Easier in non-historical: if the UK changes ideology, France and Germany will fight early for Czechoslovakia, ending the threat of further guarantees. Leaving a faction as a member is relatively simple. The Soviet have their hands full with the German and are reluctant to attack accross bad supply areas (as of patch 1.11), so keep pushing on Moscow through any gap you find and let the German clean up behind you. Questions, Paradox Set some factories to build Transport Planes. If not enough air superiority, use your own interceptors or wait for the Allies. Paradropping troops prevents this achievement. The Soviet Union in 1.11 has an increased chance of capturing foreign operatives. You can beat the USSR on your own, stack defensive bonuses and hold the line until you have opportunities for a counter-attack. The first option is to launch naval invasions against Paris. Make advantageous pushes. With that many fronts opened up against China and all of the cavalry units you should have, you can set up your army and quickly take all the victory points. Note: if you are going for the Pizza achievement, this is a good time to go after the USA, do it before the next step. Since Decolonisation is likely done before the invasion (to prevent civil war), it is necessary to call Canada into the war to be able to attack the US from their border. Justify/declare/naval invade Ireland early. They should abandon those plans just like Nazi-Germany did with the invasion of Britain. Use your forces to mop up the Turkish forces trapped in the Bosphorus, then have them retreat back to the starting border. The "Notes" column lists helpful short tips/strategies. If you are really struggling and tension is low enough (below 25%) invade Ireland first. Your faction can win any war against anyone. If they don't do so - start the game all over again. If one opts to conquer Britain instead of France, they can also go for Operation Sea Lion (if you do that, justify on one of their dominions to avoid the UK getting guaranteed by France). Puppet Ukraine and Belarus in Poland's former territory, leaving the rest of Poland alone. number of infantry equipment in armies > 2200 The key to getting this achievement is Vichy(/Free) France. Use the landsturm to hold the line. And how none faction leaders become majors I still don't understand after 1000 hours of playing 1.3K [deleted] 1 yr. ago Once you have Riga, Warsaw and Kanaus, all you need is Berlin. As Bulgaria, complete the focus The Fate of the Balkans while having 5 or more Balkan puppets. Due to Vichy France's large colonial holdings, you will have over 24 states after annexing them in the peace deal. And that is my point - Even though the country had surrended, you still had pockets of resistance fighters hellbent on fighting till their death, and some commanders with some final plans they desperatedly tried to go through with. Two medium or heavy tank divisions with 10 to 15 tank battalions and 5 to 10 motorized battalions (such that you have 20 battalions total in your tank divisions) can already be enough to make a significant difference. Send this operative again, and wait for him/her to get captured for the second time. Exile Calles to hire the Democratic advisor, then go down the Spanish Refugees branch to Hispanic Alliance or Bolivarian Alliance (wait until you have completed either focus to transition to Democracy). Is the game over? Achievements have no in-game effects; the achievement just pops up in-game, and is then added to the player's Steam or Xbox profile depending on the version of the game. On second capture, the operative gains le_clerc2. Create 2 army templates: One 16-width with Engineers and One 16-width with Engineers & Anti-air. It is not required to have Joseph Stalin as the current leader. Has completed focus The Unification of the Balkans An easy way to trigger the uprising as Soviet Union: Is faction leader As Greece, capture Istanbul and rename it to Constantinople. Then start Decolonisation while you wait for the justification to finish, and install a communist government in Canada to make sure they will be friendly to you. Civil war or lend leasing to your overlord are the typical examples. If your keyboard layout doesn't have that key, other hotkeys to open the console are SHIFT + 2 and SHIFT + 3. You can detour and get your 5th research slot as well as The New Emperor of Ethiopia and Topple the Amhara Rulers focuses if you wish. As Italy, take Austria before the Anschluss and never enter a faction with a fascist Germany. Fully research a land, naval and air doctrine tree. Wait for Japan to declare war and have at least one nuke built. As soon as you are faced with the choice between "Affirm Loyalty to Moscow" and "Bastion of the True Communism" focus choose the 2nd one. Although Together for Victory is not required; the achievement is much easier with it due to the DLC granting National Focuses specifically geared for this. Your Italy is probably still alive, if they were to capitulate as well, a peace deal would fire. They can also be earned with Historical AI Focuses set to off. Forming The Horn of Africa and The African Union decisions can be very helpful towards this goal. Another option is to use the national focuses and join either Allies or Comintern before Germany justifies on you (Normally 1940). Promote a Unit Commander to a general, and reach max level, As Italy, continue holding onto the First Rome, and gain the second and third Rome. Some of them will join the war and grant you the needed land. Choose Fascist Demagogue as your first Political Power spending, turn Fascist (skip Civil War option) and join the Axis, Start Justifying War on the UK and when it's done declare war, Declaring war on a country before it joins the Allies does, Not Germany and not in faction with Germany. Depending on the state of North Africa you will either have to navally invade Jerusalem to take it from the British, or if the Italians have taken it you can get military access from them, station troops in Jerusalem and declare war on a different Axis member to immediately gain control. Dutch East Indies is the easiest target as they have a high non-aligned popularity at the start and won't be building a spy agency until later. Can be done easily if siding with Germans. But if the british fails considerably to invade me, I want to make white peace. You can annex them via focus "Restore the Commonwealth". If Pakistan has white peace'd with India but hasn't gone to war with Bangladesh, declare war on them afterwards - they'll have significantly less troops (if Bangladesh has spawned, leave it and Pakistan alone until they white peace, and focus on taking out the US and France; after Bangladesh and Pakistan WP, Bangladesh will disband their entire army). Also you want to take the Foreign Affair branch until you reach Albanian Occupation to get Albania. Start as UK (don't unpause) and release Egypt as a puppet (check "Play as" when the checkbox appears). Then, DO NOT take any Focuses for extra PP income and start competing for the states. Easiest to do as Sinkiang because of the possible alliance with Soviet Union. Build better infrastructure and railways on your east border. this is one of the most powerful hoiiv exploits everTo See My Story and Support Me Check me Out on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dustinl796Check out more amazing videos here https://goo.gl/Nz9vKsSocial links to stay up to date on new videosTwitter https://twitter.com/TOPGUNGUY123Instagram http://bit.ly/1Rx03LMDiscord https://discord.gg/pxcbGaM 66. r/hoi4. Do note that even if the UK or France has agreed to split up Turkey they can individually bail on the war when you do the focus to declare war on Turkey. The required provinces only need to be occupied/controlled, not owned. You can start justifying on Hungary now if you wish. As Communist China, have over 100 military factories. Leave Allies justify war on UK (or if possible join Axis) and attack them from behind. If it's Oppose Hitler: Justify a war goal as soon as you can on Austria. You can wait with the "Agrarian Reform" until the last few days of the timer, this focus adds 70 days to the timer when it is selected. Germany will invite you to their faction, accept this invitation and annex Britain. Declare war on Denmark, Improve relations with France and the UK and go for the Focus "Unite The Sami",which gives you war goals on Norway and Sweden. The war with Ireland should be easily done within 70 days. However, if Germany is completing/has completed "Demand Sudetenland", the chance increases tenfold, enough that they will nearly always accept. After that you can take the All Adults Training and Pro Helvetia paths - focus on defense and forts. (have between 48-72 good divisions). If they do so - start justyfing, start war, win, annex. Scotland is a subject of The United Kingdom After the peace conference, pass a few hours, then release the USSR in Onega and Olonets as an independent nation (not a puppet), justify a war goal and attack them. Dropped a Nuclear Bomb on a core state of the US, Control all French states in Europe Has full control of Northern Epirus (805) While you do want Spain, they are probably in a civil war and as with Albania, you can get them via focus instead. The focus "Subjugate the Warlords" gives a fixed 50% chance to puppet each of the warlords (even if they are in a different faction). If not, drive straight for Palestine (get some ports along the way so you won't get cut off from supplies). Join the Axis, which will consist of Germany alone. Turn communist as soon as possible, and then declare war on. As China, puppet and then annex Yunnan and Guangxi Clique. Start as any non-aligned country and get a spy with seducer trait. This achievement works well with "Just proper gander" as you just have to complete "Expand the Agitprop" and expand your Agitprop slots to 3. As any Allied Nation (in faction with a democratic Britain), enforce a peacedeal on Germany that disarms the Rhineland and makes it a demilitarized zone. Just be aware that you cannot unlock this achievement if you do the "National Steel Car.". This is the only way to get the achievement without Man the Guns. Once you get enough military XP, get the Proper Heritage spirit of the army and make the largest cavalry division template as possible for garrison, adding the MP once it finishes research then switching it for State Serves the Military once done. Once the USA and Mexico have been annexed, dismantle your faction and join the Axis to fight off the Allies. A great country to get this achievement with is by playing as France and forming the Little Entente with Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Complete "The Path of Marxism Leninism", "Addressing Internal Affairs", "Expand the Agitprop", "The Komsomol" and then either "Positive Heroism" or "Collectivist Propaganda" to unlock the Agitprop decisions and expand to three slots. Justify on the most expensive Siberian states to reduce their cost at the peace conference. When Landon becomes President, go straight to America First. Move your army to Canada, making sure to spread the divisions out and declare martial law to prevent it from seceding. Whilst the achievement toolbox doesn't mention it, but you need the Turkish territories in Balkans for it to trigger. Wait until the Soviet's are working to Demand Bessarabia (mid-1940). As Romania, make it to 1942 with all the states you started it with and control either Moscow or Berlin. Place the army on the Bulgarian Border. Build a defensive army. Safer to do in non-historical as Germany will often take longer to get their war goals and UK often end up not guaranteeing either. As Japan, Nuke a core territory of the US before the US develops nuclear weapons. If UK accept your demands the country will join your faction - kick it and start justifying, start war, win, annex. It is possible to see the achievements sorted by the percentage of users that . As Switzerland annex 5 states that are not contiguous with each other or Switzerland. Try to get proper tank divisions before the war starts. Fighting in Europe also give you nice autonomy boost (not as large as Lend Lease) but remember that if you win too soon you will be stuck with only 0.5 autonomy daily from focus. If you think you should have got this and haven't, double check you haven't missed one that wasn't mutually exclusive on the same row of the tree. When Fascism reaches below 20%, take Ban Fascism to be able to take the Neutrality Act for factories. Note that Transylvania needs to own all Romanian cores, meaning that if historical focus is turned on, you have to finish the war before Germany does the Second Vienna Award focus. Make sure to improve relations and save up a few hundred political power before starting the imperial conference. Invent and build fighters, bombers and nukes. On first capture, the operative gains le_clerc1. As Ethiopia, go communist and take all the states that border the Red Sea. When the communists win you can justify on them and they will not be guaranteed. For the German civil war, dont push with your landsturmregiments. The best I can figure out at the moment is using the occupation painting tool, deleting all the enemy's units, and then clicking all VPs. Prepare to attack Britain with naval invasion. The AI can be quite aggressive, so letting them attack repeatedly and wear themselves down can make them prone to a counterattack. It can trigger a civil war in Poland. For best results, complete the "Work with the bund" and "Recruit the Free Corps" national focuses. Take Leningrad and rush the supply hubs to the south, building railways when necessary. Habsburgs everywhere as you will have already crowned a king and be able to get to Jerusalem easily by this point. You will also get all your Polish cores after Molotov-Ribbentrop fires. After you defeated and annexed Vichy France, release most of the land you occupy, otherwise you will get manpower issues. The perfect timing for this (the Pre-Empt Western Intervention focus) is when Germany goes for the Danzig or War focus. Then, justify and declare on Turkey - by this point, Turkey will only be guaranteed by you and Germany if historical is turned on, and as you are both faction members, the Germans won't answer their call to arms (do not answer any German call to arms against the Soviet Union until after Turkey is defeated). Have a spy network of at least 50% strength in Casablanca. If you get full annexed, it's game over, but the allies won't annex you, they'll probably split Germany into a few puppets, and you'll get to keep playing as a Allied puppet. You can also alternatively start as a nation that has no puppets, turn fascist and just conquer and annex every other nation present. Now begin preparing for war with Denmark and Norway by sitting one or two units to attack the Danish strait and sending around four units behind them with a naval invasion from the north, after justifying, expand conscription and follow the collectivist tree to be able to produce a large amount of cavalry to hold the Norwegian line. Underpaid, Undersexed, and Under Eisenhower. Send your paratroopers (one at a time) at Paris plus 6 or 7 other cities to capitulate France ASAP, avoid the border cities as these are usually guarded. 4 If Iran is in the peace deal as well, make sure to annex Hamadan. To get extra building slots, the War Powers sub-branch gives war goals even as a democracy. From here, you need to click on the flag of a specific country to pull up their unique diplomacy screen. As the United Kingdom, have at least 9 battlecruisers. The naval focus branch allows you to purchase older ships and/or the exp is enough to design a submarine. In the meantime, France and Czechoslovakia will have gone to war with Germany over Sudetenland. They should annex all your cores and leave you all alone on the islands with no neighbours and an achievement. Refuse the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, and attack the German when they close in on Paris. Aside from the countries covered in the focus tree, you won't have to justify on Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, Mexico, Albania, Greece, or Turkey; former 3 will get eaten by Germany, Mexico can give you a war goal through an event, and Italy will eat the latter 3). After defeating the Allies, you should have a large enough army and economy to take on China and Japan yourself. Having USSR as a Supervised State will count for the achievement. Follow the focus tree to fortify against Germany and Italy, then Frontier Defense plan. Build warships and planes, use naval bombers to sink the British fleet once you have gained air superiority. Make sure that around the time Germany declares war on Poland you have a good amount of PP(300+) and Guns (10k+). Achievement will pop after landing in Iceland. Rush the monarchist focus tree, you need "Avenge Waterloo" focus. Hire an ideology-changing advisor and prepare for a civil war. Take the "King for our people" focus in order to put Mindaugas III on the throne and go straight to the "Support monarchist in Poland". Battlecruisers are built with Heavy Ship Hulls and Battlecruiser armor. If the Soviets get Bessarabia, you won't be able to get it. As Carlist Spain, after the Spanish Civil War, rush towards the. 5: Control the Iranian Province of Hamadan (either by you or a faction member). Do not capture the Italian territory of Eritrea or Somali Sultanate. As of patch 1.6, the United States might stay out of the war entirely if not attacked by Japan. For this achievement, you only need to occupy the states in question. Build ~10 submarines and when justification will end, declare war. When you have nukes, release the US and go to war with them. Puppet Bulgaria and follow up with Terror and Fear to start the war with Turkey and Romania. As a democratic nation, build a lot of planes, namely strategic bombers and fighters, and rush nuclear technology. I played a vanilla game the other day and Japan lost their major status after capitulation. Puppet Japan, who will eventually unlock Bicycle battalions - then, just secure France. Play as any South American nation if you want to AFK. Rush the focus "Exploit the Weak Neighbours". Because if your stability drops below 30%, the civil war will start. In the meantime don't forget about researching the Transport Ship, otherwise, you won't be able to naval invade Denmark and Norway. Once you finish "Autonomous Soviet Republics" you will need to release all of these nations as puppets: Lithuania, Finland, Mongolia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Turkestan, Bukharan, Altai and The Far East, You will also then need to return Biaystok to Poland after this. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Once that decision is done start boosting resistance in specific French provinces. Because you need to be able to overrun the Allied divisions in Egypt and be able to defend your home against both land attacks and naval invasions. 8/10 times the German Military Junta wins that war (1/10 they lose and 1/10 the civil war lasts for years). You can manage several things from here, including leaving the faction. As of recent patch, the Balance of Power will easily run to the right side upon war victories, making harder to push it to the left, so it is best not to trigger this mechanic until you are done with your conquest. this hoi4 exploit covers how to instantly capitulate enemy nations in hearts of iron 4 like germany or italy. Don't ask for help in the war. Declare war and launch the invasion - while the starting French navy is stronger than the starting German navy, there is a brief period where the player will have superiority over the Channel. Justify against Russia and declare before coup is complete, when Russian coup is completed invite rebellion to your faction. Author, speaker, filmmaker. Stalin will not have any equipment except bunch of unequipped AA battalions. You (only) need Stockholm for the achievement. Let the Japanese conquer one province and nuke it. Launch the uprising and try to create encirclements, such as by cutting across Shandong to destroy troops in Beijing. While waiting for the Sinkiang justification get a chief of army so you can build army XP and get Ideological Loyalty for the +500 manpower per week. The Canadian divisions will likely be in Europe or Africa, so there should be nobody to stop you securing the airfield in British Columbia. Station fighters and strategic bombers in the Istanbul airport, and drop a nuke on either Hungary or Bulgaria - the Axis are likely too busy keeping fighters on the Soviet Frontlines to stop you if you're quick enough. That should be an option. The moment they do this declare war on Britain. You can get Republican Spain to join you if you choose to get involved in the Spanish Civil War but be mindful of your stability to not start a civil war of your own. Capitulate and puppet Italy (the achievement does not require Italy to be in control of all of it's cores). Any other country with the original tag of Spain not including Anarchist Spain does not exist. Once the civil war starts, the playable side in the civil war will receive independence, which grants the achievement. It takes time for resistance to rise to the 90% liberation point. Simply follow the "Swiss Cheese" or "and you get a canton, everybody gets a canton!" When they reach the required level, establish monarchism in Poland. In that case, a democratic Canada may form a faction with the United States. However, there is a small chance that Sweden gets guaranteed after you capitulate Norway. Never take "Unleash La Cagoule" decision. This will cause a decision named "Join the Unions" to appear, which can only be taken once the Soviet Union is at 80% surrender progress and will make the US annex the Soviet Union. If you want to keep playing, you an try to grab as much of the east as possible as well as there is a follow-on decision to core the far east. Posted on 26 Feb in avondale redbud problems. In the meantime, start to build forts on the border with the Soviets - they should justify on You in autumn 1939. 350K subscribers in the hoi4 community. As Communist Bulgaria, form the United Balkan Federation and own all Balkan states as cores. You only need to occupy the required states for the achievement to trigger. Conquered a coastal state in Europe. You should declare on Saudia-Arabia first, as their port is much easier to invade than Yemen. There is a reason why they didn't surrender in WW2 you know. At least 1 participating operative requires French, and at least 1 participating operative requires British nationality. For more experienced players, the Panay incident random event (which fires when Japan conquers Shanghai and Nanjing) grants the player the opportunity to start an early war with Japan to acquire even more factories. Entrenchment+ambusher and soft attack art, put recon too on your frontline, then build tanks and spearhead cutting divisions off the front, with the first they shouldn't be able to push you back. While you take the decisions to boost fascism in Finland go for "Develop Natural Resources" and "Invest in Baltic Trade". Simply invite the UK, France, and Italy then promise them all concessions. Annex for their resources and their navy. Here is the list of countries that need to be annexed for you to form the Roman Empire, which can also be found in-game under the decision. They will try to counter your infiltrations, but if you don't take a focus you can get ahead quick. Once you occupy London, you'll get the acheivement. You can start training a ton of 1-battalion divisions and boost the template later. There are 2 main ways of doing this achievement, depending on if. Attack the Italians there, but don't take the port. Alternatively, it could be combined with "The Romanovs laugh last". As the control of Oberbayern is determined by the control of the Munich VP, you only need to occupy the city of Munich for achievement to fire. You should be producing medium tanks at this point but I've found much greater success using light for anything before 1940. Another option is to manually justify on Poland in 1936. Put all three of your armies on fallback lines starting just above Zaolzie in Katowice and then clockwise to Krakow and then back to Katowice. A few months into 1941, Italy should be stretched thin. Crush divisions in these both cities but don't take them. Is a Collaboration Government (You need to keep your legitimacy above 99 during the entire 70 days of the focus, so you might have to attempt doing it a couple of times since Italy can lower your legitimacy through a decision). Since Italy is guaranteeing Albania they will join the war once you declare on Albania.
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