HoI4 Guide - Japan: Sunrise Invasion - Tojo Shot First - Tour de France Achievement - La Résistance

A guide for HoI4 La Résistance as Japan, now with 72% more sushi!
Following the steps laid out in this guide will allow you to easily get trhe achievements Sunrise Invasion, Tojo Shot Firstand Tour de Franc!
Music:
- 18:17 - The Quest - Philip Ayers
- 20:30 Ready for War - Philip Ayers
- 22:56 Don't Fall Now - Philip Ayers
- 25:14 Close to His Sword - Bonnie Grace
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[@KlaustheViking]

So evidently is does matter whether or not your purge the faction or not. I completely forgot you need 50% world tension as non-aligned. So you have to purge the faction to justify as fascist without a certain world tension.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I believe I must have missed something in that first focus then, I assumed the switch to non-alligned would be slow enough to get justifications done. Sorry!

[@KlaustheViking]

Bitt3rSteel All is well, it’s not too far in when I noticed.

[@WadcaWymiaru]

@@KlaustheViking I ALWAYS lose as the *Axis* , they are just too hard to play as i want, while Allies are too easy. Especially the "last boss" *United Stades...* Wish it was some auto-mode because managing everything is just too hard.

[@johnuthus]

@@WadcaWymiaru honestly ive never found out how to play a good Italy, I always end up never getting any land outside of Africa, and the allies are super easy to win as as well, cause as France you just tank and release a lot of places as puppets, make own faction, spy master yourself. i do find the usa hard to invade mid or late game if they haven't gotten into any conflict outside there home land. but the usa is advance russia. also germnay is like super easy to win as it just annoying you have to annex so much to defend against russia

[@WadcaWymiaru]

@@johnuthus I improved myself. I do that strategy: do everything that was in the history, but before *Barbarossa* kill the Spaniards. The rest is easy. (free fuel from the east, *Mediterran Sea* is my own personal lake) As Japan i do not attack United Stades, but in april 1940 i made an assault on the colonies. (even if i am bound to China war, just controll the coast and they die like the flies) Now war with USA in dec. 7, 1941 is super easy.... *5 Yamatos* are killing near anything that *USN and RN* can muster, and wins near every battle! Of course *USRR* is easy to finish with manpower from China and India.

[@elzeardclary213]

the naval range and the red areas are only when you set a mission for this fleet. but you can send a lv1 destroyer all around the globe without problem as long as it have a port as a destination

[@fjorelomartinaj5162]

You're right when i heard him i thought wtf has paradox updated the game again

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I have been bamboozled! Thanks for the information, as you can see, I don't play alot of naval games....

[@fjorelomartinaj5162]

@@Bitt3rSteel no one does😂 however keep up with the good work.your playthroughs are the best even better then feedbackgaming or taureor.👏👏

[@thedevilneveraskstwice7027]

@@Bitt3rSteel Control key is your friend, man :-) ty for vid

[@Starjumper2821]

Honestly the whole naval range thing is borked. Yes you have to worry somewhat about operating beyond your supply lines but the USN especially had enough oilers, misc auxiliary ships and UNREP to operate well beyond the ship's designed bunker capacity.

[@upperboneyard8334]

I have never heard a youtuber say, “if you didn’t like it, hit that dislike button and tell me what i did wrong”

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Feedback is important. If no one tells me what they dislike about my stuff, I can't fix it!

[@thalassinosmitsou3806]

Bruh actually I've heard that a bunch of times.

[@frankgreenwood4649]

The best thing is that there are almost 100 times the number of likes compared to dislikes! That's to be expected when the video is this high quality!

[@famcollander9512]

I have seen a guy who said "if you dont like the video hit the dislike button... twice"

[@erikblue7842]

@@Bitt3rSteel Feedback for gaming, so FeedbackGaming?

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

PDX: Big Battleships or Good Carriers. Pick one. Bitt3rSteel: Subs. PDX: Uhh no that's not how Japan's meant to- Bitt3rSteel: Subs.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Honestly, the idea of large surface fleets appeals to me tremendously. But there is no denying that Sub 3s are so OP atm that nothing else is worth it....

[@garrettgsf8849]

Bitt3rSteel try the torpedo cruisers you get via the Japanese focus tree. They are so broken against the AI, 20-30 of those light cruisers can singlehandedly defeat the US and British fleets if you stack them with the best available torps :)

[@kucikiro3343]

@@Bitt3rSteel Also the fact that naval combat is super complicated, not many players are willing to test out different combinations. I am a solo player, never played MP and spent around 700h+ in HoIV and I'm not a good player, these are my points. I also think that research should be overhauled, even if I am the UK or the US, I don't want to spend a slot researching ships and then doctrines for them, when I can improve planes, tanks or infantry, or industry. All of the research should be overhauled imo, and there should be 1 research slot per category (so you have 1 for infantry tech, 1 for tanks, 1 for doctrines) where you decide what on that tree you want to research next - better guns, or better support weapons. For doctrines, want better naval tech, spend the research into naval instead of infantry doctrine. Like 1 research slot is locked per category, and the way to increase your research is no longer adding +1 research slot, but increase % of research speed or some other mechanic. Hopefully this would increase players spending time with ships. I also wish they'd redo the economy - why would I want to build more dockyards as the UK, US or France when Germany will never unless focusing extremely on ships, be able to defeat my current navy? Just build the ones you start with in queue and then spam convoys. If you're Germany, there's no point in trying to defeat the navies, better to invest in sub 3 as you said and defeat the convoys.

[@suddenokular]

I'd love to have a 200 Yamato fleet crushing everything floating or flying on the oceans. Ineffective, but fun xD

[@Bitt3rSteel]

they would run out of fuel in the first sea tile :p

[@mattalxdr]

It's honestly awesome seeing the AI landing troops in New Orleans. Paradox has very very slowly started making the AI more competent in recent patches.

[@Patriot3791]

This channel is the undiscovered jewel of the HoI4 community. Keep it up brother. I really need a South Africa achievement run. As far as I can see, no one has done a good achievement guide for South Africa.

[@Screamingurchin]

You are just about the only youtuber making up to date guides on achievements and I gotta thank you for that since I just started going for achievements in this game.

[@ap080]

Love your vids Bitter, very much appreciated. I particularly like how you show all your micro - so many youtubers just say "now surround and encircle the entire German army" and cut it out. It's really helpful for a mid-tier player like me!

[@gabrielberetov9941]

I'm enjoying this new channel and the content you drop. So to you sir I say, great job

[@gabrielberetov9941]

Also could you do a speedrun of smaller achievements. I.e. normal length, but with multiple easier ones

[@callumadams1323]

YES!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I try and do compatible ones in the same video, like i have now, but if it requires restarts and nation switching...doesn't that kinds ruin the flow? but i'll have a look at it, seeing as ppl seem to like the idea

[@callumadams1323]

@@Bitt3rSteel Makes sense. Perhaps you could a video on Mexico or Colombia?

[@TheNolunch]

I second Mexico, I'd love to see a video on how to get them going that isn't outdated

[@nickbrady]

@@callumadams1323 Columbia is easy. Flip Fascist and then go after Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, and finally Peru. Peru is arguably the hardest because they put out some 40 divisions and it's all mountains and jungle, but you only need to push them out of one state to take the decision for Gran Columbia. After that it's just waiting around with Columbia's pathetic industry and no resources to pump out 10 battleships and 10 cruisers. Even the oldest, cheapest, battleships with all the tech upgrades, 5 dockyards, and naval production focus take over a year to build and take a ton of steel.

[@fret1]

If there’s bitter steel is there a bitter tungsten/chromium/aluminium/oil/rubber?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

The legendary Sweet Iron or Spicy Aluminium. Perhaps even...Tangy Tungsten

[@aaronbuckley779]

@@Bitt3rSteel oh you can't forget about the ruggedy Rubber!

[@yeetmcskeet6872]

Crispy chromium

[@reloadium]

love these vids so far, on the same level as Taureor!

[@caleguthrie1511]

Love you content dude, keep it coming!!

[@rikstroobants3835]

Been looking forward to this !

[@HomerSika1]

I didn't saw the video yet, but I know its great. Good work man

[@therandomkidplayinggames6831]

Japan: Nukes California Me a Californian: *Why is the sun coming out at 3 in the morning??????*

[@nihilus1650]

With what retinas?🤣🤪

[@timgabel2210]

Great video, love your content

[@kingbro225]

I am subbed from when you had 200 subs. This channel’s growth is staggering! As for things you can upgrade, i think you should add an alternative path: in the china video for example, I was never fast enough to do the academica sinica focus since i was still at war. So i needed an alternative. Bout other than that, you guides are nice to watch even tho they dont always work.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I appreciate the feedback! Thank you for your support! I'll be sure to keep options open in future!

[@rommeljon]

Fantastic as always, keep up the good work!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks a lot!

[@callumadams1323]

Amazing Guide! Happy to see you read the comments for Achievements. Would you consider doing a guide for Gran Colombia or Second Time's the Charm?

[@phelanlawson1995]

Gran Colombia is easy it’s just a grind making the ships you need. Use either mountaineers or Airborne they’re both good enough to conquer the South American countries you need to form Gran Colombia. Then Just afk until your ships are done. GG achievement unlocked.

[@aaronbuckley779]

I just found you today, your very good and detailed in what your doing 👍 you earned a sub!😂

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks man, I'm glad you like the content!

[@aljonclemente814]

hey man, good guide! man you've grown your channel, you have 6 times more subs than when i last watched, keep it up!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Hey, thanks!

[@herrwest9835]

Loving the content keep it up

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

I loved that intro. -From Texas, With Love.❤

[@groinBlaster31]

Hey, i love your videos. I really liked the one talking about how to redeem aztlan and puppet the user as Mexico. You should do a land combat guide. Just walking through the decisions you take as you try to do something like conquer the ussr via land invasion.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks, I really appreciate the support! I'll have a look at making a decent combat guide, but its hard to put into words

[@arthursilveira909]

Great guide, especially for not going through the early game set-up too fast

[@sambarrett1832]

Love the work! just came across your channel but im loving the content!!

[@user-vv2kp2tb4p]

How did you do this?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That's...that's what the video is for...

[@user-vv2kp2tb4p]

@@Bitt3rSteel No,he commented 7hrs before the video was posted

[@Bitt3rSteel]

KZbin messed up somehow. The video has like 60 views already, before it went live. So...magic? Science? Magical science?

[@sambarrett1832]

@@user-vv2kp2tb4p I just went on his home page and it said unlisted video so I clicked out it. Must've been a glitch with KZbin

[@tbm694]

You got my sub!

[@vtuberterrifier484]

Just watched the intro, thank God and thank You!

[@vtuberterrifier484]

I'm from tennessee

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

Imagine being an average American in this cursed timeline. The year is 1945. Your nation has been living under the boot of the Japanese Empire for the last seven years. You have finally accepted the new reality and have a basic understanding of your overlord's language. Then one morning, the Emperor himself announces on the radio to the entire nation, in broken English, "You all free now. Bye bye." The most inexplicable miracle just occurred, and you breath a sigh of relief. Less than a fortnight later, you wake up in the morning and realize that this is in fact, not a dream. America is free once again. You get up, prepare a pot of coffee, and head out to the driveway to pick up the morning paper, where you discover that for absolutely no reason whatsoever the Emperor of Japan has declared war on the United States for a second time in the last decade, just as inexplicably as the first war and later release of your nation, and immediately scrambled his air force to unleash the power of the sun on San Francisco. Years later, when asked by a journalist from the BBC why he chose to completely eliminate that city, the Emperor replies laconically, "Too much gay."

[@USMC2673]

I just watched this. I'm from Alabama and I have never heard a foreigner pronounce Mobile the way we do here. Well done. I'm not sure if anyone told you it is pronounced Mo-beel, but I was quite surprised considering most ppl would say Mo-bile or Mo-bil.

[@shipshrekt2156]

Love your dedication and enthusiasm dude, sounds like you really enjoy making content :) one suggestion I have is to turn day night cycle off? It’s kinda distracting when trying to watch. Not that big of a deal tho!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks for the tip! that thing keeps turning itself on. I hadn't even noticed....

[@bltsevdallarfanclub641]

Challange: As lithuania form United Baltic duchy and Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth

[@fjorelomartinaj5162]

Time is a challenge in this formation however it can be done by teaming with the axis and later with the allies pretty much you will have to conquer half of the world

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I look forward to a century of war

[@stonkey882]

Sadly u cant join the axis this early anymore

[@TheNignag89]

18:12 "And again I was super slow..." lmao dude its Nov 36 and youre ready to invade the USA, im usually just getting around to exercising my starting armies by then XD

[@billyjohnson3674]

This man be like, "me list music in description," whilst I'm here trying to figure out what the intro track is. Driving me nuts, man. It sounds sooooo gooood.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That would be Wild Pogo...whoops

[@billyjohnson3674]

@@Bitt3rSteel Dude, thanks. You don't know how I've been waiting to listen to it. I've tried searching for it myself, but all the music identifiers like SoundHound and AHA Music Chrome Extension led me to something called "Murgi Chor". It's been rough.

[@antasil5768]

Excellent stuff once more! I had all of these achievements already, but still good to watch someone else do them with a good plan :-) As a new challenge: I'm currently breaking my head about the Crusader Kings 2 achievement! Would appreciate some help there ;-)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Honestly, I did CK2 years ago and with all the new mechanics, I'm very interested in trying again, but I'm not sure it's possible

[@antasil5768]

@@Bitt3rSteel it seems almost impossible without some cheesing of Britain strategy. With Man the Guns, naval supremacy is a bit harder. And you just start out so weak. Even taking out Portugal and Belgium is quite a feat, and then you still need London. Ah well, they don't all have to be easy ;-)

[@Young_as_Lenin]

good job

[@noobyham7887]

Followed the guide Ended up conquered the whole world

[@Bitt3rSteel]

This is the way

[@jtsoldier]

Underrated channel.... do you have any footage of the battle against the Axis? I'm pretty keen to see that. No need for commentary, etc. it just looked like a very interesting game. Might be pretty huge to upload though.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Ah, unfortunately I didn't record that because it was just a little fun on my part. Had to find a way to pass the time untill 1945 without falling asleep

[@RG_Errorr]

I live in Biloxi. Im so happy u said Biloxi and not gulfport:)))) Thank you so much💙💙

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Sorry i invaded you!

[@RG_Errorr]

Bitt3rSteel. Lmao your good im just super happy u said Biloxi😂💙💙

[@Kaiimei]

That "Ooh, Marines!~" made me crack up.

[@nuur2825]

Hey I'd like to see you do some multiplayer guides!

[@Domo-mq8tm]

What I want in hoi4 is fleet oilers that you can put in your fleet to extend naval range. Invading across the pacific even with Hawaii is a pain

[@Mrkleanupguys2]

So a heads up on this guide back a few patches ago Paradox changed the how you get Sunrise Invasion, SO you can't now take a Europe nation before Mexico. because of this way.

[@herping_gaming2511]

I am kinda mad that I never thought of that!

[@craniusdominus8234]

Going for National Defense State takes you to Total Mobilization, but loses you a lot of manpower, but fortunately for us, the Japan focus tree is a generous one. If you then do the Spiritual Mobilization focus next (which is unlocked the moment you complete National Defense State), it allows you to regain almost all of that manpower back

[@stepal6958]

I tried this strat on my first attempt at Sunrise Invasion, in the current patch you cannot get military access from the Germans, I tried everything, maxxed relations, used a spy on diplomatic pressure, nothing worked. Second strat I tried was just a straight up invasion of the US, it landed but they convoy raided me to death very quickly and even building up good quality naval bombers and convoy escorting wasn't enough because you cannot get enough fuel and even with 300+ naval bombers you kill about one single sub per month and the US starts with around 70. This just isn't a fun achievement in the current version of the game.

[@ConnorTrail]

I like your style of guides, very informative. Could you do a hist. Germany guide? I’ve put over 1k hours in the game, I’m just shit at majors and I want to learn Germany

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I hadn't considered Germany actually...Good point! I'll add it to the whiteboard!

[@ConnorTrail]

Bitt3rSteel are you primarily a single player guy or do you also play multiplayer on HOI4?

[@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse]

I usually do not like outtakes from the middle of the game as an intro... but n*king california feels so fucking good...

[@MVFAZ]

Northern Light and the other sweden stuff could be nice to watch

[@thisisameme686]

"I'm pretty sure you've had the same thought in the past" Me, a Californian:

[@Lemuron01]

Would it be possible to see you go for the Scandinavian Union?

[@akmalrisyadhakim9089]

I tried this method without Ironman Mode, it does work well, but I think it would be better if you let your navy in the Caribbean Sea, preventing any naval invasion from happening. You could just leave several destroyers around Home Island to protect the convoy. Usually, the AI only sends around 4-6 subs to do the raiding, not much of a concern imo.

[@clawthetigers5941]

bro, i love your videos but, if you wanna know how i invade the usa as japan: Set up a naval invasion from the nothern most point of japan to attu island close to alaska, once thats done invade alaska, from there you can go for seatlle and easy win.

[@greycatmon]

18:31 I think he was trying to say 'minimize,' and whatever that was was the replacement.

[@Janissary1612]

Eyvallah !

[@nottherealdonaldtrump4750]

Nuking San Francisco is the definition of a pro gamer move

[@kevinboris5047]

16:14 Invasion of the Netherlands took all of 5 days! Awesome!

[@jippy33]

Just a small note, 20 single-battalion divisions are not enough for Tour to fire (maybe they changed it). I just put five in each and then it fired, but the game files say: check_variable = { num_equipment_in_armies@infantry_equipment > 2200 } check_variable = { num_equipment_in_armies@support_equipment > 220 } check_variable = { num_battalions_with_type@bicycle_battalion > 22 } So basically 2200 infantry equipment (22 battalions) and MORE than 22 battalions.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I feel like Paradox lies in these descriptions

[@22savageman]

Any tips circa BBA, given that distance requirements make it impossible for Japan to join Axis early game? I can't even get military access from them using diplomatic pressure. I tried declaring on Republican Spain to get access from Nationalist Spain but that takes quite a while and I would really like to invade the US as early as possible.

[@mikewong5495]

How did you get your fleet into the Caribbean sea? It appears that most ships just decide to not ensure naval supremacy or return to Holland.

[@eli8922]

Bittersteel you tricked me at the beginning lol

[@sha9916]

It is time for Bevrijding my good sir.

[@TheGLR89]

have your tried some of the romanian achievements? am realy strugeling with the "neither death nor dishonor" one, perhaps you can show us some cheezy exploits (:

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I had my first test game yesterday, actually! It's the next video in the works

[@Unofficial_YT]

Don't believe this works anymore. It doesn't let me use German ports for naval invasion after getting docking rights. Furthermore it says I can't join Axis due to distance being like -300

[@sveko7633]

You need military access or a faction with Germany, negative news, Germany will not grant it....in BBA

[@mydloSA]

Disband faction, join axis?

[@carringtonbearden4479]

I love how even after No Step Back this strategy still works lol.

[@superdaaa5563]

Im gonna try it with BBA

[@sveko7633]

I got no military access or faction in or with Germany...failed in BBA.

[@superdaaa5563]

@@sveko7633 i forgot to try but thnx for telling me though

[@Bakrain]

@@sveko7633 Confirmed, all I got from Germany was docking rights.

[@scott3017]

I believe naval range only affects operations, not strategic redeployment

[@henrywilson2136]

The navel range is a limitation of how far a fleet can do a job, patrol, convoy raid and escort, ect. It doesn't dictate how far the fleet can travel.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

As you can see, I'm not much of a naval man

[@henrywilson2136]

@@Bitt3rSteel Got it. Also America's Arsenal of Democracy when?

[@SMH55]

@Bitt3rSteel You can set a homebase for your naval units and they go there no matter how far it is so no need for this naval range stuff :D

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Can you tell I'm used to just setting a ton of subs and forgetting about them? :P

[@themccarthyproject8654]

I got tour de France as Britain. No joke, I was doing one empire and puppeted Japan, later annexed them, inherited their bicycle templates and voila.

[@fjorelomartinaj5162]

Veryy good strategy but I'd recommend to start with civilian factories, because it leads to more production

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Maybe. But I plan to consume the US for those sweet sweet factories

[@ohmoe4454]

didnt have enough supply from the captured ports to maintain attacking in the us .. so i failed. :/ my fleet got in big trouble too lose lose lose.. damn.

[@real10002]

Video suggestion: It's 1812 all over again guide.

[@fds-lg6gm]

Could you also make a video to restore the Spanish colonies? (srry my English is bad)

[@PersianMagus]

Try to restore the Persian empire as Iran. It's gonna be a fun challenge.

[@Patton1944]

Thought the newspaper with the Neutrality Act while the US was being invaded was funny.

[@thomasthurman7840]

Finding this now, but imagine... "You just conquered us, and now you're releasing us... Why?" "Weapons testing."

[@jaronwilliamson551]

For some reason I couldnt find this video in my subscriptions I had to go and look on your channel how weird

[@IvosevicJ]

Same. And I have the bell hit. YT screwing their content providers as usual.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

the video was listed to go online at 14:00 GMT+1...i have no idea how you were even able to see it!

[@jaronwilliamson551]

@@Bitt3rSteel now I'm extra confused

[@Bitt3rSteel]

KZbin messed up! I hope you liked the early access :p

[@pinkdirt8652]

Please do sunset invasion now!

[@attiladerhunne2998]

The border war with the soviets is a nice way to get army xp

[@smu9825]

You can simply press ctrl + right click to set your navy base and send your navy to germany :D

[@Bitt3rSteel]

As you can see, I've not actually used a navy in many moons...

[@SmallDeemoAzeri]

Whenever I do the naval invasion on the US, I always end up failing and my troops dying.

[@WadcaWymiaru]

Looks like *Destroyers* can use oilers XD Wish *Paradox* will repair the Naval mechanic and allow use to build PROPER transport ships. (like oilers, LST..ect.) And ORGANIZE the Sea Lanes! P.S. Japan should have one HUGE and avaliable (with some politicall power) oil field: *Liao-He* in the Manchuria! And units for resources should switch from points to tons.

[@Horizontalvertigo]

Cheers Bitt3rSteel, this worked like a breeze even with NSB. My run went better(?) than yours since I timed my betrayal of Germany perfectly, and then had little trouble finishing off the Soviets whilst waiting for my tech to finish up, 1946+ lag tho...

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Late game becomes so unplayable

[@Bruh-ff2tw]

As always, you’ve put out another fantastic video. Would love to see a fascist America play through. A Luxembourg world conquest would be pretty interesting to see

[@timothyhouse1622]

I'd actually stage your invasion from Bremen. Wilhelmshaven is a marsh. Your general will get sick. OH, and range doesn't matter on fleets if you are changing ports. You can just send them. The red zones is showing the limit of how far you can send deployment orders, not movement orders when changing ports. Just select and send them to the port.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

yeah, Bremen would have been the smart choice. But then again, true Iperial Japanese Soldiers can handle a swap!

[@green_man117]

Could you please make Persian empire ? Play as Iran.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Curiously, wasn't Iran still called Persia in 1936?

[@green_man117]

It could be ,if it played by Bitt3rSteel.

[@blue_world0850]

@@Bitt3rSteel Nop

[@a_human8489]

You shouldn’t do the naval invasion from wilhelms whatever do it from Hamburg cuz that tile is a swamp

[@Xulgaron]

Question: until which date/ year/ point in focus tree are the us weak? I want to take them as portugal brasil by declaring on venezuela

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'd say mid-1938. But they can ramp up quickly if they arent taken care of fast

[@lefoss1312]

What about the "My ships don't lie" achievement? ^^

[@Gun_Metal_Grey]

There's nothing hard to do for achieving it, you just have to research and manage the ships here and there, and of course, have the patience to do it, otherwise again, it's easy

[@Hamun002]

August 2022 calling, Paradox has not fixed the cheese

[@BrandonReinhart]

This video could use a bit more explanation of how to protect the supply line from Japan to Lousiana.

[@BrandonReinhart]

It helps to set the subs to escort convoys from Japan through the pacific. The main fleet can cover the rest. Another thing I never realized until now is that your army won't follow a naval invasion until that invasion has secured enough support ports to provide support to the other forces. So the first thing to do after landing is grab the neighboring ports. You do this, but it wasn't directly stated. Fun guide! Everything worked well for me and I learned a ton following this playthrough.

[@Killavolta]

I fail so bad at managing those naval invasions and other fleet stuff, some part of me wants to delete this game and never come back... But i like infantry battles and some cheesy strats, so i keep learning Hoi4 :q

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Just play Hungary or something :p

[@Killavolta]

@@Bitt3rSteel Yeah, i loved playing as Romania and conquering USA as Canada :) Looking for similar stuff in ur channel!

[@bradenbottemtext1811]

Can you do mexico guide next please

[@KickAss1867]

Sooo... Endsieg is next right 😉

[@antasil5768]

As an alternative approach, you can start with France instead of the Netherlands. A tougher fight, but winnable. Next, you do the UK and its dominions. From a french colony in the carribean you can naval invade canada to include them in the peace deal, annexing them after you take out the UK. After that, the USA is quite easy to invade from Canada, and you don't have to rely on naval invasions there. Also, by that time there are no more allies left :-)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Bloodthirsty, I like it. But how do you live with yourself knowing that the Dutch are safe for so long?

[@sovietpotato6252]

Do Finnish him when it gets added

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Oh,I plan to. Perkele

[@kasvoeten6224]

if you control right click on a german port your ships move there anyway.

[@nickbrady]

The glorious leaders of Albania, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sinkiang, Xibei San Ma, Shanxi, Mengkukuo, Yunnan, and Guangxi Clique all wear hats too (or head coverings). Also, guide worked perfectly. I had a little trouble with the US first time through, the lines got too long and I was left with gaps that the AI kept getting around. So I instead settled on using 20w 7-2 (ugh, I know) infantry divisions and converting the 10 units used on the Dutch into those, which also let me train up a few more. The extra divisions helped a ton, and the US army is so weak in 1937 that 7-2 or 14-4 didn't really matter. I did change up to the 40w 14-4 for Britain and France. And last note, I had to take Sardinia from Italy since it's a French core in Europe for the Tour de France. I just justified on them after finishing France and Britain, the 40w infantry cut right through and the war was over in seconds.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

My god, the fascists are everywhere

[@nickbrady]

@@Bitt3rSteel thanks for the video, I literally had never played Japan before in my 600+ hours in HOI4. Never realized what a great position they're in for a world conquest.