With Together for Victory DLC enabled and Waking the Tiger DLC disabled: Note that it's possible for the achievement to fire off if you declare on a member of the Allies even if the Allies are already at war, provided that one joins the Axis before declaring (although note that doing so can cause problems if Bulgaria has been granted occupation of certain zones). Note that if you have Battle for the Bosphorous installed, if you join the Axis, you will lose territory to Bulgaria, so go down Balkans Dominance, Puppet Bulgaria, and then annex them through the Puppet Mechanics before joining the Axis. Follow up with Dispose Mussolini focus. The Regency Council is formed through the Illusions of a Non-Partisan System branch, which requires at least 20% democratic popularity. For a greater challenge; take the non-aligned path, but the House of Orange back in power, and try to hold off the Wehrmacht on your own. Because of this, collaborating with the Axis is the simplest route to achieving this. Germany should also agree to split Czechoslovakia giving Romania a Slovakian puppet. Option 2: Turn fascist and join the Axis. I Captured the Bosporus and All I Got Was This Lousy Achievement. Flip Communist as fast as possible through a civil war. Before request UK, give an order for the new army (for example, garrison or invasion), otherwise they will refuse. Supply there is very bad. 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. One of the following must be true: May be done in conjunction with the Hail to the Qing and the The Dragon Swallowed the Sun achievements. The run was played with all DLCs, on Ironman and historical. The best I can figure out at the moment is using the occupation painting tool, deleting all the enemy's units, and then clicking all VPs. As Yugoslavia, occupy all your neighbouring countries (Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy and Greece). You can then proceed to defeat Turkey and the Soviet Union alongside the Axis. Note: if you are going for the Pizza achievement, this is a good time to go after the USA, do it before the next step. Get a Research Slot and rush Join the Republican Government. Let them bleed themselves on the border. This will drag all the others in without any major powers. Have a production license from at least 5 of the 7 major powers. It is easy to do if you go for the Megali Idea which potentially can have you, UK, and France agree to split up Turkey and all attack Turkey. Can be done in a historical playthrough, but it easiest to achieve when Germany goes Oppose Hitler. The below list groups the various achievements by a difficulty level as assessed by the wiki editors (uncategorized - UC - achievements haven't been assessed yet). Also place units next to Zara. These states can make the puppets Macedonia and Serbia. Although, given the military capabilities by that point, and that Germany will probably invade France too, it shouldn't be a big problem to do so. Occupy all of mainland France while having at least 20 fully equipped Bicycle regiments. 8/10 times the German Military Junta wins that war (1/10 they lose and 1/10 the civil war lasts for years). Move your army to Canada, making sure to spread the divisions out and declare martial law to prevent it from seceding. Annex Curacao, satellite Dutch East Indies and the puppet remainder of Netherlands. As Romania, change sides in the war and capitulate a former ally. The key in here is to not capitulate. But for some reason this function seems to be broken. Your Italy is probably still alive, if they were to capitulate as well, a peace deal would fire. It's the only quick way to lose because it will take ages for Allies to get to you through land (way longer than your troops going for Palestine will take). As the U.S.A., have more than 300 military factories. This will make the war easier as they will not receive the "Great Patriotic War" buff. After this series of easy conquests, you will have the decision to form the Roman Empire. The reason you go down the "Empower of Ras" side is that it leads towards "A Federal Empire". This one requires one to be in the winning side against both Axis and Allies. By delaying it roughly half a year, the couping, allying and, annexation of Albania should be well within possibility. Follow the "Return of the Kaiser" and the "Focus on the True Enemy" path in the "Oppose Hitler" tree until you get to the "Assassinate Mussolini" Focus. requires the Assertiveness Sub-branch of the focus tree. Follow the focus tree to "Government of National Defense". There really needs to be a better mechanic for stalemates or peace deals that "freeze" the frontline based on the states you currently control. The German will turn to the west, so you only have to prepare for a Soviet attack. Open console command. Take Austria and Czechoslovakia ASAP to weaken Germany. After Molotov-Ribbentrop pact signed and Poland capitulated, Soviets will take Eastern part of it. After that take the focuses "Enemies on All Fronts" and "Pre-Empt Western Intervention." You just have to win a small civil war to get to the focus. To shorten the border with the Axis you can puppet Moldova. When Landon becomes President, go straight to America First. Holding out against the Soviet is possible, but you might end up against a mass of Soviet troops on your border while the German simply roll into Moscow. Furthermore, you could start taking some of the focusses from "Plan East". An easy way to do this is, after rebelling against the Japanese, ask all the members of the Chinese United Front for Military Access except for Communist China - if you didn't answer Japan's call to arms, you will be at peace with them, and since you're fighting on the same side as them, you'll be given it. Doing it with "Holy, Roman, and an Empire" is also a good choice, after forming Rome, you have enough industry and manpower to grind your general to max level. at least 6 of the following is a subject of Bulgaria: After completing "The Fate of the Balkans" you get the ability to peacefully puppet any nation with a Balkan capital who is in your faction, as well as the capacity to force them into your faction if they are not already in one. Don't continue down the fascist path before defeating Sweden as that will guarantee that they join the Allies. Capitulate them, and take them in the peace deal. Not a lot of micromanaging needed, just punch through with tanks, groups of 12. Taking Moscow and Leningrad leaves you well positioned for 15% warscore, which you can further secure by pivoting east and reach for the Urals. Once you are independent, push to Berlin, and take Warsaw along the way (don't grant military access to your allies, otherwise they might own the liberated territory instead of you if they get there first). The United States is easier to defeat the earlier you can attack them - instead of instigating the Loyalist Uprisings in the dominions, declare war on them directly and puppet them in peace deals; do not directly declare on Canada, as you don't want to fight the United States at the same time; declare on one of the other 3 dominions and Canada will be called in. (you can help out with exiled units if needed). Once the USA and Mexico have been annexed, dismantle your faction and join the Axis to fight off the Allies. You can join the Axis or Comintern to force Romania moving some of their troops, but don't call them in, as giving Romanian land to Transylvania will require a lot of war score. This allows you to hire the advisor which increase non-aligned popularity. Now focus on taking out Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. In the meantime start going down the economic path of the tree. This achievement can be done with 'Med plutonium' if you annex and release Denmark as free via the autonomy system by building in their states and lend leasing them. 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. To trigger the civil war do not arrest the king and go down the focus "The Right to Rule". Next go for "Empower Finnish Militants" and "National Pride Marches in Finland". Now the states you are missing are controlled by Italy and turkey. For construction: Que level 5 (or higher) forts and on the bottom military factories. Alternatively you can also play a longer and larger game and just simply either ally or puppet all of the major nations and then get licenses from them. Can also be done as communist Yugoslavia. Go down the left side focus and choose to work with the Fascists. The war keeps going until all major powers in a faction capitulate. You might have to run propaganda missions to lower their stability. Only requires the Restore Byzantium decision, which can be taken by conquering all of Turkey and the entire Balkans (Albania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania and Hungary). Also key to this is Ideological Loyalty. Haile Selassie Is the current country leader. There are three main alliances in the game, the Allies, the Axis, and the Communist International, that the player can either participate in or stay out. When communist Romania wins their civil war, justify and attack them, they will not be guaranteed by anyone, as they are communist and just fought a civil war. Neutral nations forced into your faction might create neutral puppets. A decision should be available after the war is complete. As Nationalist Spain in Axis manage to take Paris before the Germans. Become communist as normal. Declare war on Sweden after your communist support reaches 50%, then call in your allies and switch to communism. Restore the old borders with the USA as Mexico. Answer (1 of 5): Wrong wrong wrong. You just need to hold your line and not let non-aligned Russia get capitulated(you don't need war participation, rebellion will have all Russia after Germany capitulates Russia). Follow the right most side of focus tree to become communist and put Trotsky in charge. If you wish to continue playing and get another achievement (Stalin, How Many Guns Does He Have), you can use the war goal you get from Time for War to declare war on the USSR and join Germany's attack. Simply invite the UK, France, and Italy then promise them all concessions. By making the connecting level 5 rail run through two states it counts for both. Have a spy network of at least 50% strength in Casablanca. As Germany, control Budweis, Tsingtao, and Guinness directly or through a faction member. An other option is to follow the communist branch of Bulgaria and at the very end complete the focus 'The Unification of the Balkans'. As India, become the spymaster for the Allies. Tooltip debug mode shows information such as IDs for provinces, states, etc when you hover over them on the map. There are a number of problems, like the troops that just disappear upon capitulation, the fact that the navy doesn't appear to contribute to war score, occupation appears to be randomized. The game seems to check for casualties at the end of each month, so, for example, if you have under 475 casualties on January 1st and force the enemy's capitulation by January 17th (or any other day before the end of the month) with 4000 casualties (or any other number, including above 475), you will still get the achievement. Once you defeat Turkey and restore Byzantium, you can start working on Romania, dig in on the Bulgarian border and let the Romanian troops destroy themselves in the offensive, then start pushing in. Taking Curacao from the Dutch will not give the achievement, as it is counted as part of South America. - use your army EXP you get from "militarism" to upgrade your Units to 20 width and add engineers - justify on Bulgaria as soon as you have enough pp - justify on Yugo asap, while you justify on . Another window to strike at Germany early is during Sudetenland crisis. For this achievement, you only need to occupy the states in question. If you're unlucky and haven't reached 13 members yet after you revolted all of the French African provinces, go for the Belgian ones or the Portuguese (British is pointless, far too high compliance). The 4 divisions from this focus should be attacking the port you target for your naval invasions. Don't forget to research Transport Ships to be able to launch naval invasions! When the justification has finished, declare war on them. Privacy Policy. By early 1939 you should stop building factories and instead start building forts, railways and where necessary supply hubs. If Iceland gets released, it may be necessary to justify against them. Capital is Macau (729) You may want to build some extra dockyards. Then head to "Force Abdication". I dont know exactly how the game sets a country to major but I think it is linked to country size, army size, industry, wether or not you are leading a faction. The "DI" column is for difficulty as assessed by wiki editors. Option 1: Give into German and Soviet demands for territory. Another option is to use the national focuses and join either Allies or Comintern before Germany justifies on you (Normally 1940). Build a defensive army. If they agree, you will get an "Arranged Territorial Expansion" in Palestine. Once Strengthen the Papacy focus is complete, take Utilize the Blackshirt focus. Puppet USA is probably better choice if you are sharing war scores with other countries. (have between 48-72 good divisions). Otherwise when they capitulate, they are no longer at war and the achievement doesn't fire. As South Africa, break free from the UK and puppet another nation. Once you have annexed/puppeted the USA, a decision will appear to install an American Monarchy. Germany will control Paris. Importantly, the chance of Czechoslovakia accepting is VERY low. This will buff them so Germany should fall around 1943. number of infantry equipment in armies > 2200 You could build some forts for comfort. 5: Control the Iranian Province of Hamadan (either by you or a faction member). Remove the Fascist Demagogue once Romania flips to Fascist. Restore Byzantium and have Italy, Romania, and Russia as subjects. Hi, let me introduce myself! You can detour and get your 5th research slot as well as The New Emperor of Ethiopia and Topple the Amhara Rulers focuses if you wish. The easiest strategy is to join the Comintern and attack Turkey from the USSR. The earlier the war, the better your odds. Full defensive focus is advised. At some point the allies will gain air superiority over the two sea zones and Italy. In your new exiled focus tree branch after capitulation, reach and complete the "Heir of Solomon" focus. Attack the Monarchist (or both sides) before they can recover from the civil war. Habsburgs gives you Czechoslovakia (don't pick the Habsburg faction as it takes you out of the German one), Hohenzollern gives Romania and Commonwealth provides wargoals on the Baltic States. This will cause a decision named "Join the Unions" to appear, which can only be taken once the Soviet Union is at 80% surrender progress and will make the US annex the Soviet Union. Remember: Press the button below the army to ask for expeditionary units. Since Spain and Portugal will be at peace for at least the beginning of the liberation, it may be challenging to increase resistance to the 90% point of rebellion. My country capitulated to France, and the German Reich is now non existent. India needs to be at least a dominion to become spymaster. Just take fascist demagogue and spam "Rally the Leagues" decision. Afterwards, conquer Iraq the normal way, and go down to "Expose the Belly of the Bear" - either Iran will agree to become a puppet (in which case, get to work on annexing them) or use the war goal you get from them refusing to conquer them, taking the one Kurdish state in the peace deal (if you don't have TfV, just annex them normally). Guarantee Greece and Yugoslavia, and then when Italy goes to war with one, answer the call to arms. I would also like to be able to make peace with nations after they have failed in their invasion against me. This suggestion requires DLC, patch 1.6 or later, and to not have DLC. Paradropping troops prevents this achievement. I composed the music for the Battle for the Bosphorus pack. Try to get about two full armies of infantry-artillery divisions, and get field hospitals as manpower will get severely limited. They will have no way to grow their military until they remove isolation so it should be trivial to win this way. The only one to watch for is Romania: if the Turkish Straits are closed, Germany will have no land or sea route to Romania and might puppet instead. A great country to get this achievement with is by playing as France and forming the Little Entente with Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Press J to jump to the feed. 66. r/hoi4. Wait, there is a chance that UK and liberated coutry will sign white peace. Before you take the Monarchia d'Italia focus, there are a couple of things you want. Then 'simply' hold the line.