5.Lack of Growth: Declaring war in 1936 means dedicating the national focus on forming Little Entente instead of going for Metropolitan France and Research Slots. Keep building up France, now you can divert factories to build up an airforce and have plenty of manpower. Managed to win by making they go inside german territory and encircling them. I am currently playing HoI4 in version 1.8x with no LaR. I thought i disbanded them all but i think i trained more. Make sure your planes can reach the whole airzone or they lose effeciency also need fuel. Doctrine changes. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. So I guess I'm better off importing and building silos. Chuck in some cheap cavalry that you can snake once you do a break through, it will ruin the AI's ability to counter you. It is time to hold the ground for 140 days to complete the Little Entente National Focus. The cheat code for HOI4 is planes, if you have enough planes then there isn't a force in the game that can stop you, tank divisions are minority. i tested it. 2.) instructions unclear, switzerland annexed nepal, oh ok. Leaving me with about 32 Infantry divisions and 13 mobile. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Italy was dealt with by Canada (dont know why). Archived post. Hoi4 France Defeating Germany In 1937/38 Guide! Fortunately for use we won't be calling czechoslovakia because we dont want them taking our fruits of hard labour do we? Right, apparently there had been some changes (not that easy to figure out if you haven't played in quite a while). In the image your tanks have no fuel, so remember if you spaghetti into the enemy you'll have horrible supply unless you make wide entrances into supply zones, so focus on capturing many edge tiles for supply zones quickly to keep your tanks fueled. Anyhow not gonna discuss division templates here but I will give an alternative method of breaking your stalemate. maybe a mistake, i draw a plan and have INF divions attack automatically. I also noticed that Italy will join the Axis if you reload your game, even when their war with Ethiopia is still going. 1. You will have an easier time defeating France the sooner you invade. Scan this QR code to download the app now. I delete my colonial units. All rights reserved. Seeing as I just failed twice I'm wondering if I'm missing something. The commies controlled brittany and the southwest. I could probably roll back but figured fuel adds a small nice challenge. taking netherlands and belgium early (declare on DEI and belg as soon as possible ) you can get both before tension rises to 25% if you dont do the Rhineland focus and simply bypass it have 2 Groups of 24 divisions on french border and 1 group of 12-16 tank divisions behind it when you Subscribe Today on Hearts of Iron 4 HOI4 I will attempt to defeat Germany playing as France before 1937..this might take a couple of tries. what about 120 other inf divisions? This will cause the German AI to pull out half of their divisions previously stationed at the marginot to the czechoslovakian borders. You are using an out of date browser. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV by Paradox Development Studio. I didnt follow your steps though. War brakes out with France in 1939, French troops almost reach the Ruhr in a month, but i had strategically redeployed all the troops of Germany's eastern allies (Poland, Lithuania, Baltic Duchy, Ruthania, and Ukraine) to that region as soon as the war started. Here's my industrial buildup, the key to decisively winning the war early. You must log in or register to reply here. You may not be able to breach the german lines but you should be able to defend and harass until you get your entente allies. It went well so far until I started invading Belgium and France. I only just started playing Darkest Hour/Kaiserreich and after giving it a go as Austria i decided to give Germany a go. Whether this was added into historical focus in newer patched or DLCs or just bad luck, i cant say. You clearly need more stuff. For more information, please see our Rn im trying to build forts in the border to belgium so that i can stop the push there as well lol, @Ikfoster The amount of land the commies get depends on the number of divisions you have, if you disband colonial divisions to focus on a smaller but consolidated army then they would only get calais (at least this was my observation for several test runs), The civil war was different for me. Apparently synth refineries do not really give much fuel. Alright I just managed to do the Big Entente achievement after two tries. you could naval invade or para a port and just go around. You must log in or register to reply here. Cookie Notice Just out of curiosity, how are your INF and/or CAV divisions built? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165843487, annex netherlands first, then attack belgium and luxembourg, sometimes build infrastructure sometimes not, i cant keep up with allied fighter production. HOI4 1.9.2 How To Easily Defeat France as Germany - YouTube #hoi4 #tutorial #guide HOI4 1.9.2 How To Easily Defeat France as Germany TakkieSenpai 8.82K subscribers Join Subscribe 530. I've used it in the past as well but I feel it's no longer usable. After Little Entente focus has finished, you will get a pop up notifying about the Czechoslovakians joining your faction (very rarely they will reject). Best method i have found for beating france as germany is taking netherlands and belgium early (declare on DEI and belg as soon as possible ) you can get both before tension rises to 25% if you dont do the Rhineland focus and simply bypass it have 2 Groups of 24 divisions on french border and 1 group of 12-16 tank divisions behind it when you get the Danzig or war.. you are ready to smash france in seconds. Keep airsuperiorty. They field about an equal amount of troops so I don't see my supposed giant advantage. It may not display this or other websites correctly. they should be enough for germany but are not. I only just started playing Darkest Hour/Kaiserreich and after giving it a go as Austria i decided to give Germany a go. Today on Hearts of Iron 4 HOI4 I will attempt to defeat Germany playing as France before 1937.this might take a couple of tries.PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/therambler146Alex the Rambler produces videos on a variety of Strategy games while dabbling in other things from time to time. That explains why. Basically, you should aim for the usual "blitzkrieg-style" opening. :angry: Depending on how long you were gone, normally France after LaR overall got nerfed so they should be easier to defeat that prior. Using WW I will give you the same result. The German Reich capitulated in August 1936. France has awful manpower at start and the fleet has a decent whack you can access. It is only visible to you. i loaded your game, im making adjusts and reaload there soon is really easy to fix it, coming back soon. All rights reserved. I'm thinking 95% of your problem is the air superiority situation, but let's cover all of our bases, just to be safe. Please see the. I push through the belgian coast and drive deep into france with up to 15km/h and get the victory points. Increased factory costs to slow ahistorical growth rates. Admittedly the communist civil war doesn't help, though. PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/therambler146. Then delete all the garrison divisions so that you get the equipment. While obviously they don't have quite the stats of motorized, they are much cheaper, consume less supply, and still provide somewhat effective move speed at 8km/hr to help outpace infantry. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Encircle, exploit holes, and france is ezpz. You're not trying to break thru the Maginot line are you? maybe i should invested in MArm earlier and more, i produced them because they are cheap. Tell your brit bro that their job is clearing out the commies while you handle the fight with Germany. For supply, units have supply grace so they don't run out of supply for a day or so, and get supply from VPs, not allot, but enough to keep a few units going for a while. Once you figure out how to use terrain, combat width or your small motorized core, you can afford the distraction other systems provide:). Make sure that you also research doctrines and that you use up to date equipment or even ahead of time. Can you tell us about your industrial strategy from the game start and what templates you're using? You will probably have to delete a few motorized divisions to reinforce the mechanized divisions. They always take the province that has a border with 3 French provinces from the German maginot line anologue. they had 4000 in 1940, my arm divisions may be bad. So I managed it. Valve Corporation. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America), https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2709732044. I've conquered pretty much everything except America in an earlier game (a few patches back) by using Tanicius's superb guide Constructing a HoI4 Germany Guide In the last few days I started a new game as Germany, following the same guide. This item will only be visible in searches to you, your friends, and admins. The introduction of fuel for one thing really changed the gameplan for Germany. I've read that beating Germany as France in 1936 is a piece of cake. Then I take all the tank divisions and change their template to the mechanized one ( I think you start with one of those "mechanized" divisions with motorized and tanks.) For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. they should be enough for germany but are not, i cant breakthrough the front in the first place. #6 You must gather your party before venturing forth! I'm not kidding I can't even punch through the border and if I do I get swamped. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Alternatively, try to do more with less - Germans are so strong you can basically ignore both research and buildings and focus on tactical and operational aspect alone. 2) How can I block the channels? Expect extremely incompetent gameplay!------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please show your support by liking/commenting/sharing and subscribing!------------------------------------------------------------------------------Green Man Gaming link - https://www.greenmangaming.com/?tap_a=1964-996bbb\u0026tap_s=7433-3bf67f-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Subscribe today! What are all the german cores? u should figure why FRA had so much INF with full org, you probably inst using light panzer on proper way,,, the FRA start with troops stacked on maginot line, when they reach the north area, they arrive with low org if they are stacked with high org its means that u are slow on low countries advance,. New units (Conscript, Heavy Artillery, Division Support, Assault Guns, Combat Engineers, MotorCycle and Signal Battalion(s)). It's a shame it's not easier, as Germany really stood no chance at all against France in 1936. then you go east to meet up with the french army with about half your larm, while your other half go for victory points in west and south. War brakes out with France in 1939, French troops almost reach the Ruhr in a month, but i had strategically redeployed all the troops of Germany's eastern allies (Poland, Lithuania, Baltic Duchy, Ruthania, and Ukraine) to that region as soon as the war started. Beating Germany in 1936 as France [Big Entente] [Step by Step with Screenshots]. Yes, Germany will always take Rhineland first, so the war starts in April. Also as GoldenTalon said, there are many video walk-throughs. Yes you need ostpreussen etc. If you run out of fuel blitzing through the Lowlands and France you've really done something wrong. You are using an out of date browser. But of those I lose like 10 from the communist rebellion.. Continue Advancing carefully but not too slowly for as the war drags on ,German troops stationed in the Czech border will be called back to the front lines. After Germany is done the game can get boring. By this point the German airforce should be scattered due to multiple offensives allowing for easier air superiority. I just pushed through the marginot and hoped that czech/romannia/ yugoslavia would do the rest they got mulched. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. All is quiet around the german border. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. You dont even need medium tanks or mech inf for france. If you wait to start the war in 39 you are in deep trouble. Recalled volunteers. 3.) Ah ok, I misunderstood. Just got the achievement, so to get the event you need to have historical a.i off, then it's a 50/50 if germany backs down or goes to war. In mp btw. Also I did it and formed the entent. You cant really fight anyone else as the French focus tree is only meant for war with Germany up to 1939, though you can alway just build industry and unite Europe under the little entente so if Italy declares on Yugoslavia you can invade them. JavaScript is disabled. You must log in or register to reply here. what about 120 other inf divisions? Britain --- they join, but do not move troops to you, so they will not help you. Then what? New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I think going to war in 36 might be the easiest choice as France. The event to start the war has several choices for France, the UK and Germany. i completed mobile warfare tech tree except for the last two in 1940. This will create a faction between France and Czechoslovakia whose benefits i will explain in the next section. producing an army of cavalry is one thing I think a lot of players look over. So fine, defeat the rebellion, am left with 26 infantry divisions and about 10 mobile. If you have made it this far, German defeat is inevatable and soon enough they will capitulate. Thought you mean blocking reinforcements by sea. dont need any template change, or any micronagment. The Germans should not be able to break through, assuming you recruited troops throughout the years. Only go on the offensive to pin down troops so tanks/motorized can encircle or if you want to kill of encircled divisions. Even if war starts after 70 days, you can still go for Little Entente. Select mobility doctrine, build infantry and use allies troops to protect your borders in alsace and 2-3 division in Wilhelmshaven, the others are useless, they are protected by the danish or if they don't join the war you have ships. It also can replace support AT, since it gives almost as much piercing as AT. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). Use your airforce to try and achieve air superiority in regions with the most battles. All advice I give and strategic suggestions I make apply to this version of the game. Get the Czechoslovaks in your own faction, split up the German troops and done. you need to set up your tanks in a concentrated force in the southern netherlands and push through there with infantry/motorized uspport. Try some encirclements with your mobile units. Tanks without fuel lose I believe 90% of their stats, so yes, you should import fuel from Iraq and prioritize your army until you have spare. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. With that i got it on my first try. It's ridiculous that UK always insist on a democratic Germany when I'm trying to annex all the German cores. Get 40w tank divisions and attack with them. Then the civil war will break out in 3 provinces one of them will be Brittany and that's the only province with troops, the other two will be random and have no troops (unless it's a coastal with port then the enrmy can send volunteers). Regardless of calling them or not they make for good Bait for our next move. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). Attrition changes, including unit upkeep. its here, i just reorganized your troops Marshall/Generals, planning orders, just declare war and press play, you will bulldoze belgium and FRA. You are using an out of date browser. When do you get rhineland, rhineland is in my games always first focus picked from germany. Yep that seems to be some feature of some DLC as I lack these buttons. You need to sign in or create an account to do that. @Batae Ive read somewhere that historically, Hitler had ordered his troop to back down if the remilitarization of the Rhineland was challenged. use 20 width divisions, make sure that all of your divisions have some soft attack ( arty for infantry, SPG for mobile divisions), also for tank divisions have like 4 tank brigades and 6 motorized, dont use only tanks! Help, I'm playing as Germany and I can't defeat Commune of France. Keep light tanks and motorised separat for the speed. after declaring war, rush your larm straight for paris and orleans with your larm (dont use them to defeat belgium, but go through Namur and in straight line to paris), leaving 1 larm in each tile as you go. The last monarchy ended in the 1870s. I would never outfit Tanks without them, especially if you tech them up so they are more potent against bunkers and later over rivers. While attacking with INF isn't ideal, a well-built INF division can wreck face if you need it to (it's how minor nations get stuff done, after all). I kept wondering why my numbers were only two digits so often for tanks. After Reorganizing and Disbanding Uneeded Divisions it is time to divide them into 3 armies: After 70 days are up, You will get a pop up notifying about Remilitarization of the Rhineland. Even Ostpreussen, Niederschlesien and Oberschlesien (Poland took that)? It may not display this or other websites correctly. i only manually control my speacial attack units such as armor divisons, marines, mountaineers. JavaScript is disabled. Not a major issue, I kept using mostly land trades (not in this savegame, forgot to adjust it). Yet does it really make that much of a difference deciding about winning or losing? So with the fresh troops i am able to hold the line until National Populist Russia joins in on my side redeploying 200 Divisions to the front and pretty much fighting France for me, which i strange as from what i heard NP Russia often takes advantage of the war to fight Germany. An effective method of early German annihilation with minimum losses. Czechoslovakia helps a lot by distracting many units, then with Romania and Yugoslavia Germany can't last. The reasoning is that since we are in the same faction there is a possibility that we can call them to our war hence why they are forced to reallocate divisions. 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JavaScript is disabled. All rights reserved. You must log in or register to reply here. Invest in support AA if the Allies have more planes than you. ScumpyDawg 19K subscribers Subscribe 3.7K 177K views 2 years ago CANADA Hello and welcome back to another Hoi4 video! The situation is very biased towards Germany in that case don't oppose them in 1936, do it later when you can form the Little Entente. This is their main streght especial in france. http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=therambler146-------------------------------------------------------------------------Social Links:TWITTER https://twitter.com/TheRambler146FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/therambler146INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/therambler146/TwitchTV http://www.twitch.tv/therambler146STEAM http://steamcommunity.com/groups/theregimentoframblers For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Germany kept backing down in the 6 attempts i tried, although this is with the new 1.5.1 patch and dlc, so don't know if the patch/dlc made it harder or i just have bad luck. They sink my navy instantly with just a few bombers all the time so I did not even bother. Mod with historical divisions, realistic unit sizes (including "division slice"), accurate relative unit values and recruitable percentages. Valve Corporation. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. Pick the first option twice and if the AI makes the correct choices you should be in two separate wars against the Communists and Germany, without being part of the Allies. 8LSP + 8 mot is a cheap and very powerful tank composition, also makes it easy to rush for tigers for barbarossa. Privacy Policy. for france in late 39, you dont need much; Could be you started the war to late. You need everything they have in 36 at least. Today I am showing you. Use Blitzkrieg tactics. They fight in africa against italy and french commy. Bad weather (snow, mud, heavy rain) that will effect movement, combat and aircraft. if you're going to go for the Little Entente achievement, try to avoid having non-faction nations join in. Italy --- they join on german side, and they attack you were you have no defence. DO NOT attack, it's tempting to attack when the Germans are not near your border but as France you cannot beat Germany offensively yet. I played on recruit and had some trouble with them but they had not developed tanks yet so I steamrolled them while burning through Britains manpower, the only issue I had was running out of equipment for everything except aircraft. Lend lease them all your planes and ask them to handle that. Weak airforce: Germany has more planes than France easily earning them air superiority which boosts their attack up to 50% making even defense difficult. Sounds like you have waited a long time and built a gigantic army when a small one will do just fine. I also found helpful to prepare motorized army - then, as they wrote above, finish netherland first, prepare fast army on the border with Belgium, and rush Paris before allies send troops to Belgium. That thing is quite outdated to be honest. Valve Corporation. This item has been removed from the community because it violates Steam Community & Content Guidelines. I mean, ideally you want to capture air superiority and have more fighters and CAS and such, but if the AI is turning all of Britain's industry over to fighter production you might not be able to win that arms race. Also dont mix light and medium tanks and mech. This item will only be visible to you, admins, and anyone marked as a creator. JavaScript is disabled. And the german's will be guarding every port thry have, so it's better to use the tanks for the push from the river. and our Soviet style units (Artillery Regiment, Mortar Battalion). Best method i have found for beating france as germany is. You are using an out of date browser. If you push along the coast, and not through the mountains, you can often make a decent breakthrough and start to flood in divisions, that at the least will extend the french frontline and demand responding divisions that will at the least thin their defensive lines up north, and at best will allow successful offensive pushes in both the north and the south, where one of which is likely to make it to paris. A small group of tanks with ALL your air attached to them should be capable of punching through Belgium and then the French/British will not be able to react fast enough to stop you doing what the Germans did IRL and taking out Paris and removing them. Archived post. If my advice would be incompatible with a version 1.9x game, feel free to ignore me and anything I say. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. My friends think Im incompetent so Im going to go against Germany as diplomatic France any tips/strats? Push into vulnerable terrain with your best troops, use your weaker infantry to pin the neighbouring enemy when they move to reinforce/close the gaps, rush in your motorized/armored troops to advance as much as you can. Engineers are very much for attack aswell, because of the Terrain Boni. Support AA can help mitigate the penalty for fighting without air superiority. 1- Edit your screenshot to avoid polemics.. Oh wow, thanks. The Big Entente Achievement is as follows: As France, complete the "Little Entente" National Focus, and have all German cores owned by you or someone in your faction. have you tried para trooping there core state's ? Air wins war. If you believe your item has been removed by mistake, please contact, This item is incompatible with Hearts of Iron IV. Never too much fighters. If you declare war on the Netherlands but not Belgium, you can do things one step at a time. By the time I invade France they have 133 divisions and they just deathstack them in Belgium and I can't push through. So the war starts on day 70 in 1936. It would have been David vs. Goliath. isint that what they did irl and just trap them there troops die if not connected to supply. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. I recommend using excess eastern front divisions to also establish an offensive in the south in support of the italians. You may need to disband your fleet. It's not the French Royal Navy.

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