Can ULTRAMONARCHY save Belgium?

[@theweirdclasher3955]

Bitt3rsteel playing belgium once a year is a canon event

[@octoberlol5902]

Indeed it is

[@griff2162]

yep

[@anab810]

What is the mod name

[@chesneyvanneste6811]

@@anab810 Hearts of iron IV the great war redux 0:08

[@griff2162]

@@anab810 the great war redux

[@DeD_emeLbka]

Bitt3rsteel slowly collecting Belgiums across different Hoi4 mods, now we need kaiserredux and millennium dawn Belgiums

[@ALebaneseMapper]

across the belgiumverse

[@anab810]

What is the mod that he using?

[@dioniscaraus6124]

​@@anab810"Great War"

[@DeD_emeLbka]

​@@anab810 "Great war redux"

[@shorenadarcmelidze7199]

The kalterkrieg also

[@flyingrainfrog898]

Never ask a man his salary Never ask a woman her age Never ask Bitt3rsteel where he was 1885-1910

[@El-Djazir-Blobfish]

and never ask why this commenter cannot bring an original joke

[@KenanAlomari-mk7ed]

@@El-Djazir-Blobfishnever ask this man why he can’t mind his business and let the joke go through.

[@Squirrellovesall]

@@El-Djazir-Blobfishit’s a meme template it’s like when u copied the space marine template for every single player game

[@humanfrommars882]

he was simply gaming

[@turtlenecksarepoggers]

You definitely should try winning the 2nd Balkan War as Bulgaria. It is pretty challenging, but if you do it you can form Byzantium down the road. But from firsthand experience, I must warn you it requires impeccable timing or else you won't be able to do it until 1920.

[@lucavc29]

i have

[@heoppenheimin]

If u vp rush as balkan countries don't usually have enough units in GWR then you can beat them before Romania and the ottomans join and win both balance wars

[@talosisoursavior3061]

hes done that like 3 times on this channel lol

[@turtlenecksarepoggers]

​@talosisoursavior3061 yes he has done it, but he has never done the byzantine path.

[@jotmode90]

1:41 Bro's having a denial rn... 😂😂😂

[@thalentkat7146]

Nothing happened...

[@micuconstantin2982]

It never happened........

[@lightscorer1320]

It was the Congo people who chopped of their own arms

[@ziepex7009]

never happened, wtf is a congo? never heard of it

[@Vertox0V9]

@@ziepex7009 it’s a region in Africa rich in resources that Belgium got or it’s king because the major powers could not decide who would get and the people there got forces to mine for resources and stuff like that and were treated really badly (20 Million Africans died during that time)

[@jeanjean4338]

Did you know that Albert the 1st of Belgium was the last king ever to fight alongside his men ? (reign : 1909 to 1934)

[@Countryballsfan69420]

He truly didn’t want to give up, what a brave king

[@tiberiusborzion8696]

The Belgian Attrocities in the Congo stain your Belgian hands good sir, your MANY, many "hands"! Haha, Keep up the great content Bittersteel, always a pleasure.

[@ziepex7009]

belgians? in congo? never happened

[@ryanrg1545]

Belgian attrocities in the Congo? I don't know what you are talking about man, I'm pretty sure nothing happened there.

[@11Liisi]

@@ryanrg1545it happend 5 million died

[@kyrios443]

The what in what ?

[@LeroxYT]

What? The Kongo? Nothing happened there

[@Ashie690]

You should try winning the Second Balkan War as Bulgaria! It's quite difficult, but absolutely possible. There is a focus path you can go to form the Byzantine Empire as Bulgaria.

[@maatttooozz]

I think he already sort of did that

[@knightsolaire6342]

*For king and for country, we are flooding the river* *No more of our country lost, the line will be held at all cost!*

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

Sabaton reference

[@thecomputerkid1184]

Did you see the Carton Di Wiart silent workhorse? Its the dad of the unkillable solider!

[@RiccardoCardella-n3s]

I was waiting for this

[@teodorent]

Belgium got tired of being invaded so it started invading

[@solsolsolomon]

Please do the Bulgarian challenge

[@SlimyCakes-jb4gu]

Bitt3rsteel being inexplicably a Belgium ultranationalist is the best

[@rafaellynx5332]

He's Belgian himself, it's pretty explicable

[@maxthetube8466]

I remember *trying* to play Belgium. I made a fort line behind the Maas and took every defense modifier (excluding focuses) I had available. Once Germany declared I got a modifier with around -70% defense and got pushed, encircled and died in 1 minute. Once the war started

[@A.Person.Thanks]

sounds like real life

[@princemapping9123]

The Great War trying not to railroad you into being as historical as possible challenge (impossible)

[@michaelchristy506]

Bittersteel puts in futurama references so much that they are starting to compress itself into pixels

[@friman1531]

I love that a great Hoi4 ytuber is from Belgium.

[@Devastator21]

Belgium into the Belgium verse

[@BloodRav3n-w1r]

i need to play more of this mod

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I absolutely love it

[@YetAnotherSADXFan]

Playing AUH rn

[@jodon2271]

@@Bitt3rSteel Ferdinand run is the only way you'll get us to forget you're a Leopold apologist (edit: denier)

[@iminspain258]

11:30 You can make the second Balkan war as Bulgaria much easier if you give up Dobrudja to the Romanians after the first war as they won't join the war. And you can take the land back after winning ww1 with the central powers anyways

[@Brahm-r2b]

Some people probably remember his video as Bulgaria in this same mod where he did win the second balkan war as Bulgaria, but I take it that things have changed so it would be interesting. Also there must be new mechanics if you can give Romania dobruja or they demand it

[@EditorSecimi]

Fun fact: Last king that fought at trenches was Albert 1 at WW1

[@danielo3982]

Id love to see you play as bulgaria. I did it and almost won but it got timed out so i got an automated peace deal. Good luck!!!

[@someguy1735]

Belgium: existing France and germany: me want

[@TheOneAndOnlyEali]

2:11 "But we don't use that much rubber" WHAT

[@xXxAngryBird101xXx]

The one thing I'm not a huge fan of with GWR is that it's a bit too much railroading. Like, there's a lot of really cool stuff to do, but most of it can only be done after the war is over and everything is terrible.

[@Aspect43216]

Bitt3rsteel reversing 1830 as a belgian is wild thank you for helping me! greetings from the Netherlands 😏

[@megalordsk8042]

very good video.... anyway.... when Serbia survival challange in WW1 ? :D

[@Squirrellovesall]

Whenever bittersteel plays his country it’s surprisingly wholesome

[@jurassicturtle3666]

Name a more iconic duo than Bitt3rsteel's member name mod not working with the mod he's doing a video with, I'll wait

[@fabi6688]

11:35 Yes please I wanna see you try

[@kashshhds8824]

You should make another channel and post the unedited versions of these

[@AdilHameed-h4t]

He has unlocked the True Ending of belgium

[@Ravengagepvl]

Would love to see more Great War playthroughs. Balkan Wars as Bulgaria yes yes yes

[@Seth9840]

It is actually Eastern Roman Empire in 476 buddy, until 611

[@ProductofWit]

Always fun playing crazy over-the-top scenarios as a citizen of the country you play.

[@Saf66]

Bitt3rsteel IRL Belgium playthrough when?

[@hipyoftheyeet4345]

as a fellow belgian its great seeing you do our country well

[@greenmancz3342]

You shold definitely do Canada in this mod, they have a great monarchist tree + bonus points if you ally with the Mexicans and split the US

[@BleydXVI]

"Caarl... why are all of the hands white?" "Whities gotta pay."

[@aliettokadi]

9:26 I really needed this after the tur-hol game.

[@MonthManAugust]

Palau (Known during our timeline for the battle of Peleliu during WW2) is SE of the Philippines and you indeed did have it at the end of the video.

[@KaiserTwo]

Play IRL Belgium next time 🇧🇪!

[@TheLo1323]

Vive l'Empire Belge ! 🇧🇪

[@Astrojupiter9686]

You should definitely make a video winning with Bulgaria. I don't know why but the Greater Bulgaria borders look really clean :D

[@AlexanderSyarov]

Yeah, you should play Bulgaria. They really had a chance in history.

[@calex1801]

Belgian Lives Matter

[@IIIrd_French_empire]

Belgium is not real its just an illusion

[@xanthespace5141]

24:57 Tip for later: press F and you can search cities and states if you can't find them on the map

[@NatHan-u1h]

Bro has the unkillable soldier as his silent workhorse lmao

[@ThorwindMaxamus]

I heard men with shovels and thought, neet, did not know Kreeg originated as a Belgian colony

[@zolls1537]

Bulgaria is just a little struggle to get the units out, just to fill the frontline but afterwards its easy

[@0_o_turpentine_and_bleach]

Nice to see a fan of colonel jurtens work

[@DaanD1985]

I have been looking at your content for quite sometime and only now I find out we live in the same country! great work @Bitt3rsteel!

Belgium truly did not do great in WW1 and WW2, historically speaking a correct statement 😂

[@croissantcroissantcroissant123]

Lies Belgium is best country.

[@robovano_gaming]

bruh in the netherlands the different ideologies got along so badly we had a whole pillarisation here lmao 5:29

[@beneheld]

Only OGs remember when this was called "Can poor little Belgium survive the German jauggernaut?"

[@guernica4262]

It's Joever. One of us! One of us! One of us!

[@SlavicBias]

Would love to see a Bulgarian playthrough in Kaiserredux, I did 5-6 tries with only one succes

[@Patriciaball-rp1jz]

Bitt3rsteel finally plays Belgium WW1

[@AlexKS1992]

Yes you should play as Tsar Ferdinand and win the Second Balkan War.

[@fuzzyduck3171]

As Bulgaria you can definitely win just be on the defence for ages then choose when to strike when they are weak

[@MLawrence676]

"I'm thinking we don't really pay attention to the Congo" - the Belgian government, 1885

[@thepax2621]

Yes, please try it as Ferdinand 😊

[@OvenHut]

Oh boy i’m sure Bitt3r isn’t biased towards Belgium for any particular reason

[@ibrahimserdareminoglu4375]

subbed to his channel when he had less than 2-3k subs. Now he has over 200k still overthinks against even when fighting against netherlands.

[@deamonfly6]

@bitt3rSteel, I always look forward to Saturdays for this, chilling listening to your vods. I wonder what next week will be?

[@MrFaorry]

Trying to win the 2nd Balkan war as Bulgaria is definitely doable but it's certainly not easy, at least it was pretty tough for me anyway. Very fun though you should definitely try it.

[@SebiSuper9mil]

I once tried, but there were MASSIVE negatives to defense so I capitulated

[@That1Polish]

Bro bitter steel denying the congo atrocities is based

[@walnzell9328]

With the Netherlands making up 50% of the manpower of the Belgian Empire, I would've foreseen Austria-Hungary style linguistic issues during the Great War. Especially considering Belgium annexed Luxembourg and the Netherlands only less than four years ago.

[@browncoat697]

I mean half of Belgium is already Dutch speaking, the bigger problem really is that the French speakers would be absurdly outnumbered

[@zacky1010]

18:55 I see they're taking lessons from Trotsky there (Trotsky did a stupid called 'No War, No Peace' where he refused to sign a peace treaty when the Germans occupied much of Ukraine and instead just peeled his troops away completely. It worked as well as expected and resulted in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.)

[@enesbqtur]

11:10 it wont help cuz you need to build a coastal fort for straight crossings

[@IamDrDapper]

A guy named hollowbeing on yt could really need a disaster saving from you

[@joshuapilling3641]

A monarchist playthrough to rival King Alex Von Rambler

[@walnzell9328]

By the time the members division name mod works, Hearts of Iron VI will be out.

[@connorholt6965]

The only thing I did different was I instantly release the Congo as a puppet just so I didn’t have to lose manpower to Garrison. But this was a while ago

[@YD39222]

I'd like to see you try as Bulgaria

[@Omar-ws9sm]

Please do Bulgaria Love your work man ❤

[@balkanarrow]

Please play as Bulgaria in this mod. Win in the second Balkan war and annex the whole Balkan peninsula to reform Bulgaria's glory from its peak territory. It will be very interesting. You have one guaranteed viewer😅.

[@wolfranium2199]

16:45 "Do IT", hummm i've seen this before

[@JDManring]

Not only can the war in Bulgaria be won, but I've seen the AI win about 50% of the games I've played. Go for it, because it is a fun thing to do, but I doubt you'll find it much of a challenge.

[@kalvin_m]

As a fellow Bulgarian, let me see a timeline where Ferdinand I is not the reason for two national catastrophes.

[@christianalexanderascherma9160]

Yes please show us the glory of the balcans

[@PrestigiousWarrior6500]

bittersteel ignoring his congo atrocities

[@DarthRaptor22]

Ultramonarchism? Alex the Rambler will be happy

[@ringthatbell9597]

Never ask a man his salary, a woman her age, a Belgian what he did in the Congo.

[@arepupu]

I wanna see you win as Bulgaria! Byzantium needs to rise

[@johnnotrealname8168]

The funny thing about this is how Leopold I was not 1848ed because he made a show of abiding by the Constitution.

[@AutisticCat23]

Only 8k likes??? Ur MASSIVELY underrated fr

[@MrMacMan23]

I wonder if it’s codeable to display what changes there are in the scripted peace deal. 40% war partic and then you have to hunt 😅

[@LindseyTate13]

It would be funny if someone made a mod where the country in central Africa is just called Leopold

[@zaboomafool1911]

Bittersteel is Belgian? From his accent I figured he was American

[@deadlyknights1119]

Belgium was actually one of the main reasons why Germany lost the first war. It sounds stupid, but Belgium holding up the Germans for over 2 weeks had a real impact on their push into France, possibly a war winning change.

[@NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov]

Playing as Southern Netherlands

[@leondosunmu8450]

glory to bellguim our country!

[@HellvVratH]

ferdinant

[@hydronpowers9014]

Make Belgium Great Again

[@empire6732]

Hello Bitt3rsteel, i want to ask, are you Flemish or Valonian? I mean no offence. Btw great video.

[@DutchHistoryGuy]

Definitely Wallonian, after he said crushing the Flemish was a standard thing lmao

[@empire6732]

@@DutchHistoryGuy thanks

[@alexanderrombauts4951]

He's flemish, When he said that crushing the Flemish is a standard thing he means the historical discrimination against flemish speaking population.

[@CookieTom]

Fire video bro🔥🔥🔥 Amd i didn't even watch it yet😂😂😂

[@buddermonger2000]

Oh. I didn't realize this was a new video until i looked

[@JosephBaz]

11:37 Everybody wanna see u trying to win the second Balkan war as Bulgaria, I think

[@Alex.gameing]

Play as Bulgaria and win second balkan party ;)

[@Velur0]

oh silly Bitt3rSteel, you have already won the 2nd Balkan War as Bulgaria and even formed Byzantium! I guess the dementia got to you... I guess the dementia got to you...