HoI4 A to Z: Afghanistan, failed state or GLOBAL SUPERPOWER??

In this first video in my A to Z series, we play Afghanistan and try to make the place not suck.
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[@LancerIHR]

As a person who watches both ISP and Bitter, may Bitter's sanity rest in peace

[@PowerOutageGootraxian]

As a hungarian, i want the country in your profile picture to become real. You have my full support.

[@luulasmene7786]

that's exactly what I thought when I saw the notification

[@FlagAnthem]

lol, nice profile pic

[@candlecalderondiaz7786]

Same His mine Will decay

[@mastrorick]

HOI is the easiest game to do A2Z. Then it would be CK, VIC and EU

[@sulaimankhuhro8717]

I wish you the best Bittersteel. Having Binged ISPS series and watched his sanity deteriorate, I hope you've prepared yourself.

[@SyndicalistBrazilian]

He's surely gonna suffer when playing uruguay

[@thewalkingtree7077]

@@SyndicalistBrazilian South America* just in general

[@trifight3856]

@@thewalkingtree7077 Brazil is decent

[@Perseagatuna]

@@thewalkingtree7077 Brazil, Peru, maybe Argentina are decent

[@LampadaFoscaHoi4]

​@@thewalkingtree7077Brazil has kinda a decent industry and lots of manpower

[@benjamintomassennordahl7911]

And here falls another HOI4 player's sanity. Rest in peace Bitt3rSteel's mind. We loved you as long as had you.

[@zhadum_twitch9281]

o7

[@plaguepug2091]

We are all forgetting what’s up next, Albania.

[@stangerdeath9555]

@@plaguepug2091 Oh no

[@catfacecat.]

o7

[@pasta_la_vista_baby]

A new A-Z series? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@Darth_balls]

hold on, this whole operation was ISP's idea!

[@TheAdministratorRequiem]

We have brought peace Justice Security to the comments section!

[@buddermonger2000]

After this game I suggest a "members killed" counter where you track how many members have died for you in your many armies

[@quinn3334]

this is great

[@kristofevarsson6903]

Cross it over with the Disaster Saves campaigns too, so we can see how many times over members died before and after the Bitter Intervention.

[@JS-iu3ce]

5:20 for those who don’t know, army defence advisors are actually very good, as for advisors, generals, and feild marshals. Defence increases actually increase breakthrough, which in this instance would be much better than a non combat out of supply penalty reduction

[@RyuakiraX]

Would be nice if the game actually told you that, since breakthrough is displayed in other places as a stat.

[@JS-iu3ce]

@@RyuakiraX yeah it’s especially annoying as things like aggressive assaulted which advertise +10% breakthrough actually do nothing, but unyielding defender which gives 10% defence actually gives 10% defence and breakthrough

[@RyuakiraX]

@@JS-iu3ce Aggressive assaulter does nothing?

[@JS-iu3ce]

Ok I might not be entirely sure on that one, but I know that unyielding defender is just simply better, as it gives the defensive buff as well as the breakthrough

​@@RyuakiraX HOI4 aint gonna tell you shit by itself

[@NileRiverification]

"That's alot of americans, dying for no good reason" Ah yes, the real Afghanistan experience. Good luck on keeping your sanity in this series, bittersteel

[@saltvault8943]

Now I want to see a Collab between ISP and Bittersteel Frustration meets Artillery only Guess who's who

Ah yes the immortal naval invasion meltdowns

[@musaiyabmirzaali]

When Bitt3rSteel gets to Belgium (I think he's Belgian? sorry if I'm wrong), he should do an MP with ISP as UK

[@mreevee7785]

​@@musaiyabmirzaali he is belgian

[@Perseagatuna]

I wish paradox added like a signaling system for your allies, like you can ping the players in MP or the AI in SP to hold the front or to give you naval/aerial superiority in a region, or to start pushing somewhere or retreat somewhere else, etc. Would solve the issue of the AI doing things you don't want it to do

[@stangerdeath9555]

I imagine the AI would still find a way to do stupid shit

[@caine_inu]

Oh noo, Bitt3rSteel is gonna get the A to Z fever just like ISP😭 Jokes aside, love the content.

[@fortressandfortress974]

Hes gonna jump off a building i say..... When hes at British malaya

[@krasnamerah1926]

@@fortressandfortress974, hopefully not. But my Dutch East Indies mod sadly only added leaders and states for them, not a focus tree.

[@culannthehound94]

My boys did it! From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. Even without the shout out, definitely one of my favorite videos. Not sure if I was more excited than you were when you clicked the Persia decision. Entertaining from start to finish brother.

[@quasario]

It's culann!

[@Mongelt]

Tip: if you want to find a mysterious country that you've already capitulated but it miraculously survived somewhere, press F and the search box will open. Also works for searching individual provinces

[@jdogmpd7369]

This will be interesting as bittersteel focused more on his gameplay and goals while ISP focuses more on his personality while doing random shit

[@Havok0159]

The moment Stalin declared war I knew he was hiding there. I've had the exact same thing happen to me. Defeated Soviets, fought over territory and due to points shenanigans the Soviets still existed alongside other Soviet puppets. Then out of the blue Soviets declare war on some 3rd party. Had no idea where they were until I had business in the Pacific and saw them up there.

[@billybill1272]

Already can tell this is gonna be a great series

[@stonedtowel]

Personally I agree that lend lease is a bit strong for any half decent player but on the same note it’s quite realistic. As long as your sea lanes are safeish I think it’s well placed in the meta. I’m reminded of the English and Communist who basically would have lost everything if not for American lend lease/loans.

[@alexraney2312]

Can't believe I'm about to watch this whole series again.

[@JamesHock]

ISP has really created a monster with his A to Z challenge

[@archived2714]

All the ghosts of empires is what really carried this run.

[@PaulisInclusion]

Thank you so much for doing a-z series. Seriously its so helpful and i like your video and play style. Thanks man!

[@kevinhatcher3765]

I can tell this is going to be a fun series

[@pendantairplane]

I am really excited for this series. Seeing someone do A to Z with a more long-form style will be very entertaining

[@UrsaRyan]

What a start to the series - best of luck with your A to Z campaign!!

[@jake_7630]

Can't wait for the rest of this series!!!

[@jacekgedek3872]

Cool video! I'm doing something similar for myself, but not in alfabethical order. Yemen, Cuba and Uruguay were surprisingly fun :) Good luck with this challenge!

[@CoolChris2080]

Really love the idea of your A to Z series! Looking forward to seeing some never played minor powers.

[@joaquindubini3681]

Gotta say, your commentary is so relaxing. It works as my ASMR in a weird odd way.

[@fluffycommander]

I like how you went historical and baited the enemy into the mountains.

[@hydranmenace]

This might sound silly but would you be able to make a micro tutorial interesting? I see you and others play this micro-ing, seems like you're using hotkeys to redeploy units or something? When do you move a unit, how do you "cycle" units into a losing tile, etc? Usually I see tutorial focused on build orders, templates, and focus trees. Not how to actually manage and micro. Which.. I think might be really useful and have valid info regardless of patches so you aren't being asked to update it every 6 months.

[@_sherloks_]

I'd love to see this campaign continue!!

[@kristijanveljaca1687]

YES thank you for doing this

[@marcelbotta3402]

Cool idea! Go on with your amazing work! 😊

[@towasu8760]

I absolutely love bitters content it makes me jolt in joy whenever i see his videos. As a mongolian 🇲🇳 hoi player i ussually cant play mp and his achievement guides are such a great source of joy

[@juicebox6581]

I gave the video a like, not because its good (which it is), but because u posted. Quality content like normal 👍

[@lantredasphodele5858]

Yay ! A to Z ! I was waiting for it ^^ and it's reaching my hopes ! Persian Empire for a start O_O Best HOI4 content creator here XD

[@AndreaMetto-gk5rt]

I loved this video and I have to say that I’m amazed if you keep your sanity for the hole serie. If you manege I think that you can try and create the Al-Andalus caliphate from an Algeria without the French cores.

[@user-wd1wo9pb3o]

Now this is a proper A2Z series. Waiting for more

[@wargamesmaster]

I only heard about these "A to Z Nations" challenges recently and I must say, I love the idea. HoI4 is too difficult for my mind to even comprehend, so it will be EU4 "A to Z" challenge for me (Starting with Aachen).

[@ButterBaronet]

I am very much looking forward to more of this series.

[@kahlobf2263]

The amount of micro-ing that bitter had to go through for this video, the amount of respect I give is immeasurable

[@applecatcher231]

Epic play to finish this off, good effort!

[@papiew1]

Yes! I am so excited for this! ISP brings the memes and shorts and you bring the deep-dives and strategies!

[@deltainfinium869]

Oh boy, this is gonna be fun. Hope he does releasables as well!

[@chuckles_corner7530]

I've watched all of Bittersteel's videos for a long time, and this might be my favorite ever. I can't wait to see the rest of A to Z.

[@nowi25]

What a great video mate❤

[@MonkeyDLuffy-rr3wu]

I do love your vids I’m going to get a pc for Christmas and this is the first game I’m getting because of you thank you hope you get a lot of subs and have a great KZbin channel

[@sirnooblet2793]

Im excited for when you play Austria. I just had a game where I denied anschluss and now have almost created austria-hungary. no mods and historical focuses too. If you wanna know what I did just ask.

[@digitallee5006]

IBelgiumProductions is best Paradox Vtuber!

[@hendrikmons4231]

Haha this was funny to watch. Thanks for adding me to your vanguard army and for keeping me alive! :D maybe some medals could be awarded aswell in the future :D

[@wildsbad2768]

Please make HoI4 A-Z a series! This is amazing!!!

[@Kaiimei]

Sometimes I feel like the developers added a Decision that sounded cool, then didn't actually try to achieve it themselves. I know it's not true, that power creep has just made previously-achievable Decisions vastly more difficult, alongside some regions getting blanket Decisions that some of them can achieve which others can't, but it's funny to think about.

[@dorchcorporation7578]

Bitt3rsteel's sanity is about to dissapear faster than Aussa. I watch ISP and attempting this is equal to losing your sanity faster than you can destroy encircled divisions with no equipment and no organization.

[@404-ThisUsernameIsAlreadyTaken]

Might it have been worthwhile to convert a few units to Mountaineers for the push into the Caucuses? Seems like all those mountain tiles would have been the perfect place to use them.

[@USofA]

This feels like the start of a painful and lovely series. May the ISP good bless your soul.

[@Koch124]

Great Vid!

[@radmehrbeygi719]

That was amazing but im sure that wasn't in my mind when i asked persian empire 😂😂😂great job man that was amazing

[@princeoftherealm]

Bittersteel not checking the casualty report on that 80+ division encirclement in v france hurt my soul

[@apoivre]

iBelgian Productions lol. Great series, Bitt3r, hope to see more of this

[@baum2424]

love there vids so much

[@gurkmeja1235]

so nice love your vids!💖

[@baka9625]

Try playing as switzerland and try to take over axis. But overall. Good video LUV iT

[@lukescooking]

Thanks!

[@romaniancountryball2195]

Cant wait for the next one

[@samuelzachariah8739]

Imagine ISP and Bittersteel co-oping a nation😂

[@oldetobie2568]

I’m so pumped got Bitt3rSteel A-Z let’s gooooo!

[@afass.7447]

Something that really aggrovates me in your videos is, that you always trade, even if you only are in a minus of e.g. 2 steel. This only gives you like -2.5 output so I usually just keep my civ building. Great video tho

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm a flawed person

[@afass.7447]

@@Bitt3rSteel yes you are, you decided that this was a sane idea. So go on play Albania, suffer and aggrivate me even more by buying unnecessary rescources

[@berkyazar6929]

We need more of this seriese

[@kahlobf2263]

Only bitter can make this sort of playthrough entertaining

[@DestinyTerraria]

Wow, pure respect for recreating the Persian empire. Who cares if it's cheese? If it works it works.

[@anidiot4992]

can't wait for more, got back into HoI4 and now I get to watch my fav Hoi4 yter lose his sanity. hold on, gotta grab some popcorn.

[@andrewschultz7499]

Stunning! Afghanistan run!

[@yangheleoliu8917]

Reference to the civs and mils going into the other province at the start, I think building higher infrastructure in kabul should help

[@sandercohen5543]

I gave this a try as well, but i just skipped navy completely and used paratroopers instead to take islands and strategic locations, since i have had previous bad experiences with forming persia as iran, some of which involve my navy getting stuck.

[@applekelly1152]

Thank you so much for making it into a longer duration (⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♡

[@apoorpersonsproductions9977]

i woud actually love to see you and ISP do a collab on HOI4

[@stephenlauret132]

What a fun campaign to watch! Also spotted my name, well, I saw Stephen, just imagine I am the only one :P As an early subscriber ;)

[@massimomasi5034]

love the series, RedHawk is gonna be proud!

[@minecraftmurder3181]

Hello everybody, and welcome back to hoi4 A2Z. The series where I (now bitt3rsteel) play every single starting nation in Hearts of Iron 4.

[@jessicacarpenter871]

HELLO, good video! 😀🤘🏼

[@alatamore]

Yes! I love RedHawk's A-Z challenge in EU4, so I am very excited to see you do that in HoI4. It really gets you into playing nations that rarely are played, and then the challenge goals can also be a lot of fun to come up with.

[@eflex8543]

3:40 can we take a moment to apreciate that a member of bittersteels channel has the most French name ever ,shoutout to @Jean-Pierre

[@jonahbaker7540]

It was so cool to see my name up there!

[@abufadelabas5235]

So funnnnnnnn, keep it up pleaseeeee

[@Robochuck]

I agree that the Clicking of the button to re-form the nation is a good end point. Yeah look at what it gave you. The important part of "goal has been reached" is still the main point.

[@krasnamerah1926]

Hopefully i can prepare my Dutch East Indies mod quick enough for your future playthrough.

[@SemHuijgen]

What would it include? As a dutchie, it sounds quite interesting!

[@krasnamerah1926]

​@@SemHuijgen, only the pro-Dutch path is mostly updated for now, and tailored for historical AI-focuses on. But in short, the political options are whether to: 1. Retain the Status Quo with limited liberalizations in exchange of higher stability and inheriting the military prowess from the Fatherland, or 2. To heed on the Indies' already existing interest groups' wishes to make the East Indies more independent from Den Haag but still ultimately subservient to the Kingdom, in exchange of stability loss.

[@krasnamerah1926]

@@SemHuijgen, the mod's name is Hollandia Historica: East Indies Reworked

[@SemHuijgen]

I searched it, looks a lot better than the hoi4 one!

[@krasnamerah1926]

@@SemHuijgen, well, what do you mean? There's no official focus tree for Indonesia/East Indies yet.

[@JeanLoot]

Excellent for n bittersteel!!

[@hellfish9227]

I recommend the "minor nations reborn"-mod for playthroughs with all these nations that have the generic focus tree.

[@Deathpikachu]

Please continue this one!

[@Jjc-qu1hy]

Bittersteel A-Z boutta be lit

[@cartergeorge1545]

Continues to be wild seeing HOI4 combat take place in cities that are part of a warzone rn.

[@valerianos8635]

Honestly for mods the road to 56 is the only good one, since it gives focus trees and a overhauled base focus trees for countries.

[@ardsam6922]

This is a great guide!

[@mrcleantrash2345]

It's not a guide he said

[@RyanJosepher]

Starting leader looking fly af.

[@dsebbebridge2674]

Cant wait for Tannu Tavi playthrough!

[@scottbradley2494]

Have you considered your a-z not being countries but on hoi4 game elements Bombers, Communism, Destroyers, Europe, Fallback lines, Grand battle plan...etc.?

[@blakephillips31]

I cannot wait for you to get to British Malaya (my favorite ISP video) 😉

[@Ghuzeld]

YES A-Z!!

[@XaviRonaldo0]

The fact Stalin is exiled to far eastern siberia or whatever that region is called is such karma for all the political opponents he exiled

[@jacobterminator3482]

Best crossover ever

[@MinDedGD]

26:18 "Where were you when afganistan took Stalingrad" 💀