I had expected the UK to invite me to the Allies and, by extension, the war in Europe + Africa. Extending the draft would only exaberate the problem. This is a community maintained wiki. Since every war/annexion/justification will increase world tension, it's simply impossible for you to keep world tension low enough to invade Europe as a whole without angering the allies at some point. When everything is complete, you can export the mod, extract the zip file to. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. And somehow Poland-Romania started a war against the Soviet Union and I thanked them for it and quit the game. This is a list of all France's events (from /Hearts of Iron IV/events/France.txt). The UK is holding Egypt. Vichy is triumphant! Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Information, Frequently Asked Content Design, HoI4 [Retired] Paradox Staff 57 Badges. Free France - Hearts of Iron 4 Wiki - Paradox Wikis If you spot a mistake then you are welcome to fix it. Went and took out british Raj next to free up my eastrn allies. The UK and France will start guaranteeing independence at WT 25%. France joins allies when they shouldn'twhy? : r/hoi4 - reddit Regardless of what Vichy France gets, it will usually only be left with a few leftover fragments of the previous french military and will thus have to rebuild it. They have 562 Dewoitine D.520 fighters which is the most 1940 type fighters of any country in the 1939 start. By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). ohhhh I didnt know that about how theyll join an opposing faction. The forces of Germany were able to quickly overrun northern France, capturing Paris without a fight. If this happens, France is given the option of collaborating with the Germans (which will create Vichy France if the Germans approve), continuing the fight regardless or proposing a union with Britain (which will create the Franco-British Union if both sides approve). As Germany take Poland and Czechia (at least that's what I do) , As Italy take like maybe Albania, Greece or Yugoslavia, As Russia DON"T TAKE ANYTHING. Similarly, France can act differently in response to German demands for Sudetenland than the UK; if the UK agrees to let Germany have the Sudetenland, the French can either agree with the UK, which will also cancel their guarantee on Yugoslavia, or refuse to go along with the UK and form a faction with Czechoslovakia. That would either be when world tension is too low (below 25% democracies cannot guarantee), or when they have too many guarantees already (each guarantee costs 25PP more than the last, so if you trick them into guaranteeing many nations it'll become harder and costlier for them to guarantee even more). Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The problem with fielding a modern army will be expanding France's production base, which is both extremely limited and faced with the prospect of crippling manpower shortages in the very near future in 1936. . These are the Military Staff candidates for appointment in France. Interactive corporate website. You really can't, you have to fight the allies in like 1940-1941 if you want to not play passive. Gets event Protests descend into violence, Has completed focus Utilize the Leagues Gains ownership of and control over the following states if owned by the country getting the event: Fired for the country that meets the requirements: If the following is true on declaration of war: Random other country that originates from, Resets the appearance of the country to the default, Every state that is national territory of both, Sets ownership of and control over the state to, Every unit leader that has the unit leader flag, Has at least 70% of progress towards being capitulated. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. French political parties are increasingly calling for the establishment of a provisional government and a general election. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Sometimes when the allies are already at war with someone else e.g. The main problem with forming the EU as France is the inability to annex Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg but this can be worked around by going down the French Entente line in the focus tree. Germany lost i got 2/3 of Austria and then the Allies went to greece and Turkey to kill them. In the beginning of the game until 1940 or until world tension is big you have at least 2 freebies without the allies entering. Tho if they hate you they'll be eager instead. France starts with four National Spirits in Man the Guns and more in La Rsistance: With the Man the Guns expansion enabled, France starts with an additional national spirit: Victors of the Great War can be removed by completing the Army Reform focus at the bottom of the Begin Rearmament branch. 2019, https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=France&oldid=60463, Countries with unique National Focus trees, Articles with potentially outdated sections, Articles with potentially outdated tables, Play By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The minute they finished the great purge I declared war since it gives them organization. Join faction as Non-Aligned : r/hoi4 - reddit With the French military teetering on the brink of collapse, the French government (having been evacuated from Paris to first to Tours, then to Bordeaux) concluded a ceasefire and subsequent armistice with Germany, effectively surrendering the whole country. Peace must always be the goal of any democratic nation. Threatened with annihilation, the British evacuated their expeditionary forces and what Allied units they could until Dunkirk fell. When at peace, the Allies AI (specifically, that of the leader of the Allied faction, and to a lesser extent that of France) is tweaked to try to protect european nations, and to some extent other ones such as in the middle east. Privacy Policy. Start a game with an Allies nation that is not France (UK would be a good choice) In 1939, when the Germany invade Belgium, watch how France AI can't sent div to cross the border to stall German advance. Becomes the owner and controller of every state that meets the following requirements: Is either on the African continent or is a core of either of the countries: Becomes the owner and controller of as well as gaining national territory on every state that meets the following requirements: Is controlled by a country originating from, Every uncontrolled state that is national territory of, Sets the ownership and control of every state owned by, Is either Corsica (1), Provence (21), or Savoy (735), If Provence (21) and Savoy (735) are controlled by, Sets the ownership and control of Alpes (32) to, Every unit leader, including admirals, with the, Otherwise, if our country is the faction leader, kicks, Owns either Damascus (554), Aleppo (677), or Deir-az-Zur (680), Then the following is executed for a random nation which originates from. The French national focus tree can be divided into 5 branches and 7 sub-branches: France starts with very good tanks, having unlocked 2 levels of the light tanks tree. The game is mostly historical so far - Poland, France, and Norway have fallen. Subscribe- https://www.youtube.com/c/ManiaGin?sub_confi. You can always invade them anyway later, I like to take out Nationalist Spain as Italy right after the civil war sometimes, because nobody protects them. If you spot a mistake then you are welcome to fix it. What I just did was go to war with poland instantly and then stacked against the Soviet Union. Follow the Forming the European Union steps for how to form it, but make sure to not go down any focus tree other than the monarchist branch, as well as making sure that the Carlists win the Spanish civil war and the monarchist Portuguese win their civil war and the Brazilian monarchist civil war (If they Don't fire, don't worry, that just means you don't have to help them through the civil wars). 'Our request to join Britain as Allies has been accepted. He was so weak that I guerenteed him as a joke and he thanked me for it. Charles de Gaulle delivered a radio broadcast urging resistance against the collaborationist Vichy regime. The Panzers then drovewithout waiting for infantry to secure their supply linesthrough France to the English Channel, surrounding the bulk of the Allied forces which had been sent to Belgium's border with Germany aiming to deny them room for mobile warfare and overconfident that their main thrust would be through Belgium as in WWI's Schlieffen Plan. If the capital is in neither of the states Ile de France (16) or New Caledonia (635) and is controlling New Caledonia (635): Changes the capital state to New Caledonia (635), Creates a dynamic country originating from. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. For more information, please see our Join. By default, they can only intervene on the side of the Republicans, but should they change ideologies, France can instead opt to intervene on the side of the Nationalists, the Carlists, the Falangists, or the Communists. on Paradox technology, Legal Wait for Germany to capitulate all the minors on the mainland before justifying on an axis member and joining the war. Once the Axis powers are defeated and the peace treaty commences, annex the BeNeLux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) countries in their entirety and as much of Italy and Germany in the first peace treaty as possible. In a historical scenario, Italy fulfills a support role to the German Reich, allowing the Axis to contest control of the Mediterranean and North Africa. France has a number of unique names and appearances for various technologies and equipment, listed here. These are choices of ministers and design companies for France. As with her tanks, France begins the game with modern naval technology, such as 1936 BB, DD and SS techs and two unique designs: La Fantasque, a destroyer model with tier 3 (1940) engines, and the Surcouf Class submarine with 3 custom slots. Try to annex all coastal states as the Allies will not annex any states that they cannot reach. Somewhat historical, like by 1 or so. . We should try and find other sources of manpower to make up for the shortfall, either in recruitment or in the economy. The Habsburg Sub-branch The UK and France will start guaranteeing independence at WT 25%. France can form the European Union through a decision if it is democratic and controls the requisite territories (those being all of its own starting core states a well as the starting core states of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Note that generic names are not listed. on Paradox technology, Legal I go after a country then immediatly after I declare war they join the comminterm and now im at war with russia and then I get instantly rekt. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. After theyre gone I need to find a way to disolve my Axis and then take the rest of the countries over until my Reich spans the globe! 'While we have enjoyed good relations in the past, we cannot risk an escalation of the conflicts across the channel. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The HOI4 Adoriasim SIG is a meta group aiming to create a hoi4 mod out of Adoria with its extensive in sim and pre-sim lore. France both borders the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the English channel to the Northwest and the Bay of Biscay to the west. Once created, Vichy France will find itself in control of southern Metropolitan France as well as most of France's colonial empire. The Vichy regime would remain in place from its inception in 1940 to 1944, during which it attempted to carry out a series of social/societal transformation programs named the "National Revolution" and "National Regeneration". As France, occupy Moscow while Napoleon VI is your country leader. It became a three way front, Allies attacking Germany and soviet union, Italy does not join the axis. We don't know what to expect these following months, but we will face it together! Press J to jump to the feed. Tonjoin the allies youd go full democratic. France has a focus to unlock decisions concerning whether to intervene in the Spanish Civil War, or encourage non-interference by other parties. As for the military, Vichy France's military situation is a bit unpredictable, as Vichy France is only created if France is capitulated by Germany, which will cause the majority of the French military to be dismantled. 1.4K. My friend is playing as Germany and struggles to attack countries like Czech, Switzerland or Netherlands, because they always join the Allies as soon as he declares them. If the allies are already at war, but not against you, the nations you attack are likely to try and join them but depending one who you play and what's your relation with the allies, they may be reluctant to join the war, especially if you're co-belligerent.