It's literally only Germany that saves them, and then only by taking Paris. It's not uncommon for AI Italy to loose half the 'boot' to UK and France during the battle for France. In fact, the German AI seems to have trouble with lots of things. For instance, I've never seen Germany take Norway successfully. The rumours that the AI is having troubles in some cases is true. Germany had called Japan in, and between China and myself we'd pushed Japan off Asia back to its island holdings. By the end of '41 I reached Sicily and the Spanish border. When the war started with Germany I had over 200 divisions on the front, 24 of those were T-34 medium tank divisions with rocket artillery and self-propelled artillery support, led by Zhukov (who had levelled up well in the Scandinavian campaign). Germany took Poland and I took Eastern Europe.

Would have taken Norway but by that time they'd joined the Allies. In the lead up to the war, I took Finland and Sweden for myself. In my follow up game, I absolutely romped it in Europe. This will only increase later as more infantry weapons become available. Deployment: put in an infinite order for 2 infantry units to be built in parallel. Military factories: started with a range of weapons and vehicles needed to reinforce and upgrade my existing troops. Civilian factories: the usual consumer goods, plus building more civilian factories behind Moscow province.

Industry is important to get the beast moving, electronics for research benefits and infantry as that's what the bulk of our armies will be. Research: started on the Industrial and Electronics trees, plus Infantry weapons. This is the makeup of the three theatres: Southern: for possible incursion into the Middle East. Far East: to protect Siberia from Japan. I broke USSR into three separate theatres:

I'm not much of a story teller, so will just tell you what's happening in my game and some screenshots along the way. I have a Surface Pro and need to keep the graphics on low to have the game play at a reasonable speed. Now beforehand, apologies for the screenshot quality. I chose recruit difficulty, with Historical bias on for the AI (makes the game play more historically). The Allies begin with the UK and various UK self governing colonies like Australia, India, South Africa, Canada, etc. Soviet russia starts off allied with Mongolia and Tannu Tuva, who are also with USSR in the ComIntern. I've still lots to learn, but want to get into a proper game.Ĭhose, of course, the sleeping Giant of the era. Up to now I've just been messing around with the tutorials and learning the different systems.

Hoi4 soviet union guide