Hi guys, I can confirm the validity of this strategy even after the Arms Against Tyranny update. The changes do not affect this strategy directly. However, there are some minor changes in our choices in terms of researches and designers. The research priority in the description of the video is now updated to include them! For the other episodes in this series: th-cam.com/play/PLY4d0TUsYg8JljvUcGK1Knw76PKI0rgkk.html For all of my guides I also always make dedicated spreadsheets which include, in addition to focuses and researches, a list of all the steps required in order to succeed. These spreadsheets are exclusive to the members (Colonel rank) of the channel, in addition to several other perks! Becoming a member is mainly a way to show your support to the channel and to help keeping it alive and active. If you are interested, or if you wish to help the channel, you can become a member and get access to all perks through this link: th-cam.com/channels/1c01Sz-D_aNEUEbUBxwUJQ.htmljoin For even more exclusive content, make sure to join our: Discord server: discord.gg/e5WQFf5qDr Instagram: instagram.com/machiavellianstrategist USEFUL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- My latest templates & designs: th-cam.com/play/PLY4d0TUsYg8KCFGQl9nYPjFnXN0N5ERze.html All of my country guides: th-cam.com/play/PLY4d0TUsYg8LQ6kW3_94GhRJaHn3ZlalP.html The other episodes in this series: th-cam.com/play/PLY4d0TUsYg8JljvUcGK1Knw76PKI0rgkk.html
I couldn't design my C1 like you did with the new updates. I just made it w/o the drop tanks and dive brakes. Figure I can add them into the later models.
I have not made a new dedicated guide for planes yet (Paradox broke the designs shared in this guide with a strange hotfix), but you can use these 2 shorts, which I made over the last couple of weeks, that cover all the important designs: Best designs: th-cam.com/users/shortsyN6d5S9jBsc High Range designs: th-cam.com/users/shortsm8lAgpApabo By the way, I decided to sacrifice range to keep the ground and air attack too.@@garyjohnson3252
I love playing Italy in hoi4, but with each DLC and update I always forget how to play them. Great guide! Making alternate history competent Italy mains, cheers.
Such an awesome guide! With it I was finally set up and geared to proclaim greater italy for the first time (I barely have 200 hours of actual playtime of hoi4 so, a total noob haha) Thank you very much for putting out a guide with such quality!
Let me know how it goes! Also, you might be interested in this longer, step by step version: th-cam.com/video/v51y2X5Fz-k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hE9SKwN4649Drd2C
Ah awesome. Thanks so much for sharing the link. I'm doing a little run now. I'll enjoy watching this one on the train. I'm amazed you haven't got more followers. I find your editing easy to follow.
also great job doing it in Italian and English, really good work...I'll share it with my Italian/UK friend who plays and you can help him learn his mothertongue :) all the best
Hi! I just Join as coronel rank and love your spreadsheets and other content for members! will keep joining from time to time (when i have spare $$) to update and collaborate. Thanks for the effort! love this guides!
The guarantees are normal, you mean that they refuse the ultimatum? That almost never happens to me, are you playing historical? In any case, if that happens, it's not a big deal. You can just continue with the rest of the strategy normally, and you just conquer Yugoslavia during WW2 and annex them in the peace conference. You end up annexing them even a bit earlier than we would normally do with the regular strategy. The main difference is that you won't have access to their troops to protect from naval invasions.
for yugo the good meta i use is go civil war commie with tito and to the Neutral price paul tree like Bittersteel did for Hugo slavia achivvmet@@MachiavellianStrategist
You should do a Naval Guide with Italy, rushing puppeting Iran for the oil, having 4 carriers before the war, with cheap CA… Can defeat the UK navy it’s fun
I like the idea, but I must admit the navy is not my favorite part of the game. So I usually keep naval warfare to a minimum. I'll study more about it in future and make more dedicated guides!
@@MachiavellianStrategist I did myself a challenge to only sealion after defeating the Royal Navy, you get a little behind in the AirGame but it is fun. But i know, navy is not as important in the game as a whole, so is more of a gimmick than a effective strategy.
@@MrScarduelli actually, what you just mentioned is one of the biggest issues with hoi4 in my opinion. Sea Lion is one of the main reasons Hitler lost the war. Even if the luftwaffe achieved air superiority, it is very unlikely that the Germans could ever defeat or bypass the Royal Navy. In Hoi4, on the other hand, it is stupidly easy. So much that you need to self-apply some restrictions, such as the one you mentioned, to make it more interesting. They should definitely rework the UK to make it a priority for them to defend their coastlines with their armies and navies!
I have recently done an italy world conquest (for achievements and i was also a bit bored) and it started off with your ethiopia strategy in the other guides (might be in this one havent watched it yet) and then paradropped france, puppeted them, took their navy, then justify on yugoslavia, and create a fallback behind the river that is behind venice that starts at the coastline and ends at the edge of the austrian border, then declare war on Yugoslavia with paradrops set for the british southern coast, dont set up air for either the french war or the war with the allies until the paradrops land, then put up air. Britain will most likely guarantee yugo along with the czechs and romania, so thats 3 countries. Dont call france into the war, paradrop uk, start sending one army (other army is defending along the river) to fight the uk, they probably dont have much troops in the mainland, if they do then just take the french divisions. Right when the war starts justify on austria, hungary, bulgaria, greece, turkey, iraq, portugal, belgium, Luxembourg, and the dutch east indies (calls in the dutch) in any order as long as all of them are in the allies without capping britain, once you do make them surrender you take everything and every navy. Now all you have to do is kill spain (after civil war) and germany (kill germany first, spain second) then with swiss surrounded kill them, (guard ticino, i had to redo one of my games because of that) and them you have a fully cored roman empire, and can easily do world conquest and the fascist italy achievements (or the pope one if you wait long enough to switch ideologies)
Thank you for sharing! This is a very solid strategy and one that allows you to get the Roman Empire even faster! Paratroopers are often the best choice for speed runners as they can be incredibly powerful at capitulating a country quickly and without much fighting (France is the best example). There are just a couple of reasons that made me opt for the strategy I shared in this video instead. First of all, I am not a big fan of the paratroopers strategy, they are strong but they feel a little bit like cheesing the game to me. The other reason is that your strategy is a better fit for expert players as it still requires skill and great management on multiple fronts. When I make my guides I usually have the average hoi4 player in mind (or possibly even someone new to the game) so I try not to do anything crazy or difficult to follow in my runs. That being said, I'm very happy that you used my strategy for Ethiopia to start your very impressive world conquest! It is something I would like to try as well one day!
Someone else mentioned getting 3 spies to keep the network alive where you're trying to get collaborations done and can click the repeat automatically button, but another thing you can do, especially for the Soviets, is train the Localized Training Centers. This lets you recruit Soviet spies which have a much less chance of getting captured, something I find often happens, ruining the timeline to have the collabs done on time.
Both are good suggestions, 3 spies allow for continuous creation of collaboration governments without rebuilding the network. I started using this strategy in my later guides (Japan and Soviet Union)!
Excellent guide. You still miss a few words about your navy: you have to fight the RN + French fleet, it's worth investing a bit. And you can lay mines since 1936 as Italy...
Thank you! The reason I didn't mention the navy much is that I largely ignored it during my run. I only used it to achieve the naval superiority to invade Greece and Turkey and later to invade the UK. But I never actually engaged in naval warfare. Immediately after disembarking on the southern coast of England, I immediately sent it back to ports to avoid an open battle with the Royal Navy. It is definitely possible to do more and better with the Italian navy (even to win against the Royal Navy) but this guide shows how that's not mandatory in order to succeed with Italy. Naturally, after winning the war and claiming the Royal Navy, you will never have to worry about getting the naval superiority ever again.
@@Stouzough Undeniably true... I will need one of you guys to do a collab with me on a guide once and take care of the navy. I don't think I will ever be very good at naval warfare and I find it much less enjoyable than its land counterpart...
Good guide for a quick expansion, I only find one crucial defect and is that at no time do you pay attention to the fuel reserves, from the moment the conflict begins you are at zero with the fuel, wich I understand must be a flaw in the game mechanics, because with zero fuel, your divisions should have been paralyzed. Beyond that detail, it is a very good guide. Congrats.
@@lucascresta276 thank you! About fuel, you are right, but do consider that infantry divisions do not need fuel. So the main disadvantage of being at 0 fuel concerns the navy and planes. But for our early wars neither is really important. Their only purpose is to give us naval and air superiority respectively, and they achieve that purpose even without fuel. (also, despite it not being very intuitive, being at 0 fuel doesn't actually mean that your divisions do not get any fuel. It simply means that the total consumption is higher than the total production, and your armies/navies/planes won't be at 100% efficiency).
I tried to do this, the UK and France just guarantees the country as soon as I get the war goal on them....Greece, Bulgaria, Romania. Turkey was the only one they didn't guarantee in 3 games.
Hi! Guarantees are based on war tension, as soon as the war tension exceeds 25% the UK and France start guaranteeing all of the countries you fabricate claims on. The way we avoid this in my strategy is by starting all of the wars at the same time before the war tension reaches 25%. You fabricate only a claim on Bulgaria, you get claims on Greece and Turkey through focuses and Romania joins by itself because they are guaranteeing Greece. It is extremely important that you declare war on Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey at the same exact time, as soon as you get the claim on Turkey through focuses. The timing is very important because if you take too long to get the claims and Japan starts attacking China, the war tension will quickly become too high. So make sure to carefully follow the focus priority in the description of the video. Let me know how it goes if you give it another try!
You need the claim on Bulgaria before the focus for Turkey is completed ideally, or at the same time. If it's later it risks being too late. Good luck if you try again!
I did this guide 6 months ago when I bought the game with no dlc and the strategy worked, but now that I have DLCs I didn't realize that it you join the axis and puppet Yugoslavia without enough facist support they go into a civil war.
@@RossGoneRogue hi! The civil war in Yugoslavia has a bit of rng, it doesn't always happen. But it shouldn't be a big issue, you can just help your puppet Yugoslavia quickly win the civil war, and annex the other one!
@@MachiavellianStrategist I don't know if things were patched (or bugged for me), but I couldn't join Italian Yugoslavia's war without at least 50% World tension. I had to justify instead and it took 180 days. I'm probably going to just restart the run (i'm on ironman).
@@RossGoneRogue no need to restart either way, worst case scenario you can quickly take then back during WW2 (the justification will only take 30 days then)!
Would you mind including in your notes which countries you fabricate a war goal on and when? This seems to be a critical piece of the overall strategy and it's a little difficult to follow in your video as well as why and when you declare on each country. I think I get the overall picture of it, in terms of achieving the goal of reforming the Roman Empire, but I tried to do it and failed abjectly my first time around. Germany ended up with both Iraq and Iran and Vichy France was still alive, not to mention the UK, somewhere. lol
In this case I believe all justifications are included in the notes and in the video, but the timing for some of them varies from run to run so it cannot be included. In short: We justify on Bulgaria in August 36. We justify on Poland around April 39 During WW2 we justify and declare war on Iraq & and Iran. And we justify but do not declare war on Saudi Arabia, Vichy France (we have claimed states so our claims won't expire). Before ending the war by invading the UK, if possible, we also justify on Spain, Portugal, Hungary. After WW2, while staying in the Axis to avoid the German intervention, we declare war on: Vichy France, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Portugal, Hungary. After these (easy) wars we can reform the Roman Empire and the run is complete.
When you say that Germany got Iraq and Iran you are talking about the peace conference? After capitulating the UK it is possible that you lack the points to get Iraq and Iran, it's ok. The important thing is prioritizing the costal regions needed for the Roman Empire. Vichy France should still exist, we get them after the war, and the UK usually survives in some small islands, unless you are really careful to puppet all of them in the peace conference. It does not matter unless you are going for a full world conquest. Also, make sure not to miss the second part of this guide (I am sure you did not, but just in case): th-cam.com/video/R4SL7kuudmA/w-d-xo.html
I understand it better now after having gone through the run a few times. Yes, GER got Iran and Iraq in my first run because I didn't have enough war score. I'm realizing now how important the air force is to the war score in terms of shooting down enemy planes. I'm also trying out using my subs to increase ITA's war score by using them as convoy raiders. Going for that 70%! lol@@MachiavellianStrategist
@@garyjohnson3252 great job! Italy is great to get better at the game too! The airforce really makes the difference. As for the navy, I think that's a really good idea! I'm not very good at managing the navy in hoi4 so there are several improvements you can adopt in terms of naval warfare.
I've always enjoyed using the navy, starting with HOI2, lol. I do what I learned in HOI3 with subs, which works well. Make your subs as fast and invisible as possible, with the best leader possible and best torps possible, and group them in packs of 6. HOI4 really improved its management of them by allowing auto split-off and reinforcement. Then cover the sea areas you know the enemy has to ship convoys through and stay out of air range if you don't have a lot of subs. Early in the game, I block my ships from going into the English Channel and/or Bay of Biscay, for example, if the UK, France, or Germany are my foes. The Sea of Japan is another area to avoid letting your subs go into if Japan is your foe and they still have a lot of planes. I've found that 3 lines of sub-production is enough to maintain your fleet levels during the war. With Italy, I'm keeping convoy production up as per your guide and adding sub-lines later than I usually would, but I haven't tried them in the Atlantic during WWII just yet, nor against the UK, as I want to ensure a big enough fleet for the UK invasion. I also separate my subs by level, so the level 1s don't slow down the level 2s. @@MachiavellianStrategist
This strategy is valido also with by blood alone dlc. Because with it the Negus refuse to surrender and there is no peace conference with Ethiopia and if you do not core every territory of it you cannot release AOI.
@@alessandrocalamida4938 hi! To get the peace conference with Ethiopia you need to defeat them quickly, if you take too long they will form a government in exile and there will be no peace conference.
Thanks for the guide. I tired to do it but I keep getting an event where the Yugoslavian confederation take over the bottom half of Italian yugoslavia. Messes the strat
Hi, for some reason my replies to your comment disappear haha In any case do not worry, you can just help your puppet and easily annex the other Yugo, it should not affect the overall strategy! Let me know if you can get it to work!
Hey, I really like your guide on Italy and became a member because of the detailed notes in the description. Where can I find the spreadsheet you mentioned that is available to members? Thank you for your work!
First of all thank you for your membership, members really make the difference in keeping this project sustainable! If you purchased the right membership type (lieutenant for spreadsheets) you should be able to access my shared Google drive folder directly from the description of your membership perks! Let me know if you are encountering any issues!
i remember seeing a guide where the guy put a mountaineer on the south and a desert fox on the north in the ethiopia war to gain adaptable quickly, wouldn't that be a better choice?
It could be! As long as it doesn't slow you down in finishing the war. Although, to farm general traits, the civil war in Spain is usually a better choice!
I really like your tutorials and the way you present the information. I just started HOI4, and this is my first run trying to follow your guide. Quick question concerning Albania. It was independent for most of your video, and then at 30:10 it appears you annexed it. How did you handle Albania? According to the date in the upper right, at some point between late Sept 1938, and early December 1938, you must have dealt with them. Was it just a quick justify, blitz them and it was over? In the Diplomacy tab, it looks like Italy guarantees their Independence too. Thanks in advance.
Thank you! Albania was peacefully annexed through the focus "Albanian Occupation". You can find the list of all focuses in chronological order in the description of the video! Let me know if you have any more questions, and good luck with your run!
@@MachiavellianStrategist Great thank you. The Research and Focus priority list is a great way to quickly double check that I am on track. I didn't read the description beforehand so I missed them. I've executed the entire buildup perfectly so far, and I am up to the point where I'm creating the collaboration government in Turkey, waiting on the Bulgaria war justification, and I just planned the Naval invasions of Greece. I'm having a hell of a time keeping up with military production though. Those big infantry divisions you started building at the beginning of the run, I've barely made half of them up until this point. I still haven't made the 3 light tank divisions you made in the beginning with the starter light tank supply, even when I reduced military factory usage for my Trucks down to 1-2 factories. It'll be alright I'm slowly getting more military factories going. I had to convert 2 Civs to Mils just to barely keep up, even though you didn't seem to have to. Thanks again for the guide.
@@Goodbye_Megaton Sounds great! I usually get the last infantry divisions around the time I start the invasion of Greece so it should be fine! There is no hurry to get them, so I probably would not convert civs into mills, you will need your civs to complete the industrialization program mission.
@@MachiavellianStrategist The whole run went to shit. For some reason, I could not for the life of me get Naval Superiority in those 3 ocean tiles. It just kept bouncing between 73%, 0%, 100%. I tried everything. I even sent my entire Air Force over those 3 tiles and it didn't matter. Therefore, the Naval Invasion of Greece could not occur with my Infantry. Months went by trying to get Naval Superiority. At that point, I said fuck it and decided to invade Greece and Bulgaria through Yugoslavia. I called Yugoslavia into the war to do so. All this distraction, I forgot to declare war on Turkey because that justification came in about 30 days after my Bulgaria justification would expire, so I had to declare early on Greece and Bulgaria. Long story short, Romania declared on me and I spent months defeating Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania. Once done, I declared war on Turkey. They were allied with UK now, so they all declared on me. I dragged my ally Germany in, and WWII came a little early. I was smashed so quick, Italy was cut up into 2 or 3 countries, Mussolini disappeared, and I didn't even know which section of it was mine. I also became a puppet of the UK. Needless to say, I will be trying again from the save before I declared war on Bulgaria and Greece. So what's the secret on getting Naval Superiority in those 3 tiles to allow my Naval Invasion to occur? I followed the video to a T but couldn't do it.
Hi, new to HOI4. Absolutely in love with it. Question tho, how do you finish the war in Ethiopia so early? Yes, flank i got that, but i do fine until march and then stall out completely. Do i need Ethiopian War Logistics focus instead of Italian Highway? I thought in your notes it has "To Steel"....im missing something for sure. Any help? Thx
Hi and welcome to this amazing game! I would suggest watching this video as it is the same guide but fully unedited: th-cam.com/video/v51y2X5Fz-k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aI-Es1Oou8_MXYry Here you can see exactly what I do, including focuses (we do not go for Ethiopian war logistics). There is always also a bit of rng, but you should be able to push them before the government in exile 99% of the time! Especially now that annexing Aussa also gives you ab additional division. Let me know how it goes, if you can't get it done you can send me your save at machiavellianstrategist@gmail.com and I'll give it a look!
@@aguythatlovesmilk2611 hi, there would probably be some changes but you could use my strategy as a start. I haven't attempted the Pope path yet, but I plan to do so in future!
Thanks for the great content! Which DLC are you using? I have a totally different focus tree than what you wrote in the description. For the war in Ethiopia, I keep having the pop up that the leader does not surrender and have a government abroad, am I too slow to conquer it?
Thank you!! I am using all DLCs, but the most impactful in the case of Italy, and the one affecting the focus tree is "by blood alone". The government in exile event happens when you do not capitulate Ethiopia quickly enough, that is correct!
Thanks for the fast answer !@@MachiavellianStrategist Actually 3min after posting I restarted a game and managed to get Ethiopia quickly let's see how the rest goes :)
I always go for "By any means necessary" as our goal is to end the war as fast as possible. I made this guide a while ago about the war in Ethiopia: th-cam.com/video/YSRH1vCL8A4/w-d-xo.html It is older but the strategy remained the same, and it covers it more in detail.
Thank you! You can find a more detailed explanation in this video: th-cam.com/video/ekyvfND6kLw/w-d-xo.html But in short: reloading the game after starting that series of wars seems to trigger Romania into calling the UK, and therefore the Allies, into the war. This happens only if you reloaded your save, and after defeating Turkey. You can avoid this issue by not reloading the game or by waiting until December before defeating Turkey.
@@MachiavellianStrategist Perhaps its due to me playing with no DLC? I looked at my research possibility and i dont see Range Imp. This is my first game ever lol and I will most likely play Mussolini historically well on this one xD!
Oh yes then it is definitely because of the DLC. Range improvements are used in the plane designer, which is a feature introduced with the By Blood Alone DLC. There may be more things that look different for your then, since By Blood Alone also changed the Italian focus tree. You also won't be able to get resource rights and war reparations in the peace conference. Other than that, I believe the overall strategy should still work fine! By the way, I would recommend getting By Blood Alone and No Step Back as these 2 DLCs bring some very significant changes to the game. I made a DLC tier list a while ago, in case you are interested: th-cam.com/video/SjF3RdpB9xs/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared @@daCHuNKY1
@@MachiavellianStrategist Thanks for all this info!! My friend who got me to download HOI4 has all the DLC so this strategy will be fully employ in MP with him! I managed to capture Ethiopia earlier today :)! Thx again!
I have proble designing the new divisions, first I am not able to add the last battaglio and then I am not able to add artiliery directly do the battalions.
Hi! This was changed in a later update, you can still use those divisions but you now have to add the artillery as an entirely new battalion (which also makes it more expensive). You can also look for the latest version of my guide for the Roman Empire (in the step by step format) which includes updated divisions.
@@MachiavellianStrategist I solved in that way in the end. However, now I have the problem that I have too many justification and to justify Ireland I need 925 days!!!!!!!!!
@@MachiavellianStrategistI am still a beginner to this game, so I did not know. Luckly I manage to pappe Spain and Portugal with the focus tree. However, for unknow reasons Brazil was guaranting Iraq and Iran and I have to fight them.
Hi, sadly the latest updates broke the planes designs. I am working on a new fighter and CAS designs dedicated video but they keep messing up my designs with new hotfixes. So for now we'll have to be patient while things stabilize. Meanwhile, as a general rule, always maximize air attack for fighters and ground attack for CAS and always use small airframe.
Ciao! Cioè sono tuoi vassalli ma non hai accesso al loro territorio? Molto strano! Hai fatto passare qualche giorno vero? Perché dopo che accettano passa un attimo prima che diventino effettivamente vassalli!
Hi! The exact names for those 2 focuses are "Expand national universities" and "increase production" (it is just before the "thermojet Research") There is a searchbar in the focus tab where you can type the names of focuses and they are highlighted, it is very useful for countries with huge focus trees like Italy!
Puoi provare a cambiare zona e vedere se hai più successo (in tal caso proverei con il porto più a est di Antalya), ma in realtà non mi è mai capitato di non riuscire proprio a sbarcare. Non riesci nemmeno a Ismir? Proprio oggi stavo testando la run perché ne farò una versione più dettagliata e unedited e non ho avuto particolari problemi con l'invasione. Spero che tu riesca a risolvere prima, ma male che vada il video unedited potrebbe essere d'aiuto!
@@riccardosantise8974 se ti riferisci agli spirits (tipo professional officer corps) è "no step back". Che tra l'altro è forse il miglior dlc per hoi4 in assoluto.
How can you say the italian names soo well? I've seen english guys trying to sey tham and it is PAINFULL but you say them just like an italian, how? (I am italian)
At 5:36 I was surprised by the immediacy of the No Garrison occupation style in late February 1936 when you conquered Ethiopia. I am more fan of the "wait and see" philosophy of the Civilian Oversight approach for the first 3 months or so, letting just a little bit of Compliance build up, and only then taking some other action such as Secret Police if in one or more states the Resistance number looks scary, meaning 20% or higher and rising. Maybe if I watch some more of the video, I will see what you are up to with an immediate No Garrison occupation style.
@@MachiavellianStrategist In a couple of tries, it takes much longer to beat Ethiopia that it takes for you.... and when they do capitulate, it's as a government in exile and not a complete victory (where you get the whole screen on what you can claim from the defeated country). In one playthrough, Ethiopia came back and took back even the original Italian territory because I had no troops or garrisons.... Has this happened to you or anyone else?
@@mankle30 there is some RNG involved in the war in Ethiopia and sometimes it takes a little longer, but it basically never happened to me to finish it too late (government in exile late let's say). Especially since I started using the little trick of sending a few divisions to conquer all of their external provinces while their troops are stuck fighting my main offensive. Make sure to send every single division you have to Ethiopia, increase their supply priority to maximum and assign all of your planes too. It shouldn't take you too long to get it done this way! If you keep having issues though, feel free to let me know.
guida davvero ben fatta! sono giorni che sto tentando di giocare con l'Italia prendendo il ramo comunista e credo che prenderò spunto da questa guida per qualche accorgimento. una delle cose che cerco di fare è espandermi nei balcani prendendo Yugoslavia e Grecia ma la Romania è sempre troppo forte. avresti qualche consiglio? praticamente arrivato al loro confine mi asfaltano...🤣
Ciao e grazie! Ho anche una versione in italiano di questa stessa guida, è identica in tutto ma magari ti può fare comodo o risultare più facile da seguire: th-cam.com/video/Jgzh2_jdSjc/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared In tutte le mie guide con l'Italia mi espando sempre nei Balcani, conquistando Grecia, Turchia, Bulgaria e Romania (e vassallizzando pacificamente la Yugoslavia). Nelle ultime guide faccio tutte queste guerre contemporaneamente. Tra queste la Romania è sicuramente la più difficile da gestire. Per me il trucco è la Turchia, passando da Istanbul e dalla Bulgaria è possibile cogliere le armate rumene di sorpresa. In alternativa sono molto efficaci anche le invasioni navali dal mar nero. Fammi sapere come va o se ti serve aiuto!
@@MachiavellianStrategist grazie per il consiglio!! il problema è che passando per la guerra civile mi ritrovo a gestire male le dichiarazioni di guerra. c'è sempre il rischio che arrivi tardi e che Inghilterra o Francia mettano il becco prima garantendo l'indipendenza. però provo subito a includere la Turchia nel piano. dal punto di vista delle divisioni secondo te posso seguire la guida anche se prendo il percorso comunista?
@@mkik7050 questa è una bella domanda, in realtà non ho ancora mai provato quindi non ti so dire con esattezza. I template che uso sono ottimi quindi vanno sicuramente bene in ogni caso. Il problema è il timing delle guerre che deve essere molto preciso. Considera però che tu le guerre le puoi iniziare tutte contemporaneamente (prima che lo UK inizi a garantire) e poi le puoi gestire con calma una ad una. La Turchia è non alligned quindi non chiama gli alleati, la Romania diventa non alligned nel dicembre del 37. L'importante è avere tutti i Claim contemporaneamente e iniziare tutte le guerre insieme. Forse potresti fare prima quello e poi passare a comunista?
@@MachiavellianStrategist non ho considerato il fatto di poter affrontare le guerre una ad una.. in effetti ho sempre affrontato Yugoslavia e Grecia insieme dall'Albania.. sicuramente questo mi ha indebolito. sicuramente tengo in considerazione l'invasione navale per la Grecia, l'Albania la annetterò dopo. per i template hai un video a parte oppure usi quelli di partenza dell'Italia? grazie ancora per i consigli 🙂
@@mkik7050 th-cam.com/video/99w-Zoc5Ee4/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared qui trovi tutti i miei template! Ma in realtà per le guerre nel Balcani di solito uso i template di partenza, che vado poi a riaggiustare in vista della seconda guerra mondiale. Ricordati che Albania è Yugoslavia le puoi prendere pacificamente tramite i focus (for non da comunista però?).
@@MachiavellianStrategist senti sto avendo difficoltà negli sbarchi navali, nel senso che assegno le divisioni allo sbarco, idem le navi con la supremazia, faccio partire l’attacco ma questi restano immobili
@@andreafresi54 questa guida potrebbe esserti d'aiuto forse: th-cam.com/video/djeqrvlb4S8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CdJO4XGJWTQ0LWJw Non sono molto intuitive le invasioni navali in questo gioco. Secondo me il problema potrebbe essere che le unità non sono state assegnate correttamente (guarda se hanno un punto esclamativo rosso, o se sulle frecce dell'invasione dice "no divisions assigned"). Ricordati di cliccare due volte, prima sul porto di partenza, poi sul target. Prova magari a farne una usando tutte e 10 le unità insieme e vedi se quella funziona. Fammi sapere!
Yes! I haven't tested this very recently, but the last time I tried you could simply pick Italy First instead of Pact of Steel and just follow the rest of the strategy normally! The only difference is that you will have to start the wars in the Balkans about 1 month later, since Italy First takes a bit longer.
@@Titan-df2op hi! You must be going for a non-historical run i assume (keep in mind that the strategy might not be as consistent in non-historical), for this specific step you can go down the other path (Italian irredentism) and still get to the claims on Greece and Turkey (just a little later).
@@Titan-df2op you might also be interested in this run: th-cam.com/video/rqIPkcW2piw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=n41GB4m5J5hIPL-E It's pretty old but I remember having a similar situation with Germany!
Yes! The default Italian navy is good enough to get the air superiority to invade the UK. To compensate for not taking enemy ships you could build a bit more submarines/ships instead of convoys with your dockyards!
It can happen, it's not a problem. You can easily win the civil war and annex that part of Yugoslavia. Just try to stay below 25% war tension until you start the Balkan wars. If anything, you can stall the Civil War until you start the other ones. Let me know if you need any more help!
@@MachiavellianStrategist Thank you. For some reason they wouldn't let me join their war, though, so I restarted because it was just stalling me too long. Another question: What do you think about going down the marine tree in this strategy? You do a lot of naval invasions, and pioneers seem good for the extra breakthrough. I tried it and my marines seemed to take the ports faster than the regular infantry in your video.
@@the1ringer thank you for letting me know! Weird that they wouldn't let you join, it might be a bug introduced with the latest update. As for the marine tree, you mean doctrine wise? That's something new so it is entirely up for testing, I do not use my naval experience to upgrade the navy so it may as well be used for marines! I actually like the idea, if you test it further let me know how it goes!
@@MachiavellianStrategist awesome that happened for me as well, but after that war ended in late 1938 I chilled for a little bit after ww2 started Russia declared on me in the middle of 1940😂 idk if it’s claims on the Romania land or something but it completely has thrown a wrench in my campaign. Germany isn’t ready for Russia and I’m stuck with this boarder issue and just fighting in Africa atm
@@MachiavellianStrategist awesome that happened for me as well, but after that war ended in late 1938 I chilled for a little bit after ww2 started Russia declared on me in the middle of 1940😂 idk if it’s claims on the Romania land or something but it completely has thrown a wrench in my campaign. Germany isn’t ready for Russia and I’m stuck with this boarder issue and just fighting in Africa atm
@@bradbennett1188 the best way to avoid the Russian claim is to release the land they want to claim (Bessarabia). You can usually release it as a puppet, but you can also just let it free to be safer. I would recommend abandoning Africa completely, as it is usually not worth the effort.
@@MachiavellianStrategist I just returned to the game after 4 years and the navy still just baffles me, my Italian navy gets cleared by the British I’ll need to look up a guide to best utilize it. Also this is the second straight attempt that nationalist Spain has lost the civil war where I remember them winning 95% of the time
Se lo UK entra in guerra dev'essere perché ha un guarantee sulla Grecia, è così? Se questo è il caso, significa che la war tension è già troppo alta quando prendi il Claim sulla Grecia, forse è un po' più tardi che nella mia run? In che data inizi la guerra alla Grecia?
@@MachiavellianStrategist si sicuramente perché son nabbo e non riuscivo ad invadere tramite navi. Allora ho fatto il giro dalla yugoslavia e già che c ero ho conquistato prima l Ungheria, messo le truppe yugoslave a difesa a nord di Ungheria e yuglslavia e invaso da nord la Grecia. Ma mi sa che ho perso troppo tempo come hai già detto.
@@holla6714 è tutta una questione di war tension, nel senso che ad ogni dichiarazione di guerra e ogni volta che annettiamo qualcuno la war tension sale, quando supera il 20% lo UK comincia a garantire tutte le nazioni su cui facciamo Claim. Quindi dipende da come ci muoviamo. Ma questo è il motivo per cui io inizio le guerre con Grecia, Bulgaria, Turchia e Romania contemporaneamente, è l'unico modo sicuro per evitare i guarantee. Poi c'è anche un fattore timing, perché appena il Giappone inizia a invadere la Cina la war tension sale moltissimo e diventa sostanzialmente impossibile espandersi fino alla WW2.
@@MachiavellianStrategist ho restartato e fatto i claim su Grecia e Ungheria. Ma sulla Turchia mi da 705 giorni per la dichiarazione di guerra... fatto a marzo 36 tutto ciò. (Per far prima ho spostato tutte le divisioni in Etiopia.)
@@holla6714 no aspetta, l'unico claim che ti serve è sulla Bulgaria, per grecia e Turchia prendiamo il Claim tramite i focus (la lista è nella descrizione del video). L'Ungheria non sono sicuro che sia fattibile fino alla seconda guerra mondiale, ma la puoi facilmente prendere più avanti. Quindi l'idea è di fare un Claim sulla Bulgaria e poi aspettare l'ultimo focus che ti dà il Claim sulla Turchia e iniziare le guerre insieme. La Romania joina automaticamente per il guarantee alla Grecia e alla Turchia!
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Wish you do a detailed guide on nationalist china world conquest.
@@khaledalhamdan2627 that would be an interesting challenge! I will add it to my list of potential topics for future videos!
I like your playlist from Qanawat! @@khaledalhamdan2627
I couldn't design my C1 like you did with the new updates. I just made it w/o the drop tanks and dive brakes. Figure I can add them into the later models.
I have not made a new dedicated guide for planes yet (Paradox broke the designs shared in this guide with a strange hotfix), but you can use these 2 shorts, which I made over the last couple of weeks, that cover all the important designs:
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By the way, I decided to sacrifice range to keep the ground and air attack too.@@garyjohnson3252
I love playing Italy in hoi4, but with each DLC and update I always forget how to play them. Great guide! Making alternate history competent Italy mains, cheers.
Thank you!
I love this strategy because it makes the run quite fun without any game-breaking mechanics. And it's fairly easy to follow!
Such an awesome guide! With it I was finally set up and geared to proclaim greater italy for the first time (I barely have 200 hours of actual playtime of hoi4 so, a total noob haha)
Thank you very much for putting out a guide with such quality!
Thank you! I'm really glad to hear that it worked for you!
Really well made! I can tell the quality of your videos is going up very quickly, well done and I'll definitely stick around for the next part!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! The next part will be up in one week!
Great guide! Exactly what I've been looking for.
Let me know how it goes!
Also, you might be interested in this longer, step by step version: th-cam.com/video/v51y2X5Fz-k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hE9SKwN4649Drd2C
Ah awesome. Thanks so much for sharing the link. I'm doing a little run now. I'll enjoy watching this one on the train. I'm amazed you haven't got more followers. I find your editing easy to follow.
also great job doing it in Italian and English, really good work...I'll share it with my Italian/UK friend who plays and you can help him learn his mothertongue :) all the best
Thank you so much! Safe travels!
Hi! I just Join as coronel rank and love your spreadsheets and other content for members! will keep joining from time to time (when i have spare $$) to update and collaborate. Thanks for the effort! love this guides!
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at the time of playing this, my Yugoslavia is guaranteed by France, Romania and chezc and they refuse me everytime
The guarantees are normal, you mean that they refuse the ultimatum?
That almost never happens to me, are you playing historical?
In any case, if that happens, it's not a big deal.
You can just continue with the rest of the strategy normally, and you just conquer Yugoslavia during WW2 and annex them in the peace conference.
You end up annexing them even a bit earlier than we would normally do with the regular strategy. The main difference is that you won't have access to their troops to protect from naval invasions.
Loved this guide! Keep up the good work
Thank you! More content will be available soon!
Based video bro ir guides are top notch cant wait in the future when u do balkam mations 🎉 inderratted asf
Thank you! I would like to play with Yugoslavia and Romania in future for sure. Hungary is also an option I have been considering!
for yugo the good meta i use is go civil war commie with tito and to the Neutral price paul tree like Bittersteel did for Hugo slavia achivvmet@@MachiavellianStrategist
@@BlackManLover thanks! I will keep that I mind when I try it!
Mamma mia! What a glorious Italian accent!
Hahaha, an Italian accent for an Italian guide (and for all other ones)!
You should do a Naval Guide with Italy, rushing puppeting Iran for the oil, having 4 carriers before the war, with cheap CA…
Can defeat the UK navy it’s fun
I like the idea, but I must admit the navy is not my favorite part of the game. So I usually keep naval warfare to a minimum.
I'll study more about it in future and make more dedicated guides!
@@MachiavellianStrategist I did myself a challenge to only sealion after defeating the Royal Navy, you get a little behind in the AirGame but it is fun.
But i know, navy is not as important in the game as a whole, so is more of a gimmick than a effective strategy.
@@MrScarduelli actually, what you just mentioned is one of the biggest issues with hoi4 in my opinion.
Sea Lion is one of the main reasons Hitler lost the war. Even if the luftwaffe achieved air superiority, it is very unlikely that the Germans could ever defeat or bypass the Royal Navy.
In Hoi4, on the other hand, it is stupidly easy. So much that you need to self-apply some restrictions, such as the one you mentioned, to make it more interesting.
They should definitely rework the UK to make it a priority for them to defend their coastlines with their armies and navies!
We missed you taking over Albania
@@Donjkoontz it's a peaceful annexation (through focuses).
I have recently done an italy world conquest (for achievements and i was also a bit bored) and it started off with your ethiopia strategy in the other guides (might be in this one havent watched it yet) and then paradropped france, puppeted them, took their navy, then justify on yugoslavia, and create a fallback behind the river that is behind venice that starts at the coastline and ends at the edge of the austrian border, then declare war on Yugoslavia with paradrops set for the british southern coast, dont set up air for either the french war or the war with the allies until the paradrops land, then put up air. Britain will most likely guarantee yugo along with the czechs and romania, so thats 3 countries. Dont call france into the war, paradrop uk, start sending one army (other army is defending along the river) to fight the uk, they probably dont have much troops in the mainland, if they do then just take the french divisions. Right when the war starts justify on austria, hungary, bulgaria, greece, turkey, iraq, portugal, belgium, Luxembourg, and the dutch east indies (calls in the dutch) in any order as long as all of them are in the allies without capping britain, once you do make them surrender you take everything and every navy. Now all you have to do is kill spain (after civil war) and germany (kill germany first, spain second) then with swiss surrounded kill them, (guard ticino, i had to redo one of my games because of that) and them you have a fully cored roman empire, and can easily do world conquest and the fascist italy achievements (or the pope one if you wait long enough to switch ideologies)
Thank you for sharing! This is a very solid strategy and one that allows you to get the Roman Empire even faster! Paratroopers are often the best choice for speed runners as they can be incredibly powerful at capitulating a country quickly and without much fighting (France is the best example).
There are just a couple of reasons that made me opt for the strategy I shared in this video instead.
First of all, I am not a big fan of the paratroopers strategy, they are strong but they feel a little bit like cheesing the game to me.
The other reason is that your strategy is a better fit for expert players as it still requires skill and great management on multiple fronts.
When I make my guides I usually have the average hoi4 player in mind (or possibly even someone new to the game) so I try not to do anything crazy or difficult to follow in my runs.
That being said, I'm very happy that you used my strategy for Ethiopia to start your very impressive world conquest! It is something I would like to try as well one day!
for what reason you puppet france instead of annex them?
@@Lifelimit94 so you dont have to guard the benelux border, and to not get naval invaded
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I really appreciate your Italian accent
Thank you! I'm glad it is not annoying!
Someone else mentioned getting 3 spies to keep the network alive where you're trying to get collaborations done and can click the repeat automatically button, but another thing you can do, especially for the Soviets, is train the Localized Training Centers. This lets you recruit Soviet spies which have a much less chance of getting captured, something I find often happens, ruining the timeline to have the collabs done on time.
Both are good suggestions, 3 spies allow for continuous creation of collaboration governments without rebuilding the network. I started using this strategy in my later guides (Japan and Soviet Union)!
Excellent guide. You still miss a few words about your navy: you have to fight the RN + French fleet, it's worth investing a bit. And you can lay mines since 1936 as Italy...
Thank you!
The reason I didn't mention the navy much is that I largely ignored it during my run. I only used it to achieve the naval superiority to invade Greece and Turkey and later to invade the UK. But I never actually engaged in naval warfare. Immediately after disembarking on the southern coast of England, I immediately sent it back to ports to avoid an open battle with the Royal Navy.
It is definitely possible to do more and better with the Italian navy (even to win against the Royal Navy) but this guide shows how that's not mandatory in order to succeed with Italy.
Naturally, after winning the war and claiming the Royal Navy, you will never have to worry about getting the naval superiority ever again.
@@MachiavellianStrategistYep, I know. Yet you have such a magnificient navy, what a pity...
@@Stouzough Undeniably true... I will need one of you guys to do a collab with me on a guide once and take care of the navy. I don't think I will ever be very good at naval warfare and I find it much less enjoyable than its land counterpart...
@@MachiavellianStrategistsure, why not. Never tried, at least being in same country we shouldn't have lag
Good guide for a quick expansion, I only find one crucial defect and is that at no time do you pay attention to the fuel reserves, from the moment the conflict begins you are at zero with the fuel, wich I understand must be a flaw in the game mechanics, because with zero fuel, your divisions should have been paralyzed. Beyond that detail, it is a very good guide. Congrats.
@@lucascresta276 thank you!
About fuel, you are right, but do consider that infantry divisions do not need fuel.
So the main disadvantage of being at 0 fuel concerns the navy and planes. But for our early wars neither is really important. Their only purpose is to give us naval and air superiority respectively, and they achieve that purpose even without fuel.
(also, despite it not being very intuitive, being at 0 fuel doesn't actually mean that your divisions do not get any fuel. It simply means that the total consumption is higher than the total production, and your armies/navies/planes won't be at 100% efficiency).
I tried to do this, the UK and France just guarantees the country as soon as I get the war goal on them....Greece, Bulgaria, Romania. Turkey was the only one they didn't guarantee in 3 games.
Hi!
Guarantees are based on war tension, as soon as the war tension exceeds 25% the UK and France start guaranteeing all of the countries you fabricate claims on.
The way we avoid this in my strategy is by starting all of the wars at the same time before the war tension reaches 25%.
You fabricate only a claim on Bulgaria, you get claims on Greece and Turkey through focuses and Romania joins by itself because they are guaranteeing Greece.
It is extremely important that you declare war on Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey at the same exact time, as soon as you get the claim on Turkey through focuses.
The timing is very important because if you take too long to get the claims and Japan starts attacking China, the war tension will quickly become too high.
So make sure to carefully follow the focus priority in the description of the video.
Let me know how it goes if you give it another try!
@@MachiavellianStrategist thanks for the reply. I did only fabricate on Bulgaria but I guess i'm just too slow. I might try again later.
You need the claim on Bulgaria before the focus for Turkey is completed ideally, or at the same time. If it's later it risks being too late. Good luck if you try again!
as an italian, the video title scared me
Haha, it's probably a good thing that this is only happening in Hoi4!
very nice video keep it up mate
Thank you! New content will be coming soon!
I did this guide 6 months ago when I bought the game with no dlc and the strategy worked, but now that I have DLCs I didn't realize that it you join the axis and puppet Yugoslavia without enough facist support they go into a civil war.
@@RossGoneRogue hi! The civil war in Yugoslavia has a bit of rng, it doesn't always happen. But it shouldn't be a big issue, you can just help your puppet Yugoslavia quickly win the civil war, and annex the other one!
@@MachiavellianStrategist I don't know if things were patched (or bugged for me), but I couldn't join Italian Yugoslavia's war without at least 50% World tension. I had to justify instead and it took 180 days. I'm probably going to just restart the run (i'm on ironman).
@@RossGoneRogue no need to restart either way, worst case scenario you can quickly take then back during WW2 (the justification will only take 30 days then)!
14:13 this italo-balkan war is the end of the league of Nations 😆😄😂💀
hehe it's 4 wars in 1 after all!
Would you mind including in your notes which countries you fabricate a war goal on and when? This seems to be a critical piece of the overall strategy and it's a little difficult to follow in your video as well as why and when you declare on each country. I think I get the overall picture of it, in terms of achieving the goal of reforming the Roman Empire, but I tried to do it and failed abjectly my first time around. Germany ended up with both Iraq and Iran and Vichy France was still alive, not to mention the UK, somewhere. lol
In this case I believe all justifications are included in the notes and in the video, but the timing for some of them varies from run to run so it cannot be included.
In short:
We justify on Bulgaria in August 36.
We justify on Poland around April 39
During WW2 we justify and declare war on Iraq & and Iran.
And we justify but do not declare war on Saudi Arabia, Vichy France (we have claimed states so our claims won't expire).
Before ending the war by invading the UK, if possible, we also justify on Spain, Portugal, Hungary.
After WW2, while staying in the Axis to avoid the German intervention, we declare war on:
Vichy France, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Portugal, Hungary.
After these (easy) wars we can reform the Roman Empire and the run is complete.
When you say that Germany got Iraq and Iran you are talking about the peace conference? After capitulating the UK it is possible that you lack the points to get Iraq and Iran, it's ok. The important thing is prioritizing the costal regions needed for the Roman Empire.
Vichy France should still exist, we get them after the war, and the UK usually survives in some small islands, unless you are really careful to puppet all of them in the peace conference. It does not matter unless you are going for a full world conquest.
Also, make sure not to miss the second part of this guide (I am sure you did not, but just in case): th-cam.com/video/R4SL7kuudmA/w-d-xo.html
I understand it better now after having gone through the run a few times. Yes, GER got Iran and Iraq in my first run because I didn't have enough war score. I'm realizing now how important the air force is to the war score in terms of shooting down enemy planes. I'm also trying out using my subs to increase ITA's war score by using them as convoy raiders. Going for that 70%! lol@@MachiavellianStrategist
@@garyjohnson3252 great job! Italy is great to get better at the game too! The airforce really makes the difference. As for the navy, I think that's a really good idea! I'm not very good at managing the navy in hoi4 so there are several improvements you can adopt in terms of naval warfare.
I've always enjoyed using the navy, starting with HOI2, lol. I do what I learned in HOI3 with subs, which works well. Make your subs as fast and invisible as possible, with the best leader possible and best torps possible, and group them in packs of 6. HOI4 really improved its management of them by allowing auto split-off and reinforcement. Then cover the sea areas you know the enemy has to ship convoys through and stay out of air range if you don't have a lot of subs. Early in the game, I block my ships from going into the English Channel and/or Bay of Biscay, for example, if the UK, France, or Germany are my foes. The Sea of Japan is another area to avoid letting your subs go into if Japan is your foe and they still have a lot of planes. I've found that 3 lines of sub-production is enough to maintain your fleet levels during the war. With Italy, I'm keeping convoy production up as per your guide and adding sub-lines later than I usually would, but I haven't tried them in the Atlantic during WWII just yet, nor against the UK, as I want to ensure a big enough fleet for the UK invasion. I also separate my subs by level, so the level 1s don't slow down the level 2s. @@MachiavellianStrategist
This strategy is valido also with by blood alone dlc. Because with it the Negus refuse to surrender and there is no peace conference with Ethiopia and if you do not core every territory of it you cannot release AOI.
@@alessandrocalamida4938 hi! To get the peace conference with Ethiopia you need to defeat them quickly, if you take too long they will form a government in exile and there will be no peace conference.
Thanks I was wondering how to capitulate Ethiopia before they go into exile.
You are welcome!
Thanks for the guide. I tired to do it but I keep getting an event where the Yugoslavian confederation take over the bottom half of Italian yugoslavia. Messes the strat
Hi, for some reason my replies to your comment disappear haha
In any case do not worry, you can just help your puppet and easily annex the other Yugo, it should not affect the overall strategy!
Let me know if you can get it to work!
Hmm yes the resurgence of Roma invicta 🇮🇹🗿👌 😎👍
Possibly the most powerful country in HOI4?
Hey, I really like your guide on Italy and became a member because of the detailed notes in the description. Where can I find the spreadsheet you mentioned that is available to members? Thank you for your work!
First of all thank you for your membership, members really make the difference in keeping this project sustainable!
If you purchased the right membership type (lieutenant for spreadsheets) you should be able to access my shared Google drive folder directly from the description of your membership perks!
Let me know if you are encountering any issues!
Ahh, gotcha. @@MachiavellianStrategist
i remember seeing a guide where the guy put a mountaineer on the south and a desert fox on the north in the ethiopia war to gain adaptable quickly, wouldn't that be a better choice?
It could be! As long as it doesn't slow you down in finishing the war. Although, to farm general traits, the civil war in Spain is usually a better choice!
I really like your tutorials and the way you present the information. I just started HOI4, and this is my first run trying to follow your guide. Quick question concerning Albania. It was independent for most of your video, and then at 30:10 it appears you annexed it. How did you handle Albania? According to the date in the upper right, at some point between late Sept 1938, and early December 1938, you must have dealt with them. Was it just a quick justify, blitz them and it was over? In the Diplomacy tab, it looks like Italy guarantees their Independence too. Thanks in advance.
Thank you! Albania was peacefully annexed through the focus "Albanian Occupation". You can find the list of all focuses in chronological order in the description of the video!
Let me know if you have any more questions, and good luck with your run!
@@MachiavellianStrategist Great thank you. The Research and Focus priority list is a great way to quickly double check that I am on track. I didn't read the description beforehand so I missed them. I've executed the entire buildup perfectly so far, and I am up to the point where I'm creating the collaboration government in Turkey, waiting on the Bulgaria war justification, and I just planned the Naval invasions of Greece. I'm having a hell of a time keeping up with military production though. Those big infantry divisions you started building at the beginning of the run, I've barely made half of them up until this point. I still haven't made the 3 light tank divisions you made in the beginning with the starter light tank supply, even when I reduced military factory usage for my Trucks down to 1-2 factories. It'll be alright I'm slowly getting more military factories going. I had to convert 2 Civs to Mils just to barely keep up, even though you didn't seem to have to. Thanks again for the guide.
@@Goodbye_Megaton Sounds great!
I usually get the last infantry divisions around the time I start the invasion of Greece so it should be fine! There is no hurry to get them, so I probably would not convert civs into mills, you will need your civs to complete the industrialization program mission.
@@MachiavellianStrategist Ok thanks. If I get a chance to then maybe I'll switch the 2 military factories back to civ factories.
@@MachiavellianStrategist The whole run went to shit. For some reason, I could not for the life of me get Naval Superiority in those 3 ocean tiles. It just kept bouncing between 73%, 0%, 100%. I tried everything. I even sent my entire Air Force over those 3 tiles and it didn't matter. Therefore, the Naval Invasion of Greece could not occur with my Infantry. Months went by trying to get Naval Superiority. At that point, I said fuck it and decided to invade Greece and Bulgaria through Yugoslavia. I called Yugoslavia into the war to do so. All this distraction, I forgot to declare war on Turkey because that justification came in about 30 days after my Bulgaria justification would expire, so I had to declare early on Greece and Bulgaria. Long story short, Romania declared on me and I spent months defeating Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania. Once done, I declared war on Turkey. They were allied with UK now, so they all declared on me. I dragged my ally Germany in, and WWII came a little early. I was smashed so quick, Italy was cut up into 2 or 3 countries, Mussolini disappeared, and I didn't even know which section of it was mine. I also became a puppet of the UK. Needless to say, I will be trying again from the save before I declared war on Bulgaria and Greece. So what's the secret on getting Naval Superiority in those 3 tiles to allow my Naval Invasion to occur? I followed the video to a T but couldn't do it.
Hi, new to HOI4. Absolutely in love with it. Question tho, how do you finish the war in Ethiopia so early? Yes, flank i got that, but i do fine until march and then stall out completely. Do i need Ethiopian War Logistics focus instead of Italian Highway? I thought in your notes it has "To Steel"....im missing something for sure. Any help? Thx
Hi and welcome to this amazing game!
I would suggest watching this video as it is the same guide but fully unedited: th-cam.com/video/v51y2X5Fz-k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aI-Es1Oou8_MXYry
Here you can see exactly what I do, including focuses (we do not go for Ethiopian war logistics).
There is always also a bit of rng, but you should be able to push them before the government in exile 99% of the time! Especially now that annexing Aussa also gives you ab additional division.
Let me know how it goes, if you can't get it done you can send me your save at machiavellianstrategist@gmail.com and I'll give it a look!
Nice video! what dlcs are you using?
Thank you! I am using all DLCs, but the most important for this specific guide is "by blood alone"!
Is the strategy the same for doing the pope path?
@@aguythatlovesmilk2611 hi, there would probably be some changes but you could use my strategy as a start.
I haven't attempted the Pope path yet, but I plan to do so in future!
Thanks for the great content! Which DLC are you using? I have a totally different focus tree than what you wrote in the description. For the war in Ethiopia, I keep having the pop up that the leader does not surrender and have a government abroad, am I too slow to conquer it?
Thank you!!
I am using all DLCs, but the most impactful in the case of Italy, and the one affecting the focus tree is "by blood alone".
The government in exile event happens when you do not capitulate Ethiopia quickly enough, that is correct!
Thanks for the fast answer !@@MachiavellianStrategist Actually 3min after posting I restarted a game and managed to get Ethiopia quickly let's see how the rest goes :)
@@JC-ki4wo congratulations! I'm curious to know how it goes without dlcs too, so let me know!
i requested yugoslavian troops and then a few days later a civil war started XDD, very funny mechanics in this game
haha yeah that can happen, but it is actually not a bad thing, you just get to annex part of Yugoslavia even faster!
Which decision do you recommend for the End the Christmas Offensive? By any means necessary or We need to be methodical and deliberate?
I always go for "By any means necessary" as our goal is to end the war as fast as possible.
I made this guide a while ago about the war in Ethiopia: th-cam.com/video/YSRH1vCL8A4/w-d-xo.html
It is older but the strategy remained the same, and it covers it more in detail.
Yes, I actually figured that out after thinking about it for a bit longer, lol. Thank you for the reply!@@MachiavellianStrategist
Hi amazing video. But what do you mean with reload the game about the allies getting called thing?
Thank you!
You can find a more detailed explanation in this video: th-cam.com/video/ekyvfND6kLw/w-d-xo.html
But in short: reloading the game after starting that series of wars seems to trigger Romania into calling the UK, and therefore the Allies, into the war. This happens only if you reloaded your save, and after defeating Turkey.
You can avoid this issue by not reloading the game or by waiting until December before defeating Turkey.
hi in research priority, what is "Support w1 (Beretta)"?
Hi! It is the Support Weapons 1 technology, in the infantry TAB. Beretta is my suggested MIO (if you have the TAA DLC).
@@MachiavellianStrategist thank you so much.
@@ozgul5690 you are welcome!
In research priority, what is "range imp (Macchi)"??
Range improvements! Once you pick that research, it asks you to select a military industrial organization for it, Macchi is the one I recommend!
@@MachiavellianStrategist Perhaps its due to me playing with no DLC? I looked at my research possibility and i dont see Range Imp.
This is my first game ever lol and I will most likely play Mussolini historically well on this one xD!
Oh yes then it is definitely because of the DLC. Range improvements are used in the plane designer, which is a feature introduced with the By Blood Alone DLC.
There may be more things that look different for your then, since By Blood Alone also changed the Italian focus tree.
You also won't be able to get resource rights and war reparations in the peace conference.
Other than that, I believe the overall strategy should still work fine!
By the way, I would recommend getting By Blood Alone and No Step Back as these 2 DLCs bring some very significant changes to the game.
I made a DLC tier list a while ago, in case you are interested: th-cam.com/video/SjF3RdpB9xs/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
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@@MachiavellianStrategist Thanks for all this info!! My friend who got me to download HOI4 has all the DLC so this strategy will be fully employ in MP with him!
I managed to capture Ethiopia earlier today :)! Thx again!
@@daCHuNKY1 you are welcome! And welcome to the game too!! Have fun with your friend! Let me know if you need any help.
I have proble designing the new divisions, first I am not able to add the last battaglio and then I am not able to add artiliery directly do the battalions.
Hi! This was changed in a later update, you can still use those divisions but you now have to add the artillery as an entirely new battalion (which also makes it more expensive).
You can also look for the latest version of my guide for the Roman Empire (in the step by step format) which includes updated divisions.
@@MachiavellianStrategist I solved in that way in the end. However, now I have the problem that I have too many justification and to justify Ireland I need 925 days!!!!!!!!!
@@alessandrocalamida4938 haha! Yep they increase exponentially, get them one by one (while you are at war they only take 30 days)
@@MachiavellianStrategistI am still a beginner to this game, so I did not know. Luckly I manage to pappe Spain and Portugal with the focus tree. However, for unknow reasons Brazil was guaranting Iraq and Iran and I have to fight them.
@@alessandrocalamida4938 Brazil loves to be annoying in this game haha
Hi there, just wanted to note the CAS design does not seem to be valid
Hi, sadly the latest updates broke the planes designs.
I am working on a new fighter and CAS designs dedicated video but they keep messing up my designs with new hotfixes. So for now we'll have to be patient while things stabilize.
Meanwhile, as a general rule, always maximize air attack for fighters and ground attack for CAS and always use small airframe.
Ciao, yugo ha accettato 'ultimatum' ma non riesco a spostare le truppe sul territorio yugislavo....
Ciao! Cioè sono tuoi vassalli ma non hai accesso al loro territorio? Molto strano! Hai fatto passare qualche giorno vero? Perché dopo che accettano passa un attimo prima che diventino effettivamente vassalli!
Ok grazie riprovo
@@paologranzotto7801 prova a vedere se puoi fare "request forces" per essere sicuri che siano effettivamente tuoi vassalli!
Like your video but having trouble finding a couple of your focus priorities. One you label as to expand national the other is increase production.
Hi! The exact names for those 2 focuses are "Expand national universities" and "increase production" (it is just before the "thermojet Research")
There is a searchbar in the focus tab where you can type the names of focuses and they are highlighted, it is very useful for countries with huge focus trees like Italy!
Thank you for the reply and help.
@@albertdouglass9505 you are welcome!
ho un problema in cui non riesco a sbarcare nel sud della turchia ci sono sempre troppe divisioni
Puoi provare a cambiare zona e vedere se hai più successo (in tal caso proverei con il porto più a est di Antalya), ma in realtà non mi è mai capitato di non riuscire proprio a sbarcare.
Non riesci nemmeno a Ismir?
Proprio oggi stavo testando la run perché ne farò una versione più dettagliata e unedited e non ho avuto particolari problemi con l'invasione. Spero che tu riesca a risolvere prima, ma male che vada il video unedited potrebbe essere d'aiuto!
@@MachiavellianStrategist dopo vari tentativi c'è l'ho fatta
@@MachiavellianStrategistsapresti dirmi quale é il DLC che permette di prendere le tradizioni per l'esercito
@@riccardosantise8974 grande, ben fatto! Alla fine sei sbarcato ad Antalya o Ismir? O più a est (non ricordo il nome del porto).
@@riccardosantise8974 se ti riferisci agli spirits (tipo professional officer corps) è "no step back". Che tra l'altro è forse il miglior dlc per hoi4 in assoluto.
How can you say the italian names soo well? I've seen english guys trying to sey tham and it is PAINFULL but you say them just like an italian, how?
(I am italian)
I am Italian too hehe!
At 5:36 I was surprised by the immediacy of the No Garrison occupation style in late February 1936 when you conquered Ethiopia.
I am more fan of the "wait and see" philosophy of the Civilian Oversight approach for the first 3 months or so, letting just a little bit of Compliance build up, and only then taking some other action such as Secret Police if in one or more states the Resistance number looks scary, meaning 20% or higher and rising.
Maybe if I watch some more of the video, I will see what you are up to with an immediate No Garrison occupation style.
There is a specific reason for the no garrison strategy! You'll see it later hehe
@@MachiavellianStrategist In a couple of tries, it takes much longer to beat Ethiopia that it takes for you.... and when they do capitulate, it's as a government in exile and not a complete victory (where you get the whole screen on what you can claim from the defeated country). In one playthrough, Ethiopia came back and took back even the original Italian territory because I had no troops or garrisons.... Has this happened to you or anyone else?
@@mankle30 there is some RNG involved in the war in Ethiopia and sometimes it takes a little longer, but it basically never happened to me to finish it too late (government in exile late let's say). Especially since I started using the little trick of sending a few divisions to conquer all of their external provinces while their troops are stuck fighting my main offensive.
Make sure to send every single division you have to Ethiopia, increase their supply priority to maximum and assign all of your planes too. It shouldn't take you too long to get it done this way!
If you keep having issues though, feel free to let me know.
guida davvero ben fatta! sono giorni che sto tentando di giocare con l'Italia prendendo il ramo comunista e credo che prenderò spunto da questa guida per qualche accorgimento. una delle cose che cerco di fare è espandermi nei balcani prendendo Yugoslavia e Grecia ma la Romania è sempre troppo forte. avresti qualche consiglio? praticamente arrivato al loro confine mi asfaltano...🤣
Ciao e grazie!
Ho anche una versione in italiano di questa stessa guida, è identica in tutto ma magari ti può fare comodo o risultare più facile da seguire: th-cam.com/video/Jgzh2_jdSjc/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
In tutte le mie guide con l'Italia mi espando sempre nei Balcani, conquistando Grecia, Turchia, Bulgaria e Romania (e vassallizzando pacificamente la Yugoslavia). Nelle ultime guide faccio tutte queste guerre contemporaneamente.
Tra queste la Romania è sicuramente la più difficile da gestire. Per me il trucco è la Turchia, passando da Istanbul e dalla Bulgaria è possibile cogliere le armate rumene di sorpresa. In alternativa sono molto efficaci anche le invasioni navali dal mar nero.
Fammi sapere come va o se ti serve aiuto!
@@MachiavellianStrategist grazie per il consiglio!! il problema è che passando per la guerra civile mi ritrovo a gestire male le dichiarazioni di guerra. c'è sempre il rischio che arrivi tardi e che Inghilterra o Francia mettano il becco prima garantendo l'indipendenza. però provo subito a includere la Turchia nel piano. dal punto di vista delle divisioni secondo te posso seguire la guida anche se prendo il percorso comunista?
@@mkik7050 questa è una bella domanda, in realtà non ho ancora mai provato quindi non ti so dire con esattezza. I template che uso sono ottimi quindi vanno sicuramente bene in ogni caso. Il problema è il timing delle guerre che deve essere molto preciso. Considera però che tu le guerre le puoi iniziare tutte contemporaneamente (prima che lo UK inizi a garantire) e poi le puoi gestire con calma una ad una. La Turchia è non alligned quindi non chiama gli alleati, la Romania diventa non alligned nel dicembre del 37. L'importante è avere tutti i Claim contemporaneamente e iniziare tutte le guerre insieme. Forse potresti fare prima quello e poi passare a comunista?
@@MachiavellianStrategist non ho considerato il fatto di poter affrontare le guerre una ad una.. in effetti ho sempre affrontato Yugoslavia e Grecia insieme dall'Albania.. sicuramente questo mi ha indebolito. sicuramente tengo in considerazione l'invasione navale per la Grecia, l'Albania la annetterò dopo.
per i template hai un video a parte oppure usi quelli di partenza dell'Italia?
grazie ancora per i consigli 🙂
@@mkik7050 th-cam.com/video/99w-Zoc5Ee4/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared qui trovi tutti i miei template! Ma in realtà per le guerre nel Balcani di solito uso i template di partenza, che vado poi a riaggiustare in vista della seconda guerra mondiale.
Ricordati che Albania è Yugoslavia le puoi prendere pacificamente tramite i focus (for non da comunista però?).
Ciao, ho difficoltà a fare il design del cas, appena inserisco i drop tanks mi dice che il peso è maggiore della spinta
Ciao! Trovi tutti i design più aggiornati qui: th-cam.com/video/esZLuKSGDmU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=DRlqxdABaJcIZcQl
@@MachiavellianStrategist grazie mille
@@andreafresi54 di nulla!
@@MachiavellianStrategist senti sto avendo difficoltà negli sbarchi navali, nel senso che assegno le divisioni allo sbarco, idem le navi con la supremazia, faccio partire l’attacco ma questi restano immobili
@@andreafresi54 questa guida potrebbe esserti d'aiuto forse: th-cam.com/video/djeqrvlb4S8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CdJO4XGJWTQ0LWJw
Non sono molto intuitive le invasioni navali in questo gioco. Secondo me il problema potrebbe essere che le unità non sono state assegnate correttamente (guarda se hanno un punto esclamativo rosso, o se sulle frecce dell'invasione dice "no divisions assigned"). Ricordati di cliccare due volte, prima sul porto di partenza, poi sul target. Prova magari a farne una usando tutte e 10 le unità insieme e vedi se quella funziona.
Fammi sapere!
What about making Italian league. Can it still work
Yes!
I haven't tested this very recently, but the last time I tried you could simply pick Italy First instead of Pact of Steel and just follow the rest of the strategy normally!
The only difference is that you will have to start the wars in the Balkans about 1 month later, since Italy First takes a bit longer.
@@MachiavellianStrategist ok thank you very much
@@Boberto23 you are welcome! Let me know how it goes!
What do I do if I'm locked out of pact of steel due to Germany having a civil war and the winning side not having the same alignment as me?
@@Titan-df2op hi! You must be going for a non-historical run i assume (keep in mind that the strategy might not be as consistent in non-historical), for this specific step you can go down the other path (Italian irredentism) and still get to the claims on Greece and Turkey (just a little later).
@@Titan-df2op you might also be interested in this run: th-cam.com/video/rqIPkcW2piw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=n41GB4m5J5hIPL-E
It's pretty old but I remember having a similar situation with Germany!
@@MachiavellianStrategist I am also locked out that side due to not meeting one of the requirements. I think I need to be in control Albania.
@@MachiavellianStrategist I’ll check it out
And yes the run is non historical
Would this strategy work without the DLC that lets you take ships?
Yes! The default Italian navy is good enough to get the air superiority to invade the UK.
To compensate for not taking enemy ships you could build a bit more submarines/ships instead of convoys with your dockyards!
I tried to follow your guide but my puppet Yugo had a civil war just before the balkan war. What should I do?
It can happen, it's not a problem. You can easily win the civil war and annex that part of Yugoslavia. Just try to stay below 25% war tension until you start the Balkan wars.
If anything, you can stall the Civil War until you start the other ones.
Let me know if you need any more help!
@@MachiavellianStrategist Thank you. For some reason they wouldn't let me join their war, though, so I restarted because it was just stalling me too long. Another question: What do you think about going down the marine tree in this strategy? You do a lot of naval invasions, and pioneers seem good for the extra breakthrough. I tried it and my marines seemed to take the ports faster than the regular infantry in your video.
@@the1ringer thank you for letting me know! Weird that they wouldn't let you join, it might be a bug introduced with the latest update.
As for the marine tree, you mean doctrine wise? That's something new so it is entirely up for testing, I do not use my naval experience to upgrade the navy so it may as well be used for marines! I actually like the idea, if you test it further let me know how it goes!
Anche in italiano per favore 😢
Questa è la versione in italiano: th-cam.com/video/Jgzh2_jdSjc/w-d-xo.html
Why did Czech not join the war?
It is because we declared on Greece not Romania, Romania only joined because they were guaranteeing Greece.
@@MachiavellianStrategist awesome that happened for me as well, but after that war ended in late 1938 I chilled for a little bit after ww2 started Russia declared on me in the middle of 1940😂 idk if it’s claims on the Romania land or something but it completely has thrown a wrench in my campaign. Germany isn’t ready for Russia and I’m stuck with this boarder issue and just fighting in Africa atm
@@MachiavellianStrategist awesome that happened for me as well, but after that war ended in late 1938 I chilled for a little bit after ww2 started Russia declared on me in the middle of 1940😂 idk if it’s claims on the Romania land or something but it completely has thrown a wrench in my campaign. Germany isn’t ready for Russia and I’m stuck with this boarder issue and just fighting in Africa atm
@@bradbennett1188 the best way to avoid the Russian claim is to release the land they want to claim (Bessarabia). You can usually release it as a puppet, but you can also just let it free to be safer. I would recommend abandoning Africa completely, as it is usually not worth the effort.
@@MachiavellianStrategist I just returned to the game after 4 years and the navy still just baffles me, my Italian navy gets cleared by the British I’ll need to look up a guide to best utilize it. Also this is the second straight attempt that nationalist Spain has lost the civil war where I remember them winning 95% of the time
Ciao ma quando dichiaro guerra alla grecia entra in guerra anche glu uk.
Se lo UK entra in guerra dev'essere perché ha un guarantee sulla Grecia, è così? Se questo è il caso, significa che la war tension è già troppo alta quando prendi il Claim sulla Grecia, forse è un po' più tardi che nella mia run? In che data inizi la guerra alla Grecia?
@@MachiavellianStrategist si sicuramente perché son nabbo e non riuscivo ad invadere tramite navi. Allora ho fatto il giro dalla yugoslavia e già che c ero ho conquistato prima l Ungheria, messo le truppe yugoslave a difesa a nord di Ungheria e yuglslavia e invaso da nord la Grecia. Ma mi sa che ho perso troppo tempo come hai già detto.
@@holla6714 è tutta una questione di war tension, nel senso che ad ogni dichiarazione di guerra e ogni volta che annettiamo qualcuno la war tension sale, quando supera il 20% lo UK comincia a garantire tutte le nazioni su cui facciamo Claim.
Quindi dipende da come ci muoviamo. Ma questo è il motivo per cui io inizio le guerre con Grecia, Bulgaria, Turchia e Romania contemporaneamente, è l'unico modo sicuro per evitare i guarantee.
Poi c'è anche un fattore timing, perché appena il Giappone inizia a invadere la Cina la war tension sale moltissimo e diventa sostanzialmente impossibile espandersi fino alla WW2.
@@MachiavellianStrategist ho restartato e fatto i claim su Grecia e Ungheria. Ma sulla Turchia mi da 705 giorni per la dichiarazione di guerra... fatto a marzo 36 tutto ciò. (Per far prima ho spostato tutte le divisioni in Etiopia.)
@@holla6714 no aspetta, l'unico claim che ti serve è sulla Bulgaria, per grecia e Turchia prendiamo il Claim tramite i focus (la lista è nella descrizione del video). L'Ungheria non sono sicuro che sia fattibile fino alla seconda guerra mondiale, ma la puoi facilmente prendere più avanti. Quindi l'idea è di fare un Claim sulla Bulgaria e poi aspettare l'ultimo focus che ti dà il Claim sulla Turchia e iniziare le guerre insieme. La Romania joina automaticamente per il guarantee alla Grecia e alla Turchia!