This is why Free France is TERRIBLE in HoI4

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  • @Bitt3rSteel
    @Bitt3rSteel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

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    • @jes3d
      @jes3d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      no

    • @MarkIsTiredAlways
      @MarkIsTiredAlways 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      no

    • @General_Dane
      @General_Dane 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      continue the fight means you un-capitulate. i once tried it when i still was a noob. it's just france without the debuff to capitulate

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Void thanks for the feedback, I'll make sure it's fixed next time

    • @mx5701
      @mx5701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pay2Win mobile scam 🤡

  • @512TheWolf512
    @512TheWolf512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4105

    Imo, the "merge with Britain" option should not end your game in single player, but give you control of the franco-british union instead

    • @rps215
      @rps215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +490

      Hopefully they patch that so it is done properly

    • @Kandall05161
      @Kandall05161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +609

      There are a lot of little things like this that really need to be fixed, little bugs and problems that have been in the game for YEARS now that ruin playthroughs. It's why HOI4 needs a custodian team like Stellaris has IMO, to fix and add small patches to the old DLCs that barely work anymore. Off the top of my head;
      Ottoman empire cores are janky, Kuwait is considered part of "French Syria" despite being British and not Syrian. Alexandria is not cored by the Egyptian cores decision.
      If you play disunited Yugoslavia and sign the tripartite act, you get a "civil war" that takes over your entire country instantly and ends the game, have yet to find a way around it.
      The entire Spanish civil war barely functions since NSB, alt history Spanish paths are nearly impossible now
      Bulgaria's "predetermined territorial claims" being granted to them by a puppet German government, or losing your puppets lands to a free Bulgaria without any choice
      India can wind up in a situation where they have a civil war and 'Free india' is in the Allies while 'Dominion of India' is not...still not sure what exactly causes that.
      TFV focuses in general are just abysmal now and often times worse than just playing with default trees.
      And of course; Franco British union being an instant 'lose the game' button. Supposedly made for the AI to take in Ahistorical mode but I haven't seen them take the option since MTG...

    • @melfice999
      @melfice999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +331

      @@Kandall05161 There are also stuff like Turkey forming a faction with Italy that does no longer exist. Germany stealing puppets when going Non-Aligned. Italy having no way to say no to Mussolini's assassination.

    • @VijoPlays
      @VijoPlays 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@melfice999 I puppeted Turkey as the Soviets once, then they formed a faction with Iraq and Italy later in the game (while still being my puppet).
      A communist puppet stole Fascist Italy from Germany and nobody in that world cared.

    • @romulusnuma116
      @romulusnuma116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@rps215 This won't happen it's been this way for too long they just don't care

  • @BubblesZest
    @BubblesZest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2415

    Calling it "Free" France is a lie, since it costs so much time and sanity.

    • @SirBungus
      @SirBungus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Lol

    • @hnl-grg
      @hnl-grg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Lol

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +326

      Spitting facts

    • @eli8922
      @eli8922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Well the only free thing adout free france is the free territory

    • @RotorWheeler
      @RotorWheeler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its free to claim :)

  • @unitedsheepdefenseforce7862
    @unitedsheepdefenseforce7862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1264

    Just imagining the French engineers looking confused:
    Mr. Blum, where the hell is New Caledonia? Why are we putting the most advanced naval base on the planet there?

    • @blackandwhitecats4243
      @blackandwhitecats4243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      Then they would be dumbfounded on how Blum predicted the next capital to be there after their defeat.

    • @sentienttoaster1739
      @sentienttoaster1739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@blackandwhitecats4243 Or (hear me out) someone like him who is in charge of the country might have some influence on where the new capital will be

    • @blackandwhitecats4243
      @blackandwhitecats4243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@sentienttoaster1739 I forgot that factor but I'm sure his first option on a new capital wouldn't be New Caledonia that is far away from the european theatre.

    • @sentienttoaster1739
      @sentienttoaster1739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@blackandwhitecats4243 the other option is French Guyana but I'm sure with a little convincing you could convince them

    • @guntugakgun1924
      @guntugakgun1924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sacre bleu jean just shut up and build

  • @ChiangKai-Shrek
    @ChiangKai-Shrek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1516

    They should add acheivements for beating Germany as Free France in the 1939 start date

    • @SchlesMapper
      @SchlesMapper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @der Führer but you can't capitulate to get this achievement and it so happens that to become free France you need to capitulate

    • @christopherpowell3166
      @christopherpowell3166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      The achievement for free france should be called "the long march home"

    • @dabbingtoast7743
      @dabbingtoast7743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Please no

    • @quentingaillard9570
      @quentingaillard9570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@christopherpowell3166 That would be very nice, but another one very hard.

    • @tako4316
      @tako4316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@christopherpowell3166 They should make one where you have to succeed a naval invasion from the free french capital all the way back to either a core or germany.

  • @Bambusstern
    @Bambusstern 2 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    The Continue The Fight Option is actually okay, Germany can't Form Vichy and you Lose all Mainland France but you Keep The Focus Tree and all Oversea Colonies. Capital is in Algeria so it's a little more fun to Play🤭

    • @ЙованДобройевичь
      @ЙованДобройевичь 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      You also don't have to take your own land at the peacedeal

    • @idk-xp7kj
      @idk-xp7kj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@smeggiamagarwine well the historical option is by far the worst

    • @himedo1512
      @himedo1512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@idk-xp7kj history isn't always sunshine and rainbows

    • @idk-xp7kj
      @idk-xp7kj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@himedo1512 I meant worst in term of stuff like resources, land, industry etc and I’m fully aware that history wasn’t always all rainbows and sunshine

    • @himedo1512
      @himedo1512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@idk-xp7kj yes. Thats my point. Historical decisions aren't always the best decisions.

  • @mailman9396
    @mailman9396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    If you have over 70% war support as France after the fall of Paris, you get that bottom option, "Continue the Fight!" It denies the "Triumph in France" event for Germany, preventing them from forming Vichy.

  • @eleanorgreywolfe5142
    @eleanorgreywolfe5142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +690

    It really annoys me that in the vast majority of my games Vichy France is never returned in the peacedeal because it counts as a seperate country. So it's up for the grabs in the peacedeal so you get disgusting situations of the UK having half of France, i make a point now to use my own damn war participation to give back the Vichy lands back to France because i refuse to have British Occitania in my games.

    • @ed-b8045
      @ed-b8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They should make free France be in a civil war with Vichy that France can't call allies in at least

    • @Kandall05161
      @Kandall05161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      The new peace deal system in BBA should hopefully cut down on this, since France can now at least contest claims on its own country by Britain/US/Soviets. No more cases of them just getting annexed before they even get a turn because the UK got 3 armies sunk in the med and therefor has 80% war participation.

    • @projectpitchfork860
      @projectpitchfork860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Or just automaticly annex vichy to free france.

    • @Tom-oj7si
      @Tom-oj7si 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trans 😂

    • @grantforester1864
      @grantforester1864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It’s always the Soviets for no reason. Why do the Soviets always prioritize taking spain and France?

  • @usazach9796
    @usazach9796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    I actually live in New Caledonia and I have no clue why It would be Free France's capital, however it was one of the most important ports in the pacific and over 1million Americans went through new caldonia during ww2

    • @ralfantino2291
      @ralfantino2291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      When France capitulated in ww2 France’s African colonies stayed loyal to Petain and only France’s pacific, Indian and equatorial African possessions (Congo, CAR and Chad😎) joined free France, but not in HOI4. In our timeline the free French government was based in London, However HOI4 does not simulate this so the capital moves to the largest city in the country which since the African possessions were very underdeveloped at the time is Noumea. Only after the recapture of Africa did the free French government move to Algiers making it the capital of free France

    • @Roketsune
      @Roketsune 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Isn't Caledonia the old name for Scotland? Why did they name a tropical island half way around the world essentially New Scotland?

    • @usazach9796
      @usazach9796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Roketsune yes

    • @ralfantino2291
      @ralfantino2291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@Roketsune they did the same thing in Nova Scotia (new Scotland in Latin), New Zealand (a Dutch province), and new Ireland and new Britain which are not that far from New Caledonia. Europeans named a lot of stuff new+[existing place name]

    • @Anselmer_
      @Anselmer_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@Roketsune James Cook, the British explorer, named the island New Caledonia because it reminded him of Scotland. The name stuck when the French decided to colonize the island.

  • @zachdrake8564
    @zachdrake8564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    The French secured Africa, lead D-Day, Crushed Germany and Italy.
    The Allies: Here’s one island for your troubles

    • @dreamingfustilarian282
      @dreamingfustilarian282 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Can’t say that they crushed Germany and Italy if they lost to them😅

    • @fogyminigun
      @fogyminigun 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      he somehow got slovakia too lol, just noticed that he ignored it

    • @p_spyre
      @p_spyre 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnmcmanus2447 wtf are you on about he's speaking about what happened in the video not in real life

  • @legalduidriving
    @legalduidriving 2 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    Free France should receive shorter focuses. All of them are 70 days long and you will return to the normal French tree, so you won't finish focuses in time to count

    • @delta2372
      @delta2372 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's because paradox doesn't give a shit about france in this game, they make free netherlands, poland and soon fucking ethiopia of all things more fun to play but since france has to die for the game to work (because god forbid actually being allowed to fix the issues France had historically in a sandbox game and then actually successfully holding the germans off like they almost did IRL) otherwise the werhaboos will cry about how germany can't kill France in a single day.

    • @shakshukioflibya6633
      @shakshukioflibya6633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Paradox developers seem to think all focuses have to be 70 days

    • @lynarisevershadeshadowfall1684
      @lynarisevershadeshadowfall1684 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@shakshukioflibya6633 playing Portugal is a pain because of that.

    • @futboltime12
      @futboltime12 ปีที่แล้ว

      P- Polat alemdar

  • @oicmapper
    @oicmapper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Allies: oh no germany is propably gonna invade us
    France: build the factories in new caledonia

  • @sprintfoxy1240
    @sprintfoxy1240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    As a french seeing that inaccuracy for Free France territories, border gore from getting back our OWN territories (and in general) + the low factories in 39, it gives me a heart attacc

  • @KanzlerOttoVonBismarck
    @KanzlerOttoVonBismarck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    This is what I mean when I say that after By Blood Alone, paradox needs to chill down a while and correct everything with the game. We have shit old trees like france, the commonwealth and china, we have old but reasonably decent trees that could use some tweaks like the US, the UK, maybe Japan and a few very good trees like the USSR, the netherlands, maybe spain and turkey.
    I mean, the ussr has a 70 day focus that gives you 10 military factories. They have a 35day focus that gives you an extra operative slot and allows you to assassinate trotsky, which gives you 15% stability once done. France has 70day focus that tives you some compliance in the colonies.
    Playing the soviets and france feels like playing different games, playing france feels like playing hoi3

    • @thepooterengineer6633
      @thepooterengineer6633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      good idea,but dont treat hoi3 dirty like that

    • @ЙованДобройевичь
      @ЙованДобройевичь 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They should just make all focuses equal, i sound like a liberal saying this ugh, but you know what I mean

    • @valanoirgaming7790
      @valanoirgaming7790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ЙованДобройевичь when being alt right is your entire personality lmao

    • @williampaabreeves
      @williampaabreeves 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      La Resistance is not that old, Frances tree is vastly newer than Germany, Japan, USA, UK.
      Can 100% agree they need to fix the commonwealth trees, Together for Victory is so much lower standard of trees compared to even Death or Dishonour

    • @ЙованДобройевичь
      @ЙованДобройевичь 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@williampaabreeves Commonwealth is unimportant

  • @cosubo8509
    @cosubo8509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Just a tip, when grouping ships, like you do at around 6:30, you can shift click the anchors to the left instead of individually selecting every ship group, reducing 30 clicks to about 6.

    • @The_platform763
      @The_platform763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      *and reducing the risk of rsi

    • @AsIf-pz9kt
      @AsIf-pz9kt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      1200 hours no idea

  • @ndvs4391
    @ndvs4391 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    13:27
    *Loses the whole French metropol*
    "I've lost Djibouti ? Oh maaaaan ..."

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    New Caledonia fun fact: The reef systems of New Caledonia are the second largest in the world after the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. And the barrier reef's lagoon is the largest in the world with an area of 24,000 square kilometers. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008. *The more you know!*

  • @Arnie58
    @Arnie58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    11:07 I've never heard Bitt3rSteel say "our defense is crumbeling" in such a relaxed manner.

  • @neeklmamp4955
    @neeklmamp4955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    “We’ve trapped them in france” I can’t think of a worse fate

  • @Mici
    @Mici 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Fun fact: Free France has the least amount of focuses: 23, which is one less than how many Vichy France has

    • @delta2372
      @delta2372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Almost like paradox doesn't give a shit about france in this game, with that being the case then why the fuck even bother making france playable and making them be a secondary part of a DLC based on the spainish civil war?

    • @Mici
      @Mici 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@delta2372 As I see it, Free and Vichy France having 23-24 focuses is probably due to the fact that after France capitulates, you're not gonna care about what ideology you are, or developing colonies (these 2 are a massive part of the French focus tree), you're only gonna care about getting your country back.

    • @delta2372
      @delta2372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mici yes but the issue with that is, especially as free france is that it doesn't make people want to continue playing, there's no point to not do the union with britian if france falls because atleast the british can do something with the french territories unlike free and vichy france.

    • @randomuser3481
      @randomuser3481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn't even know that Free France had a seperate focus tree until now lmao

  • @yatobg5952
    @yatobg5952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I like how despite bulgaria losing it created 3 countries plus it got more land

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Big Brain Bulgaria

    • @ASuspiciouslyCommunistToaster
      @ASuspiciouslyCommunistToaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Bulgaria actually gained land after ww2

    • @yatobg5952
      @yatobg5952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ASuspiciouslyCommunistToaster i know souther debrojer but i am talking about lands in serbia and greece

    • @ASuspiciouslyCommunistToaster
      @ASuspiciouslyCommunistToaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yatobg5952 your point being?

    • @dylan__dog
      @dylan__dog ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bulgaria historically is the only country that lost WW2 but actually gained land as a result

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    While they're grouped with New Caledonia in this, the group of islands to the right of New Caledonia at 1:23 were called the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). It was a condominium between the British and the French. This resulted in two different communities formed where one is Anglophone while the other is Francophone (a divide that still exists). This also resulted in two different governments to rule their respective communities. A partially elected joint administration became a thing in 1975 until they got their independence in 1980 and they now have a single parliament

    • @flying0possum
      @flying0possum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WTF I have seen you for years now on every video

  • @ShionWinkler
    @ShionWinkler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I'm thinking they never expected anyone to come back from Free France, so they never tested if the focus tree was broken or not. lol

  • @duke1917
    @duke1917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    20:20 it's not the lack of spirit that the New Caledonias went on strikes. It was the tropical heat and the cool-cool coconuts

  • @snipexkilla3469
    @snipexkilla3469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    “I’ll play as the worst France”
    Who’s gonna tell him you can only play one country at a time

  • @Zech84
    @Zech84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    in real life free France was formed in French equatorial Africa

  • @marcobisi7768
    @marcobisi7768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    To continue the "painful nations" series you could play the Netherlands' government in exile in the East Indies.

    • @ahmadsaati6139
      @ahmadsaati6139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He did. I remember him playing for the Bevrijding achievement a while back. And since he's actually Belgian from Flanders, he actually pronounced Bevrijding correctly. Everyone else either butchers it or doesn't pronounce it lol (except maybe Antasil who actually is Dutch)

    • @austria-hungary7680
      @austria-hungary7680 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Continue the war in Batavia?"

  • @rogofos
    @rogofos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    in the multiplayer mods some TH-camrs play
    the amount of colonies free France gets is determined by their war participation points before the capitulation
    so you can get all the colonies by simply throwing all your troops at Germans

  • @hellkillaz
    @hellkillaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    As a french Canadian of Québec, i just want to say you forgot St Pierre and Miquelon island. Shame on you ! Just kidding hahaha. Btw i love your videos, keep up the good work.

    • @nanikasan_
      @nanikasan_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "french Canadian of Quebec" you cant say that...yet...

    • @BlackHawk2b
      @BlackHawk2b 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nanikasan_ One day our lost brothers will be freed

    • @nanikasan_
      @nanikasan_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@BlackHawk2b vive la france hahaha

  • @charlacplaza2754
    @charlacplaza2754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    iirc the Continue the Fight decision makes it so germany cannot form Vichy, but i could be wrong

  • @mylandaigle7160
    @mylandaigle7160 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Something I discovered in my own Free France playthrough, if you use the legitamacy decisions to take over a colonial area(like Algeria for example) then release Tahiti, your supply capital will be moved to Algeria

  • @hendrikmons4231
    @hendrikmons4231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The kazoo when the naval invasion happened xD it really made my day.

  • @bizmasterTheSlav
    @bizmasterTheSlav 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Damn, I absolutely love how BitterSteel speaks french. That's just gorgeous. A music for my ears. Please do it more often

    • @danonimusgombelinius7254
      @danonimusgombelinius7254 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow, наши люди и здесь имеются

    • @piracy_gd
      @piracy_gd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      His Belgium so that’s why

  • @wojtekpolska1013
    @wojtekpolska1013 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You can keep all your divisions when capitulating by giving them as expeditionary forces to an ally like britain, and then immiedetely recalling them after you capitulate
    (because when you send them they now count as british divisions, that means they dont get deleted)

  • @eli8922
    @eli8922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I still wonder why there is no Philip petian as a field Marshall or in mil cabinet when you play France france

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Petain is busy... elsewhere

    • @Intrinseque52
      @Intrinseque52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because he was too old to be a general in 1939.

    • @eli8922
      @eli8922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Intrinseque52 he was the chief of army in the 1930s and was the one who signed the French surrender

    • @Intrinseque52
      @Intrinseque52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@D27594 he was ambassador in Spain in 1939 (to apaise Franco) brought back into the french government in May 40 where he staged a coup to surrender and ally with the nazis. He was neither in the military cabinet nor a political adviser.

    • @exmeasententia6953
      @exmeasententia6953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was retired. But he didn't stage a coup, @Fragilus_1er, he was appointed

  • @ItalianStarAnimations
    @ItalianStarAnimations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bitter, I have to fucking thank you. I bought HoI4 just today, and as every reasonable player does I did the tutorial. Still, I was confused about some menus, pages and options, until I found out you did a player guide, and now I know how to decently play. Thank you for your tutorial.
    Ps. It took me more to complete Paradox's tutorial then watching yours

  • @Twadfire
    @Twadfire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The strikes mechanic is such BS sometimes, getting several in a row just because RNG hates you is infuriating.

    • @historyman9436
      @historyman9436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To be fair the french are renowned for striking alot, so that part is semi realistic

  • @Diegomax22
    @Diegomax22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In real life Free France was in Gabon, that’s why the capital is called “Libreville” which means Freecity.

  • @duolingo0552
    @duolingo0552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    20:40 Certified France moment

  • @cadengalbraith9743
    @cadengalbraith9743 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @Bitt3rSteel
    In the intro/build up phase you forgot the French have an island off the coast of Canada by Labrador and Newfoundland that has a few build slots. Just thought you should know since in my opinion every factory helps.

  • @suissemhabite.2098
    @suissemhabite.2098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He lost Djibouti. Feels bad, man...

    • @Jeznyve
      @Jeznyve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've lost DJIBOUTI ? OH MAAAN

  • @CycloneNC
    @CycloneNC ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m actually from New Caledonia and it was an important place for US army during the WW2, when it was fighting Japan

  • @Roketsune
    @Roketsune 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've never heard the sentence "My plan is to lose, and then win." before.

    • @DatBoi_TheGudBIAS
      @DatBoi_TheGudBIAS ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sometimes u need tot ake 1 step back to take 2 steps forward

  • @thefirstprimariscatosicari6870
    @thefirstprimariscatosicari6870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    26:20 Better hope the Battle of Paris isn't this timeline's Stalingrad.

  • @thefirstprimariscatosicari6870
    @thefirstprimariscatosicari6870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    10:06 Historically accurate gameplay right there.

  • @Lazarus98849
    @Lazarus98849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When releasin Vietnam/Cambodia, you could have used a template from them which is made up of their manpower for the most part

  • @wtls000
    @wtls000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would be furious if I played all the way through this only for it all to be pointless. Thank you for your sacrifice sir.

  • @freedombaby64
    @freedombaby64 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    im new to HOI4
    and i thought the thumbnail was france owning three telephone wires

  • @yapalskippy1807
    @yapalskippy1807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had an MP game with a first time player on france (it was just me and him, i was Britain.), and he got so foolhardy about winning, lost immeadietly, played as Free-France, and sent his men to fight in the meatgrinder of Taranto while i sat and liberated his country without him noticing.

    • @historyman9436
      @historyman9436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I had pretty much the opposite experience
      I was playing as France to challenge myself, he was playing Britain so that he's somewhat safe but can still participate in the war in a meaningfull manner (to be fair, it wasnt his first ever rodeo, but still sub 50 hours).
      I was holding the Germans back in the north and Maginot, was moving into Italy. Meanwhile he was hyperfocusing on something extremely unrelated, while i was pleading for him to arrive in Italy ASAP, as i was being overrun from the Tyrol front. As a sidenote, i was literally at the gates of rome at this point. He just goes "No i cant, africa is more important". Suffice to say, i had to retreat out of there, cost me a massive amount of equipment, which caused me to slowly loose against the Axis. Once i had to surrender, he rubbed it into my nose how he was oh so much better than me since he didnt crumble and needed help (i counter pushed italy from tunisia while they were starting to gobble up egypt, so much for that).
      Once i did crumble, he lost the will to keep fighting since he was now also facing the masses of Germans.

  • @Septimus_ii
    @Septimus_ii ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After 7 years the French focus tree is still so broken

  • @ReallyBadAtYT
    @ReallyBadAtYT 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Defeatism kind of sucks" - Bitt3rsteel 2023

  • @linuxares
    @linuxares 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man the music was superloud this episode. Never the less good episode!

  • @bartjozef15727
    @bartjozef15727 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Soviet Lybia at the end:

  • @IceKnight678
    @IceKnight678 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tried this challenge and the soviets are at 95 percent capitulation at late 1942 while I’m still pushing through italy

  • @What-thaW
    @What-thaW 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    12:07 “oh yeah ooh our defense is really crumbling now” - bittersteel trying his absolute best to not sound like he could win at any time

  • @bluebubbadog2080
    @bluebubbadog2080 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm amazed france lasted that long against Germany, when I played france, Germany pushed me, on a level 10 fort, with about 3 tank divisions

  • @makrinthor
    @makrinthor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i was impressed when i listen you saying french names, then joking about british, then i saw you are from Belgium, and everything became clear to me :) :)

  • @juliusceaser7242
    @juliusceaser7242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember I wanted to play as free france cause I thought they had the african lands (except Algeria cause vichy france gets that) but this tells the things I thought very diffrently

    • @hiddentreasure2161
      @hiddentreasure2161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm pretty sure the option at the bottom lets you stay as regular france, that might change whether or not you get africa and other colonies

    • @juliusceaser7242
      @juliusceaser7242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hiddentreasure2161 Probably (I know this sounds like a stupid excuse) I like the Free France flag more than the normal one

  • @Drazja
    @Drazja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's disgusting how good you are at this game

  • @VanBourner
    @VanBourner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    technically finishing "No Focuses" challenge this way lol.

  • @gggghhhh1288
    @gggghhhh1288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    YO HOWD YOU DO THAT OPENING SHOT THATS COOL AS SHIT

  • @kennethmitchell1418
    @kennethmitchell1418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not sure why you were concerned about the German advance stalling because worst case scenario you could just give a path to Paris

  • @geofff.3343
    @geofff.3343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I'm not having fun so far."
    I say that every time I play HOI4...

  • @thederpyhenchmen2946
    @thederpyhenchmen2946 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    for those wondering, doing the "continue the fight" option just lets you be france but you can keep the vichy stuff

  • @arno_groenewald
    @arno_groenewald 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn the German Republic got a merciful deal out of that piece conference.

  • @lukaswagner7903
    @lukaswagner7903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Bitt3rSteel, I realy love your Videos, Not only because i love this Game but also because you speak with such enthusiasm so that ist just so pleasant to watch your Videos. I would really recommend you to make Videos about more Games than just HOI4

  • @joeydebus1329
    @joeydebus1329 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ‘Hopes are low’ and you are in the Low Countries haha! Did you do that on purpose????

  • @Slovensko89
    @Slovensko89 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Important! 1:30 you forgot st. Pierre and Miquelon, islands off the coast of canada

  • @dabbingtoast7743
    @dabbingtoast7743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Been trying to do the Little Entente achievement and whoo buddy you remember how annoying it is doing exclusively 70 day focuses. By the time you get to the damn necessary focuses Germany comes knocking.

  • @vovinio2012
    @vovinio2012 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The most generous USA lend-lease ever: 33:49

  • @solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad
    @solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how it isnt even accurate since Guyana was part of Vichy, and more of africa was free

    • @SkeetontheverycoolSkeleton
      @SkeetontheverycoolSkeleton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m pretty sure Appeal To Overseas Territories gets them Equatorial Africa (the part that declared for Free France in I believe September 1940) more likely than other colonies

    • @solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad
      @solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SkeetontheverycoolSkeletonit does, but the Guyana part is still inaccurate

  • @aplanosgc6963
    @aplanosgc6963 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The mechanics of Free and Vichy France in the game are really stupid. It is an heritage of something that was unique when HOI4 first released, but that should have been reworked and combined with the collab government and exile government mechanics (from La Résistance iirc ?). I don't know why they didn't do it. Those two nations basically begged to be integrated this way.

  • @mehdewy
    @mehdewy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    30:00 SCP-106 CONTAINNED SUCCESSFULLY

  • @olivershaw4948
    @olivershaw4948 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    dude your french pronunciations are good for a non native speaker- just gained a lot of respect for you

    • @JustAskingquestions10
      @JustAskingquestions10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's from Belgium, I don't know but I think in some parts of Belgium you speak french

  • @poyloos4834
    @poyloos4834 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m glad there’s at least one hoi 4 youtuber who cares about pronunciation!

  • @romulusnuma116
    @romulusnuma116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I swear Free France is meant to get more then it does but it's bugged so they only get 2 islands

    • @lememz
      @lememz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pretty sure they got support from equatorial africa irl

  • @livethefuture2492
    @livethefuture2492 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, i wonder now if France had actually had competent leadership and chose to fight on side by side with the Allies with singular aim of liberating their country and driving on to the final victory over Germany.
    If they had been there to secure North Africa,
    Lead the charge on D-Day to liberate their country. While the germans were still bogged down in the Soviet Union,
    We could have landed in Europe by late 1942 or even 1943, and drive the Germans back much in the same way as shown here thereby also saving much of eastern Europe and Poland from Soviet occupation.
    Imagine how different the world couldve been...
    How different the world could've been if France had actually been worthy of the title bestowed on them...a true leader, a true Great Power of the West.

  • @OrKmAnIaC1234
    @OrKmAnIaC1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I still think you should try ro play as the falkland islands 🇫🇰

    • @lordbonney9779
      @lordbonney9779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Falklands War *Achievement* : as the Falklands annex Argentina and the UK.

  • @toastingtoast161
    @toastingtoast161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the music is a bit too loud compared to your voice😬
    But I still like the video😁

  • @belgiumball2308
    @belgiumball2308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Dont you dare click away"
    Me:

  • @toasterhothead3312
    @toasterhothead3312 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how the background music gives off “sad French” vibes…it truly is gunna be depressing playing free france

  • @j4xxonl
    @j4xxonl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    pov: new york city during the great depression 29:59

  • @vojtecc
    @vojtecc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah yes, French Slovakia

  • @FogoPQ
    @FogoPQ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this time the music is much louder than you

  • @domesticcat1725
    @domesticcat1725 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "The USA has stopped sending me most of the stuff that I desperately need"
    Ah, the Ukraine run
    Also, France single handedly executing overlord and somehow getting a worse peace deal than in actual history is peak hoi4 experience

  • @jasonwalker957
    @jasonwalker957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is why I only play with player lead peace conference’s

  • @theskycavedin
    @theskycavedin ปีที่แล้ว

    I want it to be possible to do an alternate history playthrough where you play as France and keep up the fight from Algeria.

  • @mastrorick
    @mastrorick ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the last option is to continue playing as a goverment in exile normal France (no free nor vichy)

  • @F1RST_BLUD1
    @F1RST_BLUD1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idk why the devs make vichy france get more land instead of sharing chad and central africa

  • @jackkevinbruemmer1956
    @jackkevinbruemmer1956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Does free France get Saint Pierre's island, the one off the coast of newfoundland?

    • @snipingflute4346
      @snipingflute4346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I kind of wondered about that too. Imagine it being the closest place for an Axis nation to capitalize upon North America with some black magic.

  • @kazrouter
    @kazrouter ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sometimes i think free france can be every french territory except for mainland

  • @ruffnexs4470
    @ruffnexs4470 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the angry french guy at 3:10 really made me watching the ad ngl

  • @dai-belizariusz3087
    @dai-belizariusz3087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    bittersteal, equestria at war when?

  • @meowerameowa6999
    @meowerameowa6999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That part at the start looked kinda cursed lol

  • @devenowens5520
    @devenowens5520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the channel.. the background music 🎵 was not it bro.. maybe I could have finished if the volume was more subtle.

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alas, i messed up the audio. My bad!

    • @devenowens5520
      @devenowens5520 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bitt3rSteel no worries, I rewatch friendly Soviet Russia to make up for it 😁

  • @bradleysharp5028
    @bradleysharp5028 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    At the beginning I thought he was just going to say the worst thing to do was to play France, that's it just france

  • @kaspervletter290
    @kaspervletter290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Play as the the dutch antilles
    Bunch of random islands who’s only perk is that they have oil

    • @kianvandenberg6364
      @kianvandenberg6364 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you from them? I’m Dutch

    • @kaspervletter290
      @kaspervletter290 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kianvandenberg6364 I’m Dutch too
      I was mainly just talking ingame

  • @zack4915
    @zack4915 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Capped Poland with no territory is stronger than Free France with some territory, makes sense

  • @jaredjosephsongheng372
    @jaredjosephsongheng372 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Challenge: Take a Shot every time he says "Begging"

  • @kubapatek3758
    @kubapatek3758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me, an france main who played full france campaign 24 times: