Hearts of Iron 4: When Italy isn't Sh*t

It is January 1, 1936, the entire world stands still as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom frantically tries to organize an expanding Empire while the leaders of less complex nations sit bored without warning and before Britain was ready, The days suddenly passed in seconds. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who had taken a bathroom break because he thought he had time, was in trouble. He returned and found himself months later in a war with Ethiopia. He didn't remember starting. It is March 22, 1936. Benito Mussolini is hastily sending all divisions, including 180 of his newly developed light tanks from mainland Italy through the Suez Canal landed at the port of Masau to reinforce his northern front line in Ethiopia, after returning to his desk from the bathroom to find his army near the encirclement with his southern units completely isolated.

Starting with the supplies, the Italians deploy their L3 light tanks through the mountains of Ethiopia to reach the plane and attack Addis Ababa and in this, to their astonishment and that of everyone else, they actually succeed, but exhaust their very valuable fuel reserves that Italy has. very little in terms of fuel, but they made it and for them it is like revenge for the battle of Adware in 1896. Luckily for the Italians, they forgot to tell their Air Force to take off and attack the enemy, we saved them a amount considerable amount of fuel. but now that they were in the air, the Ethiopians were about to learn a deadly lesson, but before they could raise their swords against the attacking plane, something shocking happens.

Ethiopians can't believe their eyes

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a neighboring country they have never seen before suddenly submits to Italy. The creation of a vast empty front line that Mussolini's men exploit and rush towards the capital causes the Ethiopian leader to leave in a fit of rage hailing the end of the Second Italian-Ethiopian War. Everything is looking up for the dictator in this his 40th attempt. in the reconstruction of the Roman Empire uh Imperial imperialism is a lazy piece of the uh in his next move Mussolini decides to turn his gaze to the northeast, towards Yugoslavia because it is at the top of his focus tree, in a short time a complete invasion begins, unfortunately for Yugoslavia their request for foreign fighters The Italian planes go surprisingly unanswered as the Italian planes once again make the difference as no one else seems to care about that part of the world and with the only delay in their victory being that someone had moved to Dubrovnik since they were last there, the Italians claim second victory meanwhile in Germany something is being built a movement is growing what is being built is the Autobahn and what is moving on it I can't Adolf Hitler a leader focused heavily on building German industry for seemingly peaceful reasons has completed his four year plan and then one.

The day a newspaper appears in front of him before he can dismiss it, he immediately reads the words he has been dreading. Italians question Austria's sovereignty before being able to write a speech on living space. Mussolini attacks again and annexes Austria in what would become known as anchluzi, realizing that Germany's greatest achievement so far was the Berlin Olympics, which most people skipped anyway. Hitler needed to do something and rushes to remilitarize the Rhineland. However, the allies are not cooperating. Hitler foolishly hopes that they will appease his modest request, but instead they begin a second world war without Hesitation, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gives a speech on September 30, 1938 saying: I have just returned home from a meeting with the German Chancellor, Hitler, where I informed him that the United Kingdom would declare war on Germany immediately.

I held it here in my hand. I would like to read the napkin that bears my name and our formal declaration of deformation. I have 800 hours in this game. Get ready to get a good hit. I think it's the war of our time, the Germans. Surprised by this option to immediately launch a surprise attack on the French flank through the Belgian Arden Forest, but once again the allies do not play their role properly. The 1938 German attack through Arden was a total disaster, the Allies God knows how and managed to position their forces in defensive lines and knew the Germans were coming due to their lack of radio communications, the German Panzer divisions have difficulty getting through the dense forest struggling to distinguish each other's semaphore flags among the thick deciduous foliage

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they finally reached the On the front line they encountered a well-organized and deeply rooted Anglo-French army and a battle that would become known as the French Resistance would make Historians to this day wonder what impact the resistance had on the outcome of the war, but what was certain that the French High Command led by the dynamic General surrounded their German counterparts with Superior Communications and Logistics.

It is often thought that Heinz Guderian would have been a fantastic Panzer Commander if only the Vermont High Command had not assigned him to a position. militia division where he sat in Magdeburg eating cheese with most of the allied forces involved in the northern conflict Mussolini declares war on them the French communicate diligently with their reserves and man the Alps waiting for an attack but none comes, it has been learned what follows as the fake war, nothing in the Italian army moves, especially after lunch, they joined this war for a different reason, instead they rushed south towards Africa, the British never managed to reinforce their troops in North Africa, there was a lot happening for them around the world. with the Indian Empire and the Far East they probably just forgot about North Africa, which is really a shame because in Britain they came up with this fantastic new tank, the Matilda 2.

The troops really liked it because it had very cushions. comfortable, but that tank known to everyone as the queen of the chiltons never sees action the Italian forces cannot believe their luck they marched directly to Egypt they are careful to remain in single file to hide their number but they realize that there is no one of them who to hide They approach Alalamine, where they expect a major armored battle to take place, only to discover that no British tanks have been deployed, so they continue to the Suez Canal now that the battle in North Africa, of course, She has gone down in history as famous.

The Italians advancing on Egypt actually do very well by defeating the British and then the Germans, upon hearing this, decide they want a piece of the action and send the Africa Corps across the Mediterranean, but aha, the The British are waiting with their submarines and sink the German fleet. unlike the Hindenburg, Germany's African Corps was destroyed, vital troops defending the German borders were lost, allowing the Anglo-French to make lightning-fast advances towards the Homeland, things go from bad to worse for Germany , since, while trying to flee, Adolf Hitler is hanged. on the streets by partisans it is at this moment, when the Allies are engaged deep in a crumbling Germany, that Italy launches its attack at 9 a.m. on May 9, 1940, the code word duche being broadcast to all the Italian armored divisions mobilizing them in a classic reverse Hannibal.

Over the Alps, the French had considered the terrain impossible for tanks and therefore had not prepared for such a rapid and mobile advance before realizing it. Italian tanks were breaking down all the way to the Champs Elysées and Parisian trains were running for the first time. perfectly in time with the French out of the war, the first ones are stranded in Germany, they do the only thing they can and attempt the biggest evacuation of all time in Danzig, well it was a total disaster and I don't mind telling you. We arrived at the port, they were open to see a big old Mega flow rudder.

British ships patrolling, you know, to safeguard our journey home, there was nothing. It turns out that the Italians had not only taken most of Germany, but had also fought their way into Denmark, which I guess for some reason meant we couldn't get our ships into the Baltic Sea anyway, so we ended up surrounded and captured and they also take all our weapons and equipment, if this wasn't bad enough for the British, the only ones. Part of the French forces that had not abandoned the French navy were now under the control of the Italians, giving them a fleet large enough to patrol most of the Atlantic, which confused the British since the Americans were not even supplying leased lands.

However, in order for the Italians to intercept the Italian plan, it soon becomes clear that this is an invasion that starts from a randomly chosen port in Italy and is sent to the other side of the world. To prevent the landing of the Royal Navy in the strategically vital city of Liverpool, the Italians storm the beaches only to take one look at the place and decide that they don't really want it, but it's too late and before they know it they are in land, the Italians once again send in their air power, but this time they are in for a shock when they face Britain's Royal Air Force, yes, it was not our finest hour, as it turns out that never before has so much been lost for so few and by so many.

I think the problem was that instead of researching new types of aircraft, our scientists were studying important ones. things like nuclear research yes of course we had 100 hurricane fighters which many claim are the workhorse of the RAF. Sorry about my mustache, it's a prosthesis. I lost mine in the war anyway, these hurricane fighters were very good, but when someone suggested something called a Spitfire we didn't think we needed it, which was a real shame because the rest of our planes were sent with the Italians achieving the air supremacy. The British find it very difficult to move their tank division during the day and end up having to fight. taking circuitous routes while bridges are blown up, roads are banned by air power and of course the Great Northern Railway is on strike so in reality they are even on for a whole month and still faster than the poor infantry trying to cross the country using the rail network buses and taxis whatever is available the British have not seen a border this bad since the Wars of the Roses and are resorting to incorporating their remaining divisions, including the Royal Tank Regiment , which was poorly equipped after a recent upgrade.

That had left it with only one medium tank and the others ordered from the factory, when Britain finally manages to deploy its only Finnish Matilda II tank, it breaks down before entering combat and this is a problem because it is taking about three weeks to try. complete a Matilda 2 tank and there is only one factory doing that and it is running out of the raw materials needed to build a complete tank. The Italian sees all of England, but for some reason the country does not capitulate and then they realize that we will have to get the victory points in Scotland to end this war, but the British, knowing this, have put all their efforts on the Line Hadrian's Gate, a wall of defensive bunkers on the Scottish border.

I was there, on Hadrian's Line, defending what was apparently very important. city ​​of Glasgow together with my colleagues from the Sudan Defense Forces, me, Jeanette, the boy, you know, we were all there and in which I was one of the 100 victims. I mean, they bombed the city so hard, but no one really noticed after launching. They attacked each other for months and ended up getting bored and attacking a different country, instead leaving the United Kingdom still in the war in their attempt to recreate the Roman Empire at 2 pm on June 20, 1941. Italy invades Spain republican and were captured. literally taking a nap, but then the USSR invites the Spanish into the common area and before Mussolini can do anything about it, he's at war with Russia.

Initially, the Italians see good success against the Russians when they attack in Operation Barbarossi, mainly due to Stalin purging Zhukov, but the USSR. has been maiming tanks since 1936, which means the Italians need an answer for the invasion of Russia. The Italian army developed the m41 tank, which we now know is a piece of garbage. They are going to use them in the Battle of Kursk and we know how everything. The Italians are facing an extremely cold Russian winter and are running out of support equipment and captured British weapons. Things only get worse when New Zealand, a country that is technically still at war with Italy but often forgotten, invites the United States of America into the war, the United States accepts since they were completely expecting it.Japan attacked Bal Harbor, something it was apparently too afraid to do.

Once unleashed, the American war machine begins to work reinforcing Scotland with thousands of heavy bombers and dozens of armored divisions. For my part, I did not enjoy the American tours flooding our line, our infrastructure could barely support it, all the pubs were full, they were robbed. all our supplies my wine our girlfriends our boyfriends taxes we are good although the Americans built the M3 Lee tank and this will destroy everything the Italians have in service. The Americans were going to build a tank called the M4 Sherman, but I highly doubt it would have been a success with a successful American bombing campaign led by Ace Amelia Earhart taking its place.

The Italians are in trouble, turning to ancient weapons in an attempt to stop the two superpowers, but before long, the Americans and Russians are competing to be first. one in Rome the two superpowers agree to split the Roman Empire in half and both sides choose to take small enclaves of land in random places they trust to annoy each other tensions begin to fray both sides believe the other is planning an attack on Rome's wall soon This is the beginning of the Cold War, both sides build up forces until it becomes too scary to fight and then they go to bed never to return to this game, so is it okay to You?

Because if so, I have a lot of things to get on with. Okay, okay, okay, I'll leave then, but thanks for that, yeah, um, the screen won't stay here for long, it's very windy. outside today, right, I'm going to get undressers. We would like to thank the museum, can you? I don't stop, I can start whatever I want starting now. We would like to thank David Willie from the Tank Museum and the Tank Museum in general for helping us with this video. Yes, everyone has been very kind, right? David is very good, isn't he?, it's very easy, he always keeps going, he's great, we like him a lot, he's wonderful, okay, who else would you like to thank God? it would be the operating room, oh he, the operating room, yes, Francis, of the operation. room, it's fantastic, great narration in this video, um, he's all him, yeah, all him, we didn't have to do much in this one.

Uh, he's launching a new series on his channel soon, isn't he? When will it happen? on October 7th when bright October 7th, okay, go and watch, we'll link the trailer below. It's brilliant, it's about Iwo Jima, here we go, I mean.