Can NO Focuses & NO Research Beat Germany In HOI4?

[@Zipplandia]

the non-aggression pact with japan comes from one of their focuses

[@ПешкоМихаил]

Funny that tuckachevsky survives - I'm so used to his death that forgot that it is attached to focus

[@Aldrahill]

Yeah I was desperate to keep him alive :P

[@ПешкоМихаил]

@Aldrahill BTW once I tried same challenge but with less harsh conditions - I allowed myself to do research, and only "useless" foreing policy focuses/that one from 5 year plan which increases consumer goods, and used template of infantry only- so needed only guns for it) And I picked all worst decisions in purges - so had only trash generals, and lacked them too and with all the worst debuffs. And all my "tactic" was to autoplan so German bullets ended earlier then mine soldiers

[@ЙованДобройевичь]

​@@ПешкоМихаилso you were roleplaying

[@Masv1pe]

Ai mostly stopped attacking you because of all the forts, if the AI sees too many forts it just doesn’t try anymore.

[@Aldrahill]

And it was basically the only way I could’ve survived :P

[@lordyoda607]

really weird that the ai just doesn't know about strat bombing

[@trifight3856]

The Japan thing happens because denmark declared war on germany and japan had a guaranty on germany so japan was dragged into the war

[@Aldrahill]

DAmn, that's it!

[@gamesmile1440]

nope, japan has a focus which just does that

[@trifight3856]

yeah, but in historical they dont use it@@gamesmile1440

[@trifight3856]

Also, it says "Danish war of independence" in the video@@gamesmile1440

[@gamesmile1440]

@@trifight3856 That event was even before arms against tyranny, also have no clue what you're talking about, doesn't prove anything

[@About37Hobos]

God that meme in the beginning is so inaccurate it made my poor historian heart seize up for a second or two

[@m0vnt41n5]

Cry some more, you Soviet meat-rider.

[@About37Hobos]

@LeifTunteri-lm6un I’m sorry but how many millions of Germans were killed by the Nazis through starting an evil war of conquest or throwing Jewish people or dissidents into camps? Unless you’re saying German Jews didn’t count as “their own people”

[@TheKarofaar]

@LeifTunteri-lm6un They was a thunder cage of wolfs. If you think you can rule over them with hugs...you would probably be in the stats.

[@fireironthesecond2909]

0:03 I can hear the deranged screams coming from Twitter

[@awildpanther2031]

Who ever made that meme at 0:08 was salty af lmao

[@pedroKwiecinski]

Not wrong also

[@pollball598]

​@@pedroKwiecinskiHe was very wrong

[@pedroKwiecinski]

​@@pollball598Please don't be that brainwashed

[@pollball598]

@@pedroKwiecinski So many men, so many minds

[@zarekbeck3358]

it's the truth though the only reason they're considered the good guys is because they won

[@nuclearsnek3749]

this looked incredibly painful to play, amazing

[@Aldrahill]

It was completely agonising :P but fun somehow still!

[@hydronpowers9014]

As US, you only limited to 10 width infantry, crappiest, cheapest, unreliable subs, aircrafts, tanks and ships

[@Aldrahill]

Oh god what a struggle :P at least I’d have an economy!

[@trr3920]

I see all paradox players have the same masochistic mentality

[@Aldrahill]

the pain, it fuels us

[@WhiteDevil-hi2nk]

Please play USSR in world ablaze mod. I beg you. That mod literally haunts me. I've never beaten Germany in that mod. Btw great video

[@Aldrahill]

Enjoy! kzbin.info/aero/PLtKsA6L43Q-H3hNGhvppN0N-wKBPQ6Bq7

[@WhiteDevil-hi2nk]

@@Aldrahill bro you have a freaking entire playlist. I love it

[@callumgriss5422]

God I couldn't imagine playing HoI4 without logistics companies. Literally one of the first things I research if i have a spare slot

[@dragos1239]

Imagine doing a world conquest with no army

[@Aldrahill]

Oof that would suck

[@ileftformilk20yearsago78]

Finaly, historical accurate Soviet Union!

[@Философ]

I hope this is a joke

[@test-ot1fz]

​@@Философ obviously it is No one actually believes it's real

[@Zbyszkov2]

13:53 that did happen in the last days of ww2

[@o0damn]

most underrated hoi4 youtuber

[@Aldrahill]

[@Ashley-K-]

Looking forward to the next one

[@piercebunge4297]

The game ended because it was 1948 or later. It lets you finish your war first

[@TexanNative]

Turkey always joins the allies on historical, just like they did in real life

[@Aldrahill]

It was just so early

[@maxheppner9438]

Pretty sure the Japan thing happens when Italy goes into civil war which caused fascist Italy to trigger tripartite pact with Japan. I don’t know why it pulls them into war with the Soviets when the Soviets are defending but I’ve seen it happen quite a few times.

[@sneedmcsneed2762]

You could have used market to buy some outdated equipment. Especially for your elite/pushing divisions Also why not use naval invasions? Finland can easily be capped with a cheeky landing near Helsinki

[@Aldrahill]

True, but that felt a bit cheap and undermining of the challenge, you know?

[@McEldercraftHD]

Jo why is there MP in your infantry divisions?

[@Aldrahill]

It made them stronger :(

[@The1truesigma]

U could try use paras a the start and take there supply and then use ur puppets research tp get new techs

[@Aldrahill]

Indeed, definitely could’ve cheesed the whole thing, but I wanted to be legitimate about everything!

[@_EllieLOL_]

Now do this but for the US :)

[@ReaperCheaper]

What Have You Done

[@koicc1192]

Ah yes, entrenched warfare in 1940's

[@manuelsanchez516]

Shouldn’t you be able to steal technologies trough the agency?

[@Aldrahill]

True, but I felt that would be cheating

[@thepredator9002]

When you use your strat bombers you specify railroads, how do you do that? Is there a way to do it that i dont know?

[@Aldrahill]

There's a little button at the top when selecting strat bombing for the planes, that if you click, it opens up a selection window to select what to prioritize for bombing :)

[@Germanball-t5h]

Anti-ait only when

[@hdhstarwars2723]

you could have done licensed production.

[@soupboi1693]

Dear god

[@wills4615]

Wait couldn't you theoretically get license production from Mongolia tanu tuva and the allies?

[@Aldrahill]

Indeed, that could have been a good way to cheese it, but wanted to stay close to the heart of the challenge :)

[@wills4615]

@@Aldrahill fair enough but licenses have their own draw back because isn't it the further in tech the more it cost extra to produce? And with no production research it'd be a harsh trade off

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Can NO Focuses & NO Research Beat Germany In HOI4? Momentum 100

[@LuLu-ip4zb]

Why didnt you use license production to get better equipment when you cant reaserch yourself

[@Aldrahill]

Felt like cheating a bit!

[@thebook7801]

Just request licenses of equipment

[@andersvik6210]

How did you get MP, wanna try myself. I dont see it

[@Aldrahill]

What do you mean? I just started with military police :)

[@lw2275]

“Manchukian”

[@hydronpowers9014]

I'm waiting for the US edition

[@minoxiothethird]

Why didn't you win the spanish civil war for the puppet?

[@Aldrahill]

Because I SUCKED and didn’t play aggressive enough. I was also trying to stay relatively historical as well :)

[@rogofos]

why did you put military police on your infantry 💀💀💀 it literally doesn't do anything and costs equipment and makes your division weaker put it on your garrison or just don't bother at all

[@Aldrahill]

It actually helped with org regain rate!

[@kashmir3489]

Man u have the lightest british accent ive ever heard xd

[@jgrantrichardson3748]

I'm surprised you didn't use the tanks created by the soviet-german tank treaty (or whatever its called) they aren't great templates but boosting them with motor inf and arty would work at least early on

[@Aldrahill]

I couldn’t! Required me to research medium tanks and I didn’t start with tech, so I wasn’t allowed per the rules of the challenge!

[@jgrantrichardson3748]

@@Aldrahill thats rough buddy

[@dariusdm792]

I guess all hoi4 players (me included) just like to torture themselves

[@Aldrahill]

Too true

[@mcfunny8887]

Luxembourg playthrough????????

[@Aldrahill]

The paaaaain!

[@mcfunny8887]

THE GAIN!@@Aldrahill

[@mcfunny8887]

but the gains!@@Aldrahill

[@bakonajm1136]

Please do a historical Iraq video

[@romandelasalle]

the republican volunteers are broken so you can move them to the other spain ports without doing an invasion so you can save them for free

[@PulsedTheCatt]

uh oh

[@kaiser_eistee]

It's really weird seeing someone playing as Stalin and still having Yegorov alive

[@cooldudewithcoolname9447]

And tuchachevsky

[@aomsinzana]

Steal tech count? 😊

[@gamergodeighty1686]

Finally, historical Soviet Union

[@t-pose8715]

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[@johnclay2716]

Poland stole Czechoslovakian land while Germany was invading in 1938. The land the Soviets took in 1939 was previously part of Belarus and the Soviets invaded after the Polish government fled. I don't like this whole " oh, poor innocent Poland got invaded by the USSR " shit I see in memes.

[@jeebusthegreat8819]

Lend Lease also didn't save the USSR imports were like 5% of the USSRs truck production iirc

[@Aldrahill]

Yeah for trucks - what about MEAT and guns, clothes and other industrial supplies? Lend lease was crazy dude

[@Aldrahill]

Oh yeah Poland was a shot country politically in the 30s. Doesn’t meant it didn’t get dicked over by two major powers and basically abandoned in the Phony War

[@wolfor121]

Ah, it wouldn't be a HoI IV video without either germany or USSR apologists in the comments lmao

[@jeebusthegreat8819]

@@Aldrahill 1. The Soviets only received ~20% of the aid given by the US, ~60% of it went to Britain. 2. Lend-lease did not arrive in significant numbers until 1943 and 44, and even among peak imports in things like aluminum it never made up more than ~30% of the amount that the Soviets had.

[@__________________________9367]

Random anti communist propaganda disguised as a hoi video

[@512TheWolf512]

change that map from the start of the video. that is NOT a map of ANY country that has ever existed. simply factually wrong.

[@Aldrahill]

? It’s a top down slanted view of USSr in 1939?

[@512TheWolf512]

@@Aldrahill are you SERIOUS right now? you play hoi4 and NOT KNOW what the borders of the USSR are in 1936???

[@jgrantrichardson3748]

@@512TheWolf512 you do know that we live on a globe right? its the view of the ussr, in 1936, from directly above it position on aforementioned globe

[@512TheWolf512]

@@jgrantrichardson3748 no. Are you blind??? Why is then, the only part of Ukraine included on the map is Crimea? Why's Kazakhstan not included at all? Nor is Belarus?????

[@loirojose9298]

​@@512TheWolf512Do you have some kind of mental disability or are you a troll? It's kind of obvious that this is a map of the USSR with a focus on the Russian SSR.