We still have LESS THAN HALF of France...but it's the top half this time!

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Komentáře • 301

  • @tylerhickman6638
    @tylerhickman6638 Před měsícem +1238

    This was my game!! Thanks for the tips and roasting me lmao, was well deserved

    • @DaToast_
      @DaToast_ Před měsícem +12

      Zamners

    • @user-zn7nd5ti6w
      @user-zn7nd5ti6w Před měsícem +21

      good try, look more into guides mate.

    • @josephtang846
      @josephtang846 Před měsícem +20

      So where was France taken from?

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před měsícem +238

      Any time!

    • @hermangrinden1283
      @hermangrinden1283 Před měsícem +62

      I did your save game ad it wasn't really that bad. The templates aren't the worst and I did it about a month faster than bittersteel with a more allied favored peace deal. The main problem was really just the mismanagement of your conscription and trade as explained in the video. That and the overabundance of troops compared to your equipment in storage. simply defending and doing small counterattacks to get back some vital industry combined with buying guns on the international market fixed the equipment deficit when I tried your save. Within two months I had your templates in a full 126 division army with no deficit. Your template isn't bad because the low combat width makes it so that your divisions can stack together in multuple terrains with few combat width overstacking debuffs. All that mounts to say is you had the germans on the ropes and only nneded to be patient and wait out the storm. And the germans shots themselves in the foot the instant they declare war on the soviets which diverts so many forces that you could easily defeat the germans while they are distracted. All in all, you did good, you just got a bit impatient and perhaps a bit nervous when you had to fall back

  • @sirarchi5510
    @sirarchi5510 Před měsícem +1008

    "As historical as possible"
    - went National Bloc
    - went Agressive Focus

    • @user-fp8my6nc4v
      @user-fp8my6nc4v Před měsícem +36

      Btw French AI sometimes goes with National Block

    • @konbkob4156
      @konbkob4156 Před měsícem +22

      National Bloc is the most optimal route though, since you don't get Matignon agreements

    • @Link9058
      @Link9058 Před měsícem +25

      @@konbkob4156but it’s not as historical as possible

    • @kaigao4842
      @kaigao4842 Před měsícem +2

      ​@@konbkob4156If you don't do Magniton Agreements then you get the labor strikes tho

    • @teeby2037
      @teeby2037 Před měsícem +1

      @@kaigao4842not true? at all?

  • @knighter1209
    @knighter1209 Před měsícem +169

    "Division d'Holding" lmao

  • @nonbigbrain9662
    @nonbigbrain9662 Před měsícem +132

    Imagine being the Germans. You’ve nearly conquered France and are now fighting for Paris but then suddenly the enemy becomes bloody Napoleon and managed to win

    • @idontlikerome2744
      @idontlikerome2744 Před měsícem +9

      Yeah wait it out another 20 years again, 3rd time is the charm

    • @PotatoFace565
      @PotatoFace565 Před 12 dny +1

      You ever heard of a little operation called barbarossa?

  • @s0lsticefr4
    @s0lsticefr4 Před měsícem +316

    right in grand battle plan because of that +25% night attack bonus, basically a +12.5% flat attack modifier

    • @cc0767
      @cc0767 Před měsícem +46

      yeah people tend to ignore the biggest benefit of GBP

    • @andreaskostis4806
      @andreaskostis4806 Před měsícem +15

      Also as far as I remember the right path gives a bonus to the basic recon company so that it boosts the soft attack of infantry battalions as well.

    • @notlucas6859
      @notlucas6859 Před měsícem +5

      left has insane battleplan bonuses that give u crazy stats, try it out if you havent (no idea if right has this lol i was just sayin)

    • @MundaneThingsBackwards
      @MundaneThingsBackwards Před měsícem +3

      @@cc0767 It's NOT the biggest benefit. It's a more _flexible_ benefit but GBP left has the planning bonus which equivalent to a bigger attack AND breakthrough bonus when it matters most right before you make a big push. You just have to work for it. It's a good give and take. Neither is obviously better than the other unless it opposes your playstyle.

    • @wuli3579
      @wuli3579 Před měsícem +6

      It's more actually - it reduces the -50% night penalty to -25%. This means instead of doing 50% damage at night, you do 75%. This is a 50% night attack buff, not 25%, and 16.7% overall, not 12.5%. Those are some insane numbers, that's why this doctrine is so good.

  • @GloriousLastStand
    @GloriousLastStand Před měsícem +110

    I swear, half this man's channel is saving Frances that've been cut in half

  • @merkavamayhem5846
    @merkavamayhem5846 Před měsícem +571

    Not to worry, we are still flying half a France

    • @sakeburyojo4218
      @sakeburyojo4218 Před měsícem +31

      Bitt3rSteel had done this before. In terms of this save, that's about a quarter of France lol.

    • @jadeorbigoso5212
      @jadeorbigoso5212 Před měsícem +20

      ​@@sakeburyojo4218 Yeah the Maginot only France hahahaa

    • @nopeyt3387
      @nopeyt3387 Před měsícem +3

      Was about to comment that lol

    • @idontlikerome2744
      @idontlikerome2744 Před měsícem

      More than enough for players

    • @seanfinch7856
      @seanfinch7856 Před měsícem +2

      Another happy encirclement.

  • @BubblesZest
    @BubblesZest Před měsícem +274

    Going as historical as possible. Has Laval and didn't capitulate.
    Hmm.

    • @sirarchi5510
      @sirarchi5510 Před měsícem +20

      Also went battle of maneuver lol

    • @maxomat4319
      @maxomat4319 Před měsícem

      wasn´t Laval a collaborator and got executed after the war?

    • @slaaneshshewhothirst9136
      @slaaneshshewhothirst9136 Před měsícem +1

      I thought the exact same thing. I was like “Bro says he went historical but didn’t go popular front”

  • @salxrn
    @salxrn Před měsícem +67

    title: we still have less than half of france
    start screen: like 15% of france

    • @thelakeman2538
      @thelakeman2538 Před měsícem +5

      Île de France (Paris region) alone is basically like ~18% of France population wise, if you add all those northern cities, it's probably half of France.

    • @StefanHappyFox
      @StefanHappyFox Před měsícem +1

      Well, 15% is indeed less than half haha

  • @harovan
    @harovan Před měsícem +199

    "Mon Dieu, c'est garbage" got me laughing hard.

    • @lyonvensa
      @lyonvensa Před měsícem +15

      The fact he's talking about the Division d'Holding makes it even funnier

    • @Magnusson26
      @Magnusson26 Před měsícem +4

      My french got hurt 😢

    • @Sarre_Casme
      @Sarre_Casme Před měsícem +2

      J'ai senti mon âme quitter mon coeur même ma poubelle était choquée elle m'a dit il parle de moi là

  • @daggieYT
    @daggieYT Před měsícem +83

    20:01 Britain actually gave you 57 guns LMAOO

    • @ww3pilot433
      @ww3pilot433 Před měsícem +31

      oi found these Inna old warehouse.

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama Před měsícem

      But did they give him a sea mine?

  • @bachtruongson9408
    @bachtruongson9408 Před měsícem +71

    Alternate title: Bitt3rSteel gains braincells after a disaster save (instead of losing them)

  • @truelightningstriker5803
    @truelightningstriker5803 Před měsícem +436

    Will we see a France guide?

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před měsícem +250

      Hmm, I could look into it.

    • @truelightningstriker5803
      @truelightningstriker5803 Před měsícem +16

      @@Bitt3rSteel Okay.

    • @Rick-C__137
      @Rick-C__137 Před měsícem +36

      ​@Bitt3rSteel it's called capitulating

    • @raymartcarreon6069
      @raymartcarreon6069 Před měsícem +6

      ​@Bitt3rSteel LETS GOOOOO

    • @tobiastinter955
      @tobiastinter955 Před měsícem +8

      Video 10 of asking you to cash in on your promise: sealow heights, 27th april start, all debuffs, video ,ou ask for is on castlereaghs channel

  • @niki8280
    @niki8280 Před měsícem +128

    Scraping the barrel!!! At just THREE percent levied manpower! WTF!
    This has to be a troll.

    • @1kvolt1978
      @1kvolt1978 Před měsícem +39

      I'd say he just panicked about loss of so much land and all manpower of said land.

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 Před měsícem +34

      I have played hundreds of hours and I dont know how some of the mechanics work :D
      I had no idea for example that you need to do those concription in steps.

    • @Blackandwhitecat-to5ll
      @Blackandwhitecat-to5ll Před měsícem +2

      ​@@jarskil8862Are you the guy who sent the save?

    • @Luke-je1px
      @Luke-je1px Před měsícem

      @@jarskil8862Reading all the tooltips is crucial. Half of everything I learned, I learned from tooltips

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@Blackandwhitecat-to5llthe guy who did is now pinned

  • @Dedelblute3
    @Dedelblute3 Před měsícem +20

    Honestly I’ve survived holding literally just the colonies, Brest, Bordeaux, and the Maginot line (minus Metz, they somehow took Metz). It was quite a painful game.

  • @ferbthe2gadgetguy
    @ferbthe2gadgetguy Před měsícem +65

    Reminds me of the old "Half a France" Disaster save from when the original player was holding down at the South.
    I don't think the situation is any better, but at least this player always had the Metropole to support them! (Is the Metropole actually any good industry wise?)

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před měsícem +26

      Lots of manpower and factories,yes!

    • @rechteherz4131
      @rechteherz4131 Před měsícem +6

      it reminded me of the time a france disaster save he played where the original player only held brest and the northern most tiles of france

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama Před měsícem +2

      @@rechteherz4131 World's thinnest France!

  • @hell_of_helios
    @hell_of_helios Před měsícem +13

    "Italy is...Italy."
    You're right you funny little waffle man, Italy IS Italy

  • @paso_oyun
    @paso_oyun Před měsícem +43

    Bittersteel must collab with other youtubers for their saves and play co-op their saves

    • @jadeorbigoso5212
      @jadeorbigoso5212 Před měsícem +1

      especially with Colonel Cam, it gonna be entertaining or Isorrowproductions

  • @VanBourner
    @VanBourner Před měsícem +8

    The jump to Scraping the barrel is something OGs do, back from when mobilisation laws were all at 150 pp and the mobilisation was instant lol. Why waste the pp?

  • @dolteki
    @dolteki Před měsícem +7

    "Maurice Gamelin is really good". That's a sentence you can only hear about a videogame.

  • @Presidentti_El_Cabio
    @Presidentti_El_Cabio Před měsícem +7

    3:56 the french accent made me so shocked that i had to check your channel’s info and check where you from😅

  • @granthenderson9363
    @granthenderson9363 Před měsícem +4

    26:08 i really hope it was a reference to Napoleon lol " I have destroyed the Austrian army by simply marching "

  • @IamDrDapper
    @IamDrDapper Před měsícem +12

    God, i could listen to Bittersteel speak french all day

  • @Hilter420
    @Hilter420 Před měsícem +4

    0:23 I hate democracy

  • @Carl-Gauss
    @Carl-Gauss Před měsícem +3

    “The war situation has developed not necessarily to France’s advantage” Bitt3rsteel, loading screen, 1941

  • @user-qh3yr4xb1n
    @user-qh3yr4xb1n Před měsícem +8

    Bitt3rSteel try to not roast the shit out of the previous player challenge (impossible)

  • @jansenrafaelhonrubia4276
    @jansenrafaelhonrubia4276 Před měsícem +9

    Atleast, they have this capital which saved it from capitulation

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y Před měsícem +1

    Spreading out your consumption dosage of hoi4 challenge videos is the new lifestyle trend

  • @opupkk4156
    @opupkk4156 Před měsícem +12

    17:10 baguetteers 📈

    • @Sednas
      @Sednas Před měsícem

      how the hell did you watch that far in two minutes?

    • @rhyolite
      @rhyolite Před měsícem

      @@Sednasit’s the power of Escargot

  • @tritojean7549
    @tritojean7549 Před měsícem +2

    About grand battle plan, it gives better stat whe you have the planning bonus at max than any other doctrine under any circumpstances, howevere the main draw back is that you need to have the planning at max to beat them all, so spamming reinforced hq on you breakthrough army is a must, as for GBP left or right the main argument is right remove half of the night penalty while left can get your planing bonus even further beyond, mathematically right have a better stat on average on the entire day due to less penalty at night, but left having more planing bonus make that bonus last longer so the breakthrough will go deeper in the enemmy line. In the end you cant really say that there is a mathematically best path for GBP, it depend on if you think you can break you enemy line before nightfall or if you think you want to break less of the line but be sure to break it even at night

  • @TheGreatA321
    @TheGreatA321 Před měsícem +3

    Always love to see these long form videos of saves. Thanks for the upload BitterSteel!

  • @corneliusmcmuffin3256
    @corneliusmcmuffin3256 Před měsícem +1

    The flame tank strat still works as far as I remember, the terrain buffs are worth it.

  • @230V16A
    @230V16A Před měsícem +5

    How I would love to understand the game as you do Bitt3rSteel. 😄

  • @blitz3391
    @blitz3391 Před měsícem +2

    As a French, hearing your pretty good french is always fun :)

  • @Lt.Pringles
    @Lt.Pringles Před měsícem

    "Division d'Holding" got me laughing way more than it should have

  • @Average_Cinder_Block
    @Average_Cinder_Block Před 29 dny

    Every hoi4 youtuber has their own thing, bittersteel has disaster saves, isorrow has A to Z, florius has focus trees and meanbean has insanity (MD)

  • @spencermelita
    @spencermelita Před měsícem +1

    “not to worry, we’re still flying half a france”

  • @tonkinthesnow
    @tonkinthesnow Před měsícem +6

    Nice Video keep it up!

  • @thanatosexcelsior3711
    @thanatosexcelsior3711 Před měsícem

    Grand Battleplan Rightside gives 25% land night attack which instantly makes it better than superior firepower even without planning buffs

  • @andregamealeatorio4395
    @andregamealeatorio4395 Před měsícem

    It's really incredible, I think I already know everything about the game and when I watch your video I realize that I still have a lot to learn, thank you very much for the tips, they really help a lot.

  • @PeterRoss-ee8cq
    @PeterRoss-ee8cq Před měsícem +2

    Great video man! Can't wait for the next one!

  • @erikstarling7390
    @erikstarling7390 Před měsícem

    For GBP, it depends. Going left unlocks overwhelming fire, which is a good counter, and I think overall better for div variety. Going right is great if you're poor and can only afford infantry, but have a good handle on planning, logistics, AA.

  • @Maxence.Buttler
    @Maxence.Buttler Před měsícem +1

    For a French person like me it's always a pleasure to listen french name but with anglo-Saxons accent😂😂😂

  • @dcbadger2
    @dcbadger2 Před měsícem

    Also, if you have a carrier, make sure it has planes, otherwise put it in reserve until you have enough planes and production.

  • @diobuthesconfused7507
    @diobuthesconfused7507 Před měsícem

    this is probably one of the less chaotic disaster saves and that is definitely a breath a fresh air!

  • @mrvektor115
    @mrvektor115 Před měsícem

    Just imagine when WW3 kicks in and france gets in this situation, but suddenly a strange man pulls up, freezes time, completely reorganizes the country and wins WW3

  • @synthelione3714
    @synthelione3714 Před měsícem

    Bitter's french accent satire is gold!

  • @user-fh5ws6yg5h
    @user-fh5ws6yg5h Před měsícem +1

    Just a question when wil there be a Belgium game because there is a focus three for it and it's up to date

  • @SpiralTails
    @SpiralTails Před měsícem

    This is not the Hexagon, this is the Gone at start.

  • @linusschult6790
    @linusschult6790 Před měsícem +6

    Tank only selow heigts as Japan at 250k subs?

    • @greenkoopa
      @greenkoopa Před měsícem +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Thinking about what would've had to happen to get there is hilarious

    • @RuosongGao
      @RuosongGao Před 24 dny

      Japan you say? Wait till they release an August 8, 1945 start day lmao

  • @baonguyenthe548
    @baonguyenthe548 Před 22 dny

    Last night my game went something like this, I went the commintern path and fort up to hold up to 1941, but the axis decided to invade Swistzerland and punched through my front before I notice. I capitulated and holding Toulon with Soviet troops

  • @pavelslama5543
    @pavelslama5543 Před měsícem

    Thumbs up for the broken French. That was honestly ROFL...

  • @nashpen
    @nashpen Před měsícem +7

    persian empire guide please (i try my self and it got horribly wrong if find a way i sent it to your for disaster save)

  • @SpiralTails
    @SpiralTails Před měsícem

    This is not a disaster save, this is an apocalypse save.

  • @coletheboss76
    @coletheboss76 Před měsícem +1

    You went from France to D day

  • @kidfox3971
    @kidfox3971 Před měsícem

    "The Germans made a breakthrough so i freaked out and moved my whole army to one spot."
    Just like he said, he was playing historical.

  • @EenNederlander
    @EenNederlander Před měsícem

    Bitt3rSteel speaking French is surprisingly entertaining😅

  • @ts8160
    @ts8160 Před 2 dny

    Actually interesting alt history France. Instead of the D-Day we had a bunch of French holding out in Normandy, which then pushed back the germans.

  • @The_Looker
    @The_Looker Před měsícem

    This is actually somewhat historically accurate. General Charles de Gaulle considered to keep fighting for France either outside in London, or remain in France and move the remaining forces to Brittany. Here, France has even bigger bridgehead including the north.

  • @ahmetberkkuntasal4949
    @ahmetberkkuntasal4949 Před měsícem

    what a throwback, half a france was the first vid i watched on this channel

  • @dillonschroeder985
    @dillonschroeder985 Před měsícem

    I will defend GBP as that boost to Naval Invasions is a game changer. But usually I got left in the tree for it. GBP I find works well for UK, Italy, and Japan as they need to invade so much.

  • @first_arcadian
    @first_arcadian Před měsícem

    18:32 said it right the first time

  • @therobloxgamingchannel2.1.91
    @therobloxgamingchannel2.1.91 Před měsícem +1

    Can you do a poland guide ?

  • @FlareBlitzed
    @FlareBlitzed Před měsícem

    Didn't expect Bitt3rSteel to go Ultramarine.

  • @Delbro850
    @Delbro850 Před měsícem

    Bittersteel speaking french made me happy 😃

  • @meriabreadsticks
    @meriabreadsticks Před měsícem

    Bottom France, Free France, Maginot France, Island France, and finally: Top France

  • @thatoneguyiii1003
    @thatoneguyiii1003 Před měsícem

    Finally a peace deal that doesn’t cause me to tear my eyes out

  • @Dedelblute3
    @Dedelblute3 Před měsícem

    Ah yes, glorious fighting in the glorious LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE theater.

  • @KasperGast
    @KasperGast Před měsícem +1

    Bitt3rSteel try a tanks only challenge , dont know why just a idea that i came up with out of nowhere

  • @martind5653
    @martind5653 Před měsícem

    Today I actually learned something about naval combat.

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 Před měsícem

    Lore of We still have LESS THAN HALF of France...but it's the top half this time! Momentum 100

  • @matthewboyle2641
    @matthewboyle2641 Před měsícem

    "Trying to go as historical as possible", that's the first mistake when the country is France in WW2.

  • @notlucas6859
    @notlucas6859 Před měsícem

    left is broken, i use to be a superior firepower supremacist but after i got 3k soft attack and 2k breakthrough on a 24 width mountaineer division, i have seen the light

  • @giovannipaologiannatiempo57

    Bittersteel your the goat other then doing wonderful content you even help us with advice!

  • @henchfggaming7997
    @henchfggaming7997 Před měsícem

    Loving the new Futurama clips!!

  • @Qwertyui606
    @Qwertyui606 Před měsícem

    I'm sorry wtf, scraping the barrel with only 3% conscripted is one of the funniest things ive ever seen.

  • @Fredy_The_Yeti
    @Fredy_The_Yeti Před měsícem

    Love the video, learned a lot about navel stategy that i otherwise would have never known

  • @user-gv3hs1je5j
    @user-gv3hs1je5j Před měsícem +1

    Bitter steel in a video be like oh no we have one piece of land five minutes later now the whole world is mine. Thanks for watching.

  • @getleansipmoney
    @getleansipmoney Před měsícem

    The futrame clips are here to stay😁

  • @joel5637
    @joel5637 Před měsícem

    Now that's an unexpected turn of events

  • @comicsfr8963
    @comicsfr8963 Před měsícem

    As a French, love your accent ;)

  • @lorenzmaut3708
    @lorenzmaut3708 Před měsícem

    This game is not easy to learn, sometimes it's too much stuff to manage and you end up taking bad options, you don't know the important aspects of each part of the armed forces. But it's a learning process and at least he had some industry, he created a defensive line, he had a good number of guns, not so many casualties. I think he could have done this themselves just consolidating (making the units bigger and with a full bar of strength) and fixing his industry by demobilizing.

  • @timtimtim243
    @timtimtim243 Před měsícem

    Bitter steel just making fun of the french ascend😭

  • @iannis3310
    @iannis3310 Před měsícem

    "Mon Dieu c'est garbage " lmaooo

  • @tryrshaughroad551
    @tryrshaughroad551 Před měsícem

    Your French accent is really good, I'm baffled!

  • @gamer-sv7rc
    @gamer-sv7rc Před měsícem

    yea i remember the bottom half video BEG GUNS

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 Před měsícem

    Ah yes the resurgence of pax Francosphere 🗿👌😎👍🇫🇷

  • @generalgrievous4942
    @generalgrievous4942 Před měsícem

    How did you learn all these tips and tricks? Experimentation and videos?

  • @Kramerthetroll
    @Kramerthetroll Před měsícem

    Another great video!
    Thank you

  • @TheStranger-jh8uh
    @TheStranger-jh8uh Před 15 dny

    This save was so bad I'm surprised you weren't convinced it was fake! Especially when you saw it was 41 and he had somehow only done 2 years worth of focuses 😅
    That shocked me the most, it means he must've been sitting on no focus for at least 2 years!

  • @kijciwpempek1601
    @kijciwpempek1601 Před 23 dny +1

    endsieg? more like victoire finale

  • @EfeCanTurgut-j8c
    @EfeCanTurgut-j8c Před měsícem

    About GBP definietly right side it gives so much entranchment bonus and planning so if you are hevaily focus inf and art units i think best doctrine in the game

  • @fede98k54
    @fede98k54 Před měsícem

    I love how France is desperately making a last stand in the mainland while their allies are just fucking around in the UK and in the colonies. Truly historical.

  • @niky3377.
    @niky3377. Před měsícem

    I just realised this is a new vid after you used the equipment market

  • @tonywong6363
    @tonywong6363 Před měsícem +1

    Can you play Tno The East is Red mod.......... As Japan!! It's gonna be so fun and challenging.

  • @user-ck5yt2ih5q
    @user-ck5yt2ih5q Před měsícem

    I am wondering if you could possibly do Road to 56 as Belgium if Netherlands. Hope that is not to much to ask!

  • @matrice0-0-07
    @matrice0-0-07 Před měsícem

    Your french accent is very good

  • @RandooGaming
    @RandooGaming Před měsícem

    That is a quarter of a France! How is it not capitulated yet?

  • @someguy1735
    @someguy1735 Před měsícem

    Ah yes, frances natural borders. NONEXISTENT

  • @harryhurricane2177
    @harryhurricane2177 Před měsícem

    18:30 ; it's my city !! pronounce it "OR LE HAN"