Hearts of Iron 4 HOI4 Finland Survives The Soviet Bear Challenge

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  • Time for another Hearts of Iron 4 HOI4 Challenge. This time I'll take command of Finland and attempt to survive a Soviet invasion!
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Komentáře • 547

  • @AlextheRambler
    @AlextheRambler  Před 7 lety +830

    *Crums, I'm becoming a pro at HOI4 right........RIGHT?!*

  • @chocolateman1
    @chocolateman1 Před 5 lety +155

    Alex: If I take Moscow then the Soviets should crumble.
    Hitler and Napoleon: We thought the same thing

    • @jordanasparadoxproductions8401
      @jordanasparadoxproductions8401 Před 4 lety +9

      Add the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

    • @mrkalaspuff_3866
      @mrkalaspuff_3866 Před 4 lety +2

      And poland

    • @chocolateman1
      @chocolateman1 Před 4 lety +3

      He said if he took Moscow the Soviets would collapse. Hitler and Napoleon thought the same thing. It is a joke

    • @hittman1412
      @hittman1412 Před 4 lety +1

      *chuckles in mongol*

    • @Hadahuda
      @Hadahuda Před 4 lety

      ChocolateMan -Minecraft, Clash of Clans, and other lmao good joke but there wasnt a soviet union back then but still good joke

  • @fyschulai8320
    @fyschulai8320 Před 7 lety +469

    Challenge : Survive as Long as Possible as Estonia

    • @ihavenoidea5277
      @ihavenoidea5277 Před 6 lety +6

      Latvia since they are annexed first

    • @HonnePerkele
      @HonnePerkele Před 4 lety +3

      I'm just coming to say that Lithuania has the shape of Mini-Africa.

    • @bucket1442
      @bucket1442 Před 4 lety +2

      @@HonnePerkele You're not wrong, but also not correct.

    • @HonnePerkele
      @HonnePerkele Před 4 lety

      @@bucket1442 what?

    • @bucket1442
      @bucket1442 Před 4 lety +1

      @@HonnePerkele Lithuania is Mini-africa with the climate of Russia.

  • @AlreadyTakenTag
    @AlreadyTakenTag Před 5 lety +63

    10:02 Those divisions said: "PERÄÄNTYKÄÄ" which means "RETREAT"

    • @RentunRyysy
      @RentunRyysy Před 4 lety +6

      Näyttää ihan siltä että pitäis perääntyä

  • @maginetto4849
    @maginetto4849 Před 7 lety +1345

    Try to play as Liberia and take all of Africa.
    Edit:People really like this idea lmao 😀

  • @AlextheRambler
    @AlextheRambler  Před 7 lety +23

    3:52 - 4:00 editing mistake. Woops!

  • @iSorrowproductions
    @iSorrowproductions Před 7 lety +786

    STOP COPYING EE-ZORROWS (CRIES on the INTERNET)

  • @dekuparadox5972
    @dekuparadox5972 Před 7 lety +463

    Try to survive longer than Belgium as Luxembourg. You are not allowed to become communist or fascist. You are also not allowed to annex Belgium or any other country.

    • @_GatoradeMeBitch
      @_GatoradeMeBitch Před 7 lety +20

      fort 10 and lvl 5 anti-air will keep even 4 inf divisions of luxemburg easily alive

    • @dekuparadox5972
      @dekuparadox5972 Před 7 lety +2

      Good point, but can he makes them in time. I know he can't beat France most likely though.

    • @LoydAvenheart
      @LoydAvenheart Před 7 lety +2

      wouldn't be fun to watch though.

    • @dingleberrycreep7113
      @dingleberrycreep7113 Před 5 lety

      You really wanted to sit through a video that accomplishes little?

  • @undercarder56
    @undercarder56 Před 7 lety +69

    Play as Brazil and make your own Latin American faction for world domination (Only latin American countries can join your faction, any ideology)

  • @leninssmurfaccount3554
    @leninssmurfaccount3554 Před 7 lety +43

    be the soviet union and make the Comintern the only faction

  • @dlamansordlama6345
    @dlamansordlama6345 Před 7 lety +36

    try to play as fascist lithuania and refuse german ultimatum for memel (end goal: capitulate germany) tips: fort 10 the river,
    attack ostpreusenn

  • @Oscar-de6zh
    @Oscar-de6zh Před 7 lety +85

    Challenge:
    Survive as Ethiopia against Italy
    Must be democratic

    • @diobrando2575
      @diobrando2575 Před 7 lety

      Jonathan Williams there is none unless you use mods that add new ideologies.

  • @Martoto94
    @Martoto94 Před 5 lety +3

    Tried out your fortification strategy yesterday as neutral (tho fascist influenced due to the need for manpower) Finland and it worked like a charm. I was the one who had to declare war since the Soviets wouldn’t come and the Germans had already launched Barbarossa, however when the reds came they were held firmly at the forts between all them lakes in central and south eastern Finland. An hour of gameplay in and I’d inflicted 1 mln casualties on them whilst suffering only 50k. Obviously by that point I had joined the Axis but only as an ally in their war against the Soviets (yay historical accuracy) and eventually with combined forces we were able to push the Soviets first out of all of Finland, then out of the Soviet territory in the east and north, finally taking Leningrad and eventually Moscow itself. Casualties: 275k for me, 3 mln for them (total of 13 mln lost against the axis). So thanks for the inspiration, Alex. It was one of the most epic campaigns I’ve played in a long while.

  • @emineico6258
    @emineico6258 Před 7 lety +58

    largest army ever challenge, see how many divisions you can get all with infantry maxed out, before the game crashes from so many troops.

    • @yoloyolo3003
      @yoloyolo3003 Před 7 lety +1

      Emineican Productions I got 700 as USSR ( mind you US had like 400 too)

    • @aktanazat609
      @aktanazat609 Před 7 lety

      Albin shrestha I had 1000 as USSR, (used cheats)

    • @molexi6537
      @molexi6537 Před 7 lety +1

      I once had 837 full sized divisions as PRC

    • @emineico6258
      @emineico6258 Před 7 lety +1

      or just use cheats lol, and yes take over the world whilst you are at it and only basic inf and just see how much you could get

    • @yoloyolo3003
      @yoloyolo3003 Před 7 lety

      Sponge Gar that's what I did with Nationalist China but without all the fancy prerequisites you mentioned.

  • @NoName-si2eq
    @NoName-si2eq Před 7 lety +122

    Louxembourg world conquest Chalenge XD (at least try)

  • @thunderedsun203
    @thunderedsun203 Před 3 lety

    Soviet:why are u using m1 grand instead of the not outdated weapon now
    America:a elegant weapon for a more civilized age

  • @fedorawearingscrublord1735

    Survive as Albania against Italy. You can join any faction.

  • @bobbobson5495
    @bobbobson5495 Před 7 lety +28

    Challenge: Play Switzerland, go communist, declare war on the axis post French capitulation. Hint: Maginot Line, Mountain Force, Northern France, Japan.

  • @bybadcomics7171
    @bybadcomics7171 Před 6 lety +1

    I was playing hearts of iron 4 when Alex read the comment and then at the same time the Soviet Union declared war on Finland

  • @skyseer5312
    @skyseer5312 Před 7 lety +1

    that one dot called Finnish moscow, holding their own

  • @LuMD
    @LuMD Před 7 lety +4

    Play as Czech Slovakia and you have to decline all offers from Germany or the alllies

  • @Caldera01
    @Caldera01 Před 7 lety

    This is pretty realistic to how it all went down, nice job. Some breakthroughs early on and then counter attacks, mostly just defending. Little bit of conquest later on and then running out of supply and equipment resulting in a bit of a panic to end the war ASAP.

  • @byterute1868
    @byterute1868 Před 7 lety +10

    Challenge: try to survive as Czechslovakia. You cannot take land or become fascist/communist.

  • @Captain-Axeman
    @Captain-Axeman Před 2 lety +1

    When the Finland actually had a bear fighting with them against Russia....

  • @MrLucidImages
    @MrLucidImages Před 7 lety

    Good strategy I used in MP game was just using small divisions. Line artillery. Lots of forts. With anti-tank and anti-air support battalions. You end up with almost 1000 defense and the AI just can't throw anything at you to break it that early on.

  • @alwinpriven2400
    @alwinpriven2400 Před 7 lety

    You made the ivans run away to the Ural. good job.

  • @indycorsair34
    @indycorsair34 Před 7 lety +7

    Play as Ireland and take all of England (join axis)

  • @lukerooney2024
    @lukerooney2024 Před 7 lety +1

    The semi-inappropriate but very funny puns keep coming love it😂😂😂

  • @cansroboticsnxtpro7913

    10:36 all of that tasty boarder gore

  • @nicxl3035
    @nicxl3035 Před 6 lety

    The funny thing is if you fortify yourself up enough and/or join a faction, the Soviet Union doesn’t bother you. I made it well past the historical Winter War untouched and I could have stayed completely out of WW2 if I didn’t decide to join Germany on Operation: Barbarossa.

  • @mr_feudal
    @mr_feudal Před 3 lety

    Love watching these old videos

  • @danb7202
    @danb7202 Před 7 lety

    Here's a challenge: Outlast your partner Belgium as the Netherlands. Note:you can't join the axis or change governments. And you could do it the other way, and play as Belgium and outlast the Netherlands, you still can't join the axis or change governments

  • @steniegames6828
    @steniegames6828 Před 7 lety

    Nice dude, no but another good video, loving these challanges en stuff! Ceep 'm coming.

  • @alain6950
    @alain6950 Před 7 lety +11

    when alex wants to be like isorrows but fails to mention a meme.. sorry rambler 😂

    • @AlextheRambler
      @AlextheRambler  Před 7 lety +8

      +Skyy Studios what's a meme?

    • @alain6950
      @alain6950 Před 7 lety

      +Alex the Rambler! Well i don't fucking know.
      Ima get the fuck out of here he replied WTF :A

  • @ElecWaff
    @ElecWaff Před 5 lety

    you probably already did "ethiopia survives italy" or "poland survives germany and the soviets"

  • @jeroldproductions6367
    @jeroldproductions6367 Před 7 lety

    Play as Ethiopia and see if you can hold out for as long as you can or even beat Italy. Seems like a cool scenario!

  • @raivosmitkins2237
    @raivosmitkins2237 Před 5 lety +2

    we will be in moscow by the end of the year
    people have said that before

  • @a.morphous66
    @a.morphous66 Před 7 lety

    Play as Belgium and try to survive. You can join the Allies, but you must declare war on Germany when you get the opportunity.

  • @MrKrabs-vk7ge
    @MrKrabs-vk7ge Před 7 lety

    Here is a challenge:
    1.Play as Germany (make it OP:spam Military Factories and train 50-70 Divisions)
    2.blitzkrieg through Poland,Denmark,BeNeLux and France
    3.When ready,declare war on the USSR
    4.Switch to USSR (via console or main menu)
    5.Try to survive
    Good Luck

  • @CommissarMitch
    @CommissarMitch Před 7 lety

    CHALLANGE: Reconquest of Sweden.
    Play as Sweden.
    Concure mainland Denmark, all of Finland, and Norway.
    Must be Nationalist.

  • @fritz5448
    @fritz5448 Před 7 lety +1

    Modern Day Mod: Play as Japan(very easy), Australia (easy), New Zealand (hard) or Fiji (very hard). Your Mission: Take every Island in the Pacific (Japan, Australia and New Zealand inclouded)

  • @danb7202
    @danb7202 Před 7 lety +1

    Last as long as you can as Yugoslavia. (You can't change gov or join axis alliance)

  • @charliepettersson7329
    @charliepettersson7329 Před 7 lety +38

    Play as sweden and take all the land that sweden has ever had.

  • @pugfugly1989
    @pugfugly1989 Před 6 lety

    Finland is already on easy mode versus Russia, joining the Axis just makes it a guaranteed win.

  • @danb7202
    @danb7202 Před 7 lety +1

    These intros just keep getting better😂

  • @deadpanshows279
    @deadpanshows279 Před 4 lety

    Alex : we are now fascist
    Alex : huzzah
    Alex : silence for brief moment

  • @TheBigGamingTeam
    @TheBigGamingTeam Před 7 lety

    -Modern Day Mod
    -Start in 2000
    -Go with Lichteinstein
    -U can't join any faction
    -In a year take austria
    -Join CSTO
    -Do a world war
    -Survive and take europe and later the NATO.

  • @Mrnatethegreat2002
    @Mrnatethegreat2002 Před 7 lety

    Luxembourg challenge where you take over all of Europe.

  • @kallelamsa5174
    @kallelamsa5174 Před 6 lety

    Finland mentioned meet me at the town square

  • @deborahhastings4405
    @deborahhastings4405 Před 5 lety +1

    Challenge: play as Mongolia try to get to Moscow you can join any faction and can use road to 56

  • @eliteguard4962
    @eliteguard4962 Před 7 lety +5

    Play as Estonia(join the Axis) and declare war on the USSR in 1938

  • @davidpereira2682
    @davidpereira2682 Před 6 lety

    Here's my challenge: Play as Venezuela, use any mod you want, and conquer south america.

  • @sanneoi6323
    @sanneoi6323 Před 2 lety

    Challenge: Survive as Austria, and you have to go Monarchist and conquer at least the German Reich.

  • @Ara-gp4yj
    @Ara-gp4yj Před 7 lety

    You're not like isorrow, you have your own style

  • @SuperCompany007
    @SuperCompany007 Před 7 lety +1

    6:20 Hearts of Iron AI is known for being very skilled and completely competent
    Right?

  • @Seriona1
    @Seriona1 Před 5 lety

    You should of kept Finland Democracy since that is what Finland was during WWII.

  • @adamrozsa6368
    @adamrozsa6368 Před 7 lety

    use the national focus project mod if you want focuses for: sweden,iran,netherlands,china,yugoslavia,finland

  • @SirTravis-vn6yp
    @SirTravis-vn6yp Před 7 lety +1

    play as Luxembourg and try to survive longer than France!
    RULES.
    1.Democracy only
    2.has to join allies
    3. (OPTIONAL) NO TANKS!

  • @caphalor08
    @caphalor08 Před 7 lety

    How are the Allies being this competent!?
    that one had me in stitches

  • @thomasfrazier7861
    @thomasfrazier7861 Před 3 lety

    this was clearly a win

  • @ArtzBoy
    @ArtzBoy Před 5 lety

    gg had no idea what was happening

  • @rareskanapea4602
    @rareskanapea4602 Před 4 lety

    The worst thing is to play Tana Nuva and try to don t get anexed by Soviet Union

  • @valerieluedke198
    @valerieluedke198 Před 7 lety +1

    YASSSSS MORE HOI4

  • @henryfondle725
    @henryfondle725 Před 7 lety +1

    Survive as Norway you must join the ailes

  • @Tyto451
    @Tyto451 Před 6 lety +1

    6:29 You sounded very American when you said that.

  • @JamesPortnoy1
    @JamesPortnoy1 Před 7 lety +1

    Survive as luxembourg you must join the allies

  • @tiltings
    @tiltings Před 5 lety

    All you needed was ski divisions

  • @galbert117
    @galbert117 Před 7 lety +1

    Swiss Empire Challenge. Conquer 75-100% and I'll consider that a victory.

  • @mdctt9021
    @mdctt9021 Před 6 lety

    a sweedish boi leading finland.

  • @Delogros
    @Delogros Před 6 lety

    Played a 3 player game with players controlling Finland, Sweden and Norway, formed our own faction with the intention of fighting and holding in the winter war, We actually managed to break out when Germany declared war, the 6th Swedish infantry division took Moscow, 5 months later the 4th Finnish infantry division took Stalingrad, same 3 are now playing as the reconstituted Austro Hungarian empire, Romania and Yugoslavia, France, Germany and Russia have already fallen muhahaha :)

  • @susanlee594
    @susanlee594 Před 3 lety

    3:45 nice

  • @thirdinternationaltheory
    @thirdinternationaltheory Před 7 lety +12

    Play as United Kingdom and try and take over the world.

  • @armzngunz
    @armzngunz Před 7 lety

    I survived as non-aligned Finland and barely lost land

  • @dothemario44
    @dothemario44 Před 7 lety

    Patrick Star Approves

  • @trecherous3186
    @trecherous3186 Před 6 lety

    Make a video on any country of choice and use pure random national focus tree mod! Really good mod for those who want something really unpredictable!!

  • @knightofpower3093
    @knightofpower3093 Před 7 lety

    Here's a challenge, download a mod with Andorra in it and join the Comminterm (Probably spelling that wrong)

  • @texasproductions2141
    @texasproductions2141 Před 3 lety +2

    Challenge:survive as Vatican City in mellinian dawn while fighting Italy ( leave NATO and make an alliance if you feel like you need to)

  • @viktorreznov2386
    @viktorreznov2386 Před 3 lety

    i removed the previous list of events because i lost everything because of germany and i wasn't going to have a nuclear fallout right after ww2. so i started a new one. heres the list:
    *russia is russian empire
    *prussia is back
    *finland goes facist and joins russian empire in an alliance
    * finland invades and takes over norway and sweden
    * finland takes denmark
    *prussia, austria-hungary and poland invade the reich
    * germany has fallen
    *england invaded
    *london has fallen
    *england capitulated
    *france invaded
    *paris has fallen
    *belgium declares war
    *belgium lasts a single day and is overrun by combined russian, austrian and primarily finnish troops
    *kingdom of finland has expanded
    *treaty forces canada to become a puppet of russia along with india
    *finland takes 1/4th of england
    *finland takes all of france
    *finland takes half of switzerland (other half goes to austria-hungary)
    *prussia declares war for some reason
    *prussia, poland, belarus and estonia fall to austrian, russian and finnish troops
    *peace declared
    *russia takes back ukraine
    *russia takes turkey
    *russia is the biggest nation in the world, closely followed by finland then austria-hungary

  • @chaoscommandant
    @chaoscommandant Před 5 lety +1

    OMG even the Research is finish

  • @kollinfnaf1759
    @kollinfnaf1759 Před 5 lety

    And good jobs on your vids

  • @deadmeme6469
    @deadmeme6469 Před 5 lety

    Is anyone gonna talk about the fact Belgium survived untill 1943?

  • @choosenofarrayo5297
    @choosenofarrayo5297 Před 7 lety +1

    Njet molotoff

  • @supercynic9607
    @supercynic9607 Před 7 lety +1

    Survive as Comintern Austria through world war 2

  • @NoahgotLEGO
    @NoahgotLEGO Před 6 lety

    At least you have Lakes

  • @mustanaamiotto3812
    @mustanaamiotto3812 Před 4 lety

    2:21 "Koysto Kalijo"

  • @GraD87
    @GraD87 Před 7 lety

    I have won Soviet Union as a Finland in 1vs1. I didn't even joined axis.

  • @SheepyFields
    @SheepyFields Před 7 lety +1

    Kaiserreich challenge: play as the united baltic duchy and unify the baltics/annex Lithuania

  • @MrPeercraft
    @MrPeercraft Před 6 lety

    Challenge: pick us, and capture europe without any allies.

  • @juliasmith5267
    @juliasmith5267 Před 5 lety

    Decent video. :D

  • @elchungo5026
    @elchungo5026 Před 6 lety

    If I can capture Moscow as Finland you can survive
    Edit: oh my giddy aunt he won

  • @Edward-dk5kz
    @Edward-dk5kz Před 6 lety +1

    what,s the name of mod that change's the map view for this

  • @jessevuori143
    @jessevuori143 Před 6 lety

    As finnish this makes me proud

  • @Joker-yw9hl
    @Joker-yw9hl Před 7 lety

    Let's have a toast...to victory ;)

  • @darkhorsearmor3513
    @darkhorsearmor3513 Před 6 lety

    Europe looks like the Holy Roman Empire

  • @KingRyvir
    @KingRyvir Před 5 lety

    Drew tickles ur tackle

  • @uncle3552
    @uncle3552 Před 7 lety

    play as ethopia and try to survive italy, you must join allies, (idk about history so if u cant play as estonia and try to survive, and u must join allies)

  • @EkiTheIdiot
    @EkiTheIdiot Před 7 lety

    *A Finn proud of the pronounciation mistakes.*

  • @Bunny-ks7fi
    @Bunny-ks7fi Před 5 lety

    How do you make your fonts look so nice like that? Is there a mod you use for it?

  • @LoydAvenheart
    @LoydAvenheart Před 7 lety

    IT'S FEEEEEEEEED BACK GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

  • @gajdangyorgy3283
    @gajdangyorgy3283 Před 5 lety

    At 1:26 its bruno salami!