Can YOU Save Germany In Stalingrad!?

It's cold and the battle rages on all around us...
As Germany enters Stalingrad, the Soviet Union is ready to defend their proud city to the last man.
This is the Battle of Stalingrad but in Hearts of Iron 4.
Yep someone made an entire map of Stalingrad and the surrounding area.
They created an entire HOI4 Stalingrad Scenario Mod where you can play as both Germany and the Soviet Union aka Russia.
It's been fully updated in HOI4 No Step Back, so there's the new supply and all the cool new features of the new Hearts of Iron 4 DLC!
What happens when you play Germany in the Battle of Stalingrad Scenario In Hearts of Iron 4?
Well let me tell you, there's a lot of snow and a lot of debuffs along with it.
Is Germany balanced in the Stalingrad Mod for HOI4?
Well depends at what time in the mod.
Can Tommy Save Germany In Stalingrad? (this is a video game)
Can You Save Germany In Stalingrad? (this is a video game)
Well I guess we will have to find out in this video.
This is what happens when you play Germany in the HOI4 Stalingrad Challenge!
Armchair Historian's Battle of Stalingrad Video: • Deadliest Battle in Hi... (I inserted some of their map graphics at the start of the video)
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[@TommyKay]

15K LIKES AND WE GO AGAIN! BATTLE OF STALINGRAD WILL RETURN IF THIS VIDEO REACHES 15K LIKES Here's the full video of Tommy checking out Serbian snacks and the package: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6e9h3-nd914gNU

[@i-dislike-handles]

Ok

[@hhj858]

ok tommy

[@stewity1]

ok

[@user-dp7iq3pz4l]

Always daddy

[@mr_confuse]

Then I will see you in 5 months when we reach 15k likes :D

[@williampugh1489]

Tommy got a kid before he's done the mega campaign!

[@TommyKay]

wait a second.

[@aldovk6681]

Hell... I'll have a hot blonde gf by the time he does the mega campaign, in other words never

[@JJMK7092]

He is doing the focus tree in a weird order for sure

[@bagasitogitto.f1826]

@@JJMK7092 he seems to have abandoned the tryhard grand strategy player to become a familyman

[@k0ziolRD]

Tommy's kid will finish megacampaing in stellaris 2 or 3.

[@KarakuraRiser]

"08:40 Who's gonna stop me?" Man the roleplay into the summer of '42 as the German high command is spot on

[@pokpok97642]

i can sense the rage coupled with the smell of wehraboos when they play this mod and they cant roleplay the superduper arian army that wouldve definitely won if logistics didnt exist and they didnt have to listen to hitler or some stupid shit like that

[@PadaV4]

@@pokpok97642 You wish. Winning as Germans is actually pretty easy in this mod. I have no idea how Tommy managed to stall this offensive. This mod actually offers a second start date which is a few months later and that one is harder.

[@FriedrichBarb]

@@pokpok97642 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Wickedonezz]

@@pokpok97642 cope and seethe

[@exstratos2477]

@@PadaV4 He went for more encirclements trying to get rid of many divisions as possible, which is a pretty reasonable with the little experience he had with the mod

[@natethegreat1999]

I love how almost everything Tommy says is probably what the generals were thinking during the campaign

[@TommyKay]

true

[@natethegreat1999]

@isim bulamadım bruh I was talking about how they had the same issues and predicted the same long term problems in the campaign. Has more to do with how good the mod is than stereotypes about Germans and warfare.

[@FUnazis]

"Eieiei, I'm encircled as fuck, owwwww, ooooffff"

[@marktheprussian]

‘Were better than paulus, ez’ -tommy _literally doesnt get as far as paulus did_

[@antorseax9492]

0:47 Stalingrad was incredibly important, it was a centre of population and industry. It was on the Volga, a vital supply line - and one of the routes Western lend-lease went though. It was also an entrance to the Caucuses, when 75% of Soviet oil was extracted - note, that the USSR was one of the world's leading oil produces. And people still say the battle was all about the name.

[@TommyKay]

it was the mod devs not me!

[@antorseax9492]

@@TommyKay Thanks for the heart Marconi

[@antorseax9492]

@@TommyKay And I just needed to point it out

[@niranjansrinivasan4042]

Hitler himself said in a November speech about the importance of Stalingrad where he jokingly mentioned that it was not the name of Stalin that drove him there in the first place. Given that he was aware of the fuel shortage and had to stop fall blau to resume after capturing Stalingrad and preventing a soviet counter offensive.

[@niranjansrinivasan4042]

The speech was also in the movie Stalingrad 1993

[@LiterallyMe05]

Alternate title: Tommy does in Hoi4 what his grandfather went through irl

[@nemanjak50]

Stalingrad was an extremely important objective during the war not for propaganda purposes (propaganda was very irrelevant actually) but because it was the last railway hub to the Caucasus, if Stalingrad fell so would the Caucasus front and who knows what would have happen if AG South had free reign there

[@TommyKay]

monka

[@derboy3363]

yeah, thats why i like the new dlc! people are saying "mimimimi i dont wanna care about supply hubs all the time they are way to improtant now mimimimi", BITCH, they WERE that important

[@cookiecraze1310]

Even if they had the south Germany would have lost, but it would have been a longer, more drawn out war.

[@clementlefevre5384]

Except the Soviet would have just put every oil field on fire to deny the Germans any ressource, just like they have done the 2 years prior, also, the Germans would so overextended it would have been easy to cut them off.

[@andrewmaloney4690]

yeah lol plus it was on the volga, i think the whole "no strategic purpose" narrative came from post-war propaganda by the generals who preferred a push for moscow

[@vlvd3067]

i love dommy but him not reading stuff makes me pull out my hair.. he basically played the whole game on civ economy

[@TommyKay]

[@pokpok97642]

unagabunga ginger not understand funny lines ungabunga

[@n00bswillruleall]

No fuel for the main attack on stalingrad and after either.

[@unrealscythe]

Tommy glitched out the troop spawn pp events by editing the div templates. so he was paying pp to summon thin air and didn't realise. he didn't notice to take the focus to cancel the winter debuff so this army was still freezing come spring. better luck next time.

[@Sword001SK]

bump

[@brennoblade]

Markoni is a great guy, and you cannot change my mind.

[@TommyKay]

oh stop it you! 😳

[@TommyKay]

Here come all the Stalingrad and freezing in the winter comments...

[@shyy2973]

ill get there by summer, totally

[@OHOE1]

it's actually not that cold in Stalingrad, only -4 degrees celsius

[@Jesu-s0967]

@@OHOE1 only?

[@tropicalfruit4571]

@@Jesu-s0967 Look at this guy! He never experienced -20! xD -4 sure sucks but it ain't too bad, regular winter clothing solves the issue but I can imagine someone from say Texas not having to ever deal with these kind of temperatures (though not as of last 2 winters, and surprise surprise nothing works there when it's below zero xD)

[@fireiron369]

I was gonna write a comment like this but my finger tips fell off from frostbite

[@zigoter2185]

From the historic standpoint. Stalingrad was attacked by Germany, not because it was named as Stalin, but because it was a industrial centre and main railway hub of central Russia. Also control of city meant that Volga river won't be available for transportation means, which also was huge, since majority of Soviet oil was going through Volga.

[@Mackenzie002]

Yep from TIK vid

[@will2brown50]

It was still a secondary objective to the Maikop Grozny and Baku. Hitler made a bad decision to attack split army group south into two. Especially because he ordered it so late before Case Blue began

[@guilty_mulburry5903]

It's also the gateway to South East Russia, as was evidence in the russian civil war

[@popothethird1733]

Pretty sure Moscow was the main railway hub, every railroad in Russia was connected to it

[@Mackenzie002]

@@popothethird1733 are u being serious??

[@SwissAlboblah]

My man Tommy looked at the chips and asked "Are they still working?" MEGA BOOMER

[@TommyKay]

HAHAHA

[@natethegreat1999]

“You are tanks how are you not going to kill this.” -Pauli’s at the commencement of house to house fighting (circa October 1942)

[@mattvonel4039]

When I played this mod as Germans I took until 1945 to defeat the USSR. I had to develop modern tanks and air to push them and reform my infantry to hold the line. It was hard and I got pushed many times, lost many divisions and wanted to call it. In the end I defeated them. For me It's a good mod. I enjoyed playing it.

[@TommyKay]

sounds like tommy stopped too early

[@duquesne6608]

name of mod

[@mattvonel4039]

@@duquesne6608 Scenario: Stalingrad

[@jakpo1234]

2:48 When u ask tommy to stop eating on stream, but he doesn't listen so u take matters in your own hands

[@eyyy2271]

that part legit had me dying lmao

[@frostedpanzer4830]

you know maybe scenarios like this for other battles like Stalingrad would be really fun to play.

[@TommyKay]

trueeeeee

[@iok21a]

such as the Battle of Kursk? massive tank rush

[@tommythetemplar]

@@iok21a they just made a normandy one

[@b3ygghsas]

A battle of the bulge scenario would be dope

[@twenity8852]

19:10 germans are retreating proceeds to play sad msuic

[@wyattclason667]

Tommy you could have saved your grandpa!

[@TommyKay]

[@scare2064]

Tommy reenacted the German High Command during Operation Barbossa step by step

[@thyscott6603]

"Click the button, so we can go back to Stalingrad" insert punchline here

[@TommyKay]

bruh

[@agile564]

Love these vids Tommy still can't get over how my german teacher looks like you 😂

[@TommyKay]

bruh

[@eagle_and_the_dragon]

3:49 I was midrep and burst out laughing. Killed the momentum but was worth it.

[@Star-tc4dy]

Markoni why must you torture us with Tommykay food reviews

[@PascalSWE]

Stalingrad was not an unimportant objective for the Germans. It was a major railway hub as well as being situated on the confluence of the Volga and Don rivers. Its strategic importance was as great as its Symbolic Value. The big mistake the Germans did in Stalingrad was to attack it directly instead of surrounding it. The German army was very good at fighting in open terrain and could have probably taken the area around Stalingrad alot easier than they could take the city itself. Surrounding it would more or less achieve the same strategic benefits as taking the city although the Wehrmacht is likely to have been forced to conduct a long siege before they could seriously advance further south. Even if they get stuck for a year besieging Stalingrad that would still block shipments coming up the Volga.

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

Doesn't matter though, the goal was to cut the Volga at *any* point, take Astrakan, form a blocking line on the river and then strike into the Caucasus. Sure, taking it would help with supply, but you would need to take the tracks *east* of the Volga which definetly was not included in the order. It even says in Führer Directive 45 that it would be enough to bring Stalingrad under fire of heavy artillery, other than that it was barely mentioned.

[@Oll1000]

Yeah, like how they sieged Leningrad. Turns out that the enemy is incredibly unlikely to surrender when they fear they will be exterminated if they do, go figure.

[@PascalSWE]

@@Oll1000 Leningrad had rougher terrain around it where fighting was as unsuitable for the Wehrmacht as in the city itself. Lake Ladoga also made a complete surround impossible. I dont think they have much chance of succeeding no matter their tactics but the german army would probably fare better in the steppes around Stalingrad than in the city itself.

[@bobcat_mike7619]

Tommy: Gets any food at all Markoni: *SWEATS*

[@e_x_c_u_b_i_t_o_r_ejiysb7169]

You made the same mistake as Hoth's 4th panzer army, took to long to break the Russian defences on the south mainly since its a hilly terrain. That army was crippled badly (lost valuable time before winter) that only the 6th army on the north was actually achieving much success. Kinda ironic that you also achieve the same success as Paulus in real life, that it was the 6th army that arrived first before even Hoth's 4th panzer army.

[@darthrevan9499]

3:41 Lisa scared living shit out of me

[@bIuebuIIet]

mods like that that focus on specific battles are amazing. It's too bad only like 6 of these mods exist. I'd like to see entire rewords that "zoom in" om specific campaigns like a whole Africa campaign on the scale of this Stalingrad mod, or a Guadalcanal.

[@unionofsovietsocialistrepu5044]

2:53 Great work, Comrade Markoni

[@TommyKay]

sigma grindset

[@diehardnewcastlefan2062]

1:10 "are they still WORKING" Tommy has become too big of a gamer

[@starzapbg3014]

Pumping out videos so fast! Much love to you Markoni from Bulgaria

[@myeyesfeellikecrap3510]

Im Markoni from Albania

[@pedropereirameireles]

I have concluded that markoni is a masoquist. First he begs for his life upon having to watch and edit clips of tommy eating, and now sends him serbian food... Markoni, how the mighty have fallen.

[@TommyKay]

it was a christmas package :(

[@r-white457]

Trying to learn HOI4 idk some random masculine urge comes back every 4 months to learn this game

[@TommyKay]

huh

[@r-white457]

I try learn it, one day later i give up and watch tommy do it

[@pokpok97642]

@@r-white457 same lol

[@Linkingx2]

Just saying it was -40C° back then, and they were out there fighting, just insane...

[@darkredfoxy1794]

After 7 generation tommy family still can't take leningrad

[@erenduran7897]

"Who's gonna fucking stop me :D" -a dude... with a weird moustache.

[@aidrianyoutube]

Fantastic video as always! You gotta wonder what would have happened to the Caucasus if Stalingrad would have fell to the German army.

[@derechtehostileenvironment]

nice video man ! enjoy watching ur vids

[@larmoth401]

Gigachad Markoni gaslighting Tommy by secretly putting Coconut in all of his food

[@enesemcee]

I really wonder how markoni feels seeing tommy eat all his snacks while editing lol

[@TommyKay]

:(

[@whyops9862]

@@TommyKay lol

[@yamamotohiromori419]

German officer realizing his early success is actually calm before the strom

[@ausnorman8050]

Mate great content! loved it and we need to play 'Ready or Not' sometime!

[@feargripper]

Great use of the graphics markoni!!! For a sec I thought there was an animator.

[@TommyKay]

jaaaa

[@kasierketer426]

That °milk bar thing° looks BUSSIN~

[@gindelschwindel]

The editor is just the best

[@gtp3185]

"are the chips still working" lmfao i love your content

[@meinhausbrennt1426]

This Edit is Just great

[@legal371]

Damn this is the fastest I've gotten here for one of his uploads

[@TommyKay]

hi bro

[@Spiffy35]

Having markoni talk over the video is amazing. And I want more of it

[@TommyKay]

[@expandedhistory]

German Field Marshall of Army Group South pursuing the Red Army colorized 1942.

[@kls9421]

love your videos

[@TommyKay]

wait a second kls

[@broccolin]

I love the content Tommy. Where's the mega campaign.

[@jackdeering9301]

I love Marconis little interjections in the videos

[@TommyKay]

:)

[@CatnamedMittens]

The coolest thing about army group south was all the Romanian and Italian troops that were there too. Same with the blue division in the north

[@jarroncarlton]

Well my guy I currently dont have a life for the next few months I'll be tuned in 😂

[@leoastner888]

*Russians:* Сталинград *Tommy kay:* SCHtalingrrad

[@XIOKING]

Tommy great grandfather are you winning grandchild

[@brysonspivey3413]

I love these videos

[@TommyKay]

i love u bryson

[@undeadpinhead7422]

Another banging video

[@TommyKay]

uwu

[@szymsonthatmemeguy3181]

This video really should have been 5 seconds longer

[@TommyKay]

!!!!

[@Dbzmad34222]

tommy delivers again

[@user-gs2fu3bm4b]

Stalingrad. Mass grave.

[@SCP-sd5uu]

1 million Soviets and 1 million germans died.

[@JW-zx5dr]

I love this channel

[@TommyKay]

i love u

[@JW-zx5dr]

@@TommyKay Thanks man

[@TrevorEllison-lh5yo]

Tommy: “ooh, Marconi chips!” Also Tommy: “are they still working?”

[@ej9806]

Their was a house in Stalingrad that held out longer than France😂

[@ariwahyu4670]

2:04 the battle of editor and Tommy

[@fireiron369]

“ relevantly unimportant” You do realise the main supply line for the Red Army in the Caucasuses went through Stalingrad right?

[@Wiarone]

Mache dor ab Alter! Herrlich😂

[@shear3644]

I would love to see a 3v3 map of the Eastern front. One GER player for each army group (north, center, south) and one SOV player for each front as well. Mainly, I would love to see it be a larger scale kinda like this one, obviously not that large though.

[@bradlybyberg963]

Markoni putting in the guts theme at the end LMFAO Germans being pushed back and freezing to death, all while the most peaceful, and contemplative music is the soundtrack to their mistakes.

[@TommyKay]

exactly

[@Jesse_Leuning]

You upload so fast

[@wyattclason667]

Now do it in real life

[@TommyKay]

wtf

[@aldovk6681]

I want to see Tommy enlisted as a german captain in NATO's winter invasion of Russia

[@CHEWYLOE]

Based!?

[@rileyclarke6594]

Just what I wanted in a HOI4 video: a person loudly eating for the first five minutes.

[@diseabronx5075]

Round 2 let’s go!!

[@RipVanWhinkle]

This video felt like 5 minutes long, I’m surprised it was 19 minutes 😂

[@TommyKay]

thats good.

[@user-hq7dm1ke9l]

''WOOOW CHIPS!!'' ''Chipsy clasic, suka''

[@Gusararr]

Markoni can you make compilation of Tommy eating serbain snacks that you have sent him?

[@TommyKay]

yeah i prepared the video when he opens the package, but he hasn't eaten most of them as of right now

[@TommyKay]

i will try to include him eating them throughout the next few hoi4 videos when i do catch him snacking on them, no promises tho cause he might eat them during some of the content thats for tommykayvibe for example

[@Gusararr]

Neka, nek jede svinjica naša ;)

[@Jelly-lw6ro]

Come on boys! like the video I need to see if Tommy can make his great grandfather proud!

[@EuropeTimelapse]

this map is awesome but so difficult :D

[@TommyKay]

trueeee

[@TheRagaz]

german in stalingrad. what could go wrong

[@octopusguy5648]

It's harder to play as the soviets than the Germans

[@The_End_Is_Never_The_End]

2:41 That one soldier who ate all the rations at Stalingrad

[@henry5615]

When a guy does not get excepted to art school

[@awesomeaiden5218]

Nice.

[@SurvivorMaster]

Somebody send this to General Paulus

[@loyalist6176]

"See this?, number one hoi5 player. What was that? He said subscribe or... you bitch."

[@douglasmacarthur628]

Love you Ginchy Monkie

[@tedarcher9120]

Tactical hoi4 mod, that would be cool lil

[@JJ0516xx]

The guts theme at the end hit different.

[@TommyKay]

sadge

[@javierperalta7648]

After NSB you can achieve literally anything as long as you have enough CAS and air supremacy

[@bensparrow3356]

Hi Markoni I hope you're having a good day :)

[@TommyKay]

u too brother

[@andrasbeke3012]

You can take the entire west and southern coast by September. Then the best way to win is to build refineries and mega tanks

[@BillTheDisaster]

Alpha Streamer *Sigma Editor* *GAMMA VIEWERS?* I see...🤔 2:47

[@behzadhaftani]

You can do it !!!!

[@CrunchyNorbert]

Going down the challenge hitler route is interesting; fewer buffs early before winter but the winter isn't so lethal

[@ronanwaring3408]

Markoni about to declare ww3 on tommy

[@Jaybird_102]

Lmao tommy doesn't know what coconut is.

[@TheAres720]

Delusional ginger ehh Love u Maconiii