We are still running HALF a France...No Step Back

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In this HoI4 Disaster Save as France, we try not to lose the rest of our country!
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[@m.b1399]

As a French, I agree that even we are under attack by 2 fascist nation and even we have lost half of our country we have enough time to do some strikes, strikes are a national spirit (as well as some revolution too)

[@EpicMiniMeatwad]

Every 100 seconds, a minute passes in France.

[@camaradecarter]

@@EpicMiniMeatwad yes

[@user-du9zt5rp5x]

@@EpicMiniMeatwad a strike*

[@kaiserinmargot]

May I ask which nation ? As a Belgian I am not sure to understand who you are talking about

[@kaiserinmargot]

@@monkaraces4328 my country is litterally neighbour to his, and since I was not understanding although speaking french too, I asked explanation

[@brandonmin6204]

“Imagine going on strike in a situation like this” I don’t know about you but French history shows they will do literally anything to everything you could possibly think of.

[@8Maduce50]

King Louis- Hey guys I know we're in a wheat famine but this potatoe is actually good. Angry frenchmen start a revolution.

[@inhocsignovinces1327]

@@8Maduce50 Famine isn't the first cause of Revolution at all..

[@Supercatzs]

@@inhocsignovinces1327 it was one of many issues in the eyes of the third estate

[@inhocsignovinces1327]

@@Supercatzs Actually not really. The famine only touched peasants, who were NOT represented, the Third state were bourgeois. And bourgeois think politic, not people. French Révolution is a bourgeoise revolution before all.

[@EEE-pv2eo]

Considering the Paris commune literally formed in the middle of the Franco-Prussian war, it happens

[@nesqquix5775]

"With the traditional disgusting peace deal" he says before making the cleanest borders I've seen from a HOI4 youtuber

[@J7Handle]

Transylvania, Trieste, and Lithuania look completely and utterly stupid. The Romanian half of Transylvania is made independent of Romania and the Hungarian half is given to Romania.

[@1mol831]

And player. Yugoslavia usually balkanises afterwards

[@microscopicallysmall]

@@1mol831 are you my father?

[@belgiumball2308]

fun fact: at around 15:00 you didnt fake your deficit more, you pressed the choose location to deploy button

[@Johnnylemoni]

I was looking for someone how noticed

[@king_of_sin]

i was hoping i wasnt going crazy and thats what happened XD

[@GeoNoob]

☭

[@BasicNeedies]

lmao yea

[@SecNotSureSir]

Well, he had a stable front and seems to have put up a great defensive campaign. It’s definitely a better and more integral front line than I’ve ever had as France. Merry Christmas.

[@sirllamaiii9708]

It's fun AF to build up Vichy, when you lose play as Vichy, build up an army and go down your focus tree to regain your country, then declare war on Germany as round 2 it's like vanilla Omsk

[@omeba7189]

@@sirllamaiii9708 I just hate you're restricted to not help the Germans militarily. If I could I'd be soloing Soviet Russia and the UK for germany

[@42carlos]

@@sirllamaiii9708 Omsk? In what mod? I do love those comeback moments in hoi4 tho, like capping the Germans as the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth after having to go down to 91% surrender progress and holding the dnieper line

[@yeetionary]

@@42carlos have you discovered it yet? if not, omsk is from TNO/The New Order however i've heard that it is not too light-hearted

[@tried6times]

​@@yeetionaryTNO is a goddamn horror novel presented through Hoi4

[@schmeeschmee9393]

These disaster saves have been really great this year, keep them coming and Merry Christmas!

[@C.A._Old]

Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1 :-O :-D :-)

[@connercan8429]

Merry Christmas

[@fearthefunnyman1201]

yeah, I just submitted one, where soviets have massive air advantage, they had like 30000 Fighters in 41

[@devvytm]

"You went with speed...and I see you've used that speed to retreat" has to be one of the greatest lines I've ever heard!

[@vitalidontcare9329]

Imagine being a French man in the army and seeing that your country has retreated in style.Merry Christmas!

[@canthi109]

*With style*

[@tylercain9697]

“You went with speed and you used that speed to retreat.” Classic France

[@ssach7]

Parkour is the art of running away

[@commissarkordoshky219]

25:55 As a player that mostly plays minor nations (and tortures himself with playing Chile in South America) I pick grand battleplan for the supply bonus that you get in the high command spirits, since that is exclusive to GBP doctrine

[@ry_aeb]

It wouldn't have helped in this situation because like he said near the start of the video supply bonus' don't really help that much in western Europe (I agree it would 100 percent help in south America though lol)

[@vivelafrance6314]

Supply bonus is crucial in Chile, given that it's all mountain.

[@catfacecat.]

Lol no I torture myself by making the amazon supply better than European supply just cuz I love supply😂

[@tachankat2485]

just so you know, extending the maginot actually works tho, you just gotta get the forts to lvl 6 on italy and belgium and you can hold with what meager divs you have

[@AveragePakistaniChild]

Hitler: How is the Invasion of France going? German General: You mean the defense of Germany? Hitler: THE WHAT?!

[@styloxcrypto]

lol

[@redphoenix072]

Merry Christmas everyone that celebrates it and happy holidays to everyone else, its important we stay positive during this hard times

[@WDarcanum]

I love how even though this was 11 months ago people are still putting happy holidays and merry Christmas

[@SwissChez]

Ikr

[@IamDrDapper]

36:26 That is one of the best french accents i've heard, i need an entire video like that

[@clashhoyland9583]

27:00 'Everything else seems to be going quite well' In the top right it says "The slow death of France"

[@bluethunderbolt9631]

It changes at 33:16 though, so it's all good

[@tried6times]

it has said that since the start its just the front name lol

[@marcuswinterstein2588]

Merry Christmas, Bittersteel! I'm appreciating these disaster saves so much. I'm relatively new to the game and it helps a lot (no really, a LOT!) with understanding game mechanics. Great thanks to you and have peaceful (maybe not ingame) hollydays.

[@PopdogCS2]

Merry Christmas Bitter, Really love these disaster saves I learned alot from watching your videos. keep up the great work. 🎄🎅

[@C.A._Old]

Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1 :-O :-D :-)

[@miro007ist]

@@C.A._Old Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1 :-O :-D :-)

[@AndrianiDaniela]

@@miro007ist Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1 :-O :-D :-)

[@treedriller]

Christian?! Respect

[@delong8998]

@@treedriller Deus vult

[@graysonleal8259]

Really looking forward to more videos… I always make time to watch them. I also appreciate how open you are with your viewers about gameplay and mistakes. Merry Christmas!

[@M_Mitz]

Hey Bitter, I’m relatively new to the channel and I just wanted to say thank you for the great videos like your achievement runs and disaster saves! Happy Holidays to all and hopefully next year is better than this one lol (I already have a copy of NSB so no need to give me another haha)

[@grapesnch33s3]

Merry Christmas everyone! Have an awesome new year and thank for the fantastic content BitterSeel!

[@rebornpheonix1016]

Merry Christmas everyone! Seriously, one of the best HOI IV KZbinrs outthere.I love that your videos are focused ona ctual strategy and less on funni memes.

[@axelotl3750]

Stumbled upon your channel about half a year ago and loved it ever since. These disaster saves are awesome! Merry christmas everyone! ^ ^

[@lucasrivero8432]

This is my first video of yours, I love the chill music and the entire chemistry you bring, Merry Christmas!

[@thepotate053]

Merry Christmas! Thanks for all the videos this year. I've loved your achievement guides since I first found your channel, and I'm happy to see your channel grow and prosper!

[@calebwhitetheawoken]

#Potato2024

[@LiterallyMe05]

Happy Holidays Bitter, and everyone. This year felt like it went by in a second, atleast compared to the last. So let's hope that 2022 is much better than 2021 or 2020.

[@Pax.Britannica]

It won't be.

[@C.A._Old]

Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1 :-O :-D :-)

[@treedriller]

Non christian?! B R O K E

[@signoguns8501]

Why use the PC corporate greeting? We're not in Macy's, buddy lol

[@LiterallyMe05]

@@signoguns8501 because I'm not Christian?

[@noahshutts5655]

Merry Christmas! I love how Yugo actually managed to retreat to the mountains and defend with Greece after it was deemed impossible lmfao

[@JuampiRotger]

"I need to make my deficit bigger. BIGGER. MORE DEFICIT" Maybe Bittersteel is covertly the US Secretary of the Treasury

[@sebtsou3388]

Damn that was unexpected, merry christmas everyone, stay strong, we're almost through that whole pandemic. Also thanks Bitt3rSteel for the giveaway, it's always nice

[@skeletonjanitor]

what was unexpected

[@sebtsou3388]

@@skeletonjanitor the whole giveaway thing lmao, hadn't seen that coming

[@C.A._Old]

Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1 :-O :-D :-)

[@bananaman2556]

Merry Christmass Bitter! It's been a fun ride this year, watching your channel grow and prosper this year. And it has kept me from boredom many a times.

[@danielhaughton]

33:17 I like how you changed the theatre name from "the slow death of france" to "The Salvation of France"

[@tonynicholson4634]

Good Video! Taught me a bit me on what i need to learn when it comes to playing hoi4. Merry Christmas and Happy new Year!

[@pierrehenry8208]

Merry Christmas and good holidays!!! Knowing that I mostly play as France, without any DLCs, my average game is this desesperate defence, generally at the French borders or along the Somme and the Maginot line, for a long time before breaking through the germans lines because they have 4 milions casualties and my industry slowly build up. And it is cool to ear the French names and places pronouced the French way.

[@gyonis7979]

Great channel hope you continue making these types of videos and continue improving your content. I learned a lot from you videos and I am glad I did! Merry Christmas man.

[@ameerosmanoa]

Happy holidays Bitter, and to the Bitter squad. Your videos have helped me in ways words wouldn't do justice. Keep doing you, and I'll be here watching 😁

[@d1versity964]

I've been watching EVERY SINGLE VIDEO ever since i found this channel a couple of months ago, been absolutely loving it. Keep doing what you're doing and I wish you a Merry Christmas!

[@ikat_tracer]

I know you say it all the time but i always attack with infantry, sometimes with an armored spearhead but not all of the time especially when i have multiple fronts going on. It works excellently, capitulated the ussr several times with that.

[@StormArmy96]

I always use infantry expert too The extra attack means more soft attack so more damage to divisions both on attack and defense. Not as good defense as the ambusher entrenchment but still great for massed attacks over a massive front with armour leading the way, also good for closing pockets without tying up your armour for faster capitulations of larger or tougher nations

[@P01SKA933]

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to everyone! Thanks Bitter for all your videos I discovered you this year and your videos have greatly improved my game and now anytime anything goes terribly I try to fix my disaster instead of starting a new run. I got NSB but if it’s a code I can give to a friend that would help spread the Christmas cheer!

[@perplexed_fx3476]

Merry Christmas and happy new year! You really got me into history and the types of map games! Happy holidays!

[@rolland890]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays; I'm surprised how much hoi has improved in the last year, it's been so long since I've had all the dlc in any pdx game. I'm glad this video was recommended to me, i enjoyed seeing the challenge

[@iGamezRo]

Merry Christmas guys. And to BitterSteel, I really wanna thank you for your content this year man. Thank you for making this year easier.

[@DPazR]

Merry Christmas to everyone in this amazing community!!! Thank you BitterSteel for all the great content you have blessed us with this year... From disaster saves to formable nation guides, you have made having lunch on my own much more enjoyable :)

[@cameron4562]

Merry Christmas, Bittersteel! I hope you have a good one and keep doing the disaster saves, by far my favorite series from you.

[@danielegiuliani2700]

Merry Christmas Bitt3r! Thanks for producing the highest quality HOI4 content you can find around

[@MrKalashnikov891]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays y’all. Thank you to bitter for showing me how to stop losing my achievement runs and thanks to you lot for being so full of support. Wishing you all a bright new year

[@spyronolifer8528]

Merry Christmas to all of you and I hope you enjoy your new DLC for HOI4 when you get it :D

[@leonardokotekselistreosorio]

Hello BitterSteel, I have a strategy for the achievement No More Partitions. Basically you will go down the Poland's secret Romanov path (refuse every king twice). Then you start to recruit as much divisions as you can and rush the Romanov branch. When the world tension be at 10% you start to justify a war goal on Hungary. Meanwhile you demand Slovakia (don't demand Yugoslavia) make the focus for the Baltics, declare war on Latvia, Estonia and Hungary at the same time. After defeating then demand Yugoslavia's annexation, they usually refuse. If you want you can try to take Bulgaria. If Italy starts to justify, just release Slovenia. Give up Danzig (you can retake it later. Defeat the Soviets (beware of invasions in the black sea) while recruiting troops. Then with around two full army groups, defeat the Axis. Tips: the best template I found was 9 infantry and 4 artillery; Make the Międzymorze and satellite Moldova. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!!!

[@matthewfeld]

Merry Christmas Bitter, I think the first video I watched of yours was the Finnish Him achievment run, remembered really liking that video and couple others I watched. I love watching these disaster saves. Great Job with them

[@charilaoskaragkounis7412]

Keep up the disaster saves BitterSteel, they're awesome as always Merry Christmas to everyone

[@MrFarmer110]

That was a very nice turnaround, well done, and Merry Christmas.

[@rickrickersen5749]

MERRY CHRISTMAS - I can still remember the first bittersteel video Ive watched. It was "Hail to the quing" and it helped me a lot. Fantastic channel. Keep up the good work!

[@noelcarrey7933]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone, I hope you have a great new year. Keep up the good work Bitter your videos are great fun and super helpful (i learned how to properly play the game thanks to you after all)

[@vincentdracen]

Merry Christmas everyone! Best wishes for all in the upcoming year, and a great thanks to Bitter for all of the awesome content!

[@bunbunlimbo6308]

Merry Christmas Bitt3r, Your videos really helped me fight my boredom in this time of pandemic, stay safe and hope more videos to come.

[@Enward834]

Merry Christmas Bitter! Probably you are my absolute favorite Hoi4 youtuber. Always happy to see you post a new video

[@Canada1994]

24:43 To quote Alex the Rambler in a French save disaster he did where the same thing happened "Imagine your nation was falling and you thought 'I gotta strike. I gotta strike right now'"

[@mikaelphenix8540]

That was damn impressive. Those disaster save are great content! Keep it up!

[@Blanchboi]

When asking the AI for land to occupy, they will never give up all of the land they hold. They will always hold on to at least one state. If you want them to say yes, get high war score (like you did in the video) and ask for all but one of the states they own.

[@TheKadanz]

or use toolbox mod and transfer control to yourself. I don't even consider it cheating because paradox has designed the most disgustingly broken diplomacy and peace deal system.

[@Blanchboi]

@@TheKadanz you can also just type 'yesman' into the console and the AI will accept any request you send. Just be sure to type it in again to toggle it off. The issue is that that's obviously cheating. Anything that is not strictly vanilla or uses the console is considered "cheating" by the game, which means you aren't able to get achievements. Don't get me wrong, use whatever mods you want to use. Play however you want to play. But for BitterSteel, I imagine he wouldn't want to use any mods or the console.

[@damianfrantzov5670]

Merry Christmas! Thanks for all of the awesome guides! You helped me to stop being such a noob!

[@Roope_]

Thanks for one amazing video again for us to watch. Merry Christmas everyone!

[@MrEggus]

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, YOU WERE STALIN UNTIL THE ALLIES COULD GET THERE

[@dimlylitshadows4530]

The amount of Hoi content I have watched during holiday break is insane lol. Happy Holidays!

[@zepilly]

Happy Holidays Bitter and everyone!! i am only folowing this channel for 3 months but its my favourite hoi4 channel so keep it up the work Bitter!

[@dranwenry2636]

Merry Christmas! and Happy Holidays to everyone! Thank you for some great disaster saves over the year.

[@teostancu364]

I love your content, its good to know new content creators are rising from hoi4

[@KonigHoff]

Merry Christmas! Your videos have really helped me play Hoi4 better, and for that I thank you

[@gamerdanger99]

Merry Christmas :) I love these disaster videos. Its helped me learn a lot more about Hoi. Thank you Bitter :)

[@Manuel-em4nv]

Merry Christmas everyone and thank you Bitt3rSteel! You helped us all through a very difficult time with this awesome content!😘 Let's hope that next year will be a better 🎉

[@C.A._Old]

Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1 :-O :-D :-)

[@jamesnunes5847]

Love these disaster saves. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays y’all. Hope it’s a better year than the last.

[@cort8313]

Merry Christmas brother. You've been a blessing for me this year, love the videos!

[@carlosr1010]

Merry christmas! It's the first video from you that I watch and it's great, keep it up buddy

[@tylerone3160]

Good luck on the tommy kay game

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Oh god, I'll need it

[@wipwubth4258]

Merry Christmas

[@benceehn4750]

Merry Christmas, Bittersteel and everybody. Only been watching for the last 1month but iam already hooked to your content. Keep up the good work

[@TheAdissimo]

I've learned so much because of you, thank you! And merry christmas :)

[@fatihaydogdu2720]

9:39 You just forgot to put another "1" there.

[@BrentonMarch15th]

funny man doing funny things

[@joeread5356]

Happy Holidays BitterSteel I've felt the content get better over the year, looking forward to the year to come

[@humble_lion357]

Merry Christmas lad, love the content! You will likely be the reason I spend forever on HOI4.

[@maxweider9112]

Merry Christmas! Definitely one of the best, most educational HOI channels out there ;-) hope you have a good one

[@geniusbankindyman9488]

Happy Holidays Bitt3rSteel , I like your content very much. It inspire me to play Hoi4 and have fun with it. Thank you for your video and keep up the good work.

[@mihaibuta2427]

Merry Christmas man! I discovered you this year and well, made my life a little better

[@rayenyazidi3511]

Keep up the work my man Happy holidays

[@skoeldis]

Happy holidays and merry christmas, the war is over by now right? Love the disaster saves and I think you're the reason for at least half my achievements in HoI.

[@pndjairo]

Happy Holidays! and thanks Bitt3rsteel because of your videos and after 1000 hours of gameplay I finally got some achievements

[@teodork06bulgaria4]

Merry Christmas, Bitter, your videos are always well made, keep up the good work!

[@majinfusionz9356]

These disaster saves are really good keep doing them! Happy holidays!

[@dev1ls1986]

Merry Christmas. Keep up the good work, a lot of fun to watch

[@mmsalvotti4428]

Merry Christmas! Thanks for all this fantastic videos on HoI4.

[@esorevikofficial]

Merry Christmas! And happy holidays! What a save! That was awesome!

[@random1493A]

Merry Christmas! I have recently discovered your channel and I am enjoying it very much!

[@CalicoreGaming]

Happy holidays & merry Christmas +thanks for all the guides and saves!

[@Adriaticus]

You sir have earned a subscriber, love the content and of course enjoy the holidays

[@justk3bab21]

Well done, and Merry Christmas. Keep up the good work ;)

[@1889AP]

Merry Christmas Bitt3r, hopefully Santa brings you that 50k Subscriber goal as you deserve it, the in depth videos have really helped my personal development with HOI4

[@jacobhofman2054]

Happy Holidays! Thanks bitt3rsteal, you are such a good KZbinr and I can’t wait till you get huge!

[@zantac180]

Merry Christmas BitterSteel!! I’ve been really enjoying your videos and they’re always good to go back to when I just want to relax.

[@deplorabledegenerate2630]

I had a failed game similar to this a few years back where I tried my hand at a mostly historical defensive France, right down to extending the maginot. Made it to about the same time without a single axis breakthrough! ... then Franco's Spain backdoored me.

[@Ghost79_de]

Merry Christmas, This year was tough but your Videos kept me up in this hard year

[@kanfei940]

I congratulate you for dealing with this pain, bitter, Happy holidays to everyone!

[@mrshalltz3546]

Merry Christmas and thanks for making great content!