This Germany is a burning ruin...

[@KuroWhyMe]

" Oooo Paratroopers, now you're infantry" - Germany 1944

[@martind5653]

Russia 2023

[@okairgames]

​@@martind5653 😂

[@Siphonicsea36]

@@martind5653 Valid: Absolutely Funny: Absolutely Makes Russian bots angry: Absolutely

[@okairgames]

@@Siphonicsea36 I like your profile picture😂

[@b3ygghsas]

@@martind5653 More like 2022

[@Santrix125]

I honestly thought that this game was in 1943-45 and thought no way bitter could defeat the soviets, but then i realised that its just 1939 august...

[@imma5761]

Dude rushed so hard the actual WWII didnt even start yet lmao

[@ericscott9029]

When I watched the first minute of this video, it did not dawn on me that this was 1939 and not 1945. Everything went kaput so fast for him, but Bitter is just a genius at HOI4.

[@Kattalanonyt]

I mean anyone with micro skill could do whata he did. Endsieg mod in 1945 is harder than this but it's still easily beatable because the AI is trash.

[@aether655]

Noticed it was 39 at the beginning, why I’m thinking the dude probably just let it get like that then sent it to bitter hoping it would get played

[@ericscott9029]

@@Kattalanonyt Microing is actually pretty difficult under certain circumstances. Microing in THIS playthrough seemed especially difficult since he played with a Germany that had less than 50 factories, was 19% away from capping, and only had 110 divisions.

[@ТимурИсмагилов-х5з]

​@@ericscott9029 tbh microing is just annoying, not hard

[@ericscott9029]

@@ТимурИсмагилов-х5з I agree it is annoying, especially if you play as a major like the USSR because frontlines can suck and the AI goes crazy burning causalities.

[@justinspeaks.1652]

Obviously you did great to save this game BitterSteel, but can we just take a moment to appreciate how competent the Italians were? Joining th Axis and the War despite Germany (seemingly) being on its last legs, not getting naval invaded like it usually does, pushing into France and diverting their troops, invading Yugoslavia successfully to link up with you, even helping save a few of your infantry that were encircled in the Alps. Never thought I'd say this unironically but well done Mussolini, you were a great ally.

[@catrybou123]

Imagine being a German paratrooper in 1939. It looks like the war is going to be over before it even starts properly. And then some guy you haven’t seen before takes away your parachute and gives you more guns and says “Congratulations! You’re now an infantry unit!”

[@dylanhall2212]

It went from disaster save to bitter having fun

[@heathdionne7717]

those are always the best

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

I think there’s a reason we don’t watch people who do nothing but wine in every single video. It’s pretty sad to play games for a living and not try to enjoy it.

[@leontes]

"I think all their Army is gone by now." - IRL German High Command, June 1942

[@architech02]

The devs should have added generalgovernment in Poland as a reichskommisariat

[@SkeetontheverycoolSkeleton]

They planned for it to have a separate tag but never went through with it (as evidenced by the existence of GGV as a folder in the leaders folder)

[@royalcinnamon]

​@@SkeetontheverycoolSkeleton or monarchists puppets, like Mittelafrika or somethin'

[@idkidk-vr8rc]

@@royalcinnamon Mittelafrika is in the game iirc its the german puppet of kenya or something like that

[@royalcinnamon]

@@idkidk-vr8rc yeah but with the new peace deal mechanic you can't LARP and give them the Mittelafrika territory

[@idkidk-vr8rc]

@@royalcinnamon get the toolpack mod for that

[@operationcreation5583]

I think that overall most disaster saves aren't too difficult, usually you can leave one side on the defensive and attack on the other and the AI doesn't have the intelligence to spearhead an attack on a weak point as opposed to just attacking the whole front then losing org, then it just becomes a victory lap going around nations and capping them which is entertaining sure but still pretty easy

[@GGGONEXT67]

Yeah it's a shame the AI isn't a little bit better tbh. Would make the game a lot more interesting after the first couple play throughs once you get the hang of it

[@F1HunterJAN1]

Germany is just ridiculusly powerful. The other day I had lenghty war with them, in 1945 they had about 20 mil casualties and still were able to push me a bit out of France.

[@SubZero-cv5hk]

had a game as communist china where germany in 1946/1947 had around 30k fighters.. if it wasnt for the "Sun Tzu Reborn" achievement, I wouldn't have bothered with germany but.. you gotta do what you gotta do *shrug*

[@YoungFreakDiddy]

Just today i played Germany for a long time in months and got a collab on US and got 900 factories by 1940

[@blahajshork]

Steiner's ultimate counter attack

[@lIlNicooolIl]

Steiners counterattack would have gone like that if he followed command.

[@terrormorphsus8278]

CHALLENGE: As Trotskyist Russia defeat the axis, here's the twist. Your units will be 1 infantry and one support artillery. Your only grace is you have complete control of your air design, your shock troops of which you will have only 5, are 30 width motorized of your choosing. Say hello to 1000 infantry divisions!! Crashed my game after completing the Civil War and converting my units carried over from the Civil War..

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Pls no

[@terrormorphsus8278]

@@Bitt3rSteel it is pain. Did some custom games with the cheat menu and it was possible. I was using RT56 not vanilla

[@SlovenianMapping]

@@Bitt3rSteelWe are still waiting 😔

[@UnitedStatesofAmerica988]

@@Bitt3rSteelpls yes

[@DaCubanCrokodile]

How did he... just... how did he manage to save this...

[@FPSPayback]

He did it so fast relatively as well like what!? Genius

[@mortalcoil8585]

It's because Germany is super strong in 1939 this guy restricted himself too much without knowing how to do his restrictions effectively.

[@leafbou]

Because this really isn’t a terribly hard disaster save, the only reason why it got this bad is because of harsh restrictions that bittersteel decided not to follow and he really only had weak enemies in mainland Europe

[@蔡林翰-v2m]

大部分的工廠都還在，士兵的人數足夠 接下來的區域都是核心區域，很好防禦，而且戰爭初期只有基本部隊

[@ulfzurirksourzukfzofzoufzo5377]

More than that Italy managed to be competent in Yugoslavia

[@hatless_spider]

Not hearing big band jazz music in the background of a Bitt3rSteel video feels a bit trippy 😅

[@hatless_spider]

Oh it just kicked in later 😂

[@ethanwhiting2064]

I’m waiting for the Australia atoz. Can’t wait to see what mod you use

[@alessandraleonardi982]

ITALY FOR THE CLUTCH LOL, the italian ai boosted the save, amaizing

[@EinFelsbrocken]

Almen'una volta siamo stati utili 🤣

[@alessandraleonardi982]

@@EinFelsbrocken esatto

[@gghead-bo5oj]

I don't think anyone will see this but there is a better way to naval invade the British. Instead of using any German ports you use the Dutch one at the top of Netherlands (Leeuwarden) because for some reason the game will think the only sea you need to control is the North sea this will allow to focus your navy solely in the North Sea tiles. Hope this helps you or anyone who sees this.

[@theweirdclasher3955]

Bitt3rsteel suffering is our enjoyment

[@LoneWanderer727]

"small little pocket" *10,000 Soviet divisions encircled and destroyed*

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

lol, a slight exaggeration. That would be hundreds of millions of men. His computer would melt into the Earth’s core.

[@u.n.latias4612]

I think it'd be interesting and fun if you tried uniting China in Kaiserreich but with a twist! You have do it as the Kumul Khanate (that little country in Xinjiang) and do the Ma Zhongying path

[@nikolaiis4169]

Hey bitter, i have a challenge for you: as Switzerland, conquer Germany, Italy, and France without joining a faction.

[@Charles-In-Charge]

And somehow he still caps France earlier than in real life

[@gamepodhungary]

Hi Bitt3r! I know that making these videos cost you a lot of time to make and a lot of effort. I was wondering, have you considered using the medal feature to promote the members' troops? Or just showing off those member troops who earned the most medal during the campaigns? I think it would be pretty awesome, don't you think? Only if it's not too much of a hassle ofc.

[@C-A-Green]

That whoud be so cool

[@aconite7911]

Real Steiner's counter attack

[@sentryerror4774]

Italy not being terrible for once be like:

[@EntrerrianoMapper]

Oh btw, since you complained releasing Ukraine messed up your frontlines, sometimes when frontlines are split like that (due to releasing puppets), if you drag the two frontline starting points back together, they should join back into one single frontline order.

[@NewGuy478]

Bloody hell Look at that

[@AndrewVonManstein]

11:05 Italy been a usefull member of the Axis, that's a new

[@ole6969]

Good vid but pls make the music more quiet its distractingly loud

[@alleythetoaster8401]

I have no patience for this game. So this fascinates me. Every time USA joins before I can knock out the UK I just abandon this game for like half a year and go do something else.

[@eli-mi3mh]

23:36 not as many as i liked encircles 30 divisons 24:59 now this is just infuriating lol

[@fidoruh]

It astounds me how well you do at these saves.

[@stardust1987]

This man is too good ! Such nice videos filled with love for the game that is hoi4.

[@michaelhibbard654]

Looks absolutely horrific

[@herrplaguen.6595]

Secret final boss: *SWITZERLAND! RISEEEEEE*

[@bonesyjonesy716]

Hey Bitter, I was wondering if you could do a confederate states of America guide with some achievements thrown in there. I know you’ve done one before but maybe an updated one since all the DLC’s? Thanks man and keep up the good work!

[@Santrix125]

Video Timestamps where Bittersteel got the country's name wrong: 9:04 Bittersteel calls Romania Yugoslavia

[@mrksjke]

21:53 calls Ukraine Russia (based)

[@gengarzilla1685]

There's no point to listing any of these when he himself caught on and corrected his blunder afterwards. He beat you lot to it. Only flamers with axes to grind will continue to harp on about said blunders after that.

[@Santrix125]

@@gengarzilla1685 woah, i was just making a little fun comment, I did not mean to say that Bittersteel is dumb or anything, he is one of my fav youtubers, I hope u understand i am not hater or anything lol

[@99batran]

If Steiner's counterattack was successful

[@alatamore]

Repeat after me: Kloo-gah…Kloo-gah Sorry, it’s totally nitpicking. Love these content creator contributions. Yes another awesome video.

[@cw732]

3:25 why is this guy even in the game, IRL he was purged in 1938 (Blomberg-Fritsch affair)

[@jadecarr7233]

Can’t wait for Australia ( cause I’m Australia)

[@mattipeltola8949]

I mean I just went with Germany. And accidentally went to war against allies. Yes. Accidentally. Having *everything* on my eastern border. And as I have started to do Auschluss etc at speed, I had a *lot* of under-equipped forces. France got over Reims before I even noticed. Yeah, I got them pretty fast. Now I'm in US, ruling over much of the world even before molotov-ribbentrop. Need to get USA and I try to do that before war with the soviets... currently I can handle 48 divisions from scratch fully equipped by the time the training goes through, so I dunno. Might be interesting eh :D

[@Meatful]

Love the background music, great choice!!

[@CARL_093]

germany dying just save as best could

[@jimbo6514]

When Stieners counter attack works

[@larry417]

another day, another bitt3rsteel vid

[@andrzejrybickiToOn]

This is not your best day for talking! You confused Romania with Yugoslavia and France with Spain.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

They will all be Germany soon enough

[@signormythomagic_yt7128]

15:38 You mean the mouth of a port. *laughs in I'm not funny*

[@tvk411]

आश्चर्यकारक आपण सर्वोत्तम आहात

[@franzxaverjosephconradgraf6850]

For once Mussolini did something good by killing Yugoslavia and utterly crippling the AI frontlines.. Credit to Italy, where it's due!

[@gengarzilla1685]

Even the Italians could capitulate any nation if it sent much of its army to the distant frontline in Germany.

[@sarhat252]

"I really wanna stay at defencive here" 0.1 sec after: right clicks on enemy title where he wanna stay at defencive (c)

[@Dansk.]

I'd have a mental breakdown and commit live in the woods if i was put in this scenario

[@cjcoltrin9542]

Day 26374 of asking BitterSteel what tank design he uses

[@Bitt3rSteel]

You'll never find out!

[@abdallahsamir1079]

Italy finally isn’t useless 12:50 I put a timestamp in case Italy manages to fuck up.

[@sirvilhelm2360]

Do you accept modded runs, or atleast the most well known ones? I.E Keiserreich for example?

[@failtolawl]

28:12 hey I think I've seen this before

[@starborn6239]

df27:45 how did u get Air Innovation II without the Tactical or Strategic Air Efforts?

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of This Germany is a burning ruin... Momentum 100

[@SmashingCapital]

You forgot the air and the navy at the start

[@ThatPolishMapper.]

imagine almost defeating germany *THEN GERMANY SAID NIEN AND STARTED PUSHING YOU BACK*

[@naserhamilton]

Hey idk if u going see this but what are some of the dlc u play on when running the base game

[@John-li6sk]

I just realize the game was in 1939 and not 1945

[@YungIsyan]

I just capitulated and fucked up the allies within like 90 days as the democratic german republic😂

[@thefirstkingdogo1126]

Nice, what difficulty

[@niku4154]

Just an Idea @Bittersteel: But what if you could ask the Modder to rename the "Crack Unit" Unit Names, as far as I know every nation has the "Crack Unit" Name Template, and they could be overwritten with a "Language" Mod (Just an Idea, hope this helps)

[@gungar2133]

is there a mod wich creates disasters and you have to save them? if not, there should be one

[@austria-hungary7680]

at the end i noticed italy had greenland lol

[@CallsignArchangel]

@23:20 that pocket is sus

[@Maec1254]

He wanted to take hungary for not joining the alliance, now hungary is in the alliance

[@Ametys007]

I thought it went on untill 1959, but it was only 1939...

[@andrepereira7512]

When he said count cristo sent this I was like, how tf can bittersteel salvage a game that count cristo couldn't. i'm not saying that bittersteel id a bad player, he's in fact an amazing player but, I dont think he could beat the guy who beated endieg and raganrok in a singleplayer game. Then it made sense.

[@andrepereira7512]

@TruckerDave650 yes, that is true, but count cristo played on extreme dificulty(the equivelente dificulty) on both chalenges.

[@CountCristo]

Cristo mentioned

[@andrepereira7512]

@@CountCristo oh srr my bad

[@CountCristo]

@@andrepereira7512 I'm not complaining XD Also Bittersteel could absolutely wash me these days - I haven't been on my game in HOI since like 2020

[@andrepereira7512]

​ @Count Cristo I mean I don't watch your content that much, but I did partialy watch your endsieg and ragnarok and I have enough of an understanding of the hoi4 mechanics to know how absurd those chalanges are (one less than the other of course). Even if you aren't on your prime you are def a realy good player at least sp. I won't comment mp since I never saw you play.

[@Error403HRD]

That is one of the ugliest peace deals i've ever seen lol

[@dew822]

He changed the tittle

[@lisko2329]

this is the steiner attack

[@noahbakkenhenriksen1932]

You are the Steiner counter attack

[@zachmiller7080]

When you gonna do Germany vs the world mod

[@mateussilveira4640]

paradox should make more puppets of germany

[@gengarzilla1685]

Those things first need to quit being riddled with bugs.

[@Enward834]

What is going on with the music in this video? It sound like 2 or 3 songs are layered on each other. Its hard to listen to.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That's weird, Thats absolutely not supposed to happen

[@rakim_gaming568]

Another day another disaster play

[@yutik2004]

Play Japan in 1945 and save it from the US

[@Elmorenoooooooo]

Whoever reads this please try to help me, it turns out that I bought today i4 from Amazon, I installed it but I have a problem and it is that I only have 8 countries with personalized focus tree and I don't know how to have, for example, Hungary, Austria, Yugoslavia with focus tree also if i play as germany i only have anchuluss i have his focus tree without oppose hitler

[@dew822]

You probably have either a older version of the game or you have the base game like me

[@Elmorenoooooooo]

@@dew822 oh and how i can have that versión of the game

[@Elmorenoooooooo]

@@dew822 or i have to buy another type of the game

[@HydraulicHydra9]

Landon Lads Rise up!

[@vishalj7139]

Lmao i just love how you take the most hardest and impossible saves and completely turn the table

[@蔡林翰-v2m]

他連波蘭都沒有打贏? 蘇聯都沒有上戰場，還算得上危機? 的確挺危機的，畢竟他連基本士兵都沒有也不會成立有用的軍隊

[@Thatonephilosofynerd]

The first game italy was usefull

[@demonwario6526]

Hey i got a question for you. I’ve been playing hoi4 recently and i don’t know how t get more divisions. I see this man have like 10 generals while i only have five. I go to the recruit and deploy and select troops and deploy them to selected areas but they’re not appearing or getting into my general’s divisions. Can someone tell me what am i doing wrong

[@Milk_enjoyer_]

I love disaster saves😫

[@user-oj8nr7cp3p]

28 mils in 1939 lol

[@EinFelsbrocken]

Bitter Ive been trying to do a peaceful portuguese-brazilian unification AND IM GOING INSANE ITS NOT POSSIBLEEEE

[@EinFelsbrocken]

I love the stability debuffs 🤪🤪🤪

[@MBSteinNL]

A lot of patience and heck a lot of espionage are needed to push the Royalist faction without dropping Brazil’s stability

[@saeediqbal3382]

That collapsed production screen looks hideous

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

Lithana surrender to the soviets with actually sharing a boarder um what?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Just AI things

[@bernardozanchin9252]

SitterBteel

[@francoalagastino4652]

Play as the tibet

[@Das_war_Kenny]

No front, but how is that possible to get this messed up situation in 1939 as Germany?

[@kretson]

Steiner...

[@jebeazy255]

I hope you do worlds ablaze bittersteel 😅😅

[@Augustus_Imperator]

Brilliant

[@Cilvathorne]

I’m boutta start my first ironman run hopefully its a success and not a this

[@Gruyntake]

Try Ottoman 1919 start in Great war mod

[@AmericanCaesarian]

How was this a disaster save exactly?