The Destruction of Russia (Victoria 2 Great War)

An epic Great War rages and Russia fights for survival from every front. I’m playing as Italy - trying to break the Germans to the North with my French ally. A true Great War.
I’ve edited the entire war down to the most exciting, funny and relevant parts. I provide some analysis of strategy and tactics at the end and a brief diplomatic context near the beginning.
The Victoria 2 game sessions ran through November and December of 2019. I joined later as a substitute for Italy which was originally played by Dronite and Arez.
This video is loosely followed-up by another, which happened in the aftermath of this great war. Check it out!: • The Great Pee-Pee War ...
More exciting Victoria 2 wars: • Victoria 2 Wars
Starring:
Italy - Myself
France - XDA1
Russia - Loco, taken over by Bad Frank
Japan - Uhivra
UK - SBMunch
Brazil - Nizzy
USA - Gota
Canada - Dronite
Scandinavia - Supperman
Germany - Sethnov
Spain - PutinTutin
Ottomans - Fat Guy
Netherlands - Strategy Gamer
Thanks to XDA1 for the footage from his Twitch stream of the game which I used because, in my 2nd session recording, I didn’t record my own voice. He streams most of our games: / differentstereotype
Thanks to SBMunch for hosting and organising the game and the mod.
My Discord: / discord
My Patreon: / spudgunofficial
Mod: Icen PUIR, worked on by SBMunch: github.com/ice...
If you want to join the discord for this multiplayer, know that it’s very competitive and often toxic, if you’re willing to put up with this then contact me personally through my Discord and I’ll get you the invite.

[@hyperion3145]

*A British soldier dies in Africa*
Brazil: I’m something of a warlord myself

[@Zorro9129]

I don't know what's more cursed, Russia being wiped out from the _east_, Austria not being in Austria, or Hungary being Croatia.
Happy New Year!

[@aisir3725]

Swedish St Petersburg

[@NotVeryRandomDude]

Aisir No, that’s blessed.

[@hyperion3145]

Italy not restoring the Roman Empire

[@desertdesmond6736]

@@aisir3725 thats realistic pre-1700's borders for eastern sweden (estonia and finland regions)

[@Prague5342]

Also Serbia being only Bosnia

[@birbseesall1529]

To be fair, if you let super germany form, you kind of deserve it

[@birbseesall1529]

@@lot2973 Yea, it succeeds at making everyone distrust and eventually turn on you

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

I want 5 movies made of this war. This is one of the best victoria 2 videos in history, the war was seriously interesting, the strategies were good, all the fronts were dinamic, the plans on various offensives were well thought and the reactions perhaps better.
And evetything is well portrayed and edited so congratz on this great video.
This is a great video to end the year with

[@xuantaotang577]

Wow, there are still active vic2 mp groups

[@legitpainter1727]

And this ones just getting better and more popular, it’s great.

[@lukebaker5135]

This comment didn’t age well oof

[@tadeaskaduk2410]

@@lukebaker5135 why?

[@orangejuice1813]

@@lukebaker5135 Yeah why?

[@anarchocapitalistseapig6597]

Holy shit this comment aged like milk. R.I.P.

[@ilya_tolstyi]

16:54 I died. Great vid!

[@bigweevil]

Rip to our Italian boys in Russia

[@scorspi6790]

How was Russia not imploding from massive war exhaustion in this war?

[@512TheWolf512]

perhaps because occupied states count to the occupier's war exaustion?

[@bigweevil]

@@512TheWolf512 Nope, any state of Russia that was occupied, gives Russia war exhaustion

[@abdokorib8898]

This is a really great chrismas gift,thank you.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

16:52 Soon, books and movies will be made about the last soldier of Russia.

[@doctorstrangelove9041]

Last Spudgun video of the year is Victoria II, noice.

[@bg3622]

Russia not withdrawing from the western front is actually pepega

[@michaelpsellos2560]

Nice bach in the background

[@celdur4635]

Russia has a surprisingly low amount of troops tbh. By that time he should have many hundreds of brigades.

[@Lallunalapruna123]

He'd lost finland, the baltics, the caucasus and poland

[@Champ_TH]

Death Of The Tsar
R.I.P

[@Supperrman]

Great video.
A great day for Scandinavia.
What happened afterwards, we don't talk about...

[@Goosiepoo]

that "Welcome :)" was so wholesome

[@hdog7600]

Thanks to this video my Alexa turned on

[@sosofestus-abibo3191]

Been on the fence about this game for a while I’m a big paradox fan with eu4 and hoi4 can someone tell me if I should get this?

[@CaptainD00M]

absolutely

[@TheSkyGuy77]

If you like micro, then yes.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Welcome back to MapGame(tm)

[@Shack11]

What's that song around 17:29?

[@leonelegender]

Do you guys play with any mods?

[@bo1bo1bo1unlosode]

What’s the mod like?

[@SpudgunOfficial]

Multiplayer balance

[@fabianustertius6460]

F

[@MrBell-iq3sm]

May the Russian Federation fall in the near future.

[@someonesilence3731]

666e like