Great video! Some advice - -Start with the "Form the Popular Front" focus and rush down to "General Work Council" too get rid of the terrible debuff you get from the "Inefficient Economy" national spirit, then dabble into your military and industrial branches -Keep 4-ish mobile or camelry divisions down in North Africa. By giving the British some help, they can quickly take out the Italians in Libya and then continue on to mainland Italy, helping you out on the Alpine front -Deck out your mountaineer divs with artillery battalions. This will result in a strong defense. -NEVER dislodge your units from their fortifications on the border with Belgium (unless of course you're counter-attacking). You will get destroyed. -Dispersed industry tech is vital (you will get bombed into oblivion) -Start with building a mix of military and civilian factories -Tanks with good armor and attack capabilities are key (with the NSB dlc you get access to an in-depth tank designer, where you have more control on that stuff) -If possible, build level 10 forts along the Belgian border and make sure you pick Generals and Field Marshals with good bonuses to entrenchment and defense (Even better if you can find a guy with the Inflexible Strategist trait, if promote one of those to field marshal you can unlock an even better defensive trait for them) -When it comes to your military tree, I would actually advise you go down the offensive branch and pick air dominance, because realistically you should be able to put up a good defense even without the defensive army chief you get from the other branch (Though if you're unsure, definitely get the defense branch) -NEVER underestimate Germany I've had 2-3 successful games using these strategies, so they should work fairly well
Thanks for the advice, will implement next time but my goal as you will see is to build a wall all the way around, where the front would be. Next time I might keep the same strategy of building fortifications but go on the offense.
Great video! Some advice -
-Start with the "Form the Popular Front" focus and rush down to "General Work Council" too get rid of the terrible debuff you get from the "Inefficient Economy" national spirit, then dabble into your military and industrial branches
-Keep 4-ish mobile or camelry divisions down in North Africa. By giving the British some help, they can quickly take out the Italians in Libya and then continue on to mainland Italy, helping you out on the Alpine front
-Deck out your mountaineer divs with artillery battalions. This will result in a strong defense.
-NEVER dislodge your units from their fortifications on the border with Belgium (unless of course you're counter-attacking). You will get destroyed.
-Dispersed industry tech is vital (you will get bombed into oblivion)
-Start with building a mix of military and civilian factories
-Tanks with good armor and attack capabilities are key (with the NSB dlc you get access to an in-depth tank designer, where you have more control on that stuff)
-If possible, build level 10 forts along the Belgian border and make sure you pick Generals and Field Marshals with good bonuses to entrenchment and defense (Even better if you can find a guy with the Inflexible Strategist trait, if promote one of those to field marshal you can unlock an even better defensive trait for them)
-When it comes to your military tree, I would actually advise you go down the offensive branch and pick air dominance, because realistically you should be able to put up a good defense even without the defensive army chief you get from the other branch (Though if you're unsure, definitely get the defense branch)
-NEVER underestimate Germany
I've had 2-3 successful games using these strategies, so they should work fairly well
Thanks for the advice, will implement next time but my goal as you will see is to build a wall all the way around, where the front would be.
Next time I might keep the same strategy of building fortifications but go on the offense.