At peace conference take at least one Soviet and Polish core territory. on Paradox technology, Legal The Focus "Rekindle Imperial Sentiment" will give you Bohemia. As of ~1.10, you can no longer justify on a country that has not accrued World Tension as a member of the Allies. With this, you should have no problem overrunning the country with either infantry or cavalry. I just tried to capitulate Japan using the new mechanic by just double-nuking them as the Guangxi-Clique. Research Paratroopers and MPs immediately. Divide your army in one stack of 16 and 2 stacks of 24. Begin to develop the east indies, focus on planes (specifically bombers) and submarines to destroy factories and shipping to damage the German economy so the USSR doesn't lose. From here, you need to click on the flag of a specific country to pull up their unique diplomacy screen. If you somehow managed to keep your Democratic popularity above 60% such as by hiring the Social Democrat advisor at the start or taking The Birthplace of Democracy focus beforehand, you can return to Democratic at any time after this. As Brazil, capture Rome with paratroopers. By delaying it roughly half a year, the couping, allying and, annexation of Albania should be well within possibility. Puppet USA is probably better choice if you are sharing war scores with other countries. Promote a divisional commander to general asap and give him command of an army. Civil war or lend leasing to your overlord are the typical examples. Tannu Tuva can easily reach this achievement due to their abysmally low core population of just 85k. Supposedly having 50 factories (possibly not counting dockyards) will make you a major, non starting majors or faction leaders is like 50 factories and x amount of divisions unless its like one of the last few nations existing i saw other comments i guess it changed at some point, This is why attacking the allies is frustrating, when the UK capitulates late in the war, India, Canada, Australia, and NZ have become majors. Once the civil war starts, the playable side in the civil war will receive independence, which grants the achievement. Because you need to be able to overrun the Allied divisions in Egypt and be able to defend your home against both land attacks and naval invasions. Move your navy into the Mediterranean to avoid being cut off by Britain and then justify a war on them (or anyone in the Allies), you will be able to get military access from Italy this way (or potentially before this). Proceed to attack the Axis once Russia is under your control. Since you have taken the Believe, Obey, Fight focus, you should be able to hire Dino Grandi as advisor. Stay on speed 5 the whole time. ago. Join the Axis, which will consist of Germany alone. I have been trying really hard trying everything from a naval invasion an encirclement of the French army or air-dropping troops on the Maginot line but I just can't seem to get it to work can anybody help me with this? ago. You have 2 focuses giving you boost in that area. Wilhelm II must be your leader and he must not die before the focus is complete. The straightforward, but boring and slow, approach is to defeat the Axis, then go to war with the Comintern and defeat them (note that the PRC will declare war on China one year after the end of the war with Japan, so you can use the focus to get China democratic and add them to the Allies before that war starts) - this should add lots of countries to the Allies, and then trigger coups everywhere you can. Ignore Africa for now. - do a national referendum without discrediting the government (It's very fast nontheless and you will need the pp) 3. If the Turks refuse to attack, pull away the majority of your forces, and then send them back when they start to attack what was left behind. Any sub-branch of the tree under 'A Change in Course' causes the Dominion to break ties with the United Kingdom and leave the Allies. As Bulgaria, complete the focus The Fate of the Balkans while having 5 or more Balkan puppets. Merge all your ships in one single fleet and place it in one of your ports near Denmark with the order, Start the war. open.spotify. be part of either the Axis or the Allies and at war with the other faction in a war you started). Once you've declared war help with defeating the Axis or simply sit back and allow The Allies to do the job for you. Be aware that because of the fact that historical AI is off Hungary could create the Pact of Rome and get in an early war (non-historical Italy sometimes justifies on Yugoslavia 1937) or tries to form A-H itself and then fails. Important to choose "Insist on a Royal Marriage" so you can form the American Monarchy. And to activate scorched earth in all provinces/states you're going to lose to the Germans. If you are really struggling and tension is low enough (below 25%) invade Ireland first. In the meantime you can annex or puppet Greece and Romania with naval invasions with "Reclaim the Makedonyal Sanjak" claim. Try to stay out of wars as long as you can. It would obviously be conditional, though. Rush Communist -- you need 40% support to Abolish the Monarchy. As the U.S.A., start a new civil war as the South. Another option is to use the national focuses and join either Allies or Comintern before Germany justifies on you (Normally 1940). number of infantry equipment in armies > 2200 Fully research a land, naval and air doctrine tree. Declare on Greece after the justification on Austria. Remember that to capitulate Vichy, you also have to take the part of victory points that Vichy France has in Nort -Africa. In the meantime start going down the economic path of the tree. Successfully stage a coup in any nation using a spy with the Seducer trait. You want to make sure you take them before the Allies, so you get the puppet collaboration government. Can be combined with "Our Words Are Backed With Nuclear Weapons" (declaring independence after dropping the nuke) - requires. Keep wiping out the Italians that land in Zara. They should abandon those plans just like Nazi-Germany did with the invasion of Britain. The Greek focuses resulting from "Resurrecting the Megali Idea" allow for a war with Turkey where you will gain Istanbul. The United Kingdom will be too busy in Europe to do much against you, so it is possible to declare war on the UK first to unlock War Bonds and get some of your powerful industrial focuses before invading the US. When the Soviets stop pushing on you, you can strategically push on provinces where the have low supply. 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. Justify and declare war on Poland to gain a border with Germany. Occupy all of mainland France while having at least 20 fully equipped Bicycle regiments. Don't spend PP negotiating for rearmament, refuse the restrictions once you form your faction. You can also spam recruitment of divisions until you've used up all your manpower, wait a few ticks for the achievement to trigger, and then cancel them all again (if you want to continue your game). The have supply hubs due north not on a city in and due east on the city of Irkutsk. Another window to strike at Germany early is during Sudetenland crisis. Both nations need to be either in a capitulated state or annexed to trigger. In your new exiled focus tree branch after capitulation, reach and complete the "Heir of Solomon" focus. If you have time it is possible to coup Albania communist before Italy annexes them but your priority should be Greece and Yugo. . Do not join in the faction's wars so you can continue to trade with all countries and focus on spies. Achievements cannot be earned prior to the version they were added in. The key to this achievement is that the Soviet Union never takes or puppet any territory in China. Paras might work, but it's really not necessary. India needs to be at least a dominion to become spymaster. You will need some civilian factories and lots of cargo ships. Easier if the Nationalist are weakened by the Carlist rebellion. Be aware that when Japan goes to war with the Allies that there is a chance that when a nation revolts that they will automatically join the Japanese faction. Achievement will pop after landing in Iceland. 1.4K. Donitz worked very hard to try and make sure it was the Allies, not Soviet who occupied as much as Germany as possible - because he knew how the Soviet treated anyone in the region once they occupied it. Full defensive focus is advised. Try to get proper tank divisions before the war starts. However, if Germany is completing/has completed "Demand Sudetenland", the chance increases tenfold, enough that they will nearly always accept. Doesn't really matter which one. So only start boosting in provinces controlled by your enemies. The army won't get the bonuses of the general due to the reassignement time, but the experience will be gained by him. From the beginning build a couple of dockyards to increase your convoy production, and maybe some extra submarines too. Save at least 150 pp for the start of the war, so you can immediately increase your conscription law. Once you are able to declare war launch naval invasions in the south on and around ports, supporting contested landing with encirclements to quickly gain sea access. It is a very weird situation and not something you would usaually want to do, but it can happen, You can become a major if you are a part of the top 7 countries with the most factories too. If you like it, I would very much appreciate if you'd follow me on Spotify. Tip: It is better to raise resistance in small or even one-state nations like Rwanda, Burundi or Gambia, as this will lead to an uprising much faster because of fewer states that have to meet the resistance threshold. If you spot a mistake then you are welcome to fix it. They can randomly give Transvaal the required Factories. If fighting with Germans (in alliance or not), make bigger war score than they, because at peace conference Germany could first take all Eastern Poland and it'd be unavailable to get Polish land without struggle with Axis. Take the required provinces in the peace conference. After that concentrate on building naval dockyards and make sure that you researched Modern Ship Torpedo Launcher technology. Depend on how far to the left the balance of power have been pushed, this can possibly make the Pope take power. All you have to do is click on the hand-shaking icon to bring up your diplomacy screen. Alternatively, Italy is a great choice. Simply invite the UK, France, and Italy then promise them all concessions. Get Fascist, justify on Hungary, leave Allies/join Axis, wait for Anschluss, paradrop from German Austria to the three Hungarian cities. You will also need to send a lot of divisions to help USA rebellion so it's better to choose a city from pacific side to start coup(Axis should have Suez Canal by now and you can ask for access while being at war against Russia). Wait out till 1945 for the achievement to fire. Now start justifying on Yugoslavia. After you are secure the fastest way to gain autonomy points is to mass produce infantry weapons and convoys, then to Lend Lease them to the UK (it will give you more points if you have better tech than them so rush those next level weapons). For more help using the console and cheat commands, see our basics guide. Cookie Notice The Focuses "The Belorussian Army" and "The Ruthenian Army" can help you get a few of those divisions if your manpower is (to) low. It is not necessary to go to war with the Allies, unless you do so that the thirteenth country joins your faction and the achievement is complete. Go fascist and justify on Albania once you flip. You have to complete the focus: 'The One True Heir of Solomon' and form the Empire of Solomon. Another good choice is the United Kingdom if you have , since not only can you also get the below-mentioned One Empire, but you can also form the European Union on top of the Imperial Federation. Do to this rush down the Army tree in order to begin your war on pacifism as early as possible. Abstain from Continue the New Deal until the 1936 election, choose Republicans, and Re-establish the Gold Standard. Join. If the Soviets get Bessarabia, you won't be able to get it. During the Peace Deal, focus on taking American land - the Axis will be mostly focused on Africa and Mainland Europe (if you didn't generate enough war score, take the coastal states + Alaska and Hawaii first, then the states bordering Canada and Mexico; then, take the rest of the inner states; if the Axis manage to make a puppet of the US with one of their cores, you should be strong enough to beat the Axis if you attack while they're dealing with the Soviets) - if you want to annex the US, you can puppet them using a non-core state and still take the decision. You can also play as Romania and go down the "Balkan Dominance" path. If they agree, you will get an "Arranged Territorial Expansion" in Palestine. Alternatively, try to naval invade Soviet's far east front and capture a few victory point provinces. Then simply invite the puppets into your faction. This will make the war easier as they will not receive the "Great Patriotic War" buff. As a democratic nation, build a lot of planes, namely strategic bombers and fighters, and rush nuclear technology. After the Anschluss, you can justify a quick war goal on Germany using the claim on Vorarlberg. Follow the right most side of focus tree to become communist and put Trotsky in charge. With : Also you want to take the Foreign Affair branch until you reach Albanian Occupation to get Albania. Repeat until the Turks have little manpower left in the field, then push forward and capitulate them. From there just keep beating the Brits and building new ships and bombers (importing Oil for fuel if needed) until your fleet sinks the Hood and unlocks the achievement. Once complete, take the new advisor. Can be done as any ideology, but going down the King's Party path and fomenting imperialist revolutions in your dominions will allow you to create integrated puppets, eliminating the need to reduce autonomy. Send absolutely everything at Ethiopia, you do not want them to become government in exile. Turn off Together for Victory and Man the Guns - this will allow you to leave Allies instantly. Extra bragging rights if you do it in 30 minutes or less! Just be aware that you cannot unlock this achievement if you do the "National Steel Car.". Invest 50 PP, and the achievement should trigger. You will also get all your Polish cores after Molotov-Ribbentrop fires. If you want to avoid war with Japan, just leave out one province of British Malaya and Dutch East Indies. Near the end of 1937 (November/December) do the focus clamp down on Danzig and then continue down the monarchy path you've chosen. As of patch 1.6, the United States might stay out of the war entirely if not attacked by Japan. Field marshall: Edward, Generals: Marian, Roman and Kazimierz. This way divisions which will retreat will do so to the empty middle tile that your armies surround. You need to either annex all USA core states, or puppet the USA and let it have all core states. Declare war against Tannu Tuva but DO NOT capitulate them. As Ethiopia, without being in a faction, force the Italians to make peace. And that is my point - Even though the country had surrended, you still had pockets of resistance fighters hellbent on fighting till their death, and some commanders with some final plans they desperatedly tried to go through with. That way if you aren't making forts you are making military factories. Just go democratic and wait for world tension to rise. The Baltic Sea Islands, Gotland and land, are not necessary. To be Ottoman Empire you need to go far left of focus tree and choose Adnan Menderes after "Hold Our First Multi-Party Election". Prepare your navy and your marines to the closest islands owned (Marshall Islands) to naval invade Hawaii then to West Coast America, the final ocean province outside of California can be reached by separating your three 4000km range light carriers (Hosho, Akagi and Kaga). Occupy at least one space from Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, and then capitulate Canada (if you want to also get the Raj at this point, feel free to declare on them as well; if Pakistan has spawned, wait for them to White Peace with India before declaring on them, since they won't join the Commonwealth of Nations while at war with another member; like with the other 3 dominions, just occupy one tile each of Burma, India, and Pakistan).