Hearts of Iron 4: Germany in a Nutshell
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You know the drill, chaps. Watch this video 11 times, before TH-cam notices I'm dressed as Hitler and It gets taken down.
If your friends, partner or parents ask what on earth you're watching, make sure you've rehearsed the following: "Oh this? It's just a documentary about the political climate in Europe leading up to the second world war" - That should bore them senseless, and you can continue to watch it all night.
Yes
Your wish is my command, Sir Squire!
Fun fact: If you right click on the video, there's an option called "loop"
click that, and have it run overnight
I DARE EVERYONE TO WATCH THIS 11 TIMES
Please do a battlefield 1 live action video PLEASE
We just going to ignore that hitler has a stronger British accent than Neville Chamberlain
Yes
Yes
we just going to ignore the fact that he is a countryball?
as it was, historically
trust me, don't bother looking it up
That’s what I said said last iron hearts 4 video
14 year old German mains time travelling to tell Hitler to spam torpedo planes in the channel.
We should tell this to potential history about how this could win the war
Nah man build Tac bombers so you can also use CAS
bah
they should tell them to get some heavy bombers
i need them
Also dont attack the Soviet Union, history proved it was s bad idea.
@@ghost_1153 Well they would have first
"Does anyone know the Heinrich Maneuver?" Fucking genius.
What are you, a bloody tank commander now?
Is it where steiner actually counter attacks?
Nothing sends a warning about choking like the prospect of Himmler running towards you. Cut your grapes.
@@charlessaint7926 LOL, I get that one. It's from Eddie Izzard.
"Juice?" "WHERE?" I spit up. Yes, I am an infant.
"juice?"
"Where?!"
Lmao, I lost it
This is "Achoo" my trusty companion.
A jew here?!
-men in tights
Yea I spit coffee out........What waste!
Ah crap, didn't get the joke when it was said.
I did get it before I read an explanation though. All I had to do was see you write it out!
That caught me off guard LMAOO
Andrew Sercer may you please explain it to me?
*Your division needs to be at least 20% trained to be deployed*
Hitler: _Questionably raises an eyebrow_
Disclaimer: I don't play HoI4 and I probably got the percentage wrong
@@mailbox3982 u werent too far off its 20%
@@aidan-4759 aight, thanks
That's actually a viable cheese tactic for Germany. The options to unify Germany and Austria and subsequently assert German territorial claims in the East (leading to the ultimatum with Poland) are gated behind the total amount of manpower you have deployed, so if you spam underequipped and untrained infantry divisions you can annex Poland in 1937, well before the World Tension meter (which gates off options for democratic countries) gets high enough for Poland to receive diplomatic guarantees from the UK and France. Some people like to annex the Netherlands and get access to their colonial rubber plantations as well, but I personally prefer to immediately invade the Soviet Union afterwards since they've usually just conducted the Great Purge by then and are suffering the full effect of the debuff that causes.
@@aidan-4759 wait, weren't it 10% before? Or was it just for China on Mass Assault?
"It's Stalin you got to worry about! The guy's a nutcase! Honestly, serious red flags everywhere!" Yes, that is quite accurate, there were a lot of red flags in the Soviet Union. :)
Lmao
Yes... but mostly no. Red cloth turned out to be quite expensive in huge quantities.
@@TheArklyte Now that’s a red flag in my book
@@TheArklyte Well, there was a lot of red in the German flag of the time, too and they didn't have problems hanging them from everything and its grandmother and kitchen sink and whatever other objects they could hang it from.
@@Schnittertm1 don't forget all of the armbands too.
"waiter get the prime minister a drink"
"juice?"
"WHERE?!"
lol
I dont get the juice part.
@@VasteriaOfficial hitler prefers soda. :)
@@VasteriaOfficial what race does juice sound like
What race doesn’t Mr. H not like
@@VasteriaOfficial
the j word
I laughed hard at that
Mr Hilter: "Oh *that*! That wasn't a war, that was a misunderstanding!"
Chamberdude: "A misunderstanding?"
Mr Hilter: "Yah! They thought they could beet us in a war!"
LOL! I was rolling from that!
You English are so strange
-brought to you by Merican gang
@@shifty3523 You English Rebels, who killed all the natives and proclaimed yourself the natives are so strange
- Brought to you by scottish gang
@@bullet6140 That's coming from the country that wears skirts.
@@lukeskywanker7839 thank god someone backed me up. My education system didn’t prepare me for such a thought provoking burn. Always knew I could count on you Master Skywanker
@@shifty3523 No one can counter the master of wanking Skies.
That's why Rommel went so far into France so quickly with Ghost Division: to make reservations.
THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE BORN TO COMPETE NEVER RETREAT GHOST DIVISION let's see if anyone gets the reference
Hey someone got the reference
Nah, he was deployed to organise a failing Italian restaurant.
@@toddv7257 LIVING OR DEAD, ALWAYS AHEAD, FED BY YOUR DREAD
@@SquireComedy it all makes sense
Mein Easy Time has just become a part of the channel and it's amazing.
Imagine your a French man in 1938 and hitler shows up and asks for Coffee
I'd collaborate over a cappuccino.
But if you kill him with the pill from the till by making with it the drug in the jug, you need not light the candle with the handle on the gâteau from the château.
I'd give him all our juice too.
you're*
"The WestWall housing estate."
"The Heavy Cruiser Liners."
What's next? SuperHeavy-duty Agricultural tactor Maus? Passenger Train "Gustav"? Jet Airlines? A new bakery called the "Waffee SS"?
A job-giving department "The Werksturm"?
Hahaha! Some of these are very good.
That passenger train one was on point. Also loved the tractor line.
The Uranprojekt open-pit blast-mining device
The: Waffel SS, aussen Braun, innen hohl.
Or for a real world example vocational training institutes in China...
Where slaves are taught how to work while chained to assembly lines.
Dude thats an unrealistic depiction of Neville, IRL his eyebrows would be 15 times thicker
Never as thick as Brezhnev's though
This was both hilarious and mostly historically correct.
What part was hilarious? I only waited two minutes for it before I gave up
@@gregorywade1559 Chamberlain appeasing Hitler, Hitler promises something and in the next sentence has already broken the promise.
@@kaltaron1284 hardy har har
@@gregorywade1559 you must be fun at parties
“Juice?”
“WHERE?!”
That part killed me lol
As an Italy main...I just want to say for the record, Ethiopia is nothing compared to the 4 way Spanish civil war.
Ah yes, the new Carlist uprisings during """historical""" games...
Thanks, Paradox.
@@boxcarz It doesn't happen on historical mode, because Franco prevents it.
@@xanthman7528 can't really fully play historical, if I did I would be failing every run I have.
Oof. Still no update...
Parent: What are you watching?
Me: Oh this? It’s just a documentary about the political climate in Europe leading up to the second world war
Parent: Ok
You are truly a hero of the Squidonian Empire.
Well, that’s not wrong.
Then they ask you: “Juice?”
“Where!?”
“Waiter, get the Prime Minister a drink.”
“Juice?”
[Startled] “Where!?”
Genius. Subtle bloody genius writing.
"No you can't join my war Italy, I want to win!"
The true axis experience.
My last attempt as Germany was going fantastic until I let Italy join. They immediately declared war on Yugoslavia who immediately joined the Allies. The only thing that saved me was Spain wanting in (held off on attacking stuff until 1941, and by then the world tension had lowered back down so far that Poland couldn't get a guarantee after I offered Danzig for Slovakia).
AH: "That wasn't a war, it was a misunderstanding."
NC: " A misunderstanding?"
AH: "Yes, they thought they could beat us in a war."
XD That is some great writing!
misunderstanding six million Jews and another 54 million people are dead Adolf Hitler do you have No idea what you've done
Its always a good day when squire uploads
for me not
@@TacoMagic did I ask?
any day above ground
is a good day
It's nice how they 'TRY' to not get demonized....
demonized or demonetized?
@@vaclav_fejt Both.... definitely both.
@@vaclav_fejt Yes
But they did.
"What would you do if you had a bunch of Neo North Seas posturing up your border?"
This had me cracking. Amazing video as always.
Thanks matey :)
ironically this was such a good foreshadowing for Ukraine. Actual nazis invading others on the pretext of "neo nazis" @@SquireComedy
"who do you think you are kinding mr furher" so many great one liners and refernces in this, Great Job!
Thank you very much!
I had been expecting the "Motion of No Confidence" focus to be completed and for Churchill to replace Chamberlain mid-conversation when he was about to hand over the Sudetenland.
Bill sits down in a fat suit and a bowler and starts yelling at The Fuhrer about ethics and humanitarianism, while two guys representing India and Canada (seems memeworthy) walk up about Colonization.
Got to love the 'Allo 'Allo and Dad's Army references.
*I serve the squidonian empire!*
Greetings, Citizen!
@@SquireComedythe first empire to accept Patreon donations instead of taxes
Ave SQUIDONIA!!!!
Mmmmmmmyeeeessss
I serve Freedonia!
"Juice?"
"Where!?"
Now that put a smile on my face
I don’t get it
"It fell to Neville Chamberlain in one of the supreme crises of the world to be contradicted by events, to be disappointed in his hopes,
and to be deceived and cheated by a wicked man." -Churchill's eulogy to Chamberlain.
Recommended read for those interested.
Hey now, no need to be so rude to uncle A
@@edelweiss45 Be fair, Churchill was entirely correct in saying that Chamberlain was deceived and cheated by an evil man. That evil man just happened to be eulogizing him.
"NO you can't join my war! I want to win!"
“Juice?”
“Where?”
Lol this killed me
"I told [my generals] I was bound for France and they said they had some reservations."
30 seconds in and already the writing is brilliant.
I can see a lot of timing and effort went into avoiding overly sensitive censorship. TH-cam is truly incredible given how creative people are literally forced to be.
An echo back to a time when speech was supressed.
@@desertdude8274 it basically is, but not in the same way. Before you could get punished, but now it will be removed. It’s hard to see that people that try to teach history on the internet are being suppressed. We have to teach newer generations about topics off recent history, and especially WW2. Extreme right and leftist are starting to emerge once more. We have to learn from our mistakes, or else we could end up repeating bad history.
@@historysimplified4075 I bet another depression and war will occur one day. These dark ages are either coming to an end or this is just the beginning of a new era in American history.
@@desertdude8274 you never know…
@@desertdude8274 Not just American history. This effects the world.
In real life the Hitler-Mussolini gag would be the contrary
In 1938 Dolfy was a big fanboy of the bald chin man and he was kinda bewildered by the Fuhrer's obsession with him, after their meeting in 1938 he would say that his first impression of Hitler was strange.
Hitler said to Mussolini that he had the “spirit of the aryan people speaking to him”
@@BBb-vp3sl Exactly lol
Yeah, but if you're a HOI4 player who knows how ineffective bald big chin man is looking from a window of 80 years after...
@@jimmyandtimmy8514 All AI is bad to be fair... also Italy doesn't have a good focus tree so that doesn't help either...
@@chiantozzo9341 Yeah, but the point still stands.
Rene's Cafe eh? For a second I was expecting a certain Frenchmen to pop in & say 'Allo 'Allo!
“Wheres Himmler when you need him; does anyone know the Heinrich maneuver”
That ultimately killed it for me
“Are u gonna evade half of Europe?”
“Na”
“Cool- wait what are you doing?”
“Invading Europe”
“I thought I just said not to do that”
“Ah you said half but I’m invading the WHOLE continent”
- Relations in Europe, 1939
6:26 omg great dads army reference
nostalgia
Recognised that backdrop as the Cafe recreation at Armourgeddon instantly! Spiffing Choice old chap!
"I told them I was bound for France, and they told me they had reservations."
You're a mad genius
7:00 "my ball". Your subtle humour is amazing. Never change.
Thanks mate - We'll never change. Which'll probably be our downfall.
As a direct descendant of Neville Chamberlain I just wanna say that your depiction of him is 1000% accurate
Finally a new video perfect for my cup of tea
Ooh, nice idea.
2:00 thanks to the new DLC, this statement actually makes sense... Squire getting insider information from Paradox confirmed??!?
"Don't bust my ball"....almost missed that unexpected gem.
That little line where Hitler alludes to only having 1 ball was hilarious
As a proud member of the squidonian empire I am glad to see another great upload
Yeees
“Mein Furher, ze troops are running out of guns and supplies.”
“Don’t worry my child, ver is das Tab Button.”
“Her sir”
*press tab* *ae 1000000 infantry_equipment_3* *ae 1000000 support_equipment_3*
This is so true
@@sonnumber8733 This is so disappointing
@@nordicnostalgia8106 how so?
@@letsgoblue9596 Having to resort to cheating instead of playing better. Just reload a save or something
@@nordicnostalgia8106 first of all, not all players are complete sweats who haven’t seen the sun on several days. Second, has it ever occurred to you that there are cheats in the games for reasons, and even an option to disable cheats, so playing like that is an option. Third, I don’t want to keep saving and loading for hours on end trying to get that one little thing. Fourth, r/wooooosh
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr Fuhrer"
Is TH-cam really so harsh as to not even allow references?
What’s the reference?
@@DeathnoteBB It is a reference to Dad's Army.
Yes, because TH-cam is a liberalist run platform that censors anything and everything that they deem morally wrong.
Despite giving plenty of ad revenue and passes to degenerate E-celebrities who do nothing but show off their insane wealth and have the maturity range of an emotionally stunted child.
This is what we call a double standard, and it’s a detriment to any culture.
Also avoiding certain free speech issues
See a certain case, from not too far back
@@undulycriticalobserver2510 okay Nazi
The only positive avout the Warpath ads that i see on youtube is that i get reminded of this channel. Had forgotten about the channel of yours and it bringed back some of the memories of being new to War Thunder
I got an ad about war path and you were in it nice.
Indeed! They're using it a lot, which is surprising!
The fake book with the Brits face on it had me dying, wasn't expecting that
Might just be the best yet! "Can I have the Sudetenland?" "Who do you think you are kidding Mr Fuhrer?" Top work boys.
Cheers, Mark.
Didn’t know Hitler had such a strong British accent.
Ahh, a new Squire video at Rene's cafe.
I will be sure to listen very carefully, for he might say this only once.
“Serious red flags everywhere”
That is too notch writing for the Soviet Union if it is intentional
I am so glad I fell down the Squire rabbit hole. You guys are absolutely brilliant and wish you lads nothing but success and happiness. God bless and thanks for all the laughs!
Thanks for that, chap. Means a great deal!
Dude i already liked these videos but a gods damn Allo Allo reference?!
I know yall are in the UK but im just so glad to see others acknowledge its existance
Rene's cafe. This reminds me of Allo Allo. The one of best comedy shows i ever watched
Yeah, kinda surprised they didn't make a reference to the fallen Madonna or something
Rene's Cafe is also depicted on one of the Hoi4s artwork. I believe it was for the La Resistance DLC. And also reference to that TV-series
@@pyorre2441 Don't forget the 2 Allo Allo achievements in HoI4 ;)
‘Get me a drink!’
‘Juice?’
‘WHERE?!’
Gold.
"Mussolini keeps asking me to join my faction."
German general: We'll need ten divisions to defeat them.
German soldier: Italy's on our side sir.
German general: We'll need twenty divisons to stop them from wrecking everything.
You forgot the never-ending declarations of war against Germany.
Never ending???
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Well, pretty much all the allies declaring war on Germany.
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Allies: Who hasn't declared war on Germany?
Argentina: Me
Allies: Dirty Fascist! You are secretly in league with the Nazis.
@@die1mayer and what of China??? (The KMT ROC kind not the CCP PRC kind)
Edit: and of Turkey and Sweden and like Finland (till '44) and Switzerland???
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 China!!?
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When I saw the name ‘Rene’s Café’ I was really hoping for an ‘Allo ‘Allo! reference xD
"Well you dont have to bust my **ball** about it"
Actually genius lmao
"It's Stalin you need to worry about. The guy's a nut case! Honestly serious Red Flags everywhere!"
''juice?'' ''WHERE!?''
I think I've never laughed so much in my life.
Good job as always
Haha, thanks mate!
This is basically my games whenever I have randomizer mods or decided to turn off historical focuses
-every country and their mother declaring war on Germany
-soviets getting 5 different civil wars
-United States going into a second confederacy
"Armourgeddon with a U" - thanks Bill!
That dad's army reference with "Who do you think you are kidding mister *slight pause* Fuhrer"
For the people not in the know, british show had the opening line "Who do you think you are kidding mister hitler"
"Juice?"
"WHERE??"
"Mine Easy Time" is the new official canon name for Hitler's book.... in my opinion lol
Waiter: juice ?
Squire: WHERE ?
The fact that you referenced 'Allo 'Allo! in this makes it all the better, haven't seen that show in YEARS
Am I the only one who got a Warpath ad with squire dressed as an officer?
i loved the "Juice?" "WHERE"
Germany: I am strong look at my Reich
Soviet Union: I’m about to end this man’s whole Reich
Allies: You did this?
Allies: I did this.
Japan: I am strong look at my Daiteikoku
USA: I'm about to end this man's whole Daiteikoku
Italy: I am-a strong look-a at my Imperivm
USA and UK: we're about to end this man's Imperium
@trueblueprussian 23 petition to abuse il duce in hell for being a disappointment (Hitler and Tojo also included)
with 27 million humans and one gamble one chance attempt 😂
Oh my god the writing. I don't even know what my favourite joke was. So many good reference jokes, both in terms of history and the game. The waiter's accent was beyond funny, did you guys have a hilarious French accent contest and he won it? The timing on the Juice joke was brilliant. And so many Führer jokes. I just had to rewatch it.
Haha, thanks dude! Bill's French is far superior to mine.
@@SquireComedy Trying to remember whether it was an Irish or Australian accent, which you used for the voice of Germans in one of your recent videos. Guess I'll go rewatch it. :P
I dont see no hitler only charlie chaplin cosplaying as hitler. youtube cant notice anything smh
Pffff XDXDXD OHHHH SHIT THE GENIUS!!!
Waiter: Juice?
Adolf: Where?
Absolutelly killed me XD
Yeah, most ww2 strategy games you can score an easy win with Germany. That's not some kind of historical commentary or anything, but the Germans in a lot of ww2 strategy games can easily mass produce tanks in the early game and kind of crush everyone else before they even have a decent economy up and running. Same thing with the huns in most games. Easy horde tactics for the win.
well yes, when you have the power of "mein easy time" on your hands
“Juice?”
“Where!?”
Comedy gold😂😂😂
I would actually be interested in the Squire version of the Fuhrer's book
Mein easy time could be a fun satirical parody
Lend-Lease a fiver...sounds like a new donation slogan there lol
I'm always glad to see when the carrier pidgeon brings news of more gold from this channel. Well done as always!
Why don’t the British pronounce their t’s….. cuz they drank it all
*Sigh*
If you were after a writing job, you just got one.
@@SquireComedy yay
That was a 40-time tougher Neville than we can remember. Absolute gem of a video.
0:38 Well, that's one way to avoid demonetization lol
Ah, thought I got away with that one!
Squire I love your videos a lot, they really make my day 1000% better! I do really love to see these Hearts of iron 4 videos more often! :)
Thanks Brandon, glad to hear it mate!
@@SquireComedy It would be pretty cool if you twitch streamed hoi4 as Major nations while acting out various country leaders in sort of a roleplay hoi4 MP game. I'm not sure if this is a bit too much, but its an idea none the less :) ! I hope this is a constructive and good idea :) .
The greatest channel on TH-cam
Steady!
"No Mussolini! You can't join my war! I want to win!"
I remember saying something similar to my puppet Finland when I was the USSR
You guys would really benefit from having 50% more actors.
Just saw the ad you made for Warpath and I dropped the video I was watching just to come back and rewatch your vids
Haha! Brilliant.
Squire got payed to make a Warpath ad!? I can't believe it.
Believe it. You can't escape us.
ruh roh
At the onset of WWII Hitler calls FDR and brags that Italy shall be on the side of Germany, Japan and the rest of the Axis powers during the conflict. FDR responds, "Italy fought with us during WWI, you can have em".
U guys were on an ad for war path for me today
In wolfenstein the new order, there is a newspaper that says that uncle adolf wants peace with all his heart and he is willing to go to war to get it , when I read that I laught and cried at the same time
Hitler:
"What would you do if you had a bunch of neo north seas in your border"
Uses it as an excuse to take a smaller neighbor country and proceeds to start world war 2
Putin:
"I started a special military operation to fight neo nazis in Ukraine"
Uses it as an excuse to attack a smaller neighboring country and then...
The funniest thing is this was made before the ukraine war started, meaning it wasn't even targeted at putin
I'd swear that the combat bubble was red when the notification hit me at the gym
It was. Then Germany started winning.
Mein Easy Time will be a bestseller in no time!
Penguin are interested.
Those penguins are going to have quite the industry after reading that
i wonder if they will hold any ill will aginst humans ........