HOI4 Guide: The Ottoman Empire [Hardly anything Sevres] BBA

Conquer the world as the Ottoman Empire in Hearts of Iron IV (HOI4) with our Ultimate Ottoman Empire Guide! Join us as we tackle the most challenging achievements and provide expert strategies. Master starting strategies, expand your empire, build military might, manage resources, excel in diplomacy, and unlock the Hardly Anything Severe Achievement. Subscribe now and rewrite history with the Ottoman Empire. Updated for BBA and using all DLC's.

[@osmankadirataseven290]

If you retire Atatürk and stop the game, you can hire a military high command for 55pp. Likewise, advisors are also 82pp. Because atatürk is still the leader of the country and Atatürk's legacy comes as a buff nation split (half of Ataturk's all buff), that is, it provides 45% discount.

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

Most realistic outcome of WW2:

[@phongphung5374]

what a guide, you must have spent a lot of time/research to be able to make this run. hope to see more like this in the future

[@thetibbiesshow]

I’ll try to keep it up!

[@bysigmar3819]

man 3 years and countless tries. now I finally made it and can put my mind to rest. thanks dude❤

[@huanzeus9917]

With the civil war an easier way is delete all your units and have 1 2 width cav unit in training so when it starts deploy at Istanbul and then snake vic points you can finish the war in like 14 days.

[@appreciate_life]

but you won’t be able to change it to a war economy, and you won’t be able to increase the mobilization of the army

[@huanzeus9917]

@@appreciate_life if you have the PP saved you can easily go total mob even with the war support of defensive war

[@appreciate_life]

@@huanzeus9917 total mob is shit , but the sooner we set up the economy, the better, and mobilization into the army is a very important aspect at the beginning of the game, because when I started conscription, I already didn’t have enough people at the war with Greece

[@huanzeus9917]

@@appreciate_life bro you aren’t listening, you just save PP and go any eco and conscription you want.

[@appreciate_life]

@@huanzeus9917 Idk, I only succeeded in what I say, and I 5 mins ago received this achievement 🥶

[@appreciate_life]

Thank you very much for the video, it was yours that helped me a lot❤️ so, in some moments I was unlucky, in some I didn’t take the necessary territories, but in the end all 4 capitals are mine 😎😎😎 Thanks, bro

[@MM-xt1fs]

Your guide works like charm except the last part. 1st Run: My puppet Vichy France joins the Axis as soon as I leave faction and stop being a puppet and joined the war against me. 2nd Run: Took Vichy France land and declare war on the Axis after taking Japan but the Axis was already took half of Russia and it was impossible to win the war 3rd Run: Postponed Japan invasion and capitulated Italy and kept fighting Germany with 10 million fielded manpower until America capitulated Japan and didn't get any part of it. This achievement is so hard and am frustrated because am very close to get it

[@klo3496]

Finally managed to get the achievement. What a grind....had to annex the puppet capitals of Tokyo and London.

[@WhoElseLikesPortal]

best tips i ever weene

[@karan8956]

^^ nice video

[@Martin-em7cz]

Great guide, i did have some hiccups which made the game alot longer for me. Soviet attacked me when i had all divisions in Spain so i had no other chance of suvival than justify on free france and declare war to join axis, this of course meant i couldnt leave until Soviet was dead. I let the Germans beat up Soviet while i continued with the guide and once i capped Japan i misstook the province Tokai for Tokyo so China capped it........which meant i had to kill China as well. Anyhow, its oct 1946 and only Ottoman Empire, US and Sweden left on map.

[@bugrahanyuce9680]

Very nice video

[@thetibbiesshow]

Thank you!

[@klo3496]

What version of game are you using and which DLCs? I have all DLCs except the Arms Against Tyrrany...

[@drachenauge6740]

I dont know if my template is shit but i use this basic one and add pioneers and artillery ( for the beginning ) now my question is, does that Army debuff have sonething to do with my troops in combat?

[@jylehansen7328]

how did you learn all of this without feeling overwhelmed?

[@thetibbiesshow]

My first 1k hours, I had no idea what I was doing. It wasn’t until I played long enough that things started to make sense. A rule I have for myself is I have to learn at least one new thing every game, which, even after 3k hours, still happens often. Even if you lose the game, if you learn one thing, then you succeeded.

[@1842turk]

THİS İS MASTERPİECE

[@thetibbiesshow]

I FINALLY made this video lol. Only took me like 7 months to update my last ottoman guide

[@mikailyol350]

how do you get rid of the -80% naval panalty when defending the aegis shore?

[@thetibbiesshow]

I didn’t. Just be quick when they first land and have almost no org.

[@br0les828]

I cant supress the kurdish rebellions so i lose mp and equipment so i cant doing any fucking thing wtf im gonna do ?

[@thetibbiesshow]

There’s a few things you can do. 1: put just the Kurdish territory on military governor. This will prevent compliance gains, but prevents resistance. 2: use a spy on “hunt resistance” or whatever the option is called. That’s a really good one if you have a spare spy.

[@Balazs419]

This is a really good video, and yo have a lot of skill. But what kind of mapmod Do you use?

[@ancaoraathasach]

It's in the first few minutes of the video.

[@Balazs419]

@@ancaoraathasach thx

[@Abuiscool]

what should my divisions be carrying and what did you use for your shock troops

[@thetibbiesshow]

New update changed combat width so I’m still trying to figure out what sizes are good. It looks like 20wdth and 35wdths are best.

[@wuestenfuchs1]

How did you solve your supply issues during all of this?

[@thetibbiesshow]

Lots of trucks. The only times I have supply issues is right after beating Greece, and the first few weeks into invading Spain, hence why I rush those southern ports to make things easier. But really it just boils down to lots of trucks by late game.

[@illi1059]

do you have any tips for like Navy as ottoman?

[@jakubrosinski9540]

I think it's a quite big mistake to not change to partial mob earlier when the war support allows.

[@thetibbiesshow]

Maybe, but I don’t mind waiting a little bit for war economy. There’s plenty of other things I’d rather get with my political power. If you don’t care for the extra research speed, then go for PM instead.

[@snekksuperior]

Help! I did the focus for bulgaria, and they accepted being puppeted. And for some reason romania doesn't want to join a faction with me. (they are still guaranteeing yugoslavia, france is guaranteeing romania) Why are they not willing to join a faction, and do I have to fight both of them at the same time?

[@thetibbiesshow]

Bulgaria needs to decline so you can go to war with them. Once at war, it gives a positive modifier with Romania so you can make a faction with them. This only works while at war. If you don’t want to give up even though Bulgaria accepts, you can keep going, the strat changes just a little. Because Romania guarantees you, if you go to war with Yugo, Romania won’t join the war. Declaring on yugo should give you that positive attitude modifier with Romania, so make the faction then. In my experience though, Romania won’t join the war with yugo if you do it this way, but it still helps remove the threat of the Romanian French Guarantee so you can destroy them at ease.

[@snekksuperior]

@@thetibbiesshow Thank you mr tibbie show, I didn't know these mechanics!!

[@stipelelas]

When I put shock troops north and south of Mitilini, the Mitilini island doesn't get an encirclement penalty. Is this some kind of a fix they released? I can't finish off those units whatsoever.

[@thetibbiesshow]

You won’t because they have a port on each of the islands. You need to take one island before they land troops (I’ve seen the Greeks put troops on either one island or they just don’t until the war begins, never both islands.) It’s when the Greeks land troops, they will have very low org. That’s when you attack. Since it’s only one tile, you can wipe them out fully once they run of of org.

[@stipelelas]

@@thetibbiesshow Right, by “south of Mitilini island” I meant that I took one port. I’ve managed to do it in the end by deorging them completely but it wasted a lot of my equipment since there was a few units in the ports at the start of the war. In any case, thanks for the explanation!

[@thetibbiesshow]

@@stipelelas did you exercise your trips fully before the war? When I was making the guide, my first try, I didn’t, and I couldn’t take the island at all. But once I restarted, made sure my troops were trained up, I could take them with hardly any issues.

[@layxproud]

Lucky you with Japan. When I land, they have 6 units at every port. I'm just a couple months behind you though

[@thetibbiesshow]

Get the tech “landing craft”. That will allow you to land 50 divisions at once. Land around the port with a couple trying to land on the port. It shouldn’t be too difficult if your divisions are strong and mostly trained up.

[@layxproud]

@@thetibbiesshow Thanks man, also came up with this idea. It was just really hard to protect my supply there and keep pushing, but once it was done, Japan was a usual field trip. Anyway, thank you very much, it was my very last achievement to complete!!

[@zaidkhan857]

Hey man I'm new to hoi4 I have watched your ottoman empire videos multiple times now I am successful in forming ottoman empire but when I declare war on greeks I cannot launch naval invasion it says in red no division assigned to this order and I can't seem to naval invade them if the war with Greece prolongs uk joins them and declare war on me need your help I like how simple and easy explained your videos are

[@thetibbiesshow]

Do you have your fleet on either naval invasion support or strike force in those 3 Mediterranean water zones? Do you have your spy on Greece (spy’s help gain intel which removes a navel supremacy debuff you get when you don’t have enough intel on a nation)? If yes to all of those and you still can’t get naval supremacy, put your tiny Air Force to naval attack. This should help give you that tiny push you may need to get that supremacy. Let me know if it works!

[@zaidkhan857]

@thetibbiesshow and one more this can you explain what's the best attack, defense and garrison templates with good width for new players to hoi4 as for me it's so confusing as to which template to use to attack which to use for defense and which to use for garrison

[@thetibbiesshow]

@zaidkhan857 there’s way too much to write out, but I’ll try making a video on all of that.

[@PoggoMcDawggo]

​@zaidkhan857 Just in case you haven't figured it out yet. The problem with the naval invasions is that you didn't assign any divisions to the actual order itself. If you create a naval invasion while a division is already assigned to a different order, then it won't assign them to the new one. Hold the control key and click on the naval invasion arrow to assign a division to that order. This works with all other orders you assign as well.

[@JDothan]

@@PoggoMcDawggothat, or he doesn’t have landing craft researched

[@JT-en6ui]

Whenever i end up in the civil war my units cant enter enemy turkey´s territory

[@thetibbiesshow]

You gotta wait after changing the divisions to reorg and gain manpower + equipment. It takes maybe a week?

[@piment0_420]

can you use 2width anti air instead?

[@thetibbiesshow]

I imagine you can, but it won’t have as much of a punch

[@ShadowFace-fh5zc]

Hey man, what ever I do I simply can not take the islands. In my game, they have troops on BOTH islands and I cant do shit, this is like my 10th run. Any advice? Thanks!

[@rikarovitch7594]

Try naval invading anyway, doing so they will withdraw their troops from the islands and you might even be able to capitulate them

[@ShadowFace-fh5zc]

@@rikarovitch7594 this kind of works, but takes wayy to long. I just put flamethrowers at the front in edine and push hard, then naval invade. But this also takes at least two to five month.. anything else I can do?

[@rikarovitch7594]

@@ShadowFace-fh5zc I meant naval invading with the 10 divisions with 1 cav unit

[@ShadowFace-fh5zc]

@@rikarovitch7594 Thanks! I played rounds and rounds and finally got my tactic. I just take Bulgaria to have a bigger front to Greece push in, take the island (they stationed troops on both bc I had a frontline to them now there is only one div like in the video) and launch a naval invasion with standard troops (no cav). From there it is ridicoulessly easy to take yugoslavia and the rest. Works everytime.

[@hamizmoza]

why your game is more colorful how did you do that

[@thetibbiesshow]

FPS map mod. Its ironman Compatible.

[@muhammadsyed5496]

Does the hungury strat still work with out death or dishonor?

[@thetibbiesshow]

So I did two test games to see if it still works without DorD. Long story short, the strat still gives you a free hungry, but on the flip side Romania joins the Allies within a week of you declaring war. The strat to invite them to your faction to help beat yugo also doesn’t work, so you’ll be fighting yugo alone which is still do-able but it’s much harder. Romania has a ton of cores you need before fighting the allies and axis, so if you want to destroy Romania before they join the axis, just ask Germany to give you docking rights during your war with either yugo or Greece, and move your fleet out of the Mediterranean.

[@thetibbiesshow]

I just checked out the sale and wow. 4$ for DorD, 5$ for BotB. Even BBA is on sale for 20% off. I’m surprised that they put that one on sale.

[@1842turk]

​@@thetibbiesshow While trying to land in Spain in 1941, Spain had 50 divisions. The reason it stayed in 1941 was because I couldn't get Romania into the alliance. I don't understand what I was doing wrong, but it's still a good guide.

[@thetibbiesshow]

Did you boost relations with Romania prior to making the faction? Also, I find that Romania is more likely to join your faction if you’re fighting Bulgaria vs fighting Yugo. Boosting relations should work, but if that doesn’t, put a spy on diplomatic pressure and see if that works.

[@1842turk]

@@thetibbiesshow I guess I'm late, I'll try again with plenty of time. Trying at 1.12.14 is nice.

[@ayoubelmajidiidrissi]

How do you run fps mod on 1.12.14?

[@thetibbiesshow]

It should work on any game version that’s 1.12 and up. Less than that, and I’m not sure.

[@Andre-fe5uw]

bulgaria accepted in my game 🤡

[@thetibbiesshow]

See, there’s upsides to them accepting and downsides. The upside is you don’t have to fight them and you can just request all their troops which will help against yugo and Romania, but the downsides are as soon as you join the axis, they leach a bunch of your Balkan territory. It’s so very annoying.

[@huanzeus9917]

Just don’t put any troops near their borders and don’t improve relations, it usually works with me

[@ONGOD41556]

Bro just build inside Bulgaria then annex it

[@klo3496]

Damn it. Everything going well. Won civil war. Annexed Greece. Bulgaria agreed to be puppet. Beat Yugoslavian and HD Romania join faction. Attacked Hungary and beat them but screwed up on a province being puppets and forgot to boot Rumania from faction until it was over. Thus the Non Aggression pact didn't expire until May 2 940. Attacked them and was ONE DAY from beating them and they joined Axis so now I think I'm fucked.

[@cetin4331]

👍👍

[@cnardede5185]

France does not withdraw its guarantee from Romania. What can I do?

[@thetibbiesshow]

They will once they capitulate to the Germans. Usually by late 1939, very early 1940.

[@cnardede5185]

İts june, still france doesnt remove the guarantee from romania and romania join the axis 😀

[@thetibbiesshow]

Has France capitulated yet?

[@cnardede5185]

@@thetibbiesshow yes

[@thetibbiesshow]

Do you have all dlc?

[@redoctober67]

So uh... Bulgaria just joins the Axis lmao. The hell am I supposed to do abou that?

[@comandantepepperoni8104]

Hey man, when i do the civil war, the arillery divisions of the enemy don't get insta-clicked like in other civil wars, do you know why?

[@thetibbiesshow]

Good question. How long before the civil war did you switch the divisions?

[@comandantepepperoni8104]

@@thetibbiesshow No joke 140 days before

[@mobywatel7515]

JUNE 1937 and Ataturk is still alive LOL! worst he is still n charge

[@thetibbiesshow]

At that point, I’d just start over or just take the -5% stability. That’s some really bad luck lol

[@klo3496]

Can't you retire him in one of the decisions tabs?

[@thetibbiesshow]

When he gets sick, which sometimes he doesn’t. If he doesn’t, the decision won’t appear.

[@TheBittersweetFox]

How the f UK is not guaranteeing Romania? 100% WT 1940 mar... Romania gets guaranteed every time for me.

[@TheBittersweetFox]

Brooo... 20 th time the charm. No joke. I am not a pro player anything. But I got it yesterday (Trial new patch). Weak points for other to note: -Romania rarely joins Axis even before WW2 when you get war goal on them AND you improve relations with them. So dont improve. -Bulgaria must die; no war on Bulgaria = no faction with Romania. And they will not join your other faction, because your faction will need 30% NonAligned for them to have. -Do not let Axis kill Soviet. Np matter how ready/not ready - open 2 nd front as fast as possible. -Italy is easy just naval invade (2 nd tier tech needed) and knock them fast. -Do not puppet Vichy. Just take the staff. Puppet African territories. -Follow guide carefully! Every timing is important. WW2 (Poland) starts - justify Hungary. Almost kill Yugo - justify Spain (also Spain is much stronger in all my 20 runs - I did 2 naval landing toe to toe to spread them and easily kill). Kill Spain - do not hesitate to kill UK. Make sure fleet passes Gibraaltar. Thank you, Tibbs, for the guide!

[@TheBittersweetFox]

Also I used 25 w because man you need artillery and guns for this xDDDD After Axis war (about to capitulate Germ) I had - 50k arty and - 200k guns. Turks fought with their teeth xD

[@Shroej]

​@@TheBittersweetFox bro I have issues with Romania most of the times I played ataturk retired late and my wars are like 3 to 4 months late and by jun/jul 1940 when I kick Romania and I'm done with Hungary instantly Romania joins axis and then by the time I prepare enough for a war with axis (naval invade Italy hold alpine region) I usually start losing. I need Romania to stop from joining axis plz help I already tried 9/11 runs

[@appreciate_life]

BRUH, I did better in industry and army than you, everyone was just great and the Soviet Union attacked me because of southern Bessarabia 😃😃😃

[@thetibbiesshow]

It be like that sometimes