Beginners Guide to HOI4 - Tutorial p17
337It's War! Today's Video - Hearts of Iron 4 Tutorial - Germany will conquer Poland. We will make use of Army, Navy & Airforce, and draw up some battle plans. Dates covered: 21st July - 23rd Aug 1939.
If you are new to the game, and the channel - the Complete HOI4 Tutorial (2024 edition) playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIY632rOtuKBW7-K9PDZZeaIfLWej_7Ji
For anyone joining us for the 1st time - Essential Controls to attack...
Step 1: Select the Army (the General's Portrait) and press Z - then Click somewhere along the German/Polish Border to create the front line.
Step 1b: Alternatively, Select the Army and press Z - then RIGHT Click / Drag along a PORTION of the front line, for example create a narrow area for panzer divisions to push through.
Step2: (Without deselecting anything) Press X and then right-click-drag to where on the map you want the General to order his divisions to attack towards.
Top Tip: If in doubt - push towards the enemy Capital, or other significant town/city.
By the end of this video, Poland will be ours. I deliberately play less than perfect, so I can point things out. Future battles will be fought slightly differently, but today gets us all down with the basics, building upon what we learnt in the Spanish Civil War.
We will also keep micro to a minimum, so that we can explore those more fully in future episodes.
The complete Hearts of Iron 4 Training playlist can be seen, in order here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIY632rOtuKBW7-K9PDZZeaIfLWej_7Ji
Contents:
0:00 Welcome to War in HOI4
2:10 For New Players Joining us Aug 1939
3:10 Observing Division Equipment
5:36 Division Stats - Holler at Me in Comments to Update Link to Video
7:57 What? No Planning Bonus
9:14 Drawing Up Orders for the Army Divisions to Attack
18:32 National Focus
19:01 Drawing Up Orders for the Luftwaffe
27:46 Drawing Up Orders for the Navy
30:27 Order our Generals to Execute the Battle Plans
36:59 More Military Factory Line Production
40:47 Things Going Well - Increase Game Speed
41:20 Generals Without a "Proper" Order
43:06 The Attrition of War - Logistics Page
45:58 Air Doctrines - Fighter Ace v Formation
46:53 The Polish Capital Warsaw Falls
47:20 Global War Conflicts, Stats & Progress
51:26 Poland Collapses - Equipment Seized
53:43 Help! I've NOT yet capped Poland.
54:31 What to Expect Next Episode. Cheers!
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