HoI4 Guide - UK: Imperial Federation achievement by 1940! - La Résistance

A guide for HoI4: La Résistance as the UK.
Following the steps laid out in this guide will allow you to form the Imperial Federation, get the achievement and dominate the game by 1940!
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[@Bruh-ff2tw]

If you form the imperial federation as fascist UK and then conquer France, Italy, Germany, and the lowlands, you unlock the form EU decision. It won’t change any cosmetics but it will give you cores on said countries, making the imperial federation even stronger.

[@sliceymcdicey7974]

I know I'm a little late, but doesn't forming the EU change the flag and the color of unholy land mass

[@johnnyboy95101]

@@sliceymcdicey7974 I'm pretty sure there is weirdness if you try to do two different cosmetic changes to one country.

[@equilintogo5378]

talk about overkill

[@Natsumithegreat]

you can also get the franco british union I believe.

[@powercore1987]

@@sliceymcdicey7974 Not when you do it as fascist Britain.

[@apeshrujmel6681]

This strategy is going quite well for me so far. India didn't release Burma and Pakistan and when I declared war on them, Pakistan was at war with Bangladesh which was annoying but easy to clean up. One thing I should mention is I found that hiring the Manoeuvre Genius instead of the Infantry Expert when trying to capitulate Canada worked very well for me. That 15% division speed is huge. Edit: My AI Germany decided he would rather take Alaska than mainland France. I thought I wouldn't be able to form North America as Canada but the decision was there and simply kicked Germany off the continent, giving me ALL of mainland France for free.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Now, on to the world conquest!

[@apeshrujmel6681]

@@mypenisisunbelievablysmall5258 what about it?

[@rps215]

Yes it worked for me too, the only difference is I use imperial uprising instead, which requires PP and weapons at first but no need that many convoys. Just be careful with Bangladesh since sometime France guarantee them which make them join the Entente and Germany will puppet them afterwards. Also you will not lose the Backroom Backstabber (+5%PP), so at the beginning you might want to hire that guy instead.

[@aaronbaker3861]

great guide. helped a lot with some achievements. it’s great seeing guides directly focused at getting those achievements. been watching these since your carlist spain video

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Much appreciated! Next one should be out next week, winning the war against Japan as China and getting the Awake and Angry achievement!

[@mr.h1912]

one of the most underrated hoi4 youtubers u deserve a lot more subs bro keep doing great !

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I appreciate that!

[@gabilax2745]

Small tip for anyone : You can request all the troops of your dominions at the start of the game and put them all on a small pacific island with no infrastructures. Then if you train them they will suffer massive attrition to the point where they won't be able to leave the island anymore. Then when the war with them break out you can just put one division on that island and you will destroy most of their army easilly.

[@lochnessmonster5149]

You can't do it with Canada because they won't join the war if you DOW on one of its allies.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

They will,just don't overstackntheir borderm

[@RayPall]

Hey Bitt3rSteel, thanks a lot for this guide. Tried it yesterday and I can confirm it still works (ie. in the latest patch). I had the federation done in 1942, with the delay caused by some cock-ups along the way, like not securing the autonomy in advance or annexing South Africa instead of puppeting it. So thank you for your good job and have my well-deserved subscribe!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm glad it still works!

[@albusnightspring8057]

If you use Mosley you can then conquer Italy, Germany, France and the Benelux to unlock the decision for the European Union and getting cores on all of them too. Your name will remain still as the Imperial Federation (which with Mosley is just called "The Empire")

[@shinflo6101]

really nice video ^^ a real overkill would be to form thr franco-british-union before the imperiel fedearation but i dont know if this would even be possible

[@Bitt3rSteel]

You could, but there is so much RNG involved, you can't really count on it.

[@alanxiong5950]

Amazing video! I don't have the dlc to do this unfortunately but your explanation is clear and concise while also entertaining. Great job dude, you deserve so many more subs :)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@apegaming1283]

I tried this exact method last night and the worst happened, I was so close to taking all the essential U.S territories when Italy puppeted the very last state (Tennessee) and essentially ruined the game save. It's okay though, because just now I've defeated France in a new game (So they can't be called into war with the U.S) before the Axis got the chance to take them and America was all mine. Thank you for the guides Bitt3rSteel, I wouldn't know how to play hoi4 without them!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm glad you like them! And next time, make Tennessee great again!

[@ahmetleventtakr7625]

A little tip: If u Shift+Click on training button, your divisions will automatically train until they’re level 3

[@KaeKalaeleo]

32:02 DAT EMU DUDE.

[@toolboxnj]

Great video, only adjustment I'd make is with PP - I'd take Partial Mob over Mosley (should have enough war support after God save the king) and potentially free trade earlier, but no qualms otherwise - can rush US and Canada with motorized infantry, can use the Army +15% division speed genius for very quick capitulation

[@NEXUS12LETSPLAY]

Hey man. In order to save you some pain, I think if you shift-click on the 'unassigned divisions' warning, it selects all your divisions at once so you don't have to hunt for them across the globe.

[@CommanderTavos99]

As beginning focuses I would get the 7 percent research speed because change in course doesn't really matter if u want to go kings party until the last event. U should boost your economy first

[@willbrennan6562]

Imagine not bypassing the imperial conference

[@Garikun1654]

One small thing that needs to be added since No Step Back DLC: It's going to be much harder to take Canada if u dont encircle their troops right away. And with new supply system it's going to take more time

[@madwolf0966]

I was an idiot when doing this. I released south west africa when I did this therefor blocking my path for the Focus. And I did the pointless economic reforms before doing the actual Imperial Federation.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Oh no! You cut them off from the strategic tea reserves!

[@Bigdeathy]

You can lend lease 100% of your convoy production and build countless airfields, infra, ports, etc... and then you can annex them very fast (I made the same mistake that's why I know it works).

[@flordebruycker8236]

You can take all the unassigned troops by pressing shift and clicking on the unassigned symbol at the same time... just a little tip!!!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

1000 hours in and it took YT comments to teach me this

[@flordebruycker8236]

@@Bitt3rSteel No Problem man. Just thought i'd share my knowledge and save you some pain haha ;)

[@anthonyfangqingyu4570]

You can shift click the red unassigned divisions alert to select all unassigned divisions

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'll never live that down, will I? :p Thank, i've since learned about that feature!

[@alexandrustan968]

i have done so many achievements in hoi that i took a brake from the video and after coming back realized that i was not watching feedbackgaming

[@frankgreenwood4649]

Hey Bitt3rSt33l! Great video - forming the Imperial Federation as the King is one of my favourite things to do in this game! I was just wondering - if you plan to form the Pan North American State for the cores before/instead of declaring an American Monarchy, would it be a better early-game move to pick the Morganatic Marriage option, saving a little stability and political power from the get go? You never know, you may even end up with the immortal Queen herself ruling over the Empire Upon Which The Sun Never Sets!

[@Bruh-ff2tw]

If you guarantee all of the puppets as well have a maxed improve relations with the “recently delivered equipment” modifier they should have a high enough opinion to guarantee a success, assuming that you have passed a couple of other resolutions first, that is.

[@MA-hd7ds]

Hey man, great videos. I dont know if this is something you are open to, but the one thing I hate about these guide videos is how much back and forth I have to do to make sure im doing generally the right research/focus trees. It would be nice if you added a small overlay to show what you are researching and focusing.

[@Gun_Metal_Grey]

Got it today(22 June 2020), it was so tedious but still i achieved it, now i have to defeat the Axis to claim the world under British empire, thanks for the guides Bitterst33l, keep em' coming (P.S. would be really nice if you didnt tend to speed up the recording during battle plans, as a newcomer i learned thid the hard-way, slowing video and catching the perfect frame to understand anything,) Cheers! :D

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm glad it helped! I speed those parts up to keep video times reasonable. I cut most of the footage out where I'm not talking, but the combat parts in leave in at 300% speed so ppl can see what I do,without making a 4hr video

[@Gun_Metal_Grey]

@@Bitt3rSteel Oh ok, it's alright tho, now that i learned the most of how to properly lead your troops and achieve dem sweet victory points, thanks again!

[@captainblacktail8137]

If you go blackshirt, after you create the imperium you can also form the European union and get even more cores.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Core the world!

[@captainblacktail8137]

@@Bitt3rSteel Global Defence Council!

[@keremkaleli4467]

Its amazing dude, well done. Please keep it up with it.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thank you! New video comming soon!

[@panzerscoutsmemories1152]

I have played a lot of Monarchist Britain so I can give a few advises and tell my strategy Go Monarchist UK do 3 focuses before the king party focus, then you should be able to directly do the focus kings party Attack france and annex everything Do your focus against ireland If Canada guarantees Ireland declare war on ireland and puppet all dominions (dont use monarchist uprising!) If you do the focuses where you get wargoals on he dominions it now won’t claim any states of the Dominion, which means they will be more likely to accept the Imperial Federation Do unite the Anglossphere and annex the USA after the war Give canada via the decision the US (Pan North American State) If you supported China during the Japanese-Chinese war, and if there still alive, attack Japan (makes Japan A lot easier to kill) Do Imperial Conscription Give your dominion convoys so there Autonomy reduces Do the Indian Autonomy focus (not the free india focus) Do Imperial Conference focus Improve Relations, put spies on Diplomatic pressure If all of them accept, you can do the Imperial Federation on it’s max expansion

[@masterbobli4371]

Actually, the hardest part for me is to get Canada’s opinion high, because Britain has claim on every province they hold and each will decrease their opinion by 10. I’ve checked the code and found that all countries will agree to federate if you choose to spend tremendous diplomatic effort and they have at least 80 opinion over you.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Interesting, I didn't have that much of an issue, especially once i gave back Newfoundland and Labrador. i hope it worked out in the end for you!

[@masterbobli4371]

Bitt3rSteel I only gave Canada northern Ontario, which will only result in a -40 penalty (-10 for they claimed our states and -30 for they hold our cores).

[@Bigdeathy]

You can also guarantee their independence which boosts their opinion +35

[@masterbobli4371]

@@Bigdeathy That's also what I usually do

[@clarkysparky99]

Please make the UI larger. Makes viewing a lot easier, especially on mobile

[@weehoo2]

Wow the imperialist uprisings make you lose your cores?! That’s a crazy oversight, whenever I make the federation I just figured there was no way to get cores. Never found the option that appealing anyways, it’s waaaay too much territory to have to manage lol

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It has been fixed since 1.9.0 fortunately!

[@ayansarma14]

I was actually about to make a video on how to core all of us as Britain but was failed 6 times. So yeah gr8 video!!

[@rezzbanz7230]

How does this guy not have more subs?

[@lordofbats3601]

Beneath the Gold; The Bittersteel!!! Nice guide dude!

[@tomikexboii5403]

Can you do a guide for an Commonwealth + Franco-British Union event? I asked a Dev: Both things can be done at once and without console commands.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

They can both be done, but the AI France needs to roll for an event: after they capitulate, there is about an 8% chance that they will offer you the union and there is no way to increase that. It's so uncommon and unreliable that i don't think it would make a good guide.

[@tomikexboii5403]

@@Bitt3rSteel I know...but the size of such EMPIRE. Can you imagine it?! Like, only a fully unleashed US with several years of preptime would be able to stomp you. It is bonkers really.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Rule Brittania, Britania rule the waves!

[@obamabin-laden2420]

Just spent hours on this and Canada rejected it. Time to go again i guess 😭

[@hoangtannguyenvu4682]

Just a quick question. Why don't you request your colonies forces and put them far enough like in the middle of Africa to reduce their mainland forces?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Good question. It felt a bit cheesy at the time and it's something I think they'll patch out eventually if it becomes too mainstream. Much like they did with the German Civil war exploit. At least this way, the guide is a little more time-resistant.

[@nickstoneham5629]

I have been hoping to get the achievement where the UK owns the world. But have been struggling with how to do it. While I have already done the achievement for the imperial federation on my own, doing it by 1940 would give me the strength I need to hopefully take on the other majors

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Godspeed, Nick! It should definitely be possible!

[@hellbach8879]

You should just send 1 division to each dominion to get them in the war then use the rest to capitulate Canada

[@feliscatus5161]

"2.89 million manpower" Laughs in Chinese*

[@mr.crowgamer6250]

Cntrl click the red men box to select all troops instead of finding them on the map... it’s a bit faster (for newbs)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Yeah, only took me about 1000 hours to figure out...

[@mr.crowgamer6250]

@Bitt3rSteel 😂😂 I still can’t navy properly after 1600 hours

[@magatmilan8925]

Hey man! Great video! I just wanted to add something. I noticed that you said the imperial loyalists decisions aren't good for this purpose. I don't know what older patch you tested this on, but on the current patch, those imperial uprisings act as civil wars, and the winner side inherits the original country tag I think. Either way, I got the imperial federation with all it's cores with those, so it shouldn't be a problem. The worst part about the monarchies route I think is that you get claims on all of the dominion, so you suffer a massive opinion penalty with them.

[@magatmilan8925]

Also you no longer get the USA's cores, they will remain a core of canada, but you no longer get cores there

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Ah, they must have fixed this in 1.9 then. Sad times

[@Vizzit707]

When you do everything step by step exactly as you are told, everything went as planned and then despite that Australia refuses Imperial federation....

[@JakeGeremia]

Nice, made me happy. made me smile. Nice

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@samvandijk3993]

Excellent guide. I especially appreciated the clarity and level of detail provided about all aspects (political, economic, strategic, and tactical) of the invasion plans for the reconquest. Is it possible to use copied colonial templates in a strategy like this? What happens to colonial template troops when you lose control of their subject nation of origin?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I havent tested yet, actually. Good question!

[@speedy01247]

I annexed the US before doing anything else and then I couldn't do unite the anglo sphere so I released it (not as a puppet) and started the focus. (it had 4 divisions by the time the 60 days were up, I waited 10 to get the bonus before releasing) edit you can get an easy war goal by deleting all your capital ships then threatening a country in south america (cause the US protects them) its an easy way to take the US early game and works even as a democracy. (keep the hood but delete every other ship that is bigger then a light cruiser, battleships, battlecruisers, carriers, heavy cruisers, delete them all with the exception of the hood)

[@bjroberts8982]

I did this after following the guide the first time and it was great and worked fine, however I'm doing it again now and for some reason the tag for Canada is called 'British North America' instead of the Province of Canada so it won't let me create the Pan-North-American state

[@extrafreshhh]

I’ve formed imperial federation in the past multiple times, and today I think I’ve encountered a bug- each time I got to the point of pan-north america, I cannot click it in decisions. It’s been both greyed out, and even green checked, but it doesn’t tell me why I can’t click it. I’ve tried it before and after giving Labrador and New Foundland, I’ve tried a game where I reduce autonomy to integrated and then I try to give, I’ve tried puppetted mainland USA and GB annexation, did I do something wrong? (Am I not allowed to puppet the US on some pacific island so I can get the US fleet later?))?? That may be the problem, in every peace deal I annex mainland USA and Alaska /Hawaii, then puppet phillipines and put the US in Guam, Puerto Rico, Panama to annex later and get ships.

[@hebyyattack]

The U.K. has so much potential, like you can knock italy and France out before 39

[@chancharlie4834]

Do you know why cant we justify war goal on iceland? i do it the tedious way and iceland is the final country left while it cant be justified. I need this final piece of land for the achievement of one empire

[@karlthebarbarian9875]

I seem to recall that if you simply occupy the Dominions you skip the Imperial Conference and can get cores through Imperial Federation anyway. Though that might be me misremembering.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It could be, but I assumed that was bugged. I didn't want to take the risk of it being something they would fix, so I went this route!

[@karlthebarbarian9875]

@@Bitt3rSteel Understandable, not much point in making a guide based on a bug. Good guides I must say, helps us somewhat less skilled players have some additional fun in the game.

[@haydenerikson1812]

If you give more land to the dominions do you get cores once you integrate them?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm fairly sure you only get cores on their cores

[@noah_gaming_yt5225]

The Battle of the Bosphurus DLC has no bearing on this guide, right?

[@IMfromNYCity]

Just got the Imperial Federation achievement today. I had BotB installed, and it had no effect on changing this guide.

[@eltharnox6406]

Ok maybe someone can help. I am brand new to this game - followed this guide completely, all worked, Imperial Federation by Aug 1940. Decided to go to war against the axis to help the Soviets out - 7 Armys set up ready to go. All that 7/2 Inf Arty divs (so 168 Divs). Declared war and I got completed annihilated in 3 months by Ze Germans. I'm clearly missing something? This game is absolutely nails!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

could be a lack of supply (too many units in poor infrastructure areas) or a lack of equipment (not enough guns for every soldier), those both turn your divisions to shit

[@danieleriksson6498]

pro tip change the speed of video to 1.5x

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Good point. Perhaps these do run a bit long for some people. Thanks!

[@googleuser6319]

I've been trying this but i always have trouble holding western australia without using more troops, same with india area. I managed to do it now but the last bit where you reduce the autonamy by spending political power i cannot do. It seems some dlc may be required called Together for Victory. I hate paradox sometimes

[@augustduplessis5862]

The empire is really strong

[@beastdeas7250]

Just like the roman empire

[@renehuber9096]

What's the name of that Synthwave song at 00:26 ?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Wild Pogo

[@GRM_lol]

Cool, I will try doing this.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Let me know how it turns out!

[@GRM_lol]

@@Bitt3rSteel Alright. Btw, the ports and Infrastructure you build in Labrador is for getting supply right? Because 2 months ago i tried the kings party, but when my troops arrived in Canada they were stuck with almost 0 organisation. So the ports and infrastructure are for that?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

@@GRM_lol yeah, you need the port and infrastructure to keep those units supplied. Without those, the army will just get stuck and die.

[@GRM_lol]

@@Bitt3rSteel thanks. Well that explains why my 2 full Armies in Canada were stuck with 0 org XD

[@GRM_lol]

@@Bitt3rSteel also, how much do you think i will be delayed if I take out France first.

[@Global_majesty]

33:53 Why is there exiled divisions?

[@WankersCramp69]

Needs an update with all the logistics crap and micro managing they added, you just get stomped if you try to invade Australia.

[@billbrydon3725]

I tried this last night, but Canada wouldn't come into the war to support Australia and the other. :-/

[@Bitt3rSteel]

You had too many troops on the Canadian border. That's gonna scare them. Have to give them the sense that you aren't so threatening and keep only a few units there

[@billbrydon3725]

@@Bitt3rSteel Thanks!

[@somekid538]

When I capitulated Canada, Pakistan somehow truced with me, and once I did unite the Anglosphere, I somehow got a war goal on Canada, so their opinion of me was way too low. How do I fix that?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I can't help you there, I've never seen that behaviour

[@somekid538]

@@Bitt3rSteel Thanks for the quick reply; one more question. Can you still do American monarchy after creating the DNA or not?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Definitely. You annex all of the land in the conference and after that, there is a decision to release the US as a puppet under Wallis. But only if you went for a full royal marriage

[@somekid538]

@@Bitt3rSteel Also, do you need Pakistan and Bangladesh for Imperial conference?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I don't believe they matter, just India. But I'm not sure

[@Global_majesty]

0:27 A British jack union flag in a British jack union flag.How British

[@TylerS37]

Could you theoretically take all the dominions armies at the beginning?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I believe they revert to their owners once they break away

[@billbrydon3725]

Me again. I managed to conquer the US before the general European war broke out. I returned Labrador and Newfoundland to Canada before the peace. Once I annexed all the US territory as the UK, though, I do not see the option for creating the Pan-North-American State. I only see the option for American Monarchy. Do I need to have done a particular focus in order to enable that? I didn't do the Commonwealth Ties or its children, yet.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Hmm, I've heard other people have that issue. Is the decision just not there? It could be changed since I made the video....I haven't gone back to look

[@billbrydon3725]

@@Bitt3rSteel Do you know where the Decisions are stored in the game files? I was trying to look last night, but couldn't find them.

[@billbrydon3725]

@@Bitt3rSteel OK. So I was replaying this, and after I created my Faction, the option appeared.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That's so odd

[@thefirstsurvivor7240]

At the start i never got over 5% world tention

[@harrisoncross1038]

For some reason the imperial federation didn’t give me cores I don’t think. At least not in India or Malaysia

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It never gives cores in India and Malaysia

[@harrisoncross1038]

That sucks since India has so much manpower

[@MVFAZ]

why did the achievement button got grey during the video 🤨

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I think I tried to play parts of the video outside of Ironman for easier recording, Incase I fucked something up. I've stopped doing that since. It was more troublesome than it was worth

[@caner5121]

Hey I think I'm doing everything right but Canada is not declaring war on me like it should. Anyone know if its patched?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Canada might be scared of what you have on the border. Try pulling some troops out

[@caner5121]

@@Bitt3rSteel Thank you for the quick answer love ur videos

[@caner5121]

@@Bitt3rSteel I tried it btw and it worked, I sent my troops to the border and before they arrived I declared war, then it worked

[@jeronimoadames6624]

Obey me subjects Obey me world !

[@d3hro641]

currently doing this, trying to 100% HOI4 so far its going super well, its 1938, and i am getting ready to invade the usa and form imperial conference

[@Bitt3rSteel]

For the Empire! Rule Britannia!

[@demvaril]

is this a DLC? I dont have the Change of course option.

[@ancaoraathasach]

You need Man the Guns for the monarchist trees for the UK and the German Reich.

[@demvaril]

@@ancaoraathasach Thank you

[@ancaoraathasach]

@@demvaril You're welcome!

[@philipcrash765]

i rushed democratic imperial federation in 1938, and if i want i can change to facisim

[@canozkal774]

Why did you puppet them , annexing is better and shorter option

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Personal preference

[@ivanaltabas1503]

Any mod ?

[@xx2132]

how usa doesnt involve the canadian war since they are guaranteeing them? Also zero supply in british lands in east canada

[@Bitt3rSteel]

1: don't declare on Canada straight up. Let them come in via their faction. 2: build up the port and infrastructure, also don't overstack the region

[@xx2132]

@@Bitt3rSteel thank you for your answer and help. it helped me to get my achivements.

[@trubbel8905]

Does this guide work if i go facist?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I can't say, I haven't tested that, sorry

[@gabilax2745]

I'm not sure it works, I tried it once but for some reason I didn't have the cores on the US even though I made the North American Dominion. I'm not sure if it's a bug or if it is just the result of me going fascist since I didn't formed the Imperial Federation as Monarchist UK since La Résistance.

[@MrTyjulojo]

You lose 5 days not 15 on switching the focus

[@lordcharles9786]

Going to post my personal method because fuck it, You do everything you have to do to turn monarchist, as soon as you can justify on France, 5 divs to Cherbourg 5 to dieppe. Once you’ve landed, quickly obtain nearest ports, also send two divs to paris taking different routes, one to brest and one to calais, whilst your justifying take god save the king then just do the tree down to Regia Maria. Once france falls annex all, other wise you will end up at war with Germany. Build up radars on corsica and the areas closest to the Italian border. 10 Divisions to just below Rome and your other army on the border. Perform your invasion and seize Rome and a few other cities, your border army will sweep theirs. Once they have fallen you should have worked towards the dominion war goals, and have built ports and infa in Labrador. Annex most of Italy except for Sicily which you puppet, the will still take over Albania so its free land. Now one army in South Africa and one in canada. Beat South Africa quickly and have one division land on a non port province of new zealand and australia and then capitulate canada, puppet all. Take out Ireland, they’ll usually ally belgium so thats more free land. Once you can take America two armies on the east coast will do. As you do this begin the commonwealth focuses. Once you’ve annexed all of America guarantee Canada, then di the pan north america decision. Once all relations are at 100 and you have around 450 political power do imperial conference. Do all decisions but the main one, this will improve relations. Once all else is done do the last one, they should accept. And once you’ve lowered autonomy low enough do the focus and core all dominions and America. Congratulations you have capitulated Three majors and become the strongest nation.

[@stronggoodies3871]

are you using standard 7/2s?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Yeah, but ive since switched to straight up 10 inf as an infantry template to maximise defence/production cost. Deal less damage, but have more staying power.

[@sciurusvulgaris1181]

@@Bitt3rSteel so you used 10/0 for australia and india (where you defended) and 7/2 for NZ, CA, SA?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Iirc, I just used 7/2 everywhere because I didn't know any better

[@sciurusvulgaris1181]

@@Bitt3rSteel would you approve the way i depicted it?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I suggest 10/0 for defensive operations, with art and engi support. Use something tank based 40 with for offense. If that feels out of reach, use 14/4 40 width inf

[@brtuh5865]

no one is gonna see this comment, but making naval invasion in hoi4 is so weird! it doesnt let me assign 10 units and only assigns like 2 or 3 wtf

[@mattieangerfist]

that's because you need to research further naval invasion tech under the naval tech tree. Hope this helps!

[@galjagodic5291]

Why do I always lose to US? ;(

[@ManBehindTheMask]

If you went fascist instead of Monarchist you could take France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Germany and Italy and form the EU, the game allows the UK to form the EU if Mosley is in charge, because of his historic Europe-A-Nation policy.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Good to know. Personally, I'm partial to the monarchist paths in the game

[@Hu2594]

@@Bitt3rSteel I've followed your guide but tried going Fascist a few times now and the commonwealth nations aren't forming their faction when they break away which is bringing the USA straight in because of that guarantee on Canada. Could i be doing something wrong?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

@@Hu2594 how is WT looking?

[@Hu2594]

@@Bitt3rSteel I think it sits around 18% when i've took the focuses to annex Canada ect

[@memes4life273]

how to take out germany as the imperial fed?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

With your newfound manpower and Industrial might, you can win any war of attrition.buikd up for an overwhelming D-day or just prop up the Soviets with lend lease. You can do whatever you wan,really

[@spacebuilder4d]

How you get cores on India tho?🤔

[@Bitt3rSteel]

You don't. It never gives cores on India

[@spacebuilder4d]

@@Bitt3rSteel yeah I've done a playthrough of the Imperial Federation without iron man on, but towards the fascist path, and you're right. You can't get cores on India, even if they agree to federalize. The only thing that you get is if India agrees to the conference is that if you play as non-aligned Britain, you'll get the Indian wheel on the flag, which makes the Imperial flag alot better if you ask me. So beside that you get a different version of the flag, you don't get cores at all. Tho you can get cores on France, Italy, Germany, and the BENELUX after you form the Imperial Federation if you're fascist, I can confirm that.

[@harrisoncross1038]

Bruh he never said if we do historical or not

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Always historical, fam

[@harrisoncross1038]

Bitt3rSteel ok

[@nicolasderra3888]

I declares war on the US, the japanese and italians on chile, they joined the allies, then the allies disbanded, the I won the war, then we were fighting chile, while we fight chile and, I swear, 2 days before I take santiago japan declares on china and Chile joins the uynited front, so i cant do the kings party

[@Mintas_]

The first time i did this i did it right and took half the world but then i tried going to war wigh with the axis in like 1975 and they just kept nuking my troops so i tried again and got slapped down by the Americans cuz i took to long lol

[@Bitt3rSteel]

the US is a beast if you leave them alone too long. I prefer to take them out early or not bother with them at all if i don't need to for an achievement....

[@Bobafett72]

After Canada capitulates, Pakistan take away India States from me, and I cant do a thing about it. Thoughts?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Invade Pakistan

[@Bobafett72]

@@Bitt3rSteel Thanks...yea...they take most of India and I am at peace with them . So that is strange.

[@Bobafett72]

@@Bitt3rSteel Was at war, but for some reason, they make peace with me and I did not make peace with them. By the way, love your vids mate.

[@JustAnOrdinarySimmer]

I declare war on Africa, Australia and New Zealand but Canada refuses to get involved..why?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

You probably have too many troops on their border and they are scared

[@FMattebo7]

Dis he use spies at all?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Well, I use them, but they aren't required. Unless I specifically mention them

[@FMattebo7]

@@Bitt3rSteel i've not played hoi4 la resistance that much because i hate the usage of spies. What where your primary use of them in this video in case I would like to try this strategy out?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

In this video, I didn't use them at all. In more recent content, I use them to create collaboration governments, suppress resistance and give combat bonuses.

[@Envenomnom]

Wow cool video you must be very cool sir

[@cedrictheisen8030]

It don't funkion like that enymore 2022

[@lefoss1312]

The Spanish civil war push my world tension only to 4,9 % so that I have to do the shadow plan a later in the end it dosent change many but it is strange. Also my India didnt realaese Burma, Pakistan and Bangladesh, instead of this they go to a Indian civil war and do a white peace

[@Bitt3rSteel]

The 1.9 and 1.9.1 AI are...unpredictable. I wish i could predict those events better on historical, but the game does these randoms bits sometimes, sorry man. Glad it worked out for you!

[@smlfan0072]

13:09 you mumbled and stuttered like a canadian eh ehe eh

[@belgiumball2308]

Nice you insulted yourself. I think you also said 2 dutch words (translate pls cuz google translate lies)

[@AbyssalLord]

I can confirm that this guide works in the current version (Collie 1.10.5, all DLC including Bosporus)! Many thanks! I Even found that South Africa capitulated early (with some minor micro) so I was able to declare on the States about 2 months earlier than you! :) Would you consider doing a guide for 'Putting the Raid on the Medway to Shame'? The only guides for it that I could find are either badly outdated (seems like the Netherlands got nerfed even more recently!) or do not specify each step of the way (I.E., skip techs, army stuff, etc.) so trying to follow along is like trying to read a book with every other word removed. Keep up the great work - I had all but given up on achievements for this game after some early failures but now I'm on a spree!

[@AbyssalLord]

Oh also, you've earned a sub. :)

[@LegitTurd]

I almost had it but New Zealand screwed me over

[@Grant-po4xx]

This video saved my marriage.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I've always known you to hold the sacraments of marriage in high regard

[@nickstoneham5629]

Are you Edward VIII?

[@pashauzan]

Best. Comment. Ever

[@nvducei]

Nick Stoneham He's king Grant I

[@yesatitsfinest]

Ikr my fellow edward