Can Rommel win WW2? - Hoi4 Timelapse

War war Two. Hitler launches a surprise attack on the Soviet Union in 1941. Stalin is in shock as Wehrmacht Formations encircle the Red Army from Sevastopol to Leningrad. However what was supposed to be a fast Blitzkrieg campaign slowly turns into a bloody war of attrition as the two Titans battle for survival. As the tide turns against Germany, The top German generals - Guderian and Mannstein among them - decide to coup the Führer in operation Valkyrie.
Erwin Rommel gets put in charge of the Reich and the increasingly weakening Wehrmacht. WIll he be able to turn the tide and defeat Russia?
This WWII timelapse has been simulated by AI in the video game Hearts of Iron IV by Paradox Interactive.
All DLC are installed:
La Resistance
Waking the Tiger
Man the Guns
Together for Victory
Death or Dishonor

[@mrhaci7747]

Golovko: *asks for retreat* Stalin: *hold your ground you spineless Maggot*

[@XxKenchetoxX]

thank you for repeating this, it made it 10 times funnier

[@mrhaci7747]

@@XxKenchetoxX np

[@SDRlegacy]

Is spineless maggot a reference to the tf2 soldier?

[@mrhaci7747]

@@SDRlegacy probably yes 👀

[@stassmith8200]

That is basically what hitler said when his generals asked for a tactical retreat

[@klowt4900]

I see people saying AI is stupid for not sending the 200 divisions+ doing nothing. Most of the time it is because the front is at its supply capacity, so the AI is actually being smart by not flooding the supply and causing endless attrition.

[@austino5076]

Allies after I invade Africa: NO

[@shipshrekt2156]

Then why don’t they upgrade the infrastructure? I never have unused units because I keep the front upgraded. The AI should be able to add a build order on front lines

[@klowt4900]

@@shipshrekt2156 there is constant combat so the infrastructure gets damaged regularly. The AI has so many spam units and even if they had upgraded infrastructure there would be no way to stick 450+ divisions on the entire front. Not to mention the axis allies in the south are also eating up supply

[@leastbloodthirstyneocon2776]

Ye this is also a issue I faced back then, I always bleed out equipment due to low supply due to high amounts of divisions. But when I moved half as reserves in france they steamrolled the soviets fast with not much issue besides the limited combat equipment losses.

[@jaichind]

Yeah. I think that was what happened to the Germans in the run up to the Battle of Stalingrad. They could only move up that many units to Stalingrad given transpiration abilities for movement of troops and supply needs so they might as well shift some units to the Caucuses.

[@ariserusic]

The generals talking really making this time lapse better

[@emirhanonal1718]

Totally agree

[@pilvipurri4847]

Yeah, normal timelapses are boring To watch if nothing really happens In them. But with the General taking the experience is a lot More interesting

[@Sputnik_tebe]

You can say that again

[@Basicpersonthatlikescakes]

Agreed

[@ihsanberkkarakoc3023]

YES

[@louishenriksen7254]

I managed to see the Axis casualties. 15m for Germany 5.7m Italy 3.1m Romania 2.4m Spain 2.2m Hungary 750k Bulgaria 10.75m to the allies 44.5m to USSR

[@miketoutoudakis293]

Thank you

[@someguysomeone3543]

Were these just soldiers or also civilians?

@Mid ary No

[@azimia374]

@@someguysomeone3543 just soldiers

[@col1854]

thank u

[@newname4941]

100 german divisions casually chilling in austria, bavaria and on the swiss border.

[@joshuasaragih7263]

Bruh they were going easy on the soviets lmaooo

[@gavinsmith6516]

@@joshuasaragih7263 yeah. I was watching the eastern front collapse and thinking “You have hundreds of divisions available just sitting in German territory, you have more divisions guarding nothing than you do on any front or guarding the coast!”

[@zakariaalami1491]

Yeah but for the sake of the scénario you know 😁

[@gavinsmith6516]

@@zakariaalami1491 yep.

[@leod4768]

Hoi4 Ai is the best Ai XD

[@Phobion7]

Please keep the general talkings, these are extremely good timelapses.

[@alecgrondinmcmartin5151]

"Gentleman, you are allowed to end your lives" ouch

[@joshke_335]

"Should you refuse then the NKVD will assist you" *OUCH*

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

Uhhhh Idk about you but I don't think Stalin is the guy to just give up, he's more so the type of guy to run to Siberia where the Germans will freeze to death so they just stop advancing and from there he'll gather the less than 1 million men of the Red Army and be like "WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER"

[@fat_pigeon]

0:16 "Stalin is not ready" That's why he's stallin'

[@aswd28]

Bruh

[@crusader318]

Brrrruuuuuuuuhhhhhhh

[@kenk5269]

Hitler: my body is ready

[@Nik-Art]

Bruh

[@pinfoil621]

bruh

[@Driscoc]

What a great New Year’s Day treat.

[@brayster0151]

I agree

[@Idekwtph]

Starting the year off fine already

[@asianlifter]

Hell yeah.

[@Aryawirantono1246]

this channel is underrated

[@arandomyoutuber1785]

yes

[@ortherner]

Actually it’s overrated

[@tcgb311]

@@ortherner How

[@ortherner]

@@tcgb311 has like millions of views over some coloured maps.

[@ortherner]

@Helal Vodka well then how would i know i don’t like the video if i don’t watch it?

[@absolutezerokiryu660]

German generals: We are suffering heavy losses and things are looking bad for us. Rommel: *WE ARE THE PANZER ELITE*

[@toddv7257]

BORN TO COMPETE NEVER RETREAT

[@gengarzilla1685]

LIVING OR DEAD ALWAYS AHEAD

[@МатвейПугачев-я4ж]

Meanwhile the real reason: General Jodl: But, my Führer, I object to losing!

[@Nik-Art]

FED BY YOUR DREAD

[@trialistern2948]

@@Nik-Art ALWAYS AHEAD AS THE BLITZKRIEG RAGES ON

[@averagegoogleuser607]

Britain: I train my troops for 6 months! Italy: Really? I only train them for 4 Germany: Ha! I only train them for 2! Soviet: Wait, you guys train your troops?

[@deedtyo]

Lmao

[@FireFlash_TheUmbraPonyGuardian]

emotional damage🤣

[@zennureuzun7372]

Soviets:ATTACK Hitler:Wait that's illegal Napoleon: Not the first time

[@antiglobe]

That was fun but could have been even better if Zhukov took over the USSR before they collapsed, managed to fend off Rommel's advance and then the two make peace as their ideologic leaders behind them are gone.

[@lyfia3779]

agree with you comrade, i like if rommel and zhukov make peace

[@ElkaPME]

It always say that generals don't start wars, politicians do

[@blackandwhitecats4243]

Maybe Zhukov was purged by Stalin's paranoia in this video.

[@Leo-ok3uj]

Stalin probably executed Zhukov (and more of his good generals) after the news of the german generals killing Hitler reached him

[@noobiamyes4853]

@@imthecryptic "good ending" 💀

[@Zimbobroke]

“My army has evaporated.” -A. Golovko, 1942

[@apilolomi]

How did the soviets just melt like that? They went down to less than 10 divisions! Were they all just so weak and got overrun?

[@newname4941]

No manpower in their divisions while they had so many. "IMy divisions are down to 75% manpower"

[@yamamotohiromori419]

@@newname4941 but its kinda cursed that soviet runs out of man power

[@newname4941]

@@yamamotohiromori419 Probably because they lost so much land at the start of the war.

[@Jag-xz5nj]

@@yamamotohiromori419 44mil deaths do take a toll sometimes

[@alehaim]

@@yamamotohiromori419 Russia running out of manpower is not that unthinkable. During ww1 after losing their most populated western region to the Germans, they after the Brusillov offensive were just bled dry of men and had no way of getting enough men to launch another large scale offensive. During ww2 in 1942 the Soviets controlled less people than the whole Axis population (104 million in unoccupied USSR vs 147 million in all Axis nations including co belligerent but nonmember Finland). If the Russians lose their western populated regions, they are left with the population of just the way less populated Siberia to draw on excluding the soldiers on the front originating from the west.

[@tiagocerqueira]

Everything Stalin and Hitler said matched the actual war, specifically the impossible demands to their respective armies

[@gengarzilla1685]

The key difference here was that one side said "enough is enough" and had their irrational leader killed and replaced by more stable minds.

[@noobiamyes4853]

Stalin didnt always say no retreat, only in cases like stalingrad

[@thematrixenjoyer4683]

Kid named order 227:​@@noobiamyes4853

[@DeathBringer138]

0:20 what music track? HOI3 - big army 3:10 what music track? HOI3 - rise my comrades 4:25 what music track? HOI3 - the red army USSR be like : 2:09 Moscow is captured, we move capital to yerevan

[@fernando862]

hoi3 rise my comrades

[@bad2603]

Thank you I've been looking for the music tracks, also what's the 0:20 music? (Edit: Thank you!)

[@muhammadadam7111]

6:54 please

[@muhammadadam7111]

@@bad2603 are you know 6:54 music name?

[@bad2603]

@@muhammadadam7111 Sorry i didn't know what's the song name is

[@generalrommel5666]

This game knows my strategy well. I’m impressed

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

07

[@gwhhegehhebwheh8786]

we heil u

[@Trollface28382]

Hello

[@AStoryteller-for-fun]

Hello Rommel

[@gal749]

When you're so early the views and likes don't round up yet

[@taureon_]

improvement suggestion (POV: Android Phone): at the end when you show the numbers, i cant see some of them because of the buttons that youtube adds when a video ends

[@fathiahmad9491]

Just zoom and hold

[@NeoWish]

At true end of the video (when the retry button appear) it all disappear so no worries.

[@taureon_]

@@fathiahmad9491 does not always work

[@user-rl6fs6rd7m]

Ya it darkens and still sorta blocks stuff. Fucking youtube.

[@jessiejamesl.jaudinesii3968]

Same here for pc

[@leo13246]

100s of divisions in German and Austrian land drinking and having fun while millions are dying in the east this was amazing

[@Tetaicontybal]

Supply.

[@Davide___92]

The video was amazing. Expecially the edit with the discussions between generals and leaders. The sound effects of the russian "urrah's" too. A tip, get the end of the video showing casualties longer. Can't see nothing with cards!

[@louishenriksen7254]

Without a doubt, the best timelapse I've ever seen!

[@michaelchristy5652]

Out of all your time lapses, this is propably my favorite one yet

[@Keisari.]

Churchill has sended stalin an message: you guys dun goofed up

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

When a clock goes forward it makes "tic-tac", but when Rommel goes backwards it's ussually "tac-tic".

[@theromanianmapper1683]

Conclusion: no one can change the fate of Germany in ww2. F for the capital 6:18 Nvm the best comeback in human history.

[@kerim.s8801]

haha

[@franciscoallende6092]

The saddest timelapse I ever seen with this epic final dialog. Thanks, you are the best at this

[@unserkatzenland8884]

Churchill be like: US plz join US without pearl harbor: hmmm, hey can I take Canada?

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

Thing is when Germany heard about the bombing of pearl harbor Hitler declared war. In which we also responded with agreement. Other wise, the likely possibility of us actually invading Europe would likely not have occured if Hitler was murdered and rommel took over. Give or take a lot of negotiations would occur to return France and removal of nazism etc etc. But the likelyness of the USSR staying would have been extremely slim.

[@racapinang]

Oh my god, never I felt such a perfectness in any sort of games, and you have shown it to me. Thank you :)

[@geggoryq]

Glad to see you back. The generals talking improved this video a lot.

[@sketchyalternatives3450]

By far the best of his time lapses.

[@georgepats1168]

The Germans have almost won Soviet music begins playing Yep,we all know what is about to happen

[@crusty5525]

Rommel: uno reverse card

[@albahd8513]

POV: Hans (a MG42 gunner) in a Trench on the Eastern front 1943 -----------> Region: Somewhere arround Kursk-----------> Hans starts to hear faid noises of "hurrrrrra, hurrrrrrrrrra, hurrrrrrrrra!"

[@charmyzard]

The banter between leaders is simply great. HOI4 can truly be a storytelling medium, even if limited.

[@papasult11]

2:40 the axis is having a seizure

[@RyanFennec]

Lmao

[@2milk867]

Im feeling strangely patriotic for a country that I don't even live in

[@zennureuzun7372]

Same

[@thejp361]

Well, I feel patriotic for Germany and I live in it :D

[@2milk867]

@@thejp361 lmao i was feeling patriotic for the USSR but okay :D

[@thejp361]

@@2milk867 Well... that is awkward

[@Luisyz_]

I was feeling patriotic for Mexico xdddd

[@aeviaowehn3640]

video came faster than i expected! good content mate.

[@jaichind]

What was critical here was how Rommel was able to beat by the Allies in the West, twice.

[@FireFlash_TheUmbraPonyGuardian]

it's was so insane because he managed to train even more divisions than hitler could and he had enough to always cover the whole coast if needed and to push the allies away until they ran out of available manpower so that rhey stopped properly invading like in real time lmaooooo🤣🤣🤣

[@pizzacat6324]

Me: Sees text KZbin: 360p, take it or leave it

[@xeraphyx7903]

lol same here

[@kursky4780]

Lol same

[@franciscofranco8006]

Just like all of your timelapses, this one was beautiful. Keep up the good work Christopher :) Also if you're reading this, fellow viewers, make sure you scroll back up and like this video

[@chessnoah362]

this is your best timlaps ever!

[@Emmet-sd8og]

The Stalin disappearance is accurate as during the first 2 weeks of the war Stalin was missing and rumoured to have had a mental breakdown. The only sembelence of high command was Molotov screaming down the phone.

[@thejudge6453]

How could he disappear for the first 2 weeks of the war if he held meetings from 22 to 29. Only from the evening of June 29 to the evening of June 30, he spent at the Near Dacha, after which he returned to Moscow and created the GKO

[@yurinalysis8034]

This is what happened if Steiner launch his attack.

[@benjaminaraya8073]

Soviets in half of the time lapses Germany: pushes to Moscow Soviets: pushes back all the way to Romania or Bulgaria Germany: uno reverse card Soviet: loses the war and is completely is conquered despite winning and having the high ground.

[@mrwayne548]

your narrative bubbles make these so much more watchable than other time lapses.

[@tair_papier250]

Nice work! Really fun to watch

[@lorddominonexus]

This kind of timelapse is new to me and I really like it. Keep up!

[@shisch5698]

Half of the german army is just chilling the whole time

[@fatchins9126]

Are you familiar with the concept of Supply?

[@keydzhi]

That's so sad for me as Russian. But timelapse is great, these speeches from generals and national leader make it very interesting

[@Студент-й9ы]

Что грустного в таймлапсе, не имеющего ничего с реальностью?

[@grishahit6807]

@@Студент-й9ы +

[@el4cteo]

Sad

[@karlk7070]

Ai Soviet is the dumbest

[@ddusti2653]

I live when Stalin says” men you are allowed to end your life’s should you refuse the NKVR will assist you”

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

The Italians and Spanish straight up got annihilated by encirclement.

[@bingitybong6518]

Japan and The US be like "Yall hear something?"

[@marounhedary2429]

this new story element is amazing! you should still add a casualties and industry graph though

[@stoopidphersun7436]

That would be quite alot of work for him

[@FireFlash_TheUmbraPonyGuardian]

​@@stoopidphersun7436actually no lol, just make a screenshot and place it in the center of the video or into the description via link

[@kokoloko607]

Soviets: ha, they have lost already! **rommel has joined the chat** Soviets: wait I thought u were a myth-

[@generalrommel5666]

That is true

[@kokoloko607]

@@generalrommel5666 hi rommel, I am general ant

[@generalrommel5666]

@@kokoloko607 Nice to meet you General Ant.

[@milanvanrossem7793]

i have to admit. this is freaking awesome. i was already qeustioning why you were away for so long but now i get it. pls use htis more its rlly asmazing. btw pls use a TKRP mod, i understand that its hard but has to be really cool. keep up the good work mate

[@AlekThink]

Red army: collapses cuse of 90%+ casualties Nazi: half of army stay in central europe Sweden: Grabs popcorn

[@ledoyedo5483]

The reason why some Nazi soldiers stayed in central Europe was because they didn't want to overstretch their supplies in the East

[@hunterbolton2680]

Hitler Before: Praising his generals *Stalin's counterattack begins* Hitler After: Screaming in rage Stalin Before: Praising his generals *Rommel's counter counterattack begins* Stalin After: Screaming in rage

[@FireFlash_TheUmbraPonyGuardian]

perhaps soul brothers?🤣😎

[@arandomyoutuber1785]

you know it got real when the letters in "axis" were round

[@ETERNAL_31789]

That´s Beautiful, fell a tear here.

[@domschra]

Rommels face expression is just too good "You want me to beat the biggest country on earth, you know how nobody before has managed it, you know how shit their infrastructure is, you know how shit the winters & springs are, you know how large their population is, and just still want me to try and invade them? Aight ok fine I'll do it

[@marcosdevargas337]

God, the conversations between the generals were most incredible.

[@Tatusiek_1]

Not really, Hitler’s orders in this weren’t much like his personality

[@marcosdevargas337]

Yes that is true, but I was referring more to what those conversations manage to hook you added to the gameplay, regardless of how real it may be

[@SpanishDio]

If only Hoi4 could have a map as detailed as this, it looks way more like an actual war than in vanilla hoi4. and Germany shhould thank Spain and Italy for holding basically alone the southern ukranian front tbh.

[@amelia31289]

im not suprised of finding you here

[@yousseffakrouni6886]

when stalin said you are all allowed to end your lives that really hit

[@inadibusu]

4:58 Axis be like: imma out!

[@slime_whoscrabby]

Ngl this is really epic video

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

*That Moment When The USSR Runs Out Of Manpower:*

[@pesto0326]

Man all hitler had to do was to keep the defensive and he could’ve won.

[@ArmedSpaghet]

I actually felt so hopeful and cheered for Rommel in the timelapse. He should have been the leader all along. He may have been a flawed man but he died for his family and country in real life. Rest in peace and hope you were really a good man at heart, Rommel.

[@Reinhardttt]

Omg the experience is just great

[@Zigoeditz]

Hey man,I love watching your time lapses ! Keep up the good work,can you please make the next video be maybe Strong Yugoslavia?

[@zilverhofstee9580]

That's very specific

[@carolyndambrosio840]

2:00 Stalin im gona head out

[@Pablo_BW]

I ain't a fascist, but we gotta say that Rommel came in clutch

[@WannabeShady90]

Rommel wasn't a fascist eather though. 😅 Rommel was never involved in politics, he was a military Mastermind and a patriot who served our country.

[@EliAs-ub6yf]

Christopher raising thebar yet again

[@NYG5]

There's a lot of crazy late game flips in HoI4. I always feel like the war is essentially decided in 1944 but in this game it's common for shenanigans to happen in 1945 and 1946

[@canadaisepic395]

UK: Invades Hamburg and northern France in 1941 Germany: Just keeps advancing into the USSR Me: What the hell

[@MrJjppff]

Rommel's counter attack.

[@TheMadVulpen]

This timelapse was so epical

[@lacringe5262]

Очень качественная работа, уважаю

[@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem]

4:52 the name placement is freaking out

[@cruzrodriguez4060]

Britain after Soviet fall: IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME AGIAN

[@gengarzilla1685]

At this point, they'd pretty much have no choice but to discuss peace. Thankfully it's not with Hitler.

[@DomWeasel]

I like the casual use of the opening text from Soviet Storm.

[@gamerpixels2374]

The scart thing is that this is true, Rommel couldve won the war by allowing His army to go to the defense during winter

[@elongatedmuskrat8378]

Not really, what would they have done after? They lose a bit less men, the Soviets a bit more. Guess what, the soviets still have millions more. The war was lost as soon as Germany started it. The soviets has already began to recover, after that, there was no chance

[@giantsfan714]

The Soviets were able to supress Germany for a reason. Germany had oil problems no matter what, for one. The USSR had troops from the east coming over and they had tanks and planes pumping out. They would have lost no matter what.

[@leedmmaster7743]

the reason it works is cause its hoi4, soviet ai is hard coded to battle plan into you until their divisions delete from low strength

[@thepruh1151]

Yeah it'd be better if the AI used isn't just the one defaulted by Paradox, they're not really smart. World Ablaze AI is quite smart with what it does. Should try use that

[@sergodobro2569]

3:22 Just another day with big upside down letter A chilling in the corner

[@yoanawramow8809]

Allies: 10 mil. deaths Axis: over 30 mil. deaths *SOVIET UNION:* *4 4 M I L L I O N D E A T H S*

[@godbless5636]

German is just 8 million

[@yoanawramow8809]

@@godbless5636 Axis is not Germany

[@godbless5636]

@@yoanawramow8809 yeah total axis is 30 million In allies Soviet 44 million Republic of china 23 million India 3 million Poland 5 million Uk 400000 Usa 400000 The list goes on

[@yoanawramow8809]

@@godbless5636 Wait, do you mean in the video or the real one, cause the real is different

[@godbless5636]

@@yoanawramow8809 real one And soviet is 22 million soldiers and 8 million civilians not 44

[@RF_N]

meanwhile, the "AXIS" text shown in the screen just goes completely crazy

[@tresmith4759]

Germany: we won! Them 5 minutes later: why do I hear the ussr national anthem

[@wythore]

That was a super cool story bro :D

[@jevinliu4658]

Meanwhile, Norway and the Danish islands be like: *watches*

[@TotallyNot_PatrickBateman]

Beautiful you earned 15 subs all My friends and i loved it.

[@103liq]

I mean true himmler was an idiot of a general tbh Rommel was actually smart

[@jeffrey5163]

It's crazy to think that this might have actually happened IRL if Hitler was successfully assassinated

[@paytonwurst1689]

I love how when the soviets are doing a counter offensive, Germany just has at least half of its divisions sitting in the middle of nowhere.

[@ariserusic]

Yay another time lapse

[@fakeperson2620]

Everyone talking about the generals talking to eachother, wtf is happening to the axis sign at 2:30 what

[@amogusman907]

This is depressing,but epic at the same time.

[@zigoter2185]

1:07 do you know what music it is? Edit: guys, it's "storming omaha beach".

[@xeraphyx7903]

thx

[@gabe75001]

5:54 - 8:20 was such a wild ride.

[@RenjPlayz]

8:14 Axis name fly over

[@thefifthempire1529]

The ending where Rommel was the Chancellor, things would be different if operation Valkyrie worked out

[@tiagomonteiro130]

Their plan was to make Rommel leader make peace with the allies US Britain and the others and concentrate everything on the Soviets