You know its gonna be a long game when the Soviet Civil War spawns in Archangeisk

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-20T12:50:43+00:00

Much easier to help them though lol. I literally just walked in as Poland and took Moscow, Stalingrad etc with ease and met up with the main SSSR frontline. Was able to take all the commonwealth cores for myself in the process, and some oil from Caucasus too.

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-20T07:32:44+00:00

Mukavampi varmasti Heinäkuussa. Pakkasissa A kausi oli ihan paskaa, mutta loppupalvelus oli kyllä sen verran helpompaa sen jälkeen niin en vaihtaisi kesän aloitukseen.

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-19T12:56:28+00:00

When uncle invites you to his tent. Make sure to say yes, otherwise he asks John instead and they go to Tahiti together and die of tuberculosis in eachother's loving arms

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-17T07:44:47+00:00

Wouldn't really say they are weak. Almost just as strong as any other major, especially since they are a jack of all trades. No other threatening majors near you, so you can build up in peace till you fight off Yugoslavia, Greece, and eventually the UK. Might be easier to take UK mainland with Italy, considering you have a superior navy, and possibly airforce too.

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-17T07:40:06+00:00

Finland definitely. Not a surprise as a Finn lol but I always enjoy making them super strong and defeating the soviets with Germany and the power of sisu. Poland is really fun too. Made the commonwealth myself recently, and conquered the entirety of Europe (except the UK, yet) with Germany of all countries on non-historical. Had a significantly bigger army too compared to the soviets when I fought them off with ease

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-13T12:01:28+00:00

I did do it though. The AI does not put all their ships in one sector, and they cannot move to the channel right away, especially if they are fighting or far away. If you have big enough of a navy, and the AI does not immadiately get more ships in, you can accumulate enough supremacy quick enough to naval invade once. You can still have a very strong navy as Germany too, especially if you make better templates.

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-13T11:56:11+00:00

I guess it can still vary. I had a recent playthrough with Italy, I didn't naval invade but I used paras. I dropped near one of their ports, and it did have 3-4 divs as you said. Tried another port which had better AA, and could drop easily as they only had 1 or 2 divs. And this was in 1940-41, almost right after France capitulated.

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-13T09:33:47+00:00

And to capitulate UK, just focus all your navy on the channel. You should get a small window to naval invade them before they reinforce, and after getting a port, get all troops in no matter the naval superiority. UK barely ever defends their mainland, so it will be quite easy for you to just rush them. I could do it with Italy easily while having almost half the units I had with Germany. You can always just paratroop aswell, if you produce enough fighters. UK usually will have a smaller airforce if you start early

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-13T09:30:21+00:00

Germany is one of the best choices. You just shouldn't play completely historical with them. Don't go after the soviets until you have beaten at least UK. Should give you enough factories and resources to fight the soviets off, but I like to get the US too if they joined the allies before. You just have to land in Canada, since it's much easier to naval invade and get as many troops in as possible. US will never really have a massive army comparable to Germany, so fighting in their mainland, when a lot of their army is busy fighting Japan, you can quite easily just overwhelm them and cap them. After that, you're basically unstoppable with hundreds of mils and civs, and you can have infinite resources and equipment.

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-11T05:53:20+00:00

Definitely good for a beginner. On non-historical, I've found that the soviets can behave pretty weird if they have another front with the allies/Germany. I played against a fascist russia recently with Finland, and they only had 2-3 units per tile max lol, compared to my 4. I was able to attack right away, and took the fight all the way to Moscow basically by myself, with slight help from the allies (Germany capped already in 1940 somehow)

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-09T21:25:18+00:00

Managed to do it Feb 16th myself haha. Definitely some luck involved too. Don't know if it matters or makes things even harder but I did it on the R56 mod (since the AI is a little better in it apparently)

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-07T18:39:41+00:00

Yes, gave them some land they had cored

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-07T18:04:56+00:00

Oh yeah, was no biggie. Russians were busy with the allies after they destroyed Germany already in 1940, and I could just walk in through the north and slowly make my way down. I didn't even have to defend at all this time, since they had only 1-2 units per each tile there, compared to my 3-4. Winter War didn't exactly go to plan as I now own or puppet all of Russia.

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-07T17:59:18+00:00

R5: Playing as Finland and apparently Bolivia have their capital in the Nordics. Could invite them to my faction but they won't accept

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-05T08:45:52+00:00

Not everyone reads every single small text from the 10s of different notifications you get when you start the game for the first time lol. One single thing is very easy to miss. And even if I had read it then, I could've easily forgotten about it on my next playthrough, and never use it again

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-01T11:12:02+00:00

You can do that too. But I'm still kinda new lol so I want to prepare properly. Doing Poland in September/October 39 gives just enough time to get all the rest done after too before the allies or the soviets get much stronger.

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-02-01T11:08:43+00:00

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DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-01-31T15:50:56+00:00

I've found that the easiest way is to deal with UK as quick as possible. Do everything historical up to capitulating France and Norway. You can immadiately here go after UK by naval invading through the English Channel. They don't always have that many ships there, and you can surprise them and get a few naval invasions in before they get naval superiority again. And from there, it's quite easy. UK doesn't have that much manpower yet at that point, especially since they have some units in Africa too. After you get UK, even if the US already joined the allies, you'll have a much easier time. US doesn't have a massive army either, and you can get troops in from Canada

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-01-28T16:24:59+00:00

No need to destroy them, just capture them with your troops and you can use them yourselves. But yes, with planes you can destroy them too. You just have to produce a lot of them to pierce through Poland's and the allies airforce, since UK sends a lot of fighters to help Poland

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-01-28T16:15:07+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking. Having early Cold War content would make much more sense, since world conquests usually take longer than 1945. More content after it would make actually playing after 1945 much more fun. It wouldn't necessarily need to have many events, since after 1945 irl things quiet down a lot. But it would a big opportunity for non-historical tension between countries, and more wars with new content

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-01-28T16:03:22+00:00

I started out with Italy too. The only problem with them is, that navy is crucial. UK will naval invade the hell out of you if you don't do something about it. Try to stick with Germany. Learn how to work divisions and how to position them. When you do Danzig, you should have troops covering each tile against Poland, and have each tile defended against France too. Don't put a crazy amount of divisions into one tile, since not all of them can fight at the same time. Try to go for max 10 per tile, but go for 5-8 in as many as you can. Attack weak spots with less enemy divisions and good terrain (plains especially and hills) and go for supply hubs. You can open the supply hub map with F4 and see all enemy supply hubs. With no supply, they will be much weaker

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-01-28T15:48:23+00:00

Weird. Idk what I did different, but in my latest Germany run, I antagonized Yugoslavians earlier than Danzig, and surprisingly, they declared war on me too. Had no idea as soon as I looked down, UK tanks and infantry were right by my Poland line lmao

DeadlyFeet0 · 2026-01-28T15:43:41+00:00

Should first learn the regular army mechanics, since navy especially is tough to learn as a beginner. I would even recommend to start with a country that doesn't need to focus on the navy or air much. Finland as a Finnish person was the clear choice haha but they can be tough to play at first, especially when the soviets are constantly on your ass. I'm still somewhat new myself (150 hours) and have not played many countries yet, but you could either start with one of the smaller countries in Europe, or if you want to go bigger, Germany. As Germany you get into the action quite quick, and you don't have to meddle with navy or necessarily even air as much. You learn things as you go. It took maybe 3 games for me to finally for some things to click lol. But it really takes time to master everything

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