HoI4 Guide: France - Second Time's the Charm - Achievement

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    In this revised guide as France, we will get ourselves "Second Time's the Charm" with minimal effort!
    Following these steps you will not have to face a Germany menace! If you like a challenge, you can check out my old video on this achievement here: • HoI4 Guide - France: N...
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Komentáře • 288

  • @ryancarter3468
    @ryancarter3468 Před 3 lety +507

    Bitt3rSteel when he invades Britain: "Hello? Anyone home?!"
    Me whenever I try invade Britain: "I see you're having a countrywide house party! Can I just get to London quickly? ...no? ok...."

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před 3 lety +102

      The AI was so weird in this run...

    • @ryancarter3468
      @ryancarter3468 Před 3 lety +53

      @@Bitt3rSteel I just had an Anarchist Spain run go wrong because the entire British army pulled out if Africa and sat on the home islands and Gibraltar...it feels like the Brit AI has gotten better recently xD

    • @Iyan345_
      @Iyan345_ Před 3 lety +8

      I've Get into London and They move the capital to Liverpool, but so hard for attacking Liverpool

    • @theappel
      @theappel Před 2 lety +4

      @@ryancarter3468 pretty easy to destroy British troops in Gibraltar, and keep troops in Africa to distract British troops away from the British isles and into Africa.

    • @ryancarter3468
      @ryancarter3468 Před 2 lety +2

      @@theappel OK?

  • @nicolaswohrer2272
    @nicolaswohrer2272 Před 3 lety +488

    The achievement should be about controling London, Berlin and Moscow

    • @FalkyRocket2222
      @FalkyRocket2222 Před 3 lety +11

      owning or occupying?

    • @nicolaswohrer2272
      @nicolaswohrer2272 Před 3 lety +52

      @@FalkyRocket2222 either one or through a puppet, keeping with the client states habit of the continental system

    • @dobi2236
      @dobi2236 Před 3 lety +15

      Hardest part would be Berlin, but disuniting Germany is the most satisfying thing ever

    • @nicolasmanzoni1375
      @nicolasmanzoni1375 Před 3 lety +26

      Don’t forget the biggest thorn in Napoleons side, Vienna

    • @ManofPeel
      @ManofPeel Před 3 lety +18

      @@nicolasmanzoni1375 *Spanish Peninsula

  • @ThiccMidgett
    @ThiccMidgett Před 3 lety +268

    7:12 Silent workhorse bonus actually applies to your base PP gain of 2, meaning despite any modifiers, a silent workhorse will always give you 0.33 PP gain per day.

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před 3 lety +82

      Øøf, did not know

    • @henrykri2067
      @henrykri2067 Před 3 lety +30

      Good catch, but you miscalculated by a tiny bit I think. 15 % of the base 2.0 is 0.30, not 0.33.

    • @Tom-oj7si
      @Tom-oj7si Před 2 lety +7

      Yes it is 0.3

  • @DrewPicklesTheDark
    @DrewPicklesTheDark Před 3 lety +59

    I like how out of the 3 French monarchist paths, Napoleon's is the one that gives you like 4 war goals.

  • @MediPL
    @MediPL Před 3 lety +90

    I usually try to sneak in War Propaganda in these short wars, like against Belgium. Just to make any future switch to say war economy that much quicker (you can also wait for the war with the Dutch and get double war propaganda).

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před 3 lety +37

      Actually not a bad idea

    • @MediPL
      @MediPL Před 3 lety +7

      This also works in civil wars, so those early switches to Fascism/Communism can get that extra boost (the propaganda will keep ticking, even if it the target doesn't exist anymore).

  • @KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva
    @KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva Před 3 lety +77

    "Got some political power. Might as well do some anti-democratic raids." Bitt3rCarrieLam, 2021

    • @itssshadow
      @itssshadow Před 3 lety +12

      I think you mean “time to be based”

    • @audiogynephile
      @audiogynephile Před 2 lety +6

      every "anti corruption" politician after getting elected:

  • @Canada1994
    @Canada1994 Před 3 lety +51

    I'm a huge Napoleon nerd so the Third French Empire is my favourite thing to do in HOI4 (Vanilla and Kaiserreich).
    On a side note, My Four Time Great Grandfather fought in the Grande Armee. He was 20 when he survived to Russian invasion and he also fought at Leipzig and Waterloo.

    • @JoseLopez-hs3yw
      @JoseLopez-hs3yw Před rokem

      Amazing, what kind of unit he was part of?

    • @Canada1994
      @Canada1994 Před rokem +3

      @@JoseLopez-hs3yw a Hussar. Don't know what regiment or brigade or battalion.

  • @reddeviliso
    @reddeviliso Před 3 lety +60

    Thanks Daddysteel, what would we do if it wasnt for you

  • @andatwsk2810
    @andatwsk2810 Před 3 lety +18

    Btw for those who don't know, it's only require you to control Moscow( You can drag in the German and ask for occupation)

  • @omega2876
    @omega2876 Před 3 lety +14

    Man, this channel is great. Not even just for hoi, but I like your style.

  • @raippakeisari2342
    @raippakeisari2342 Před 3 lety +26

    Ah yes, axis France coming to rescue Finland from the russians. Historical game btw :D

  • @TheNignag89
    @TheNignag89 Před 3 lety +7

    37:35 "..and Finland didn't get anything!"
    *Seems to be a common theme in HOI4 lately, hmm?*

  • @beastdeas7250
    @beastdeas7250 Před 3 lety +12

    Whenever you're in Paris u hear the gates of Versailles

  • @james2529
    @james2529 Před rokem +5

    I tried the avenge Waterloo path today. The Germans pushed me out of the low countries and half way to Paris before I could deploy enough planes and troops to hold them. Took me a year to build up a decent tank army then I drove through Germany and eventually Russia. The Axis took 7 million casualties before I even began my counterattack. Their ferocity was shocking.

  • @VanBourner
    @VanBourner Před rokem +1

    33:49 - if you close your eyes, it sounds like a review of some sleepy Spanish village (except there are no Brits but they usually stay in resorts).

  • @MLG_MAN_1223
    @MLG_MAN_1223 Před 3 lety +6

    Thank God for playing something to take your mind off of endsieg hell. I don’t like when people go insane.

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před 3 lety +4

      I've since recovered and with Steiner's counterattack, we retook France and parts of Italy!

    • @MLG_MAN_1223
      @MLG_MAN_1223 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Bitt3rSteel I was there for it. I was pretty impressed, can’t wait for you to take the fight to the Urals

  • @TheSeriousCat
    @TheSeriousCat Před 3 lety +12

    leaving a little comment to push this awesome content into the algorithm robot monster lurking around.

  • @codasko
    @codasko Před 3 lety +4

    Wow, first video I ever watched from you and I’m already addicted. You got yourself a new sub :).

  • @charliecriscione2246
    @charliecriscione2246 Před 3 lety +1

    Finally the guide I've been waiting for!!!

  • @BasedEddie
    @BasedEddie Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for the great work Bitt3rsteel! Keep it up!

  • @antiasesino
    @antiasesino Před 3 lety +8

    I just did this achievement yesterday haha
    In my case, I just waited for germany to advance and used paratroopers over moscow xD

  • @julienyong7088
    @julienyong7088 Před 3 lety +1

    To remove the malus for land doctrine, you can go in civil war by support spain. Your stab will drop a lot and a civil war could occur. All of the bad general will be also kick. When the war is win, you can join the faction of spain that you support ( for example carlist).

  • @heirofrohan7865
    @heirofrohan7865 Před 3 lety

    Bloody finally. I've been waiting for this.

    • @failuretv814
      @failuretv814 Před 3 lety

      "Bloody finally" I've the felling you are British.

  • @lolzplayzminecraft1610

    Looks epic! Looking forward to watching it all

  • @rednuke0082
    @rednuke0082 Před 3 lety +4

    France has the ability to maximize the most of grand battle plan, they can get the best planning bonus

  • @jamesh-j3077
    @jamesh-j3077 Před 3 lety +30

    Love your work Bitt3rSteel the Belgium government should build a statue of you in Brussels for helping people get through covid and lockdowns. Congrates on becoming a father soon being a dad is the best job out there.

  • @yeetmcskeet6872
    @yeetmcskeet6872 Před 3 lety +15

    Me who just got La Resistance and is hungry for achievements:
    Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

  • @nathannimmer7869
    @nathannimmer7869 Před 3 lety +5

    Late to the party (4 weeks ago), but love the guides you’ve been doing. Also I think the Germans have a certain date they can declare on Russia depending on when they take the non aggression pact focus. Feel like the ai normally has to wait until 1941 sometime.

  • @epurianudarie2426
    @epurianudarie2426 Před 3 lety

    I'm early for once, love your work! Take care of your family and keep rolling out the best content you can make.

  • @thechuck2684
    @thechuck2684 Před 3 lety +3

    if you're lucky, you can have early mob really fast with event

  • @Operador2281
    @Operador2281 Před 3 lety +1

    Love this monarchist runs!, i wish México had a monarchist route like the one in kaiserreich!

  • @ryanan8082
    @ryanan8082 Před 3 lety +4

    I have an exam tomorrow but this... this is perfection

    • @bbq9214
      @bbq9214 Před 3 lety

      Good luck i finished mines a month ago since different education systems

    • @onionskin3254
      @onionskin3254 Před 3 lety

      How'd it go? Hope you did well

    • @ryanan8082
      @ryanan8082 Před 3 lety

      @@onionskin3254 it wasn't bad 😀

  • @hrach1384
    @hrach1384 Před 3 lety

    You are crazy underrated

  • @mikoajh2747
    @mikoajh2747 Před 3 lety

    Damn you always post when i get to school, gonna have to wait till brake to watch

  • @Cerabelus
    @Cerabelus Před 3 lety +1

    You can still use the 1 division xp gain, you need to as Australia because they don't have a theorist.
    Use you biggest division and train for a few months and it does work, just not immediately.

  • @JonLot
    @JonLot Před 5 měsíci

    Nice, i followed this guide and could claim Moscow. It went a bit different but in big lines it went the same. Missed the independecy of Finland but I made it without Finland. I'm now at the point where I'm gonna try to destroy Germany but it's gonna be a hard nut it think. I had troubles with naval invasions since I could only use 10 convoys at a time even when I had like 500-700 which weren't in use

  • @minecraftia7626
    @minecraftia7626 Před 3 lety +1

    :D Thank you!

  • @harrisoncross1038
    @harrisoncross1038 Před 3 lety

    I think I already have this one. No idea how because I’m so trash but I’m still going to watch of course, because I love your videos

  • @staszekr03
    @staszekr03 Před rokem

    I found a way to bring the UK into the war earlier. What you do is you challenge Germany with Czechoslovakia and then immediately kick them out of your faction that gets created. The UK suddenly rushes to their aid and you can now declare on them sometime in 1938 instead of waiting for Poland. This also had the side effect of making Germany never invade Poland after they refuse the ultimatum.

  • @legitplayin6977
    @legitplayin6977 Před 3 lety +3

    I think it would be nice if you showed us how to beat Germany directly after they go for the remilitarisation of the Rheinland.

  • @flamingoxe5984
    @flamingoxe5984 Před 3 lety +1

    honestly it’s more fun doing it the hard way but in proper bittersteel fashion this is clever

    • @TheN0bleCause
      @TheN0bleCause Před 3 lety +1

      I agree. I did this when LaR came out, I also preferred the world conquest method. Eat UK on your own in 1938, eat Germany (with help of Russians), then eat Russia. I was also going for the destroyer achievement so I didn’t mind taking my sweet time strolling with a baguette under my arm from The Hague to Moscow.

  • @bojan3081
    @bojan3081 Před 3 lety

    I love the thumbnails with country balls

  • @MrShoulder
    @MrShoulder Před 2 lety

    I got this achievement just yesterday, it was pain but still fun

  • @lanleskovec8697
    @lanleskovec8697 Před 3 lety +2

    Man that would have saved me alot of time when i did this achivement

  • @martinknudsen632
    @martinknudsen632 Před 3 lety

    Love your content! So Many straight up perfect guides!
    Will you do the zero modifiers with Atatürk one Day? I can't Seem to find the way My self :o. Maybe make a challenge of it, because the acievement it self doesn't seem to diffucult !

  • @Stouzough
    @Stouzough Před rokem

    I'm dying to watch you play France again with BBA. Maybe historical with a nice mils piling up.

  • @trinalgalaxy5943
    @trinalgalaxy5943 Před 3 lety +2

    Bitt3rSteel: "you can safely let the Finns fall, but what kind of ally would we be?"
    IRL France and England.

  • @Evilweevil1986
    @Evilweevil1986 Před 2 lety

    @Bitt3rSteel at 14:38 you talk about forcing the Japanese into an armistice using spies. Where can I find how to do that?

  • @TheVoodooMaker
    @TheVoodooMaker Před 3 lety

    About armored divisions :
    Don't forget the harder your division, the least relevant the org stat. Unpierced divisions suffer 50% dmg, both strength- and org-wise ;)

  • @ckfeliz
    @ckfeliz Před 2 lety

    32:31 Greece joined the Chinese United Front
    Faction, faction never changes

  • @m.b1399
    @m.b1399 Před 3 lety +1

    The "division légère mécanique" "Jean de Lattre de Tassigny" "laissez faire", finally somebody respect the French language, thank you so much !

    • @yalz1851
      @yalz1851 Před 3 lety

      Papa Bitter's Pronunciation is why we watch ;)

  • @ladyandreadoria
    @ladyandreadoria Před 3 lety

    Was just watching a video on the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt when this popped up in my notifications

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před 3 lety +2

      Ah, the crushing victory at Jena was one of the absolute pinnacles for Napoleon

  • @vuxtitan4080
    @vuxtitan4080 Před 3 lety

    I didn't watch the video yet, but im sure its going to be a good one

  • @noaheke2666
    @noaheke2666 Před 3 lety +2

    "I decided to save the Finns because I'm a good person"
    Czhecks: am I a joke to you?

  • @guardianx51
    @guardianx51 Před 3 lety

    "Belgium is the greatest threat to us and will dominate if not stopped early on"
    Spiffing Brit: I see you're a man of culture as well

  • @ManiaGin
    @ManiaGin Před 3 lety +2

    Napoleon France is best France in the game

  • @wizardofloth
    @wizardofloth Před 2 lety +1

    I just followed your guide to defeat the UK and it went great. I am just not sure what to take in the peace deal. I puppet the UK but Germany gobbled up everything in the isles. I tried to satelite the Raj and the rest of their colonies but there was nothing left in the isles. Could you give me some advice on what to take in the peace deal? Thanks for this great vid!

    • @ko_inq3988
      @ko_inq3988 Před 6 měsíci

      I don't think he wil sorry😢

  • @EliasDeFilippo
    @EliasDeFilippo Před 3 lety

    Great video and i didnt even saw it yet

    • @Afar-
      @Afar- Před 2 lety

      didnt see it yet

  • @BrkCntkn
    @BrkCntkn Před 3 lety

    I actually have done all the achievements but for some bizarre reason watching your videos doing it again is quite enjoyable and fun

  • @maltheschottdam
    @maltheschottdam Před 2 lety

    Thank you, I was able to create a massive French Empire by doing a blitzkrieg in Britain, instead of fighting, i asked Germany for control of moscow, and then i got moscow and the achivement.

  • @rabatpresident66
    @rabatpresident66 Před 3 lety +1

    loving ur french accent ( a french fan )

  • @davidp2537
    @davidp2537 Před 3 lety

    I got everything except when I landed in Leningrad, the Russian were able to hold me on the river, and when Finland signed a white peace I could not push at all.

  • @hornet370
    @hornet370 Před 3 lety +2

    you all laugh at germany trying to win world wars twice, but you all forget frances five attempts at republics and three attempts at an empire

  • @SmashingCapital
    @SmashingCapital Před 2 lety

    Why does your game look so good

  • @arthurdaffos1490
    @arthurdaffos1490 Před 2 lety +1

    I like that france has many political routes, but some of them could benefit of a little update because they feel a bit barebone imo. Their other focus are not very strong too, like industrial and military. France should be the tricky major to play with tons of potential but you have to survive in order to get there, hell turkey has a better tree than france in general and lots of decisions, france is kinda limited in this department

  • @dorukhurmeric2899
    @dorukhurmeric2899 Před 3 lety +4

    Can you do ' This is getting childish' achievment?

    • @nononono06
      @nononono06 Před 3 lety +3

      You just afk as Bulgaria and get the child with your focus tree. After that just wait until Yugoslavia has its child. And you just attack them.

    • @dorukhurmeric2899
      @dorukhurmeric2899 Před 3 lety +2

      @@nononono06 oh... now that you say it its actually easy 😅. Thanks!

  • @RoyalRoseTrue
    @RoyalRoseTrue Před 2 lety

    Funny enough, how I got this achievement actually never involved going to war with Britain. Instead, it involved taking the Benelux then guarantee Poland with Britain, smash Italy, and just barely beat the Germans before they could to me. After that, I declared on the Soviets and used 2 paratroopers to land around Moscow and take the achievement.

  • @GambinoTheGoat
    @GambinoTheGoat Před 3 lety +1

    ah yes March to moscow where have I heard that?

  • @beegchungus3721
    @beegchungus3721 Před 3 lety

    The real mans way to do this is to just fight everyone like Napoleon did except actually win the conquer basically all of Europe

  • @FrontlineChief
    @FrontlineChief Před 2 lety

    Man, I follow your guides to a T, yet get screwed time and time again. Soviets capped Finland in 5 days with naval invasions, in 3 different runs letting their army be on call to reject my naval invasion with ease. My lucks run dry with this game.

    • @blubbber
      @blubbber Před 2 lety

      and i got kicked out of the German faction after the war.....so, first i need to kill Germany i think^^

  • @ancaoraathasach
    @ancaoraathasach Před 3 lety +1

    What do you mean by forcing an armistice with Japan with La Resistance? Great video!

    • @dobi2236
      @dobi2236 Před 3 lety +2

      Using diplomatic pressure operations on Japan to force Japan to give you a non aggression pact

    • @ancaoraathasach
      @ancaoraathasach Před 3 lety

      @@dobi2236 Thanks!

  • @MarshallRedmon01
    @MarshallRedmon01 Před 2 lety

    Besides the BenNeLux countries the French Empire also controlled Argon in Spain

  • @galm222
    @galm222 Před 2 lety

    Is there any changes to the strategy with No Step Back?

  • @anchovy5325
    @anchovy5325 Před rokem

    'make sure you have la resistance' You already need la resistance for the achievement lmao

  • @failuretv814
    @failuretv814 Před 3 lety

    There was something in me while i tried to get this achievement : It was pain

  • @denbuffo7658
    @denbuffo7658 Před 3 lety

    For some reason I much prefer 20 width tank divisions. When I go for 40 widths, I never have enough of them, and if I manage to get enough tanks to make a couple of full strength 40 widths, they're extremely disappointing. Even when I have the same amount of 20 width divisions as 40 width, the 20s do wayy beter.

  • @uchihaitachi1838
    @uchihaitachi1838 Před 3 lety

    Papa Bitt3rsteel is doing pro gamer move again :)

  • @scottlmiller1
    @scottlmiller1 Před 3 lety

    What are your thoughts the Black Ice mod?

  • @kappanoodle7951
    @kappanoodle7951 Před 2 lety

    why cant i go to war with soviet union? it says my faction leader has a truce with them

  • @kennethmoses4900
    @kennethmoses4900 Před rokem +1

    32:37 sounds familiar

  • @StellarYankee
    @StellarYankee Před rokem

    I feel like the Napoleonic path has a lot of achievement possibility that is not in the game for some criminal reason.

  • @hazzap08
    @hazzap08 Před 2 lety

    on my game no joke the Finns collapsed within a week as the soviets naval invaded behind them. I am livid

  • @kermitthefrog5334
    @kermitthefrog5334 Před 2 lety

    I did this with some cheese, when I delcared on uk, Germany declared on poland, so Germany invited me in, and since I already took the focus giving me a wargoal on em I just accepted, then backstabbed when they had nothing on my border,and the USSR was just easy

  • @salvocastiglione748
    @salvocastiglione748 Před 3 lety

    Me: see a video
    Also me: Put instantly like because I already know the video is good

  • @hythe4936
    @hythe4936 Před 2 lety

    Dude you should do a guide as Japan

  • @feldspar1496
    @feldspar1496 Před 3 lety

    Never take agricultural protectionism! You will never be able to get rid of that -10 factory output!

  • @krasnamerah1926
    @krasnamerah1926 Před 3 lety

    Yooo, right before Vesak

  • @hippugamer6689
    @hippugamer6689 Před 3 lety

    Ah yes getting the napoleonic france focus tree without La resistance (its easy to forget tho)

  • @Nordkampf
    @Nordkampf Před 2 lety

    80hours total so I’m fairly new to the game. Ussr declared on Finland in early December 1939. My divisions were totally not ready. Failed the landing. Lost my tanks then Finland signed treaty with the soviets literally a month after. Tf did I do wrong lol?

  • @basvananholt9084
    @basvananholt9084 Před 2 lety

    how do you actually force an armistice with youre spies? never heard of it so this may sound dumb but could someone help me with that

    • @SerLagsalot
      @SerLagsalot Před 2 lety

      They can pressure nations into NAPs.... armistice though...

  • @frenchbanana27
    @frenchbanana27 Před 2 lety +1

    I like how you pronounce french
    You are the only english speaker that i hear pronounces french correctly

  • @chewy9625
    @chewy9625 Před 2 lety

    Is this only possible with the la resistance dlc?

  • @belphegor_tv
    @belphegor_tv Před 2 lety

    Your French is very good!

  • @fuss7414
    @fuss7414 Před 3 lety

    yes

  • @thomastime8511
    @thomastime8511 Před 3 lety

    Challenge idea: play as any Balkan nation you want and fight the axis and comintern at the same time. Stipulation: you must be at war with the second faction within 6 months of declaring on the second and you must be at war with both at the same time. Extra credit if you do it without joining a faction!

    • @aidenbooksmith2351
      @aidenbooksmith2351 Před 2 lety +1

      hmm, do Hungary and Romania count?
      Otherwise, Bulgaria is your best bet: decent focus tree, far enough to not be steamrolled instantly, (only your coast needs to be guarded) and you can surround yourself with puppets to prevent being destroyed at will.
      you can then work with the Allies against the Axis and the Comintern (if you go fascist they won't let you join anyway).
      Your challenge does not specify that you should directly defeat the Comintern and the Axis, so you can instead play the factions against one another so they can be weak. You can rely on the Allies to defeat the Axis (they're good in recent patches) and defeat the weakened Soviet Union yourself

  • @HazmanFTW
    @HazmanFTW Před 2 lety

    24:58 ah yes my favourite 13 mmmphm, are you ok?

  • @Bruh-ff2tw
    @Bruh-ff2tw Před 3 lety +1

    Oh no. Bitter’s been converted to the SF tank heresy

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Před 3 lety +1

      I'll be honest, I prefer MW for the speed and authenticity

    • @Bruh-ff2tw
      @Bruh-ff2tw Před 3 lety

      Bitt3rSteel extra speed is nice, I also prefer the stats that MW gives compared to the SF stats.

  • @paoloborghi6313
    @paoloborghi6313 Před 3 lety +3

    When the video has 1 view and 4 likes: something is wrong, i can feel it

  • @5krona366
    @5krona366 Před 3 lety

    Do a Operation Barbarossa Tutorial please!

  • @marcsylvestre3637
    @marcsylvestre3637 Před 2 lety +1

    Not enough France guides. If you have time do some No Step Back French, like Napoleonic France and Commie France.