Let’s play Hearts of Iron 4 (Black Ice) - Italy - part 2 (01/01/1936 - 01/03/1936)

"Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
Benito Mussolini,
History of Italy: en.wikipedia.o...
Italy in WW2: en.wikipedia.o...
Italian campaign in WW2: en.wikipedia.o...)
BlackICE Historical Immersion Mod Steam page:
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Hearts of Iron 4 Steam page:
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From BlackIce Steam page: "We aim to bring Hearts of Iron 4 to an all new level, making your game experience more immersive, historical and challenging. Black ICE completely overhauls most national focus trees, changes game mechanics, adds in tons of events, technologies, units and much more. While playing ahistorical will work, Black ICE mainly aims at improving the plausible historical experience.“
From Hearts of Iron 4 Steam page: “Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history. From the heart of the battlefield to the command center, you will guide your nation to glory and wage war, negotiate or invade. You hold the power to tip the very balance of WWII. It is time to show your ability as the greatest military leader in the world. Will you relive or change history? Will you change the fate of the world by achieving victory at all costs?”
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This LP is recorded on my new computer (i9-9900k, 32GB RAM, SSD harddrive, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER).

[@Cheesenommer]

Always enjoyed your Darkest Hour playthroughs so I'm excited about this one!

[@niklasneumann565]

I have waited long for such an in deeth playthrough of the mod

[@Alfapiomega]

I hope you will enjoy it! I have to admit, Italy is really tough. I have pre-recorded quite a number of episodes and man are we a proud but Fragile country. They really managed to put in the feeling of scarcity on all fronts that led Mussoliny to beg Hitler to not attack anyone until 1943 - Italy was just not ready. But I am having a blast!

[@mwch4554]

Watching black ice, really shows you why standardization is needed.

[@Alfapiomega]

When you look at an actual army you will see they rarely are uniform. Almost every army has it's perks and special battalions that can be / can't be used in certain situation.