So that means you must have at least 1,333,334 Manpower on the field to do this achievement. Furthermore, you could start taking some of the focusses from "Plan East". Puppet or annex Romania. As Bulgaria capitulate Turkey while also controlling the rest of the Balkans, including Greece. r/hoi4. Begin by creating and upgrading a spy agency five times to get a second agent and deleting your entire army, start turning fascist through a demagogue and then prepare for a civil war via decisions, continually use the 'Expand civil support' decision to lower stability below 50%, once below 50% stability ignite civil war and rush out one cavalry division to b-line for Stockholm, the enemy should have zero divisions and very little territory so this will be enough to capitulate them. Defense first, but when they aren't pushing you, push them out very conservatively. Due to Vichy France's large colonial holdings, you will have over 24 states after annexing them in the peace deal. Adjust your industries as necessary, build only military factories and maybe infrastructures for now as you will get a lot of civilian factories very soon. After making a beachhead, put your entire army on French shores and conquer them. Then, position your army along the Canadian border, and make sure to train lots of 10w 1 unit cavalry brigades, since the US cannot man their entire border with their starting army and the cavalry can simply overrun their entire country with the US not being able to do much to stop it. While the german civil war rages, keep an eye on Hungary. Stay on speed 5 the whole time. In this case there are two majors on your side, France and Poland. Let Germany get to -85 opinion so they get the war goal against you. Speed is crucial for a quick french capitulation. Delete the rest of your army and declare on Germany. As soon as you are faced with the choice between "Affirm Loyalty to Moscow" and "Bastion of the True Communism" focus choose the 2nd one. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Declare war and launch the invasion - while the starting French navy is stronger than the starting German navy, there is a brief period where the player will have superiority over the Channel. Basically I like to play as minor countries and see how much of a wrench I can throw in the greater chaos of WWII. If you want more divisions, train your army and use the xp to make small 2 regiment cavalry divisions for fast capture of VP's. After France capitulates, puppet them with one province, and take everything else. Remember, you only have to control the four cities at the same time, you don't need to wait until you get them in the peace conference. Alternate method, in By Blood Alone the Soviet Union will puppet territory in China, but the new peace conference system makes it easier to take the necessary conferences. Can also be done as communist Yugoslavia. With German support, capitulating Sweden should be straightforward and they will likely attack through your border rather than navally invading allowing for you to occupy all the land including Stockholm. Establishing a spy network is available even in peacetime so the achievement is fairly simple. This achievement does not require all the Chinese cores. However, priority is given to the, In case of annexation of Russian territories by the Germans, attack the, Quickly justify a war goal on the southeast state of. As Greece, capture Istanbul and rename it to Constantinople. achievement_romance_of_the_three_kingdoms_YUN flag is set. Take Anti-Fascist Raids decision whenever available to reduce Fascist support. Don't forget the Royal Navy. Once you finish "Autonomous Soviet Republics" you will need to release all of these nations as puppets: Lithuania, Finland, Mongolia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Turkestan, Bukharan, Altai and The Far East, You will also then need to return Biaystok to Poland after this. And how none faction leaders become majors I still dont understand after 1000 hours of playing, Faction leaders are majors because without a major factions will collapse immediately. If you do it early enough, it should be a quick conflict. Wilhelm II must be your leader and he must not die before the focus is complete. Can be easily done as the United Kingdom since already own all the territory needed, except Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen. At start immediately save 150 PP to get the communist revolutionary and completely avoid faction interactions until you turn communist. You, for example, must capitulate both Great-Britain and the German Reich in order to win. Play as any South American nation if you want to AFK. 1.4K. From now on, build up to be able to take Germans when they attack. This may be easier on non-historical mode, depending on what factions the colonial powers join. (Note: There is no "end date", the game can be continued indefinitely). Annex the African holdings in the peace deal, and puppet Portugal. This achievement works well with "Just proper gander" as you just have to complete "Expand the Agitprop" and expand your Agitprop slots to 3. Once Germany has defeated France and Vichy France has appeared, take the 'Anti-French Propaganda' decision to increase resistance in their African Provinces. Relocating transport planes to your faction airfield will require sending other planes first, so make sure to send some fighters. Annex France by lend-leasing them everything, and right before the UK capitulates, justify on the Soviet Union, and take Oppose Hitler while still justifying on the Soviets. The achievement will trigger when all Islamic states are Placated, and the Kurdish states are either at Separatist Fatigue or cored. Try to get as many of the potential members in as possible, if you can get UK to join you, you are all set and you can take it slow from there. Do not wait for a liberation to complete for one African country before starting the liberation process for the next country. Any Balkan country in your faction can be annexed though the 'Unification of the Balkans' focus, with a higher chance for high opinion, relative army strength and being faction leader. Do note that the UK and France can individually bail on the war when you complete the focus to attack Turkey even if they agreed at the convention, but it is still easy to beat Turkey with just one of them and is possible to beat them by yourself. As the Ottoman Empire, hold the capitals of France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan. As Imperial Germany, conquer a Caribbean island. Once that is done start pushing upwards from Ethiopia to surround the allied divisions left in Egypt and to take the remaining states. Once Restoring the Megali Idea focus is reached, start it and choose to invite Italy along to prevent the loss of stability. Remember that to capitulate Vichy, you also have to take the part of victory points that Vichy France has in Nort -Africa. The UK will accept to send the 51 divisions you need if they have ~160 divisions, you can send them some of your own troops as expeditionary forces to get them past that number. You will get decisions to march around the country which increases fascist support. If going the Balkan Federation route, a country will flip above 60% communist support, Romania and Greece are particularly important to get on your side. Start as any non-aligned country and get a spy with seducer trait. Join. Fighting in Europe also give you nice autonomy boost (not as large as Lend Lease) but remember that if you win too soon you will be stuck with only 0.5 autonomy daily from focus. Go to "Rally the Nation". Currently, if Turkey refuses, the decision will appear again after a few days. does not have country flag: invalid_for_danzig_achievement Information, Frequently Asked During your war with the Soviets, Germany will declare war on the Soviets as well. It may be advisable to create a faction with Mexico instead of joining the Axis to make it harder for Germany to take British states in the peace conference. It doesn't matter which side of the communist path you go down. Don't even stop once you've taken brussels - you're already at war with france anyway. From here, you need to click on the flag of a specific country to pull up their unique diplomacy screen. You'll want to declare on the Soviets in April/May to draw more troops off the German frontlines and make it easier for them. The allies will leave you alone if you don't cause any world tension. Repeat until the Turks have little manpower left in the field, then push forward and capitulate them. Only Japan, Italy and the Netherlands have access to bicycle batallions. Use long range carrier to reach German coast, then merge rest of fleet to ignore range modifier. As Australia, own all core territory of Hungary. I am 30 hours into the game. Then, liberate the African countries under the control of Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Vichy France. Supply there is very bad. Being a weaker country, though, I often lose and am capitulated by a larger country. This focus unlocks a decision to ask Turkey for control of the states needed for this achievement. The main goal is defending your original states until 1942.01.31. In the mean time you can pick any focuses you want and plan the naval invasion of Britain. As South Africa, break free from the UK and puppet another nation. Britain will join the war. The difficulty of each achievement varies; some achievements are very easy (e.g. They will need to be able to hold for about a week, so make sure you send enough divisions and also put a few on a port for safekeeping. Hungary starts with more aluminium than it will ever need: build a large air force to support your ground troops, You can let the German have the Sudetenland, they will leave you alone after that, Conquer Yugoslavia, then Romania and Greece: the oil fields will supply your army, while chromium can be used to build battleships and heavy tanks, Construct ships and naval bombers as soon as you have a coastal province, destroy buildings to make room for more dockyards if necessary, Find a good time to backstab Germany once they are at war with the USSR and join the Comintern. Set all of your military factories to produce infantry equipment and build more mils in all of your states (you need lots of guns for coups), Build a spy agency from the very start and make 5 improvements. Rush Communist -- you need 40% support to Abolish the Monarchy. Prepare to attack Britain with naval invasion. Since you have taken the Believe, Obey, Fight focus, you should be able to hire Dino Grandi as advisor. Delete all units before civil war fires, then win with Soviet volunteer forces you get. Alternatively, rush Subjugate the Warlords and followed by Anti-Communism. As soon as possible, justify on Vichy France. Puppet Ukraine and Belarus in Poland's former territory, leaving the rest of Poland alone. You start the game with camels unlocked, but you have to make the template yourself.