The Battle of The North Sea - Hoi4 MP In A Nutshell

[@Bokoen1]

Hope you boyz have a good Christmas/ happy holidays!

[@basileusbman8910]

Happy Holidays Bo! Thanks for making the Holidays merry and bright!

[@impracticallycomical2615]

Goat Content Creator...

[@GabrielAntoniodeLimaBrito]

Thanks Bo! Good holidays for you and all the boys

[@andrew_wow6892]

Have a Merry one, Snake of Denmark!

[@alexanderflemming6788]

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years Boe and everyone else!

[@Level100Snivy]

“Put 50 factories on motherships. Figure it out.” I see Speer is about as reasonable as his predecessor.

[@mycure0498]

Also Speer: “WHERE IS ALL OUR STEEL GOING!?”

[@MajinOthinus]

@@mycure0498 Raeder: "Mein Führer....."

[@Boleslav4]

If it was real Speer, I would bet my booty he would spend at least 50 civs the whole war on making football stadiums, theathres and opera houses.

[@iplaygames8090]

@@MajinOthinus "Donitz... Donitz is building 800 ships"

[@Arthion]

@iplaygames8090 Raeder*. Dönitz was the submarine guy, Raeder was the battleship surface navy guy

[@Piratejoe44]

"Ohh and Manchukou spammed over 400 submarines to melt the allied braincells" Me - Quickly checks the date to make sure I didn't get recommended a classic from years ago.

[@lillymoyse6502]

whats the name of that one i havent watched it but it keeps getting mentioned

[@YouCalledForTheDoc]

@@lillymoyse6502What if Finland won the Continuation War

[@Daniel-yy3ty]

The best part of all that was when they went to check what the US was doing for ASW... They had no sonar 🤣

[@fritzx1943]

this went from nothing ever happens to everything fucking happens holy shit

[@rainbowappleslice]

How do you force a late war like that by ruining the German tree and still get Sealioned and lose? Classic Braun UK moment

[@TheColdOnez]

Absolutely insane that the Soviets couldn't push a frontline with only 40 divisions protecting it.

[@pax6833]

@@TheColdOnez tbf they were pushing, if Sealion lasted even a week longer I think the situation would've been salvageable. Although axis could've been smarter and started to pull over Atlantic wall garrisons earlier to form a better line since there's no way the allies could go into France.

[@winowmak3r]

He really did just let the Germans land and walk in lol

[@helwrecht1637]

German bias

[@aaroncabatingan5238]

​​@@helwrecht1637I play a lot of HOI4 and while the Germans do get a lot of buffs, the Allies doesn't need buffs to win since they tend to outbuild the Axis in these games. The Allies were just eating rocks in this game and they also completely forgot to factor in the Manchurian Submarine Corps.

[@wilianrodrigues5280]

“If I had a nickel for everytime Manchukou won the game for the Axis through sheer quantity of Submarines, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.”

[@benfrank9622]

Dude, I remember that time. So much submarines...

[@noobymooby-ty8gh]

The power of china

[@Ian501st]

Yeah, those submarines are something else

[@thisisaname5589]

It was a big deal, but given that Bo won all the big naval battles, they were always gonna lose, submarines or no.

[@ulyssespulido9556]

What video was that again?

[@ArrangedKarma]

Quick headcount, that naval battle in the North Sea easily had around 250-300 ships on both sides that engaged, probably more. Around 150 from both sides were sunk, not including aircraft. In terms of raw numbers, this would probably rank within the top 3 largest naval battles in human history by volume of ships and sailors, since even ships as small as destroyers had over 100 crew members minimum.

[@clashthegamer4873]

That's actually the kind of historical battle that would go down in a country's history for a millennia at least.

[@ArrangedKarma]

@@clashthegamer4873 Oh absolutely. Even ancient naval battles, such as Cape Ecnomus and Red Cliffs, are still remembered today for their insane sizes despite the fact their numbers could be totally made up due to sources being potentially biased or having very little go on. But then you can look at more modern battles, like Leyte Gulf, which also had insane numbers but is considerably more accurate due to more modern record keeping and bureaucracy. This battle would be on par with the numbers of Leyte Gulf.

[@MNM-lq9te]

Could picture it being like the space battle over coruscant. So many ships being so pack together doing broadsides and a heck ton of bombers and fighters. I wouldn't be suprised if some of the ship even decided to ram eachother.

[@equilintogo5378]

5 carriers and 17 battleships from the allies went down there, with 4 BBs from the axis

[@deeznoots6241]

@@ArrangedKarmatbf its a lot easier to build 1000 ships when those ships are small wooden craft that hold 100 men max, compared to Megaton steel behemoths

[@liladoodle]

Germany: *Tries to befriend Czechoslovakia.* The Allies: "Wait, that's illegal!".

[@Moros311]

Of course it was Braun and of course he doubled down

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

The allies pulled a euromaiden lol

[@primesonic4459]

​@Moros311 and of course he victim blames afterwards

[@someguyplayingagame7118]

Getting flashbacks to that one video where Manchuria was absolutely busted and prevented any possible dday

[@jdreyes3745]

Every single stretch of water had a Manchurian sub; bet the Allies who crossed into Russia were thinking that submarines were waiting in every single inland Soviet marsh ala "Do you see torpedo boats?".

[@Only.D.G.]

Someone was playing Stellaris while the rest was playing HoI4

[@daniielah.7569]

what video was this?

[@TheUnknownFiddler]

@@daniielah.7569 What if Finland won the Continuation War

[@shadowmandeathstroke8232]

@@daniielah.7569 Basically, the Allies couldn't D-Day, Americans were dying left and right just leaving their continent and Manchuria had over 400 steel BEFORE getting the rest of China

[@taptiotrevizo9415]

I thought this was gonna be a Golden Germany, but with the intro giving blame to the allies, you have to know Bo is cooping as well.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

Tbh, this game was Braun being a dick over anything Golden did.

[@maciejbala477]

@@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 honestly though, when isn't Braun a dick, that's a core personality trait

[@balinthehater8205]

​@@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 so just being his usual self?

[@Red_Planet]

The fact they soft locked golden until 1940 and he still somehow won is hilarious as fuck

[@candiman4243]

Honestly, I would guess that the softlocking actually helped Golden, because the non-MEFO economy tree needs time to recover and ramp up. They orchestrated their own demise.

[@OrKmAnIaC1234]

Need a naval romania build for bo to truly say hes the master of navy

[@jacobmartin1100]

Wrong, only once he's mastered naval Hungary can he be a true Navy Guy™

[@adamperdue3178]

Pretty sure I remember such a script.

[@OrKmAnIaC1234]

@@adamperdue3178 which one?

[@franmax-lj3hh]

there was a naval romania bo game, it didnt end well tho

[@deeznoots6241]

@@jacobmartin1100Hungary does start with an admiral in charge so it only makes sense

[@xxbeastmode-sh3iv]

Oh no not the menchuko sub strat, not again.

[@hellogoodsir2502]

This is definitely a peak hoi4 game, this vid felt like a destined axis loss in the beginning, then the Sealion truth nuke obliterating Braun, the Soviets somehow getting pushed, and the giant fleet battle at the end forcing the Allies to crumble near-instantly.

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

Battle of the North Sea - Final Major Battle of the Western Front of WW2.

[@vallergergo737]

Total casualties for the battle of the North Sea: Allies: 5 Carriers, 14 Battleships, 2 Super Battleships, 15 Heavy Cruisers, 43 Light Cruisers, and 70 Destroyers Includes both the Dutch and US Pride of the Fleet Axis: 4 Battleships, 1 Battlecruiser, 5 Heavy Cruisers, 58 Light Cruisers, 17 Destroyers, and 2 Submarines Includes the German Pride of the Fleet Total casualty estimates: north of 100 thousand men

[@Aleph3575]

0:38 Unironically, this moment right here probably saved the game. They didn't know it at the time, but if they had stayed on MEFO and Economy of Conquest, they'd have been completely fucked by the time the war actually started.

[@Pibola64]

Just shows how seemingly insignificant decisions can lead to everything turning out a lot more differently

[@Fordo007]

yeah I really like the other economic path

[@thewrench0157]

“Where is all of our steel going!? It’s insane!” Bo, finally butting in with his newfound British accent: “Look at all these dockyards!”

[@draconianscout]

I see I still don't understand how this game works. I just watched their navy get annihilated and they say "The subs won the war"

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

The subs won the war because the supplies to other allies fucked by their constant raiding. Not being able to project supremacy is a crippling thing but not being able to send shit to the Soviets or others is a death sentence. Hell even trading becomes nigh-impossible given enough subs.

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

Troops need supplies or they suffer significant penalties both in combat and as part of attrition. Those supplies require convoy boats that are the prime diet of submarines. Manchuko raided the shit out of the convoys. With the loss of UK, it basically meant allied troops were walking around hungry and half naked unable to fight or give resources to prop up the USSR

[@TheColdOnez]

He's talking about the Manchurian sub spam not the naval battle. Also since the Allied Fleets got wiped by Germany they can't go anywhere without getting raided by Manchurian subs.

[@deeznutz862]

hes trolling the surface fleet won the war

[@eoghan7949]

@@massivecent3729 yes and no, I played tfb where the uk still has their fleet but no asw's left and still lost because of it. The main navy can't kill subs and it takes too long to produce enough asw's and navel bombers to kill them because the subs will kill destroyers if their numbers aren't great enough. No supply kills you, but it was the fleet that prevented them from focusing on asw's that won the game too because they had to concentrate on keeping up with the german and italian navies. TLDR: No supply = gg

[@miguelmorales2337]

Title card says good about the Germany? Clearly a Bokoen Germany. Truly the Snake of Denmark complimenting himself

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

It was actually a Golden-Bokoen Germany, which honestly shocks me.

[@antonitomasik8946]

I'm pretty sure Germany always started with Hartmann as an Ace. At least since Man the Guns because I remember putting him on my squadron and 5 mins later getting a message that he was shot down lmao

[@SamuelKoepke-r3o]

Missed opportunity to call this one “The Second Battle of Jutland”. Raeder was even at the first!

[@Paxamerican8470]

@SamuelKoepke-r3o except the cost of this battle was way higher. 475 ships present in this naval battle of the video. jutland only had 250 ships present. jutland 2 is the largest naval battle in size, manpower present, and tonnage present.

[@SciRuler]

Gentlemen. I regret to inform everyone that it is a sad day today, for we all must reluctantly…….. give Bokoen1, “the navy guy” title back. He gained back his championship title after being an absolute “Sealion” with the Italy in absolutely decking and obliterating the combined allied fleets. Amazing work Bo, now just dont crossdress again and maybe you’ll be too guy again with no snake of Denmark accusations.

[@Tomahawak6712]

But can he do Tibet navy build?

[@Karl_der_Genosse]

No, Bo should crossdress more to graduate and become the "naval femboy" and "twink of denmark"

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

As long as he doesn't attack the Japanese Navy during Tora, Tora, Tora! again then it's safe to say he'll get it back pretty soon.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

Best episode in a while. I was on the edge of my seat. I wish we saw even more perspectives from it especially Hungary's

[@statelyelms]

A 17 minute Bokoen HOI4 video!! A merry Christmas indeed!!! Genuinely one of the best games I've seen, going for Sealion before Barbarossa feels like such a risk, but you pulled it off and then Romania even managed to hold against the entire Soviet army.. and that battle off Doggerland! Holy shit!

[@monke.conjurer]

I got so happy about those 17 minutes I pissed myself. I'd say it's stil isn't much but it's far better than usual 10mins

[@talosisoursavior3061]

3:58 because he had -30 theres a 44% chance the czechs deny it, if he had between -30 and 25 he woulf have had a 95% chance of them accepting and if they were 25+ he would have had a 97% chance of them accepting.

[@Daniel-yy3ty]

So... All they needed was a single birthday card to the PM and all that could have been avoided? Remember those birthday cards people, they save brain cells!

[@jaidengabriel1675]

Golden has the midas touch. One might even say he is the Midiest Toucher.

[@dorktriogamer2865]

👁️ 👄 👁️

[@carlosn894]

Props to Braun for accurately replacing Hitler with Speer in the speech bubbles after Golden replaced the Fuhrer.

[@YourVintageStick]

Bo is literally a master of propaganda, literally Joseph Bobbels

[@monke.conjurer]

Boebbels?

[@Steve_the_Radroach]

@@monke.conjurer Boeseph?

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

Boseph Boebbels

[@mosesracal6758]

5 fucking fleet carriers sunk, even Midway was not that disastrous

[@przemysawkrzekobrzegoszczy6332]

Dönitz out there avenging the battle of Jutland.

[@gengarboi8745]

I can just imagine the pollution that the sea is going to be suffering with all of those sunken ships man

[@frankfletcher_1]

Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher here, can confirm Mountbatten threw that naval battle in the North Sea

[@MindLikeFire]

unreal mountbatten choke fr

[@B1GCORE]

If the Kriegsmarine wasn't rushing in Fjords in 1939.

[@TheJigsaw1591]

The return of the Manchurian Wolf-Armada...

[@lordgracos]

I like how "Fortress Cities with Stronghold Networks" was a joke this game and two days ago Golden ACTUALLY did it as the Soviets and got ganked

[@markc5728]

Braun has a habit of threatening to delete all his units when he doesn't get his way while complaining about Golden

[@hey-bu6tk]

Guys, I think Bo is the navy guy again with that battle against the American fleet at the end 15:39. Let us pray he keeps being the navy guy, and doesn’t embarrass himself again by feeding the Japanese fleet during Tora Tora, amen.

[@jamtin2797]

Bo taking liberties with the paragraph text intro ☠️☠️

[@christopheredwards8219]

Yet another Golden victory through the power of friendship and letting Bo handle the navy. You love to see it.

[@TheLordNovo]

Looks like throwkoen1 has officially reclaimed his title of navy master after somehow singlehandedly defeating 4 allied navies in the same battle

[@Zelein]

Guys. I think the Navy guy is back and he needs more steel for his 133 dockyards

[@LedosKell]

The Golden Fleet of Manchukuo lives forever in infamy.

[@michaelthayer5351]

That's some Pacific Federation level strategic planning from the Allies, losing half the Navy in a single battle.

[@typicaluser697]

From (how i thought) complete thow, to fucking sealion and Hungary holding soviets with 40 divissions and America calling it in after throwing all of the fleet they had, amazing script bokoen

[@tharathamrongnawasawat8057]

Not hungary, third German player, Hungary did help but Weekend was the main guy in the East.

[@Lucawalke.r]

The North Sea has drawn them near The fleet of the High Seas approach

[@elijahprescott533]

Our favorite Dane has returned to his rightful place, the ocean and the North Sea at that. Long live the Navy guy.

[@Aproppo]

Very interesting to see a new island in the North Sea crop up, all out of steel.

[@TheBreadPirate]

This just kept getting better and better! What a CLIMAX!

[@bruh5912]

I love that Bo got gangster on the allied navy. Doing the thug shake all over them.

[@CharedWood]

16:21 Is a sight for sore eyes

[@comanderlucky656]

I am still in awe that despite everything this was an axis win

[@dawok6843]

This is probably the 2nd greatest script of Denmark to have been produced yet only second to the Chinese supply horde of SEA and I’ve been around since 2017

[@ChauChatt]

I love how Bo had to include the part about him being appart of the Hitler flying youth past the 1 minute mark so the algo didnt penalyise him XD

[@Warhawk_of_Chogoris]

Bo, I’m so sorry for ever doubting you. You’re not just a navy guy, you’re THE navy guy

[@Wheelcha1r]

This is one of the most exciting games I've ever seen Bo & co do. Every single moment was tense and uncertain, yet almost every gamble and risk paid off successfully and satisfyingly.

[@LordDynal]

Absolutely decisive, I honestly thought the soviets would ruin you guys in that run when the WHOLE ARMY was in the UK lol

[@Blundabus1337]

Honestly this is probably one of the best episodes I've seen, lots of good storytelling.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Honestly one the best games and videos Bo has ever done. 17 minutes of fun for us thx Bo and Freinds for this banger!

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

I always love the games where Bo and friends pull out a victory they shouldn’t have gotten by the skin of their teeth and the seat of their pants.

[@mr_jiblets]

The scrapping operations/deep sea diving tourism would be insane

[@MindLikeFire]

This is an instant classic for me, unreal carrying on the eastern front

[@primesonic4459]

Nice to see nothing has changed for Braun in 7 years

[@catminttcgu207]

I'm a simple man I see navy in the thumbnail I click

[@JoeBoney]

I think it's safe to call this a bokoen1 classic

[@Jacob-qr8pl]

It was actually refreshing and wholesome to see some teamwork bringing the team together and pulling out a victory.

[@mr.pilgrim1241]

I love how Braun said, "I'll just disband all my units you can just come on in" and he wasn't kidding about that at all.

[@Kylesaystuff]

“The west has fallen” 💀 surely I’m not the only one who got the reference.

[@DefinitelyNotTylerAtAll]

This is literally the best vid of the year, the whole thing is a highlight reel. Amazing work bestkoen1

[@Sasha.Sanguine]

Germany failing to flip Czechoslovakia fascist gives me echoes of Dressel failing to annex the Sudetenland.

[@GAarcher]

*Manchukou submarine strat is already the most overused piece of scripting in the cinematic cockoen universe*

[@nathanlanham7993]

Play steel division campaign. I loved those videos, great video like usual btw!

[@generalgrievous4579]

Holy HELL what a game! If this is the last Hoi vid for the year, what a banger to end off on🔥

[@JohnPGarrett]

Definitely one of the best vids yet. The sheer energy this video had was wild.

[@Aqueox]

Holy shit that naval battle.... That is an apocalyptic scene.

[@survivorlaststand9882]

Oh my goodness that might be the biggest multiplayer naval battle I have ever seen out of this game that should be a world record

[@tihy9s168]

This is one of the best if not THE best HOI4N video. Peak content and the navy guy is back?! Phenomenal!

[@badusername9903]

certainly one of the most interesting hoi4 videos ive seen here

[@Viktor_Von_Doom]

Them not being able to win any fights despite overwhelming majority makes sense after hearing the raiding numbers.

[@eneasicael3272]

Themistokles: "We need to build a wooden wall in the see" Boken1: "We need to build a steel wall in the ocean"

[@paladinaeon3834]

"Manchuko spammed 400 subs" Hey I've seen this before!

[@aguyplayinggames1193]

ah the classic manchukou sub spam, I remember seeing this back when man the guns had just came out

[@battlefieldandcodarefun1020]

Golden before he realizes he left the navy to the navy guy, "WHERE'D THE STEEL GO?:

[@darthasiago6167]

Probably one of the best games I’ve ever watched

[@benfrank9622]

That was one of the finest naval battle ever.

[@carterlender]

oh boy a golden special this will be good

[@winowmak3r]

*-1200 rubber* "I don't care Speer, figure it out!" had me dying. What a game.

[@petrpecenkaml.9755]

These longer episodes are really great! More of them please.

[@mossfen583]

The Snake of Denmark blesses us with another CLASSIC game as a Christmas gift

[@rewriting-history]

I think this is the best Bokoen video so far!

[@Zwijger]

Wow, an episode way longer than 10 minutes, what a treat.

[@iplaygames8090]

such a shame naval battles dont show casualty numbers, would be interesting to know how many tens of thousands went to the bottom

[@ataman8616]

One of the best games you played! The scripts are getting better!

[@damio6865]

The naval guy is so back

[@buk1237]

I've had a not so great day at work, this has been had me smiling again

[@heliogt1961]

"everywhere i go.. i see you" ~allied shipment to jakes subs in any body of water probably

[@comanderlucky656]

Alright Bo, maybe you ARE the navy guy after all.

[@pandorawolf8239]

What a game to end the year with Bokoen. Happy holidays to everyone!

[@joshi9124]

The navy guys is truly back!

[@Sana_a04]

Bo going full Plan Z larp. I like it.

[@alfredopotatogaming7033]

Every Bokoen video is like crack, and I'm an addict