u got time
#hoi4-general
willow plume
Fascism is better than communism because U can ally with Germany
fair horizon
nah ill never play it again, i was forced to use my puppet's troops to barely hold the lines against russia
willow plume
German ai always wins against the ussr
barren depot
nah ill never play it again, i was forced to use my puppet's troops to barely ho...
newgen
fringe shell
which support company should i put in the infantry
willow plume
But they never make navy
sonic sand
you're good.
sonic sand
dw go for a great hunger first
barren depot
200 hours in hoi4
simple citrus
i found out who dat mofo is
barren depot
still never touched america
simple citrus
small ass youtuber
sonic sand
alright.
gilded pike
except the f
willow plume
which support company should i put in the infantry
I would put anti air, support arty, logistics, engineers, and field hospitals
simple citrus
he got like 234k subs
sonic sand
small ass youtuber
russian youtube.
simple citrus
but noone watchin him
fair horizon
wait romania has 3x the population of australia 
simple citrus
russian youtube.
i had to log outta my account i am NOT using youtube in greek
willow plume
Australias pop was like 7 mil in ww2
fringe shell
hungry chinese man are loosing
simple citrus
hungry chinese man are loosing
ew commie
sonic sand
hungry chinese man are loosing
the hungarians are in china now?
fair horizon
btw this was my romania game
fervent minnow
i had to log outta my account i am NOT using youtube in greek
you're greek
?
damn
fair horizon
simple citrus
uh
sonic sand
btw this was my romania game
oh my
simple citrus
i lost a bet
sonic sand
border gore
simple citrus
and had to switch my language
fervent minnow
i lost a bet
mhm sure
willow plume
No supplies be like
fervent minnow
anyway i'm turkish
fair horizon
i wont touch the thing again
simple citrus
anyway i'm turkish
ew
sonic sand
i wont touch the thing again
i have a funny youtube video meme about romania losing Bessarabia
but i can't post it here
simple citrus
i have a funny youtube video meme about romania losing Bessarabia
atentione atentione atentione
sonic sand
😔
simple citrus
fringe shell
i like how there's still the serbia there
i thought about it and i dont have divisions to send there
fair horizon
also didnt get the acheivement because of this province :^)
sonic sand
atentione atentione atentione
oi deutchland
fringe shell
all are on the front with the axis
fervent minnow
i thought about it and i dont have divisions to send there
bro they prolly have like 2 divs even irregulars should do it
but aight
fair horizon
it sickens me
simple citrus
????
sonic sand
have day night cylce on
simple citrus
what
willow plume
Is that strat called snaking?
simple citrus
why is there resistance in my cores
sonic sand
why is there resistance in my cores
italian land
simple citrus
italian lands
hararge??????
fervent minnow
why is there resistance in my cores
warlords that the italians can set free
willow plume
why is there resistance in my cores
Time to enable brutal oppression
sonic sand
warlords that the italians can set free
^
fair horizon
romanian navy
willow plume
Do puppets have less resistance and more compliance?
simple citrus
gang should haile selassie be kind and caring for individual right or na
willow plume
I've been playing as Italy and Ethiopias resistance is high
fervent minnow
gang should haile selassie be kind and caring for individual right or na
what mod is this
fringe shell
something happened in the south america
fair horizon
somehow i beat russia with these
simple citrus
what mod is this
rt56
fervent minnow
something happened in the south america
they probably did the focus that gives them wargoals on all communist states
simple citrus
grrrrr i hate when country x coups their monarch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fervent minnow
they probably did the focus that gives them wargoals on all communist states
uruguay was prolly also comm
and got invaded
fair horizon
chat which country (not romania) should i play?
fervent minnow
yeah see
simple citrus
something happened in the south america
reichsprotektorat uruguay????????????????????????????????????
simple citrus
chat which country (not romania) should i play?
bonapartist france
fringe shell
reichsprotektorat uruguay????????????????????????????????????
yeah in the axis with half of the damn world
simple citrus
oh dam
fervent minnow
yeah in the axis with half of the damn world
how did you even get to this position brother
fervent minnow
fighting a megaaxis
fringe shell
idk man
simple citrus
CLEANSE THE SOUTH AMERICA
fringe shell
i declare war on kingdom of italy
someone dec war on germands
they joined germans
fringe shell
danubian federation caped
spark parcel
im gonna improve relations with france and uk and invade lithuania (already got poland)
fringe shell
and shit goes down the hill
fervent minnow
danubian federation caped
nonhist heaven
simple citrus
im gonna improve relations with france and uk and invade lithuania (already got ...
who are you playing as
spark parcel
who are you playing as
germany
willow plume
Does improving relations actually do anything?
spark parcel
no shit
fervent minnow
Does improving relations actually do anything?
yeah
sonic sand
Does improving relations actually do anything?
kinda
spark parcel
Does improving relations actually do anything?
i dont really know
fringe shell
china go to civil war joined axis and britain just do focus or sum shit
sonic sand
UK DO SOMETHING
spark parcel
why could you POSSIBLY need to invade lithuania
to expand
fervent minnow
why could you POSSIBLY need to invade lithuania
you see more land = more gameplay
spark parcel
what else do i do when the others are all in a faction or protected by france and uk
willow plume
Bro needs memel
misty fossil
willow plume
monkey sees nonaligned minor nation
Real
simple citrus
wat
willow plume
Until the UK guarantees them
fervent minnow
why is this screenshot took in Windows 98 bro
spark parcel
wait i keep forgetting about division designer existing
fringe shell
ahh yes
fervent minnow
why is this screenshot took in Windows 98 bro
wtf are these pixels
misty fossil
why is this screenshot took in Windows 98 bro
i ate all the pixels
fervent minnow
i ate all the pixels
clearly
misty fossil
also the tanks should be 6kph not 11
simple citrus
why is this screenshot took in Windows 98 bro
have you ever heard of... the fire rises
fringe shell
this modern days?
willow plume
That is def gonna shred through enemy lines
sonic sand
this modern days?
no.
misty fossil
yeah
simple citrus
i intentionally avoid it
why
misty fossil
willow plume
Is this millennium dawn?
flat gazelle
why do i even play this game
spark parcel
about the question "why would you need lithuania", i just started playing today, i'm trying to practice runs on anything at this point
fervent minnow
for like
fringe shell
hmm yes fully defended no sense going there ahh division
fervent minnow
am i misrememberign
wasnt he like a i can't say it here it gets deleted
or am i misremembering
i forgot
there was a controversy
but i forgot why
willow plume
why do i even play this game
I don't see the problem
misty fossil
fringe shell
my own puppet
simple citrus
wtf is this focus tree bruh
misty fossil
wtf is this focus tree bruh
peak
fringe shell
yeah and join my allies
fervent minnow
wtf is this focus tree bruh
the generic " you won a civil war now go fight the allies/world "
always happens
fringe shell
shoul i reset?
sonic sand
wtf is this focus tree bruh
focus tree
sonic sand
the generic " you won a civil war now go fight the allies/world "
yes
you just won civil war
now go take your new country
fervent minnow
this is just all the focuses in GoE
sonic sand
and conquer the axis, allies and commintern
fervent minnow
- win war
- go fight the UK
simple citrus
what
willow plume
I mean if u can strike quickly before they can send in reinforcements
U have a chance at defending
sudden thistle
austria isn't supposed to have sudtirol
Focus
simple citrus
is hist on
yes
flat gazelle
how did this happen what
simple citrus
hist is on
fervent minnow
then idfk
fervent minnow
maybe the italians did it
wait
you're ethiopia right
i might have a theory
italys prolly struggling as a nation now after the war with u and they could have an event where theyre forced to do it
flat gazelle
so based
fervent minnow
dont know tho
simple citrus
you're ethiopia right
i was gonna play full time as ethiopia but uh
it doesn't have a new focus tree in rt56
fervent minnow
i don't think i've ever played rt56
warped flint
flat gazelle
lovely borders 😍
fair horizon
lovely borders 😍
its like sanctioned border gore 🤮
flat gazelle
since when is this a 14 day focus
simple citrus
since when is this a 14 day focus
14 day focus? in vanilla hoi4? in this economy?
flat gazelle
cancel the czech rework
fervent minnow
14 day focus? in vanilla hoi4? in this economy?
the focus itself is self explanatory
it would be just rude to make it 70 days
or 35
fringe shell
ahh yes i cant retreat
fervent minnow
ahh yes i cant retreat
bro every time you message some weird shit happens
like what am i looking at here
flat gazelle
"regno del sud" and they clearly control the north
such a dumb name
unless sud doesnt mean south and im just stupid
spark parcel
i got encircled by france:skul
fringe shell
unless sud doesnt mean south and im just stupid
you didnt see my earlier message
flat gazelle
why am i seeing the sssr in communist norways faction along with the spanish communists
fiery goblet
why am i seeing the sssr in communist norways faction along with the spanish com...
Because Norway invented communism
flat gazelle
also i love how the event talks about djibouti and italy got everything BUT djibouti from it
fervent minnow
Because Norway invented communism
holy shit is that austria itself
fringe shell
bro every time you message some weird shit happens
bro its just worst canada my only allies decl war on me
keen terrace
Because Norway invented communism
Karl marx was norwegian
fervent minnow
bro its just worst canada my only allies decl war on me
HOW
how do you keep on being SO unlucky
Geniune talent
fiery goblet
Karl marx was norwegian
Im Norwegian so im Karl marx
fringe shell
of course
keen terrace
bro its just worst canada my only allies decl war on me
Bro’s days are only full of doom and despair
fervent minnow
Im Norwegian so im Karl marx
in a cargo box?
i'm looking for thailand
in a cargo box?
fiery goblet
In a cargo box?
fervent minnow
ytps my beloved
fiery goblet
Spin me story ahole
fervent minnow
inacargobox?
fiery goblet
If i say more of these lines it will be blocked by this server
fervent minnow
weirdly enough the server allows shit but not fword
fervent minnow
AGAIN
fringe shell
mexico loosing to guatemala
fiery goblet
Ok no s word
fervent minnow
HOW DO YOU KEEP ON GETTING THIS BRO
geniuenly the most cursed hoi4 game ive ever seen
fringe shell
HOW DO YOU KEEP ON GETTING THIS BRO
most normal non historical gameplay
fiery goblet
Im Guatemala
halcyon pasture
fringe shell
man wait for the peace deal
fiery goblet
HOW DO YOU KEEP ON GETTING THIS BRO
I once saw republic Spain kill nationalists on historical if that means anything
gilded pike
is poland ez to survive?
fringe shell
I once saw republic Spain kill nationalists on historical if that means anything
with or without dlc
fiery goblet
with or without dlc
Without
fringe shell
is poland ez to survive?
poland
fiery goblet
is poland ez to survive?
Yes I actually did world conquest as Poland trust
sudden thistle
is poland ez to survive?
Ye
fringe shell
Without
when i bought dlc la resistance i thinks nationalist spain wons on historical
fiery goblet
when i bought dlc la resistance i thinks nationalist spain wons on historical
Interesting
fiery goblet
bro js give danzig to germany and build 10 lvl forts on soviet border
But u would becomes Germanys puppet
gilded pike
wdym vro
fringe shell
nooooo hungry chinese man is attacking me
heavy vigil
Hmm
fringe shell
but hungry german i menace
sudden thistle
bro js give danzig to germany and build 10 lvl forts on soviet border
Why lvl 10
fiery goblet
Why lvl 10
Sovieanka
fringe shell
mongolia is f traitor
gilded pike
@fiery goblet im js going fake romanova path and giving danzig to germany, meanwhile i build up 10 lvl forts, in the war with soviets(should be ez) im doing encirclements. at the end a big part of ussr is gonna be my cores
yk
fringe shell
soviet yugoslavia caped
fervent minnow
i'm back
fervent minnow
what am i looking at here
fiery goblet
<@1324044650910187540> im js going fake romanova path and giving danzig to germa...
Ur gonna make the commonwealth again?
gilded pike
Ur gonna make the commonwealth again?
no
dusky burrow
soviet yugoslavia caped
Good luck holding, at least you're in a very defensible position
fringe shell
fervent minnow
no sense in tryna bail em out
dusky burrow
Maybe if you can ask for military access from a neighbor
simple citrus
guys how do i beat turkey as greece
fervent minnow
guys how do i beat turkey as greece
you don't
dusky burrow
non-historical mexico be like
gilded pike
But u said a big part of soviet territory was gonna be ur core
its so in romanova path
dusky burrow
guys how do i beat turkey as greece
With luck
fervent minnow
both the greek and turkish focus trees SUCK ASS
especially turkey man
it's just not fun
dusky burrow
Naval invade near Adana, then do a ton of microing and encirclements
wanton whale
Used some commands obviously but look at this beautiful blue for democratic Germany
fervent minnow
Naval invade near Adana, then do a ton of microing and encirclements
did you know in Adana people shoot at the sun because its too hot
fiery goblet
its so in romanova path
O
fervent minnow
i'm not lying btw i'm a turk
simple citrus
did you know in Adana people shoot at the sun because its too hot
there's no people in adana
fringe shell
yes germany thank you
simple citrus
wdym there is none
can you see them right now
fervent minnow
can you see them right now
no
dusky burrow
there's no people in adana
That's the reason why you want to naval invade there
You can reach it by sea, and it's relatively isolated from the rest of Turkey
Antalya isn't that bad as well
dusky burrow
But Izmir is probably too hard to attack
fervent minnow
your best bet is paradropping tbh
dusky burrow
your best bet is paradropping tbh
If you can capture Gallipoli then yeah
You can encircle the entire Turkish army in Thrace
fringe shell
big ahh greece
simple citrus
You can encircle the entire Turkish army in Thrace
i know
simple citrus
i did that as yugoslavia
fringe shell
fringe shell
ohmygoddude THE SERBIA
i think i should be bother about something else
fervent minnow
hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby
fervent minnow
i think i should be bother about something else
yeah
dusky burrow
(this never ends well for the soviets)
heavy vigil
Man i feel like the devs are absolutely clueless when it comes to balancing these new nations for good players/making their gameplay loop a bit unique its very annoying
simple citrus
you know shit's tuff when you're fighting chinese republicans, chinese warlords and manchuria at the same time
lmfao
heavy vigil
Man i feel like the devs are absolutely clueless when it comes to balancing thes...
This whole japan thing really shows
simple citrus
This whole japan thing really shows
yo casey
is siam getting a focus tree in ncns dlc
fringe shell
i would show you who is in the axis but this shit isnt fitting on the screen
simple citrus
Why ask me
i'm insecure
fervent minnow
is siam getting a focus tree in ncns dlc
you and the fellow 5 siam enjoyers are eagerly awaiting the response
heavy vigil
i'm insecure
Im not a developer i know as much as you do
fringe shell
axis
simple citrus
Im not a developer i know as much as you do
can you ask developers or someone who knows
simple citrus
can you ask developers or someone who knows
i don think they'll respond to me
fervent minnow
disaster save
fringe shell
disaster save
yeah you know what maybe i will
heavy vigil
can you ask developers or someone who knows
No
fervent minnow
yeah you know what maybe i will
his ass is probably not walking all the way to Chile for a capitulation though
fringe shell
but he gonna roast my shit i have only infantry
fringe shell
looking like this
simple citrus
Its that simple
who can then
fringe shell
hungry division
fervent minnow
but he gonna roast my shit i have only infantry
thats why we watch the vids lol
fervent minnow
looking like this
this isnt bad tho
fringe shell
yeah template not bad
fervent minnow
you've gone superior firepower?
fringe shell
but i have no eq
heavy vigil
who can then
Idk but not me
tepid moon
Never producing convoys again
simple citrus
looking like this
i use like 3 inf/2 inf 1 mot
1 hosp 1 log 1 eng 1 sup aa 1 sup art
simple citrus
i use like 3 inf/2 inf 1 mot
1 hosp 1 log 1 eng 1 sup aa 1 sup art
is that a good template
fervent minnow
sup firepower
okay yeah then
this is pretty good
though he would roast you for not having tanks
fringe shell
DAMN
simple citrus
fym by 3 inf
3 lines of infantry
fervent minnow
3 lines of infantry
yeah no maybe as a garrison unit
hold on do you mean 9 inf battalions
simple citrus
hold on do you mean 9 inf battalions
yes
fervent minnow
oh okay
yeah i mean
don't know about the motorized though
i personally wouldn't put it
supply consumption is a pain in the ass
simple citrus
well logistics company helps with that
fervent minnow
well logistics company helps with that
doesnt get rid of it though
imo you should change it for arty
keen terrace
Never producing convoys again
300 years
fervent minnow
your choice though
keen terrace
Josip broz tito beat hitler
simple citrus
armored cars are good too although the consumption is a bih
fervent minnow
armored cars are good too although the consumption is a bih
you use armored cars?
i have NEVER used one of them in a divison before
simple citrus
you use armored cars?
depends
fervent minnow
as..?
simple citrus
sweden
fervent minnow
damn
i don't think ive even bothered with the tech for it
i straight up forgot it existed
simple citrus
is mechanized infantry better than armored cars
fervent minnow
is mechanized infantry better than armored cars
yes
simple citrus
ty
fervent minnow
mech is better in pretty much everything if you want a mobile unit
simple citrus
mech is better in pretty much everything if you want a mobile unit
dam
k ima use them
warped flint
Is this reasonable ?
dusky burrow
Is this reasonable ?
For the sake of humanity, no
But for the sake of justice, probably
warped flint
keen terrace
Yugoslavian germany, democratic republic of saxony and soviet occupation zone of germany
And german republic or west germany
dusky burrow
There are 2 yugoslavian italy’s
One is communist and the other is non-aligned, right?
keen terrace
One is communist and the other is non-aligned, right?
Yes
fringe shell
dusky burrow
Are you Yugoslavia btw
keen terrace
Are you Yugoslavia btw
Yes
grizzled zenith
How
trail beacon
Hey does anyone know how to do the warsaw uprising?? I am playing soviet and German has >80% resistance in Plock, Lodz, and Poznan. It's 1943 and I'm worried the allies will win before the event happens... am I doing anything wrong??
dusky burrow
It's because you puppeted the territories instead of giving them to Regno del Sud
keen terrace
It's because you puppeted the territories instead of giving them to Regno del Su...
I thought I said they weren’t ready yet
grizzled zenith
It's because you puppeted the territories instead of giving them to Regno del Su...
Ohh
dense citrus
why is norway the atlantic wall 💔
dusky burrow
Ignore that
dusky burrow
I thought I said they weren’t ready yet
Yes you did, but that is not ready for getting their war territories back
keen terrace
why is norway the atlantic wall 💔
Mogger
fringe shell
whyyyyyyyyy
dusky burrow
In peace deal you didn't give them their lands
keen terrace
Yes you did, but that is not ready for getting their war territories back
Regno del sud became yugoslavian italy too
dusky burrow
Regno del sud became yugoslavian italy too
Yeah it does
That's the one in Veneto I assume
keen terrace
Soviet union made carpathian socialist union in the middle of my faction
I am not a fan of this
The borders are so messed up
There’s also a greece and Yugoslavian greece
flat gazelle
cursed
keen terrace
Italy has now 2 countries with the same name with the same parties but one is communist one non aligned
warped flint
keen terrace
And btw mussolini did not die
keen terrace
And btw mussolini did not die
He’s still party leader of the pnf
And hitler of the nsdap
gritty leaf
flat gazelle
also they should really add debar to the protectorate of albania
ig it wasnt added because they added the state after they bba
but still
it would be nice to update it
keen terrace
And hitler of the nsdap
He did also not die
grizzled zenith
ig it wasnt added because they added the state after they bba
Sad how in order to gain the most cores as Albania you need to play Italy
keen terrace
There are 2 countries with the kdp as leading party
And there’s a country with the party name communist as the leading party
Guess what the fascist part is called
fringe shell
long ahh yugoslavia
keen terrace
long ahh yugoslavia
Should I make an Yugoslavian soviet union
But I do have to declare war on soviet union
dusky burrow
You got through the Czech forts congrats
fringe shell
do it
fringe shell
You got through the Czech forts congrats
yeah but i gonna die
i cant get divisions there
or can i
flat gazelle
why is spain entirely made of 70 day focuses
dusky burrow
No military access?
fringe shell
keen terrace
Why can I make the provincial government of slovakia
fringe shell
no military access?
warped flint
grizzled zenith
why is spain entirely made of 70 day focuses
Cuz it's an old focus tree
dusky burrow
The Indians and Chinese are here?
warped flint
sudden thistle
i need more dopamine
Play Switzerland on historical
keen terrace
i need more dopamine
Vape
flat gazelle
Cuz it's an old focus tree
grizzled zenith
no military access?
Lmao
grizzled zenith
i need more dopamine
Smoke some weed or something you'll swim in dophanine then ||(jk obviously, don't smoke)||
fringe shell
whyyyyyyyyyy
flat gazelle
what am i seeing
fringe shell
Which soviet branch are you doing btw
trotsky
keen terrace
Which soviet branch are you doing btw
I can make yugoslavian austria even though it already exists
dusky burrow
I see
keen terrace
2 yugoslavian austrias is always better than one
flat gazelle
Smoke some weed or something you'll swim in dophanine then ||(jk obviously, don'...
smoking weed alone is concerning
dusky burrow
Anyways do you have tanks?
flat gazelle
its only acceptable with friends
grizzled zenith
its only acceptable with friends
No hoi4 player has friends, so hoi4 players are immune to drugs
fringe shell
f you
keen terrace
f you
Did you know his son was the leader of nazi bulgaria after 1943-1946 and then he became president of bulgaria in 2001
dusky burrow
ww1 tactic
Do you have special forces
grizzled zenith
such a fun to play country
Tbh the carlists and the anarchists are very interesting despite all the civil war related stuff
fringe shell
who tf is this
grizzled zenith
who tf is this
Primo De Rivera, he was the main Spanish fascist, but he died in a prison
keen terrace
Primo De Rivera, he was the main Spanish fascist, but he died in a prison
Franco better
flat gazelle
Tbh the carlists and the anarchists are very interesting despite all the civil w...
yeah the trees itself are not that bad imo, the problem is that the game tries to do everything to make you useless for as long as possible
grizzled zenith
Franco better
Yeah he was a war hero or something like that I don't remember
flat gazelle
carlists get some crazy army buffs tho
grizzled zenith
carlists get some crazy army buffs tho
Crusade against democracy is 🔥🔥🔥
fringe shell
YESSS
fair horizon
if i didnt have to do the spanish civil war id enjoy them more i think
wanton whale
The soviets are cooked
grizzled zenith
if i didnt have to do the spanish civil war id enjoy them more i think
Yeah I mean there could be a respublican path to avoid the Spanish civil war but what's the point, Spanish civil war is what made paradox make so much content for Spain, you do need to compensate the civil war with some very fun paths
fair horizon
Yeah I mean there could be a respublican path to avoid the Spanish civil war but...
yeah personally if i want to unite iberia i just play commie portugal
grizzled zenith
Reminds me of how I was completely encircled by Axis as communist Hungary and somehow I survived(I wasn't good at hoi4 back then so I was doing random stuff)
fringe shell
Reminds me of how I was completely encircled by Axis as communist Hungary and so...
yeah they gonna just die
trying caping com china
is hell
only mountains
daring tundra
Yeah I mean there could be a respublican path to avoid the Spanish civil war but...
There was no way of avoiding it by 36
grizzled zenith
yeah personally if i want to unite iberia i just play commie portugal
Yeah Portugal is more fun for that, you have Macao, an Indian city, so 2 biggest nationa in manpower as puppets, also you unite Iberia as a small Portugal instead of the big Spain, it's like forming PLC as Poland vs as Lithuania or Ottoman Empire vs Byzantium
humble hill
guys i need help i started the game newly and i dont know how to add divisions to more generals
fringe shell
23cas green air
grizzled zenith
Yeah Portugal is more fun for that, you have Macao, an Indian city, so 2 biggest...
Forming Byzantium as Greece is way more fun than the Ottoman Empire as Turkey(both were calling themselves the Roman Empire)
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germany is cooked
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23cas green air
23 cas isnt gonna do anything 💀
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if this works you dont ask why
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russia doesnt exist now
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How about makign specialized 36 width infantry
can you show this
screen shot
or sym
sum
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23cas green air
is this 23% percent efficiency?
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can you show this
16/0 if no mass mob or 22/0 if you have mass mob
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is this 23% percent efficiency?
I think that's the number of planes on that mission
craggy trail
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Is this alright
warped flint
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Is this alright
It's 40 width so no
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The map got even worse
There’s the state of japan
And american japan
Both have rikken minseito as president
China got korea and communist china got mangukuo
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And then hover over one of those percentages
ahh thanks
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Is this alright
make the middle column motorised infantry
ull have more organisation
thats what id do
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I love the fact that going fascist as sweden can get the allies to fight the comintern
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make the middle column motorised infantry
I would do that too, and make it 8 tanks 10 mot
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what happened 😭
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what happened 😭
al andalus
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the new mughal empire and solomon's empire spawned
sounds hot
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What is this mod?
its vanilla, just an ideology color mod and fps map
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Ah
slim nexus
sounds hot
ugly colors tbh
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ugly colors tbh
Lowkey hard to see Solomon’s empire
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yeah
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ugly colors tbh
The Solomon empire has gone under
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ugly colors tbh
Didn’t the Mughals control more
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Armenia is making Tigranes II proud
real
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Hot take: Kaiserredux's most schizo path
It is not Malta Roman empire or the spirit of Lenin in Tibet, or anything like that
The most unrealistic thing in the game is that you can avoid the Spanish Civil war
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its beautiful
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The most unrealistic thing in the game is that you can avoid the Spanish Civil w...
You somehow get Carlists, Alphonsists, Anarchists and Republicans like this
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i think the pope is in charge of italy now
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i think the pope is in charge of italy now
What's going on in that map?
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i puppeted it as facist america
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i puppeted it as facist america
Ah, you are the player
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indeed
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I declares war on soviet union as yugoslavia with al my yugoslavian …. Countries and in the first 9 days already 750k casualties
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it was basically a worldconquest atp
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Total
6 days later another 2 million
Wtf
17 days already 2.6 million casualties
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i think the pope is in charge of italy now
but isnt it them called the Papal States?
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but isnt it them called the Papal States?
Kingdom of god is the facist name I think
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Kingdom of god is the facist name I think
yes
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1 month 5,3 million casualties
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Kingdom of god is the facist name I think
so going papal states and then facist? Crazy. But who is their leader though?
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so going papal states and then facist? Crazy. But who is their leader though?
Just a default character
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so going papal states and then facist? Crazy. But who is their leader though?
not the pope
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Shiy
Shit
I have no manpower
In a war against soviet union
China is now a member of greater balkans workers congress
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I have no manpower
L
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Bohemian empire who do they think they are
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And will be Germany’s slave
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And will be Germany’s slave
Peak fascist path/s
Honestly for a better Czech fascist path would have them ally with Italy
And maybe historical Austria against Germany
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Yeah that
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Ran out of manpower so good timing
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Because I doubt Germany in 1938 without Austria could beat all 3
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And will be Germany’s slave
not even, germans are stuck (as always) after the civil war so the czechs cant even submit to them
all they could do was gift them sudetenland
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Because I doubt Germany in 1938 without Austria could beat all 3
Even irl
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Ran out of manpower so good timing
If tito became president before ww2
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okay i kinda get the hate for turkeys focus tree now
january 1939 and i finally can do something
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If tito became president before ww2
Not sure how it would happen but it would probably make Hitler and Mussolini invade him
Given how anti communist those two were
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lmao the czechs forced germany to do something this run
they did the focus to attack poland together
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Yugoslavia joined the axis for a few days irl
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Not sure how it would happen but it would probably make Hitler and Mussolini inv...
They invaded yugoslavia anyway
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Then their government got couped and they got invaded
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Funny how every German general says if we didn’t do the invasion we would have won in moscow even if its wrong
Its wrong because April and May are mud season in Russia
And Barbarossa was doomed to fail like Charles XII and Napoleons Invasions failed
Logistics
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And Barbarossa was doomed to fail like Charles XII and Napoleons Invasions faile...
well poland succeeded in the 1600s right?
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well poland succeeded in the 1600s right?
I think that was due to dynastic struggles in Russia
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true
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Time of Troubles
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Time of Troubles
yeah thats what it was called
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I think that was due to dynastic struggles in Russia
Russia has had struggles for ever
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They wanted a pro Polish candidate on the Russian throne
And they left after they put him in power
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Russia has had struggles for ever
It all started in the 4th century ad…
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It all started in the 4th century ad…
tucker carlsons interview in a nutshell
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I improved the quality for the Chechen-Ingush flag, from Hearts of Iron 4.
Comparison:
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When they created russia
No thats when the Huns chased out the Ostrogoths and Alans and the Slavs moved in
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I improved the quality for the Chechen-Ingush flag, from Hearts of Iron 4.
Comp...
Good editing or nah?
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Russia didn’t exist as a unified entity in the 1500s
It was bunch of squabbling tribes who then became principalities
From the 500’s-1200s
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No thats when the Huns chased out the Ostrogoths and Alans and the Slavs moved i...
We as slavs have never really had a peaceful of period cooperation and peace without chaos
Even now
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We as slavs have never really had a peaceful of period cooperation and peace wit...
Same goes for the Germans of late antiquity too as they feasted on western Roman Empires corpse
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We slavs all understand each other and look the same but still believe we’re different race
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I do know the Vandals and Visigoths disliked each other
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so can a polish person understand a russian person?
and a serbian person understand a russian person?
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Because the the Vandals mutilated the Visigothic Kings daughter after she was given to them as a way of trying to mend their relationship
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Slavic languages are like dialects
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Until the aftermath of Theodorics death ended that
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eh i'd say its like 30-40%
Yeah okay fair
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Germanic tribes of late antiquity had very noticeable dialects too more so compared to now
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Germanic tribes of late antiquity had very noticeable dialects too more so compa...
German and dutch is very similar
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Gothic reminds of the Scandinavian languages in the way its written and spoken
Which makes sense given how the Goths are generally believed to have originated from Sweden
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I was born in the Netherlands and I speak dutch fluently and without learning any german I could understand the language
Speaking is a bit harder of course
Way harder
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I was born in the Netherlands and I speak dutch fluently and without learning an...
Franks came from the Netherlands
Saxons came from modern Hannover
Jutes Jutland,
And you all know where the Danes came from
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My great grandfather witnessed the invasion when he was 13
Intresting a Bosnian teacher I had, her grandfather was in the Yugoslavian army when the invasion happened
He survived the war btw
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He died in 2022
RIP
Reminds me of my step grandfather
He knew a Italian WWII Alpini Stalingrad vet
Who died in 2019
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He knew a Italian WWII Alpini Stalingrad vet
Thats cool
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Who died in 2019
Rip man
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Thats cool
He barely survived the battle as he skiied out
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He barely survived the battle as he skiied out
Skiing is kinda cool
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He weighed less than 100 lbs or 45 kg when he got back to Italy
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My great grandfather also fled to The Netherlands with his family that’s why I’m born here
During the Yugoslavian war
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During the Yugoslavian war
My teacher lived through that war
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He weighed less than 100 lbs or 45 kg when he got back to Italy
Damn
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My teacher lived through that war
My mother too
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As a teenage girl
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My mother too
When she was 11
She was a bosnian near srebrenica so it was dangerous there
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One of my dads former coworkers at his old job was forced into the army as a kid
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She was a bosnian near srebrenica so it was dangerous there
Idk if your familiar with the gen0cid3 in srebrenica
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I visited the graves including my great grandfather and grandfathers graves this summer
My grandfather already died during the war
sonic sand
ooo
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I visited the graves including my great grandfather and grandfathers graves this...
Sorry to hear that
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My grandfather already died during the war
Never met him
sonic sand
balkan beef.
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That’s life unfortunately
Yeah and as much as I complain I’m on easy difficulty
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Yeah and as much as I complain I’m on easy difficulty
Most of us are
People have had it way more difficult than us
My great great grandfather was a soldier during the balkan war for the ottomans
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My great great grandfather was a soldier during the balkan war for the ottomans
After the war he came back with ptsd and shell shock
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how can i move my navy out the mediterranean after being blockaded
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People have had it way more difficult than us
My dads neighbor and his best friends mother was a child on Okinawa
When the invasion happened
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My dads neighbor and his best friends mother was a child on Okinawa
I am not familiar with that place can you tell me more?
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Her brother was press ganged into the Japanese army
Because the Japanese didn’t view the Okinawans as true Japanese
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I am not familiar with that place can you tell me more?
Second to last major battle of WWII
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Because the Japanese didn’t view the Okinawans as true Japanese
Oh thats rough
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Last one was Manchuria
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Oh thats rough
He was killed
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He was killed
Rip
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Because of these things that happen in the world I’m going to study political science and become a politician
I feel like it’s my duty to do something
Even if it’s a little bit
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Okinawa is a big reason we dropped the bombs
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Japan basically used the Okinawans as human shields
I dont understand why people would do that
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I dont understand why people would do that
Originally Okinawa wasn’t part of Japan
It was its own nation before Japan basically took it over
In 1879
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I dont understand why people would do that
they must not have seen them as human beings bruh
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It was its own nation before Japan basically took it over
For what reason
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im guessing colonialism
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For what reason
Imperialism
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im guessing colonialism
A few small islands don’t provide anything for a country as japan
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A few small islands don’t provide anything for a country as japan
Its strategically important
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they also took korea, and taiwan
Yeah but korea and taiwan were much larger and had recourses they could use
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naval bases?
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Location wise
Which is why the US invaded in April 1945 because it was going to be the planned launch pad for operation Downfall
It was the largest naval landing in human history
The invasion of Okinawa
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even larger than d day?
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even larger than d day?
Not by much but it was larger
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cooked
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I remember reading the US soldier memories and they were very jealous of what was going on in Europe while they were invading
Germany surrendered halfway through the battle of Okinawa
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the war in europe ended in may
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While they were still fighting
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keep in mind that japenese soldiers would regularly fight to the death
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Germany surrendered halfway through the battle of Okinawa
There really wasn’t a reason to continue fighting for the germans
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Yeah and Japan spent every remaining penny in military assets on defending Okinawa
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There really wasn’t a reason to continue fighting for the germans
There was literally zero hope
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Yeah and Japan spent every remaining penny in military assets on defending Okina...
Crazy
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They 100,000 troops defending the island
They sent every ship that their remaining fuel could supply
And they knew it was a sucicide mission
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they sent yamato on a suicide mission
they only had 3 capital ships at the time of surrender
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It was about forcing the USA to come to terms with them after they hopefully killed enough Americans in defensive battles
Japan was hoping the USSR would mediate terms
As they were still neutral
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It was about forcing the USA to come to terms with them after they hopefully kil...
They should’ve continued attacking the us after pearl harbor or not’ve attacked them at all
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the ussr took manchuria really quickly too
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They should’ve continued attacking the us after pearl harbor or not’ve attacked ...
If they wanted to prevent losing
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the ussr took manchuria really quickly too
True but the USSR was still neutral against Japan in May 1945
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If they wanted to prevent losing
They did in the Philippines
But the main targets where the Dutch East Indies
And Malaya
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they were never going to win against america
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But the main targets where the Dutch East Indies
Oil
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They did in the Philippines
I know but I meant california for example
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I know but I meant california for example
They shelled a fuel depot in California
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too far away
icy crescent
CHAT.
Name a not toooo minor nation.
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And they took the two most eastern Aleutian islands
Which are part of Alaska
Though Alaska and Hawaii weren’t states until 1959
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they were never going to win against america
They were hoping the USA would give up after suffering a crushing naval defeat
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They were hoping the USA would give up after suffering a crushing naval defeat
Why would they
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Why would they
Its interesting to note that Yamamoto the guy who planned pearl harbor said it was a bad idea
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Why would they
because they did the exact same thing to russia in 1905
and succeeded
i think
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The US government in the 1941 was not the Tsarist regime of 1905
Which is the reason they failed
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The US government in the 1941 was not the Tsarist regime of 1905
this
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Also the USA had much better naval traditions than Russia
And it didn’t help that Japan was still fighting China
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because they did the exact same thing to russia in 1905
Russia has always been kinda weak if you look at history
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why is the unhistorical AI so bad
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Russia has always been kinda weak if you look at history
poorly governed yeah?
untold sphinx
genuinely if i set the AI to german empire they wont do anything
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poorly governed yeah?
Yeah
sharp sierra
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Japan also attacked the the British and Dutch Empires too
sharp sierra
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this makes me wonder
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Battle of Malaya 1941-1942
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if the usa hadnt gotten involved
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December 1941 -February 1942
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would japan have been able to hold onto their gains?
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causing problems
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japan probably could have took uk solo
Partially agreed
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would japan have been able to hold onto their gains?
Probably
Maybe the germans would’ve lasted longer
But they wouldn’t have won
The soviets were too strong
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Probably
No because the native peoples hated Japan more than there European colonizers
They would have rebelled eventually
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They would have rebelled eventually
Eventually yeah but you know how that would’ve ended for the civilians
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Yeah Japan squandered a major opportunity to appear as a liberator
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is there any way to buff the AI's decisionmaking on unhistorical runs
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japans navy was stronger though
That was due to the UK having to fight in 3 enemies
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i mean compared to the ussrs navy
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Yeah Japan squandered a major opportunity to appear as a liberator
Well according to our history books when japan attacked the dutch east indies the native indonesian population saw them as liberators and the dutch colonists that lived there were treated very poorly
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Well according to our history books when japan attacked the dutch east indies th...
They were seen as liberators for 5 minutes by the natives
Before Japan took their food
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smh for some reason i couldnt give those 2 states to the loyalists in the peace deal
and even tho they have cores there i cant return it to them
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And basically treated them like how treated most people they see as inferior to them
Basically Japan in the european asian colonies
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japan was brutal in ww2
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uncut pollen
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I should note that the Dutch British and French colonies rule by the Europeans was permanently weakened
When Japan took them over
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yeah
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I should note that the Dutch British and French colonies rule by the Europeans ...
didnt they have difficulty reasserting control after the war
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france struggled in vietnam
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And the dutch and uk in Indonesia and Malaysia respectively as well
Also India, and Pakistan became independent after WWII
Just little less than 2 years after the conflict
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Did i just spent the last couple of hours creating Rome? Yes.
Was it worth it? Def not
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Did i just spent the last couple of hours creating Rome? Yes.
Was it worth it? ...
Its always worth it recreating Rome
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Though to be completely fair the British and French colonial empires were mortally wounded after WWII
WWII rapidly accelerated the process
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didnt ww1 bankrupt them?
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didnt ww1 bankrupt them?
Yes
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Britain was the fianical capital of the world before WWI
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so it was a pyrrhic victory?
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so thats why appeasement was so popular in the 30s
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so thats why appeasement was so popular in the 30s
That and the UK and France were still rearming
In 1938
The UK’s army had its budget cut during the great depression
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the nazis couldve been stopped so much earlier on
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It was more a colonial police force
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the nazis couldve been stopped so much earlier on
Especially in 1938
Its interesting to note that Germany offered Italy Hungary and Lithuania territory in the invasion of Poland in 1939 in which all 3 declined
As all 3 thought Germany was going to loose against the UK and France and their overseas empires and Poland
Very quickly
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the nazis couldve been stopped so much earlier on
They could have been stopped entirely if the entente would have listened to france and disunite germany
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Very quickly
The Molotov Ribbentrop pact changed this
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foch said that the treaty of versailles was an armistice for 20 years
And he was right almost to the day
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how was he able to predict it?
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Also Japan asked Germany to attack the USSR with them in 1939 I believe
But Germany said no
Because they had recently signed the pact
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Germanys economy was a pyramid scheme right
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Germanys economy was a pyramid scheme right
Yes
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It was a plunder economy
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thats why they had to keep conquering
And if they didn’t it would implode
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Its interesting to note that Germany offered Italy Hungary and Lithuania territo...
What did they offer Italy?
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otherwise their consumer goods factor wouldve kept increasing /s
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HOW do i have 0 supply im 5 provinces from london
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otherwise their consumer goods factor wouldve kept increasing /s
A great historical example of a plunder economy failing is the crisis of the third century
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that period in roman history?
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that period in roman history?
Yes
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where there were a bunch of emperors
Even before then emperors like Severus and Caracalla had to increase the pay of their soldiers
Often at the expense of the health of the Roman economy as shown by the decrease in silver in Roman coins