HoI4 Challenge: Finland - Finnish Him

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A challenge game of HoI4 La Résistance as Finland, now with up to 100% more snipers in the snow!
In this video, I will be attempting to conquer the USSR as Finland, without ever joining a faction.
This Challenge was chosen by Paradox as an upcomming achievement, Finnish Him, and I wanted to see if Finland could realistically do it in the current state of the game!
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Пікірлер: 772

  • @Abby_Normal_1969
    @Abby_Normal_19693 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what Indonesian conscripts would have thought of the Finnish climate.

  • @thegermanotakusmobileaccou1702

    @thegermanotakusmobileaccou1702

    3 жыл бұрын

    Abby Normal they would have thought "man this Cold is *finnishing* me"

  • @TreeBeard2008

    @TreeBeard2008

    3 жыл бұрын

    They would not stand in the winter war with Red Army irl. I am suprised Suharto is leader of Finnish East Indies.

  • @pavellyfish5

    @pavellyfish5

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dzaky Aries wkwkwkwk

  • @dylanb2990

    @dylanb2990

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TreeBeard2008 I’m pretty sure fascist East Indies always has the same leader.

  • @MedusaSonne

    @MedusaSonne

    3 жыл бұрын

    If I join axis and after the beating ussr leave axis and release ussr an independent state in my territories after thatdeclare war new ussr and beat him can I get achievement with this way

  • @levysotilas
    @levysotilas3 жыл бұрын

    Everyone gangsta till Finland establishes colonies in europe

  • @tomi9562

    @tomi9562

    3 жыл бұрын

    If i remember that hitler promised belgian congo for finland😂

  • @Mysohvaperuna

    @Mysohvaperuna

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tomi9562 what? For real never heard of that

  • @pcgaming7680

    @pcgaming7680

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Mysohvaperuna yes he did

  • @diamondsarenotforever8542

    @diamondsarenotforever8542

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tomi9562 not true!

  • @tomi9562

    @tomi9562

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@diamondsarenotforever8542 it is, but Finland rejected the offer

  • @killerbilly95
    @killerbilly953 жыл бұрын

    As a guy from Finland, I would like to show my appreciation to the brave Indonesians who fought the Soviet menace alongside the Finns. We are eternally grateful for your sacrifice.

  • @zexfafa2794

    @zexfafa2794

    3 жыл бұрын

    in ww2 finish joined the axis to attack USSSR. but they took just the territory what USSSR has taken before the ww2 and left the axis, Hitler was so pissed of he wanted to invade finland

  • @Jebu911

    @Jebu911

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zexfafa2794 Thats not how it went down. Im finnish so i actually know how it was. Also the name is USSR with just two S letters.

  • @JuraimyAirlineManager

    @JuraimyAirlineManager

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zexfafa2794 what is usssr bro

  • @JuraimyAirlineManager

    @JuraimyAirlineManager

    3 жыл бұрын

    @muumilimu ???

  • @marcusaurelius7623

    @marcusaurelius7623

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jebu911 I mean it is the general gist of it. Substitute Continuation War for ww2 and Winter War for "before ww2" and "left the axis" for FInland agreed to a separate peace with USSR and "Hitler - - wanted to invade finland" for Lapland War, a limited scale war of retreat where German troops still in Finland hanged on to a nickel mine for some time before evacuating.

  • @jippy33
    @jippy333 жыл бұрын

    Mannerheim was a beast in real life as well. He served as commander-in-chief during the civil war back in 1918, as regent, WWII commander in chief, marshal, and finally president of Finland. A few years ago he was voted, by the finish people, as the greatest Finn of all time. His fight against the Russians for the independence of Finland has given him the name "The Father of Finland". So yeah, those stats are well deserved.

  • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

    @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

    3 жыл бұрын

    You forget he was a spy, a cartographer, and and explorer who rode across Asia and met Dalai Lama in Tibet, and who discovered priceless historical sites and was the first to take photograps of not just ruins but of people and their way of life in middle Asia. He was also a bodyguard of the last Tsar in his coronation, holding the most prestigious place in the front right of the four guards surrounding him. He volunteered in the russo-japanese war and rode for days or weeks behind enemy lines, sometimes preferring to go with mongol cavalry as the cossacks couldnt keep up. When the empire fell, he travelled for a week through communist held areas to reach back to Finland... Wearing his generals uniform and surviving on the sheer awe of the peasants who did not dare to attack or even report him. And he had a long line of mistresses, all of them of noble lineage, lets not forget that either. :-)

  • @teemukustila

    @teemukustila

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Also speaking fluent Swedish, German, French, and Russian and very good English, Polish, Portuguese, Latin, Chinese and Finnish. Not too shabby. Obviously you are not a good leader until you speak Latin.

  • @mayonasse6397

    @mayonasse6397

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am not sure but it wasn’t Lenin who give independence to Finland?

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Finland unilaterally declared independence in the civil war/revolution and Lenin chose not to reconquer it. Instead, aiding the red brigades on the Finnish civil war, banking on the plan that those reds would seek to join the USSR. Did not end up working out

  • @jippy33

    @jippy33

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mayonasse6397 Nobody gave it to them, they declared independence and the soviets recognized it soon after.

  • @mariofan191101
    @mariofan1911013 жыл бұрын

    *Ahh yes, the Finnish Indonesian conflict of 1937*

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I remember this from high school

  • @LauWarmerTee

    @LauWarmerTee

    3 жыл бұрын

    Historical game btw.

  • @red-whiteasianpatriot7003

    @red-whiteasianpatriot7003

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@LauWarmerTee I read that with "FeedBackGaming" voice in my mind.

  • @ElMasterDice

    @ElMasterDice

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@red-whiteasianpatriot7003 omg me too!

  • @leipamies1816

    @leipamies1816

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @jep1st
    @jep1st3 жыл бұрын

    Rest of the world: let's colonize Africa and Asia Finland: I'm gonna colonize in Europe, I hate travelling

  • @wiltzu81
    @wiltzu813 жыл бұрын

    As a fun and interesting anecdote regarding Finnish-Soviet relationships during cold war when Finland signed so called YYA-treaty (The Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance of 1948, the treayty lasted until 1992), there was once a meeting beetween leaders president Kekkonen and Brezhnev in the seventies and during the dinner Brezhnev said to Kekkonen that as Soviets and Finns were living in peace and harmony with each others and YYA-treaty was working fine, so why would not they take step further and remove that meaningless border between Finland and USSR and join together as a great nation. Kekkonen repleyed; "Comrade Brezhnev, I am too old to run so big state." The matter was not discussed any further. :D

  • @kirby1225

    @kirby1225

    2 жыл бұрын

    BASED KEKKONEN

  • @losisansgaming2628

    @losisansgaming2628

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't get it.

  • @stormsand9

    @stormsand9

    Жыл бұрын

    The finnish leader implied that if Finland joined the Soviet Union, that HE would be the new president instead of the current soviet guy

  • @quan-uo5ws

    @quan-uo5ws

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stormsand9 more like he implied that the soviet union should join finland, lol

  • @emin166

    @emin166

    Жыл бұрын

    Bro got titanium balls and based

  • @Jiven-dg1uu
    @Jiven-dg1uu3 жыл бұрын

    This is the type of guy to try to survive as Austria rejecting the Anschluss

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Anschluss? More like Expandschluss!

  • @TwistedNerve1

    @TwistedNerve1

    3 жыл бұрын

    this is not super difficult, Ive done this in the past without taking any colonies etc. It did however earn me the "no country for old men" achievement 0 manpower on scraping the barrel conscription.

  • @mlgsty8880
    @mlgsty88803 жыл бұрын

    You definitely made Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim proud by holding the Mannerheim line in Karellian isthmus.

  • @anantbisht6355
    @anantbisht63553 жыл бұрын

    is attacking leningrad BitterSteel: Stalingrad

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Grad is Grad!

  • @scvboy1

    @scvboy1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Every Soviet city is Stalingrad

  • @brainmaniac1978

    @brainmaniac1978

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@scvboy1 You're goddamn right!

  • @romanempire3506

    @romanempire3506

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@scvboy1 No Evry Soviet City Is St.Petersburg

  • @30adka

    @30adka

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bitt3rSteel you just straight up said "city is city"

  • @Aaronnnnnn
    @Aaronnnnnn3 жыл бұрын

    When the achievement isn't even out yet... haha love it though

  • @MarcusBlueWolf

    @MarcusBlueWolf

    3 жыл бұрын

    Taureor did this first

  • @Aaronnnnnn

    @Aaronnnnnn

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MarcusBlueWolf true

  • @alt.10

    @alt.10

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait, is the achivement still isnt out yet? because i wasted few hours on conquering soviet union on my shitty pc and wonder why i didnt get the achivement

  • @Aaronnnnnn

    @Aaronnnnnn

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alt.10 its out now, you sure you did it right?

  • @alt.10

    @alt.10

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Aaronnnnnn i didnt join any faction but i got expeditionary forces from sweden so it might be because of that?

  • @archer8849
    @archer88493 жыл бұрын

    Finland needs it's own focus tree. I would expect it in a future DLC focused on USSR and it's neighbours along with reworked Soviet/Russian tree.

  • @hoplite-official5011

    @hoplite-official5011

    3 жыл бұрын

    it will come sooner than an italy update

  • @idontbelieveinthealliespro4426

    @idontbelieveinthealliespro4426

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think that's supposed to be the next update.

  • @thalassinosmitsou3806

    @thalassinosmitsou3806

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah barbarosa is the next dlc and will cover Soviet focus tree (FINALLLY). I expect finland to get it then. I don't think Mongolia will get focus cause it's a hopeless nation so I think all nordic countries and Russia? That would be pog and would almost clear Europe of Generic focuses.

  • @ptsm

    @ptsm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hoplite-official5011 Italy ethiopa and Liberian focus tree dlc!!

  • @eliaslopez2740

    @eliaslopez2740

    3 жыл бұрын

    Finlands need a Focus Tree, they had a big important rol in the Winter War and the Continuation War

  • @vitaliishinov5421
    @vitaliishinov54213 жыл бұрын

    Freaking youtube forbids specific words even in historical game

  • @mechrocancer9319

    @mechrocancer9319

    3 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to politics

  • @6th_Army

    @6th_Army

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dzaky Aries Anything that's not Communism.

  • @operationmeh

    @operationmeh

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dzaky Aries starts with f and ends with -ascism

  • @lyndonbjohnson2865

    @lyndonbjohnson2865

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dzaky Aries facism and war

  • @josephrichter2104

    @josephrichter2104

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unless the person in the video is condemning it

  • @supermegatoggers
    @supermegatoggers3 жыл бұрын

    This is the kind of sponsorship I'm here for

  • @l.generallager6356
    @l.generallager63563 жыл бұрын

    Meanwhile, I lost as Germany to Britain and France the sixth time in a row.

  • @bart3030

    @bart3030

    3 жыл бұрын

    i just got it, dont wait for germany to attack, just manually push when the sovjets have lots of casualties

  • @bear7545

    @bear7545

    Жыл бұрын

    Me to

  • @Karlss61

    @Karlss61

    Жыл бұрын

    i cant win against the soviets as the germans with cheats and he wins as finland without cheats

  • @micahqgecko

    @micahqgecko

    Жыл бұрын

    Just build 7/2s and you can almost battle plan everyone you need to fight

  • @AntonMiasnikov
    @AntonMiasnikov3 жыл бұрын

    4:49 is awesome. "Sadly we have to go towards something I can't pronounce... coz I fear our totally democratic algorithm catching me" ... the irony

  • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

    @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, Socrates was killed totally democratically with made up charges of subverting the youth in a time when ucking young boys was considered fashionable.

  • @KGDHMF
    @KGDHMF3 жыл бұрын

    USSR: _Exists_ Finland: *NoNIIN, Tavataan Torilla Perrrrkele*

  • @TheGruntPieceIsReal

    @TheGruntPieceIsReal

    3 жыл бұрын

    PERRRRRRKELLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FOREVER

  • @joonasillanpaa3853

    @joonasillanpaa3853

    2 жыл бұрын

    hhahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahhaahaahhahahahahah

  • @joonasillanpaa3853

    @joonasillanpaa3853

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGruntPieceIsReal Leo=Leoleikkimaa

  • @stansearcheslife6363
    @stansearcheslife63633 жыл бұрын

    Me as a dutch person: aaaah nice video Him: whe need a country with alot of population and has acces to water Me: well *finish east indies it is*

  • @Chen_R

    @Chen_R

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, at least he didn't put you in the front line ._.

  • @Mokkilaituri
    @Mokkilaituri3 жыл бұрын

    Your strat reminds me of my vic2 campaing as Finland. I accended as great power after independece war with Russia. Then The Netherlands was like: Hey Finland, we have no money and we are selling our colonies. Intrested? And i answered: Hell yes. Then they sent me message about giving colony. I supposed they would give me some island in middle of sea, but they gave whole Indonesia. After that Finland, which had population of 700k had 10million people and money was flowing.

  • @fish5671

    @fish5671

    Жыл бұрын

    what mod you was using because i dont think there is an option to buy colonies

  • @Mokkilaituri

    @Mokkilaituri

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fish5671 hpm

  • @fish5671

    @fish5671

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Mokkilaituri thanks for the answer

  • @MarcusBlueWolf
    @MarcusBlueWolf3 жыл бұрын

    It took them nearly 4 years to add Mannerheim as a usable field marshal though

  • @no-nonseplayer6612

    @no-nonseplayer6612

    3 жыл бұрын

    And still havent given Finland a Anything better than basic focus tree :D

  • @NZIGNANTI

    @NZIGNANTI

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@no-nonseplayer6612 Swed devs don like de Fins

  • @TheFrozenFever

    @TheFrozenFever

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NZIGNANTI No one likes the finns.

  • @BullettiAPE

    @BullettiAPE

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheFrozenFever Finns don't like Finns. Finns like a lot of personal space.

  • @Mysohvaperuna

    @Mysohvaperuna

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheFrozenFever 😳

  • @Patton1944
    @Patton19442 жыл бұрын

    Funnily enough this was one of the first Hoi4 videos I watched ever, and I didn't even play the game at the time. I think the novelty of Finland defeating the Soviets was what got me. Anyway, it's really interesting to rewatch it now that I actually understand what's going on.

  • @Woeringen
    @Woeringen3 жыл бұрын

    You should have annexed Karelia and Murmansk. You're talented at this game btw.

  • @Birkarl_

    @Birkarl_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Muurmanni* not Murmansk

  • @alleko1117

    @alleko1117

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Birkarl_ liian lähel myrtsii

  • @Jebu911

    @Jebu911

    3 жыл бұрын

    He annexed the entire russia in the end

  • @morganrspringer
    @morganrspringer3 жыл бұрын

    I swear when it comes to bloodthirsty Britain takes the cake. I can’t say how many times Britain did something stupid.

  • @idontbelieveinthealliespro4426

    @idontbelieveinthealliespro4426

    3 жыл бұрын

    It messes up any game. Any achievement run, as Tommy may said, is always a kill-them-all run.

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, not necessarily. There's usually a way around fighting at least one faction. Bit not always.

  • @kimhernandez7645
    @kimhernandez76453 жыл бұрын

    Damn! That was a bloody campaign. Especially during the attack on Germany! Then the UK started trolling you. Lol

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was a slog, I admit. In hindsight, I should not have released the Netherlands and used the area as a staging ground for the invasion of Germany

  • @kimhernandez7645

    @kimhernandez7645

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's alright. AIs can be unpredictable sometimes. I've been binge-watching your campaigns since last Thursday, started out with your Communist China campaign. They were all fantastic! I hope you can do a campaign where you can unite all ASEAN states as communists and then puppet China and Japan (like a reverse of what Japan did). That would be cool.

  • @Cobalt_Law
    @Cobalt_Law3 жыл бұрын

    I always love watching your videos because I both use these strategies to get achievements on my games and because of your voice that rivals the soothingness of Taureor

  • @grayemn1409

    @grayemn1409

    3 жыл бұрын

    So it wasn't only me who thought that he sounded like taureor

  • @nerfyf9716
    @nerfyf97163 жыл бұрын

    Chances of us getting a 30 minutes of hell 🤔

  • @jmac4296
    @jmac42963 жыл бұрын

    When I get hoi4 I’m speedrunning a bunch of achievements if I can

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    I recommend the game, but try and take it slow at first. get a feel for the mechanics etc

  • @jmac4296

    @jmac4296

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bitt3rSteel alright will do

  • @ankomekurosan2811

    @ankomekurosan2811

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lmao6762 They are cancerous until you exploit the game to get them. Its a very unpopular idea i know but for me the only way to get the achievments without feeling disgusting is by exploiting

  • @wilhelmrk

    @wilhelmrk

    3 жыл бұрын

    When you get the Game start in south America and play for a few ingame years

  • @antasil5768

    @antasil5768

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ankomekurosan2811 I got all but two of the achievements without exploits, and had a good time with many of them

  • @pmtfranco
    @pmtfranco3 жыл бұрын

    A hepfull tip: when you have these kinds of peace deals, dont just take the provinces with the ports and the ones bordering their claims, you have to really take all coastal provinces and the ones bordering what they took. If not they will try to take "your" stuff. Besides, if u dont puppet and decide to anex everything, eventually germany japan and other majors will start to take provinces inside that territory, or puppet/liberate nations.

  • @erictheroman5813
    @erictheroman58133 жыл бұрын

    It bugs me that people dont like the talk of Fascism or anything to do with it but are perfectly fine with Communism.

  • @MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede

    @MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede

    3 жыл бұрын

    I recon that the silent majority can talk about both, but choose not to as they have more productive things to do then go into a pointless debate. Ooh... and since the opinion of others is so important to you... fascism and communism both suck. The far left and the far right will just have to make do with meeting in the middle under democracy instead of throwing eachother out of helicopters or into "labor" camps.

  • @erictheroman5813

    @erictheroman5813

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede I absolutely agree mate its what im getting at. people know full well the horrors of the right but (for many reasons) give a free pass to the extreme left. Please dont be condescending towards me with the 'Ooh since the opinion of others is so important to you'. Keep it civil bud. Both the extreme left and extreme right are awful beyond measure. Both the gulag and the concentration camp need to be spoken about along with the famines, genocides, secret policing and masses of murder that come along with them. I agree with you 100% on there. no need for the smarm though matey. Either way have a good one

  • @MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede

    @MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@erictheroman5813 I misjudged you, sorry about that. I'm probably the last generation that got taught the horrors of both communism and fascism at school extensively. I was brought up with the iron curtain still in place, but with the wall comming down so did the geopolitical pressure to fear the East. What remained after was the history of the war and suffering that actually did happen to the country I live in and communism got a back seat as it is remebered as a frivilous time instead of a terrible one that not only Stalin, but also Churchill orchestrated. I still find myself looking in contempt at the east to this day because of the history and molding that happend in my youth. Putin's aspirations to remain a world player doesn't help and neither do the Tu-95's flying overhead.

  • @erictheroman5813

    @erictheroman5813

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede Its alright matey, no worries :) And i imagine living in the iron curtain era was a test of spirit. Little by little we will remember the horrors of Communism.

  • @thalassinosmitsou3806

    @thalassinosmitsou3806

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede Clearly you need to be educated on the subject. Democracy is not the solution or is the middle ground between left and right. In fact the right is NOT fascism, far far right is but the right almost always has to do with a capitalist economy centered nation. At least communism works in theory, while Fascism... not too much. the left is socialism far left communism etc. DO NOT associate communism with he gulag since that was not Marx's intention of communism. Stalin and Soviet leaders didn't govern like communism with the gulag. Fascism is overall bad though and for that it's different than communism. COommunism is a "perfect world" ideology that could work, meanwhile fascism is an extreme right ideology that can only bring war and chaos to the world. I hope you understand what I mean??!

  • @FreaKCSGOHacker
    @FreaKCSGOHacker3 жыл бұрын

    everybody gangsta till the allies declare war on their allies

  • @nholm1688
    @nholm16883 жыл бұрын

    I have a little over 800 hours in hoi4 and i never really bothered with maintanence company. Following this guide i obviously did as you did, and added maintanence company to the division template. I was absolutely shocked seeing my infantry eq go up by the thousands as the soviets were smashing themselves against my forts. Jesus this was fun.

  • @jimjam01
    @jimjam013 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the good content man. Glad to see your channel growing!!

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks James!

  • @pavellyfish5
    @pavellyfish53 жыл бұрын

    A hour long?!? Sign me up

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    I had to cut down almost 4 hours of footage, and I already feel like I cut too much...it's the best I can do :(

  • @BullettiAPE

    @BullettiAPE

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bitt3rSteel I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Greater Finland and wouldn't have minded a bit more talk about mechanics/details. Well done! Just one question: What do you think would have gone differently if Germany hadn't claimed the pocket of Soviet land in the south?

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Overal, I would have kept the Dutch territory myself and used it as a staging area to invade. I would not involve the Russians

  • @SeSmokki
    @SeSmokki3 жыл бұрын

    That was a Perkele worthy journey, my man!

  • @joonasillanpaa3853

    @joonasillanpaa3853

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bruh

  • @overclocked5422
    @overclocked5422 Жыл бұрын

    In my game, the Soviet Union and Germany went weird. Germany couldn't get past Belgium and the Soviets straight up just refused to attack my defenses.

  • @elduquecaradura1468

    @elduquecaradura1468

    9 ай бұрын

    That last happens when you wall up real high, one dude player as Luxemburg and maked lvl 10 fortifications and the germans avoided him until he went out xD

  • @RM10Prod.
    @RM10Prod.2 жыл бұрын

    You can hear the soul get sucked out of steel's body with every ally that declared on him

  • @konradknop2534
    @konradknop25343 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making these great guides👍

  • @Bhyure33
    @Bhyure332 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the guide! Only had to use your defence strategy + indonesia strategy, but anyways thanks to this I got the achievement on first try.

  • @donaksu2713
    @donaksu27132 жыл бұрын

    That was very Perkele of you. I enjoyed this a lot. Thanks from Finland!

  • @shepherd3522
    @shepherd35223 жыл бұрын

    Nice guide! I used it to get the achievement. It gave it to me straight after the peace conference (I led the conference as I had the most war score and did not puppet the Soviet Union).

  • @heikki_sukuvaara
    @heikki_sukuvaara3 жыл бұрын

    Did you know that U.S. threatened to declare war against Finland if Finland were to advance beyond certain railroad in the continuation War? That is why Finland's push against Soviets was stopped. Finland took more land than they previously had before Winter War and they planned using the extra land in the contract for peace so that they would get back the land they lost in the Winter War... That peace treaty was never done since Soviets never surrendered. Pushing back the fins and winning the Winter War...with great losses... So I wouldn't say the allied forces to declare war on you wasn't that surprising and was totally historically accurate (On the state the world had changed in game - if you know what I mean).

  • @the-letter_s

    @the-letter_s

    Жыл бұрын

    i imagine there's a bit of a grudge against america for that.

  • @poiuytrewq11422

    @poiuytrewq11422

    Жыл бұрын

    Finland kinda has a history of being bullied by basically everyone. I wouldnt be suprised if they had an encyclopedia-sized book of grudges.

  • @the-letter_s

    @the-letter_s

    Жыл бұрын

    @@poiuytrewq11422 mentioning the Book of Grudges is apt considering Tolkien based his work off Finnish mythology.

  • @gabrielberetov9941
    @gabrielberetov99413 жыл бұрын

    I love that these videos continuously get better

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! That is the plan,after all!

  • @giancocastillo6423
    @giancocastillo64233 жыл бұрын

    Bro great intro 10/10, i recommend you make more of those when making longer guides in order to get that refreshing comedy before all of the suffering and eye cancer whenever the AI makes peace deals.

  • @rayraywa
    @rayraywa3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your sacrifice in making this video

  • @hedger0w
    @hedger0w3 жыл бұрын

    :o 35:32 "Karjala takaisin!", you took that saying to the next level.

  • @Immushfiqurrahman
    @Immushfiqurrahman3 жыл бұрын

    would be good if they helped me in real life to defeat soviet union

  • @98TrueRocker98

    @98TrueRocker98

    3 жыл бұрын

    They did, especially with attack on Leningrad

  • @Immushfiqurrahman

    @Immushfiqurrahman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@98TrueRocker98 yea man i know but theu did goodat start but later they were crappy

  • @haditaleb3449

    @haditaleb3449

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Immushfiqurrahman our policies were never to expand after we got our old borders back

  • 3 жыл бұрын

    I'll just thank god they didn't

  • @Immushfiqurrahman

    @Immushfiqurrahman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @ Why bro

  • @justanothersomebody1628
    @justanothersomebody16283 жыл бұрын

    Great video, but I found out that on the current patch, you usually have to allow the Netherlands to remain free so Germany can get around the Maginot effectively.

  • @Fyres11
    @Fyres112 жыл бұрын

    Great work. I did it thanks to you. Lost maybe around 2-300k casualties, but Soviet over 5 millions from me alone XD

  • @saltTERR
    @saltTERR3 жыл бұрын

    This video was sponsored by Taxed Tank Division

  • @fret1
    @fret13 жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to see the videos on the new dlc

  • @elbeto191291
    @elbeto191291 Жыл бұрын

    So, after pretty much following this guide, and using Barbarossa and the latest patch by 09/19/2022, I ended up at war with the Soviets and I found out some things: 1- If you build up your army like the guide specifies, the Soviets won't actually attack you because between their lines and yours there's a lot of ground that's basically a "no-mans-land" where supply is almost unexistent, both for you and for them, so beware if you counterattack. You can use this to your advantage in Northern Finland, but be aware of going too far and getting divisions encircled. 2- If you feel you have enough good divisions, you can actually make a push towards Petrozavodsk to cut the railway towards Murmansk and at the same time take the supply hub for you. 3- While all this is happening, you'll be better off improving relations with Germany, Italy and Japan (and for that matter, everyone who's willing to give you some stuff) in order to be able to hold the line and counterattack the Soviets when the Germans invade, especially to compensate every truck and train you lose because of Soviet bombing (use armored trains maybe?) 4. Just in case, recruit some garrisons for your ports (10w with artillery and engineers will do just fine), in case the Soviets decide to naval invade Helsinki or any other port. A couple of coastal forts will also be of help to disuade the Soviets from invading you that way. Frontline divisions I used 9-1 (9 infantry-1 artillery) with engineers, maintenance, and support artillery and anti-air. 4- I used three collaboration governments in the USSR (remember to us localized training agencies to avoid your spies getting caught all the time). For some reason, though, I still had to reduce their victory points to 20% in order to cap them. I still got the compliance benefits though, and I was able to flank the Romanians and the Germans for control of most of the territory east of Moscow and Stalingrad. 5- If you have some spare mills, build Transport Planes. It's literally impossible to advance your frontlines without them after taking Leningrad (you can take it pretty much at the start of the war) and without military access from the Germans (I actually don't know if your supply vehicles can use Supply Hubs taken by a "neutral" faction; so be aware of it when you push the Soviets past Velikiye Luki and before you get to Rzhev and Moscow. 6- Despite evertyhing I explained so far, achievement didn't fire for me, so I'm about to backstab the Germans while holding off the Japanese because they declared on the East Indies after I capped the USSR. I even managed to cap the Soviets with the most warscore, even surpassing the Germans and Romanians, but I couldn't capture Moscow even though I took part in the battle to capture the city, so maybe achievement didn't fire because of it. If anyone can help me with what to do next, I'd really appreciate it.

  • @AlexMonas
    @AlexMonas Жыл бұрын

    Really useful if you share your button inputs as with "Shift-Excercise so they stop when they're lvl3" Thanks for sharing!

  • @ryankendall5176
    @ryankendall51762 жыл бұрын

    Would love to see an updated guide for no step back!

  • @Nite-me1di
    @Nite-me1di3 жыл бұрын

    This was the last achievement I needed to get. Thank you for the set up. However on my game Germany never broke through Belgium and was stalled for years so they never invaded the Soviets. I was able to take Leningrad early in the war which helped me induce a lot of casualties early, so when my counter attack started I had an easier time cleaning out Finland. But I did have to beat the Soviets on my own. And did

  • @2milk867
    @2milk8673 жыл бұрын

    1-hour long video woot woooooooooot

  • @GigachadYemeni
    @GigachadYemeni Жыл бұрын

    This was entertaining. Good job

  • @christopheranderson8429
    @christopheranderson84293 жыл бұрын

    The infantry soldiers running when sped up! 🤣😂

  • @paulbaker45
    @paulbaker452 жыл бұрын

    Great video thank you!

  • @libertyisland6950
    @libertyisland69503 жыл бұрын

    I think the UK did like with historical focuses Home Defense and did then a alternative focus i think its called Benelux Intervention or just Dutch Intervention There also focuses in the branch like Scandinavian Intervention etc. that give the UK once requirements are complete a war goal against those following nations once the UK complete the focus. The UK can only do these focus once the following nation(s) has/have over 30% brown party or over 30% red party support which the AI doesn't do normally so I think the AI did a bit of an alternate scenario.

  • @ajappinen1007
    @ajappinen10073 жыл бұрын

    I have waited this so long

  • @karisalonen12
    @karisalonen123 жыл бұрын

    Damned. Never thought taking Dutch East Indies 😂 And Carl Gustav Mannerheim & Kyösti Kallio didn't seem to think about that either (IRL) 😂

  • @Bruh-ff2tw
    @Bruh-ff2tw3 жыл бұрын

    The taxed tank division. Yay.

  • @BlaecHrim
    @BlaecHrim3 жыл бұрын

    When you want to win, hire a finn.

  • @solidcoal8131
    @solidcoal81312 жыл бұрын

    i love how he kept on calling Leningrad Stalingrad over and over again.

  • @bankerduck4925
    @bankerduck4925 Жыл бұрын

    Perkele! What a beautiful idea. Okay, Sir.... *Finnish Him!*

  • @urtwietii
    @urtwietii3 жыл бұрын

    If you wait to do military youth (or the communist one) until after you flip ideologies, you get a very nice boost to party popularity which means higher stability. Well worth waiting for because of the bonuses linked to stability.

  • @danrobidoux
    @danrobidoux2 жыл бұрын

    Well that was MISERABLE. Without access to Amsterdam, moustache man stalled out in Belgium and never set foot in France. Without the Blitzkrieg ever succeeding, Barbarossa never happened. This meant I had to fight and beat the Soviets alone. In 1948, with 20+ million dead Russians, countless encirclements, millions of captured guns, tanks, and cannons, and many, many hours of my life I'm never getting back, it's over. It's Finnished. Thanks as always for the videos!

  • @BunnyboyCarrot
    @BunnyboyCarrot2 жыл бұрын

    FYI: The wiki states that you just have to capitualte the USSR and take Moscow, while also having over 15% war participation. Got the achievement in 1942, thanks!

  • @artunozsoy
    @artunozsoy3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I've been waiting this for long a time the achievement introduced. Also can you do the "Our Other Place in the Sun"?

  • @bltsevdallarfanclub641

    @bltsevdallarfanclub641

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its not that hard unlike others. Just caputulate The Allies and get the UK's caribean islands.

  • @artunozsoy

    @artunozsoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bltsevdallarfanclub641 It's pretty hard me to do that, as you guess I'm a noob at HOI

  • @bltsevdallarfanclub641

    @bltsevdallarfanclub641

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@artunozsoy well the thing is UK ai is so dumb that you can naval invade at the start of the war. I usually caputlate Uk faster than France with Schlaffen plan

  • @artunozsoy

    @artunozsoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bltsevdallarfanclub641 thank you

  • @bltsevdallarfanclub641

    @bltsevdallarfanclub641

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@artunozsoy the secret is to not guarentee poland

  • @Grampa_Swood
    @Grampa_Swood3 жыл бұрын

    When you flipped to the browns, you said "More stability gone" but you gained 1 stability lol

  • @georgesfarah5625
    @georgesfarah56253 жыл бұрын

    there is an amazing GFX mod for 3D models of units for many countries ( including finland ) called M2 Total or M3 Total ( mod was relunched ) and its great if you ever get bored of the same plain boring vanilla models, it also adds plenty of new models for special forces and has variations depending of the weapons year tech, its great you should try it.

  • @andreasottohansen7338
    @andreasottohansen73383 жыл бұрын

    I am a little sad the Tordenskjold achievement didn't win, but honestly, I would have been genuinely surprised if it did.

  • @maxhalabi7611
    @maxhalabi76113 жыл бұрын

    30:15 dont say that, Mongolia was a power house when Ghenghis Khan ruled

  • @johncarter449
    @johncarter4493 жыл бұрын

    Battlecry next :):):) ? please THANK you:D and great job man you are the best :D

  • @bysigmar3819
    @bysigmar38193 жыл бұрын

    Guys I think bittersteel made the achievement before the achievement was released... It doesnt trigger that way.(at least in my game) The guide is brilliant but the two and a half hour it took me to destroy the axis were completely wasted. There is a much faster way. Step 1: Follow the guide and crush the soviets Step 2: In the peacedeal take only Leningrad and press end. Step 3: Release Leningrad as free and immediately justify on them Step 4 : Crush them again Step 5 : Profit Save yourself time and the huge amount of cancer I got from this achievement. Thanks Paradox for making me lose my sanity

  • @pedropena6789
    @pedropena67892 жыл бұрын

    31:31 Literally Winter War

  • @davidvacha824
    @davidvacha824 Жыл бұрын

    7:33 "Correct ideology" ah but of course lol.

  • @Praiokles
    @Praiokles3 жыл бұрын

    While it may not be as efficient, it would be fun if you would more diverse troops, as paratroopers, armored and motorized divisions.

  • @_apparatus
    @_apparatus3 жыл бұрын

    i just love watching people from other countrys trying to speak our monster of a language

  • @JarmanGaming
    @JarmanGaming3 жыл бұрын

    Lmao I’ve been waiting for this

  • @sauronmordor7494

    @sauronmordor7494

    3 жыл бұрын

    :)

  • @orderno1218

    @orderno1218

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im finnish

  • @antasil5768
    @antasil57683 жыл бұрын

    This is a work of art. Sorry about your sanity though. I'm also sorry to see you abuse the Netherlands and Indonesia this way, but I'll admit it seems the best way to do this without joining a faction. Question: why did you pull the Netherlands in so late into the war? You could have forced another front on the Germans? All in all, great game! I expect Paradox to make this easier when the achievement comes out, so you already did it on expert mode ;-)

  • @jasperthehunted2670
    @jasperthehunted26702 жыл бұрын

    Mannerheim already made us proud RIP our great leader ❤

  • @antoniothegunexpert5955
    @antoniothegunexpert5955 Жыл бұрын

    I imagine how confused hittler would be if the leader of finland explains him that he refused joining their aliance because he needs to get an achievment

  • @hasan1618
    @hasan161810 ай бұрын

    “toad anti air”

  • @aaronharper1209
    @aaronharper12093 жыл бұрын

    The best way to fight a superpower is a super division on a fort and defensible terrain

  • @ptan9441
    @ptan94412 жыл бұрын

    My Germany literally couldn't get 1 tile into Belgium and Italy was being Italy, so I had to get on Soviet Union 1v1

  • @elyisusking3603
    @elyisusking36032 жыл бұрын

    Russian Empire: W... Who are you? Greater Finnland: i'm you, but better

  • @jonahlindsey2440
    @jonahlindsey2440 Жыл бұрын

    Question, how do you micro when you have a battle plan set, when I do it the aí just takes over what ever order I tell the unit to do

  • @taxed3348
    @taxed33483 жыл бұрын

    Finally Pog moment

  • @Mikeanium
    @Mikeanium3 жыл бұрын

    Can We Just Take A Moment to appreciate the Casualties this Guy Gives and The Amount of Casualties This Guy Takes

  • @horurbardal6490
    @horurbardal64902 жыл бұрын

    All KZreadrs re: Finland: "You cannot hold the whole front line against the Russia." Me: lol, yes you can.

  • @jammonkey6249
    @jammonkey6249 Жыл бұрын

    Did anyone else notice that bittersteel was calling Leningrad Stalingrad for a while, cause I did

  • @AleczanderderGross
    @AleczanderderGross3 жыл бұрын

    Man, imagine this fucking history lesson.

  • @nikoherrod5307
    @nikoherrod53073 жыл бұрын

    You should do El Salvador world conquest challenge. Or luxenburg world conquest challenge. It would be funny to watch you try and do it. Please consider it.

  • @tomi9562
    @tomi95623 жыл бұрын

    If you want play as finland i would suggest using finlandia mod (cant remember the name), it gives totally different natoonal focus tree. Or you could get buffed finlad mod, that one ksbpretty OP like finland gets lot of every resources

  • @mcfootball9012
    @mcfootball90123 жыл бұрын

    "I am scared for the algorithm" so lets call them the brown party. These days brown is also very scary to say hehe

  • @TricaGamer
    @TricaGamer3 жыл бұрын

    They go for provinces that have a coast, so everything that is near to an ocean the germans are going to take

  • @chippen1985
    @chippen19853 жыл бұрын

    Watching this on a mobile device, and even my Macbook, is quite challenging due to the high resolution you are using Bitt3erSteel. I would recommend using the same resolution as FeedBackGaming or Taureor. The rest is excellent though.

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry to hear that! I'll see if there's an easy way to set the resolution to something reasonable next time I record

  • @josephcola9662
    @josephcola96623 жыл бұрын

    So are you gonna do it again when the achievement actually comes out?

  • @tjardon
    @tjardon3 жыл бұрын

    This video got a cameo on TommyKay’s Twitch and KZread VOD channel

  • @Bitt3rSteel

    @Bitt3rSteel

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's pretty cool!

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