2 more heavy cruisers than that, the same number of light cruisers as heavy cruisers (light cruisers are the most important unit, build them high quality) 8-10 is fine, and 22-24 destroyers.
This provides a good balance of units, and you dont suffer from debuffs by having so many destroyers. Fleet coordination goes down with so many units and you loose more of them.
Subs are extremely important as Germany. Cutting off British units from their island is how you beat them.
But as much as I like the navy, and see how important it is, air is more important. I learned the hard way, in a manner not to different from this save (monarchist Germany) that you cant neglect air.
Also, auto split off on the battlesleet is a big no. If you want the ships to repair indidually, click the repair button next to them to send individual ships to repair. They will automatically go to open ports. Ive lost too many capital ships to trash subs by having auto split off on. Thats what the AI does, and it feels like an exploit. You can have a battle with the enemy fleet, wreck a bunch of destroyers with your light cruisers, then the subs will do a number on the unescorted capital ships that break off to repair.
Thats been my strategy for around 4 years now and it works phenomenally.
27:43 isorrowproductions moment
I just received the mouse pads, the quality of both the print and the material is amazing, it was money well spent, every cent of it
Great to hear!
9:52 😔
I love the detail of the ussr being sssr
Pro tip for AA if you're playing any nation and plan on using anti-air two factories from day one will give you all the AA you ever need for your whole country including Germany
north german confederation gameplay*
I feel like the recent DLCs have really messed up the axis AI. Its crazy how Italy and Vichy France get teared to shreds. In my recent Germany game I was balls deep in the USSR with 3 Collabs and the 86% to capitulation. I had to move my tank army to France and Italy 12 times to try to save them. And because of the amazing new Italy DLC, England only has to land like one province next to Rome and then the Italian civil war happens
29:10 well gg to Bitters Compter
hey Bittersteel make a MD video restoring the soviet union or form the german emire in the great war mod
Day 1 of waiting for more old world blues & KR videos, Love all your HOI 4 content though. Keep it up man!
There should be a mechanic which compels allied countries to give up conquered territory if your warparticipation is higher than theirs.
I got my first save file it’s not that bad just like all your troops would be trapped
To build your spy network strength quicker, put all your spies in one location.
😃👍
"Somehow, the Kaiser returned."
Can you try the invasion of the world with Albania?
"So the Kaiser has RUINED Germany...AGAIN!" Nono, Some idiot did ruin germany when trying this mod and they did not know anything what they was doing.
3:43 imagese you can hear
Imperial Germany GONE INSANE 😂😂😂
Soviet Estonia owning Finland and the NDC owning estonia is beautiful
this save isn't that bad but l said "what!!!" and "why???"at least 10 times
i really would love that mousepad as a background too. is there anywhere i can find it so i can use it on me desktop too?
I have an mp save with my cousin so similar to this i thought it was mine for a second.
"we've lost bavaria and franken" damn right those are two seperate enteties! :D just ask anyone from franken :D
„We lost Bavaria AND Franken“
People from „Franken“ be like: Nice, finally someone recognizes Franken as a state 😂
I never put a full focus on my inf in germany, for me it is just tanks and cas... so much cas that my starter infantry breaks through the maginot.
Italy falling apart?
You don't say.
Again. 40 € for a deskmat is really steep. No matter how long they are being sold.
Why one would go Imperial and not go for Victoria?
Hindenburg go pop?
Lol 😂 anybody else heard that voice he made at 27:43
Damn it. I missed the desksale by 1 day
Still those are awesome!
How many times must we forget this lesson about the old man?
also why didnt you upgrade the generals? with cp
that germany player really said "north german confederation"
19:24 reminds me of something...
Somehow the Kaiser returned.
How do you get these runs/ how can I send you some runs
I hope someone can help me here. I'm currently fighting the Soviets in ironman mode playing Germany, but the finns took 1 of the territory that I need to finish Barbarossa. How can I request it back? I have tried looking everywhere. Right click on the state, in my own countrys politic(?) tab, on the finn's, but no such button is visible. Unfortunately I only have the base game, is it not possible with that? I've tried letting the soviets take it back, but they refused to move in. =/
Also what should I do with Case Anton? I had all the requirements, no troops even close, mine or italian, yet the button remain green. I don't understand. I can't even annex Vichy France like this. Even if I somehow manage to take all their autonomy, there's no option to occupy a puppet... or at least Vichy France. Or am I doing something wrong here?
Remember when Paradox “fixed” the peace treaty system? 🤣🤣🤣
Time to watch a HOI4 video, while playing HOI4
It gets even more meta when I include the fact I'm going monarchist (Even though I'm in 1939 and I'm still fascist)
27:44 😂😂
Bittersteel can you make a video as Mandschuko with Archiments???
SSSR is the russian/slavic name for the USSR. Idk why they put it in an english game though
i think they made this trying to give some nationalist vibe, idk. bc SSSR is basically USSR, but in Cyrillic alphabet.
its actually cccp in russian using a latin alphabet the sssr is the based on trotskis plan for russia and communism@@coala2001
you forgot to do researcdh and to the forever focus trees at the bottom left
Well he wants more political power to fix his cabinet and doing a focus costs 1 political power a day
Is no one gonna question that Finland is called "Soviet Estonia"?
Bourbon France doesn't get Alsace. They get the Vichy borders. The event says, Free France gets Alsace
I'm fairly certain you read the Bourbon France event wrong. Free France gets those. They get the North of France which includes Alsace-Lorraine. I mean I don't know how you even thought they'd (Bourbon France) get this when this is just a Neutral flavored Vichy France lmao.
Regardless, great video as always !
Hello I'm a new hearts of iron 4 player and am really struggling with divisions not being able to push through please can you do a guide for if you have no mods on for beginners
Thank you😄
Colombia being the new leader of communism, how did they get there as an option? They have a vanilla focus tree and start democratic so what country focus tree caused them to join the soviets or which ai declared war on them?
it was an ahistorical campaign so probably Portugal or Mexico boosted communism at Latin America and about take over faction, any country take over faction if they have enough more manpower and industry than current faction leader which Soviets capitulated and Mongolia weak af Colombia easily get leadership
Stopping kids from saying first
That trend is dead
By commenting 3rd?
Kaiser? being saved by a Belgian?
more likely than you think
Any excuse to play Germany is always a good excuse in my book lol.
Can someone explain what is up with Norway/Sweden/Iceland in this game? Why are they all the same colour???
Looks like Sweden went Nordic defense council and the other nordics were it's puppets
Not another germany being saved💀😭🤦♂️
9:53
Wait….. you’re…. You’re not my dad?
🥺
The Kaiser had nothing to do with ruining Germany. The Allie’s had everything to do with it.
Why was Spain blue
No one knows
German puppet Spain, not regular Spain. Probably some shenanigan earlier in the game, maybe he split it with Italy or something.
@@12gark never seen that before lol
@@Aziruf you don't play a lot of unhistorical, don't you? 😂
I've seen 3 Frances, all communist, all at war with each other