Best done by joining the Comintern, as the USSR will never take or puppet any land in China. Activated using console commands, some provide minor economic boosts, while others totally overhaul your nation's military potential. Use templates from. After defeating the Allies, you should have a large enough army and economy to take on China and Japan yourself. Good luck and feel free to ask any further questions :). If you hold off on forming the Imperial Federation until after defeating the United States, you should be able to declare war on the US by late-1938/early 1939. Yes. Once I am puppetted can I get my independence back? As Turkey, be in a faction with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Hungary starts with more aluminium than it will ever need: build a large air force to support your ground troops, You can let the German have the Sudetenland, they will leave you alone after that, Conquer Yugoslavia, then Romania and Greece: the oil fields will supply your army, while chromium can be used to build battleships and heavy tanks, Construct ships and naval bombers as soon as you have a coastal province, destroy buildings to make room for more dockyards if necessary, Find a good time to backstab Germany once they are at war with the USSR and join the Comintern. (30 Minutes of Hel and Dont Die for Your Country can only be completed in the 1939 start date.) This achievement works well with "The Soviet Onion" as you can have all your borders covered by puppets and only have to worry about garrisoning ports after Germany attacks. This means that they will quickly declare war on the other warlords and Communist China. Why would you surrender if you live on a decent sized island, and have naval and air superiority? Alternatively, one can simply puppet Italy as non-aligned Germany - generate 25 world tension (justifying on Romania and capitulating France through naval invasions is an easy way to do this; alternatively, one can rush Poland to make the German Civil War easier), and take Oppose Hitler (the tension from Oppose Hitler, as well as Restore the Kaiserreich and Return of the Kaiser, will get it past 40); form a faction with Austria, and then when the event for annexing them fires, accept so you can get a border with Italy. Easy as China, they start with fairly good relations with all the majors, except Japan. The naval focus branch allows you to purchase older ships and/or the exp is enough to design a submarine. Finally, make sure you start gaining army exp in time because you want to switch your doctrine to Superior Firepower and preferably unlocked the first few ones of this doctrine. Another option is to use the national focuses and join either Allies or Comintern before Germany justifies on you (Normally 1940). Some capital ships might escape to Malta, East Africa or the Caribbean, use carriers with naval bombers on Port Strike to find and sink them. If you somehow managed to keep your Democratic popularity above 60% such as by hiring the Social Democrat advisor at the start or taking The Birthplace of Democracy focus beforehand, you can return to Democratic at any time after this. BlocTa 3 mo. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Have a spy network of at least 50% strength in Casablanca. Be mindful that several states in the Midwest around the Great Lakes will also break off to form the Unaligned States of America, but they will not be hostile towards you. In addition to these be sure to hold all of North Africa, Gibraltar, and Malta. It is a very weird situation and not something you would usaually want to do, but it can happen, You can become a major if you are a part of the top 7 countries with the most factories too. Start as Lithuania, throne Mindaugas III and go down the Livonia/Commonwealth branches. I composed the music for the Battle for the Bosphorus pack. Start the game with historical AI and follow the focus tree down the communist route. Restore the Romanovs to the throne and conquer Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, and Bulgaria. After they fall you will get control of the axis giving you the achievement. This game is basically a sequel of Heart of iron 3 and was released in June 2016. If you want to be extra safe, defeat the Netherlands first, line all your troops up against the belgian border, declare war on them and immediately break them with your tanks at the coast. When the "USS Panay sunk" event fires, take the option to start a war with Japan and defeat them to get them out of the way. Do not follow up to Terror and Fear yet, pick any other focus for now and soon you will get the Anatolian Fascist coup. 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. Remember to only annex the states from S-A that border the Red Sea and to puppet the rest. This can be done by keeping control of the northern states (Asturias & Pais Vasco) for as long as possible as the Nationalists need them to prevent the uprising. Listen Very Carefully, I Shall Say This Have a French and British spy work together on the same Operation. Successfully stage a coup in any nation using a spy with the Seducer trait. If China falls you can alone keep Japan away at the border and look out for Siam because it can turn Fascist by Japanese Focus. Speed is crucial for a quick french capitulation. Justify on Republican Spain, and declare war. As Peter II of Yugoslavia, overthrow your uncle and become King. This sounds harder than it is. r/hoi4. The guide below is outdated because the "Emperor Stays" path no longer has access to the focus:"Towards African Unity". Not a lot of micromanaging needed, just punch through with tanks, groups of 12. If you like it, I would very much appreciate if you'd follow me on Spotify. Bring Carol II into power and make a huge army from the start. This is extremely tedious for the USSR though (and probably the US too), and if I click too fast the game crashes Is there any better way of doing this? Don't forget to change the regions of the planes to help your troops. With "The People's Militia Directorate" focus you can get 3 spies then you should increase this to 4 with an advisor. Rush the victory points and capitulate France, then take Oppose Hitler; before the focus fires off, disband your entire army and lend-lease all equipment you have to another nation that's at war the day before the focus completes (either one of the factions in the Spanish Civil War or one of the various Chinese Warlords); after it fires off, cancel the lend-lease, and train 6 units of Panzer Divisions (force deploy them when possible); the AI will never train new units, and the Panzer Division is stronger than the Landstrumregiment (alternatively, train a bunch of units consisting of 1 artillery division before taking Oppose Hitler, and deploy as many as possible before the war starts, making sure to disband the rest of your army; when the war starts, switch them to something better like the starting infantry template - the AI will never switch them to another template, and they're incredibly frail). As any British Subject state, conquer all of Britain. Invade Belgium, joining the Axis and getting German help if necessary. When you feel that the Soviets have lost enough equipment and troops, counterattack. You will need more men to hold the upcoming 'lin. Now it is time to take the Triumph in Africa focus, once it completes go to the Balance of Power and take all the decisions which push the power to the left (red). Now you should be able to take the decision to form the Roman Empire. Alternatively possible playing as the United Kingdom, using the same strategy, due to their much higher starting amount of convoys. Have one of your spies take a Suicide Pill. This will trigger the achievement_seducer_spy flag. As Lithuania, hold the capitals of all of your neighbours. (This method is much faster and more consistent than waiting for them to flip peacefully due to the possibility of bad RNG rolls), Whilst the coups are underway/preparing take all focuses up to "united we shall prevail" do not take "The unification of the Balkans". Join them. The UK will accept to send the 51 divisions you need if they have ~160 divisions, you can send them some of your own troops as expeditionary forces to get them past that number. Increase your legitimacy whenever its available through decisions by throwing parties and lobbying for support. Follow the "Return of the Kaiser" and the "Focus on the True Enemy" path in the "Oppose Hitler" tree until you get to the "Assassinate Mussolini" Focus. ago. Set your operatives on "Establish Spy Network" mission in Casablanca and the achievement will trigger once the network strength is over 50%. The straightforward, but boring and slow, approach is to defeat the Axis, then go to war with the Comintern and defeat them (note that the PRC will declare war on China one year after the end of the war with Japan, so you can use the focus to get China democratic and add them to the Allies before that war starts) - this should add lots of countries to the Allies, and then trigger coups everywhere you can. You can beat the USSR on your own, stack defensive bonuses and hold the line until you have opportunities for a counter-attack. this hoi4 exploit covers how to instantly capitulate enemy nations in hearts of iron 4 like germany or italy. 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. Once Germany has defeated France and Vichy France has appeared, take the 'Anti-French Propaganda' decision to increase resistance in their African Provinces. You can then annex those who accept via decisions, and declare war against the ones who don't. Alternatively play as Germany and play normally until you sea lion Britain. As of patch 1.6, the United States might stay out of the war entirely if not attacked by Japan. As the U.S.A., Win against the Confederate States. Repeat this invasion process for Belgium. Alternatively, elect the Fascist king, join the Axis, and help them in the Africa campaign. Like with Russia, you need to justify against USA and declare before coup is finished. Has full control of Northern Epirus (805) As Ethiopia, without being in a faction, force the Italians to make peace. This is best done with the Sunrise Invasion Achievement. 10 width infantry divisions are ideal for holding the line, while you can make a few 7 infantry / 2 artillery divisions to make breakthroughs. As Carlist Spain, after the Spanish Civil War, rush towards the. Declare war on the Soviets. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Then simply invite the puppets into your faction. Hejaz (679) is not required. Can be done relatively easily by defeating the Axis together with the Allies and simply taking Latium in the peace deal. After that you can take the All Adults Training and Pro Helvetia paths - focus on defense and forts. Once the civil wars are over, immediately take "the unification of the balkans" focus, from test runs this can consistently be done Jan-March 1939, annexing Greece, Yugoslavia and Romania. When your claim is finished, declare war on France. This army should be next to Danzig. Replace the templates of your 16 stack army with the 16-width Engineer & Anti-air and the 2 24 armies with the 16-width with Engineers. As Bourbon Spain, hold all Spanish and French core states. The focus "Reintegrate the Railroads" has a hidden effect that increases the chance of a peaceful annexation. This achievement is ideally tackled as a nation that can receive more than just the standard nuclear research bonus in the generic focus tree - Germany is an ideal choice if one goes Democratic, given that on top of a bonus to nuclear weapons, it can get an ahead of time bonus on nukes. I was the German Reich. Alternatively you can prepare some transport planes earlier and convert your mountaineers to paratroopers, once you have captured Bucharest you can send the paratroopers to snatch some victory points in the north and west to instantly capitulate Romania. Defense first, but when they aren't pushing you, push them out very conservatively. When they reach the required level, establish monarchism in Poland. just ask control italy for control over paris then you get the event of what to do with capitulated france. Try to poke holes in the US line as they will have a tough time manning a long border and encircle their troops. The Soviet Union in 1.11 has an increased chance of capturing foreign operatives.