HOI4 How to Naval Invade (Hearts of Iron 4 Man the Guns Guide) 

I cannot believe the creators of this game thought it was a good idea to release a tutorial that doesn’t actually tell you how to do anything at all. This is really helpful. Thanks

What they teach you: 11:56 What they ask you on exam: 12:01

Watching these videos actually makes me realize how bloody inefficient my strategies are in HOI4. I have a Hulk Smash strategy for everything - when rather some finesse is required. Multiplayer games would just chew me alive!!!

HOI 4 Strategists: Wins *Me using tactics from 1760* "INTO THE BREACH LADS!"

“So now after playing for three and a half hours to finally set this up” Basically every multiplayer game, minus the fact that after 3.5 hours the host disconnects. Nice video btw, you just got a subscriber :)

just bought the game and i didn't know how to naval invade and i searched it on youtube and it really helped me thank you so much

Id suggest using only a single sub to scout ports. If u have subs convoi raiding he wont be able to tell wether ur scouting him or if its just another sub raiding. Its a lot more subtle otherwise he might see all those ships in front of that port and he will fortify it. Also wastes minimal fuel for scouting.

6th June 1944. Happy 75th anniversary of Decision Day!

Through the gates of hell As we make our way to heaven Trough the Nazi line *PRIMO VICTORIA*

Another great video, thanks so much. I've got about 240 hours in and still feel like a rookie! I've learned A LOT from your videos. This is my favorite game, hands down, and you are a big part of making it my favorite.

Happy 75th anniversary of D-Day, gents. Here's a tip from me: after taking control over Africa as Allies, if you want to invade Italy - go for Mesina (Sicily). Almost always works. Especially when you do it with George S. Patton (this tip goes too historical, though).

nice man can wait to see you hit 50K subscribers bro keep it up great video

Your videos are amazing, they really help my friend and I, thank you!

“Alright, I don’t really care about the Philippines, I’m doing a video” Me: Sad Filipino Noises

Learned some of thses from your other videos. Helped me quite a bit esp as Japan. One thing to add is that once divisions are prepared to invade, you can go to edit orders mode and change the destination without resetting the clock. Haven't tried in a while but iirc you will reset if you change the port. So I usually pick a random shore to invade until they are prepped then send the scout fleet to see where I can land, than change there and invade immediately.

Watching people with actual strategies and organised divisions remind me why I play on civilian...

very nice, you've got yourself a sub

Great video, came here to figure out why my troops wouldn't ship off after i had given them an invasion order. Ended up learning a lot of stuff. thx!

So frickin helpful, thanks!

I liek your vids you help me all the time 👍🏾

Good view mate,your tips always help me out

I legitimately come to this channel for the games tutorials. Thank you for the help good sir! Now.....to invade Italy!

12:03 is just amazing

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10 reasons why I now use fallback lines to guard ports in multiplayer #10: 3:45

thanks man, you helped me a lot :)

Great video man!

i like how u say belenux xd ITS BENELUX

Is there a problem if I ask you what game recorder you use?

Make a vid about the design of ships and whats best and when

Great stuff. My one point concerning using "regular" troops as compared to marines , I'm pretty sure that even without having to fight, they suffer a heavy organizational cost while marines do not (?). I've been defending France/Spain for a few years now, and even if the allies successfully land at an undefended portion of the coastline, counterattacks find the landing troops organization very low. Which makes it vitally important to "drive them back into the sea" as quickly as possible. Not to mention all the great loot (equipment) you gain. I recently kitted out 2 whole mechanized divisions with captured equipment from a large scale failed invasion. ;-) Cheers.

Great Video! Learned how to naval invade better lol.

Man, realizing I couldn't go through friendly territory to attack someone, then spending 20 minutes trying to fuckin land via naval, got me tilted

Thanks this helped a lot

I know this is a dumb question but I don’t know how to use the navy. I don’t know how to get ships into task forces and send them on missions

i learned something ! thank you

Epic vid my man

I have huge problems with naval invasions since the last dlc, because Germany is totally overpowering. I hope your Tipps are going well

Just one detail, are you sure about the ports? i mean because some times i do naval invasion (most of the time Canada and US) usually i get low supply because the port level is low, but aparently the game just take the higher level port like main base and the others just add bonus instead of having multiple supply lines. Btw, good use of paratropers, i usually never use them but for hard late game will try them later

The majority of the time I use para's I only use them to surround a bottleneck (like in Africa at el-alamien) so this was some nice inspiration on how to better use them, thank you. Though I probably won't use the 1 unit aiming trick for naval invasions much as most of the games I play in I have to throw in close to 60 divisions over three different areas, while at 3 or 4 speed making the whole single division selection a bit too slow for my tastes. Still interesting to think about.

Wait, do all ports of a province count for the supply? I always thought it only takes the highest. Overall i don't really get how supply works, might be a video idea.

What if after connecting air wings to ground troops you go beyond the air wings range and there are no friendly airports?

Also do you recommend (once you captured britanny/normandie) building new ports, airfields or infrastructure? If so which one?

Do you have any opinions on amphibious vehicles and what they contribute to naval invasions?

But how do you assign transports whenever I try it it says i cant because i have bo transports even though i have well over enough please help

Considering the addition of amphibious mechanized and armor will they be of any use in a multiplayer game? (in terms of aiding naval invasion)

I'm gonna show this to my friend who keeps rushing ENTIRE ARMY GROUPS INTO A SINGLE PORT. Making them starve, cutting their fighting ability, can't gain land fast enough, German units arrive, since we are starving and out of supply we get decimated and my friend loses 72 divisions.

Do you have to have man the guns to do amphibious landings?

The thing I love about this channel is when I have an issue with something,need to know something,or want to learn something new I can just come here

A way to defend against a naval invasion as germany is pump out naval bomber and set them to the channel

I have a bit problem, i wanted to do Naval Invasion of Liberia with Yugoslavia and it still keeps showing me no divisions assigned, even though i still click on the leader of the army, that "will" invade Liberia, where's the problem?

Why is 60 CAS attached the optimal number? what about fighters?

what do you think of making 40 width paratroopers to actually hold better in case if encirclement fucks up, or takes more time than needed, or do you consider it a waste of special units batallions?

You are the best. Now I know why my naval invasion never work.

I disagree with the bombing idea If you bomb the area your invading then just sit there and wait till you’ve repaired it you can invade like it’s butter. Also I think damaging the close airfields and forts etc is worth advancing slower especially if you’ve bombed the capital they will be just as slow so you’ll be fine

Never would have thought that I would spend this much time to see the map. Hoi4 is a great game with cheats (can be found in cheatland).

Nice video

*thanks now i can naval invade the heck out of norway*

Every time I play HOI4 I literally spend half the time watching RU-vid videos on how to actually play. And I've owned the game for 2 years. Stupidly complicated and makes it super hard to enjoy it at all.

I'm so frustrated. I just wanted to know how to invade Liberia as Brazil and instead got a lot of stuff not applicable. I think I'm about ready to give up.

Wait, since MTG you can use the same port to launch multiple invasions?! Why do I keep building those level 1 ports all over the place then?! I always used this tactic (send one or two divisions at a time, but draw plans for an entire army) and the only limitation was the number of ports... If it's gone, it will be really cheesy now, you can do a 3 day invasion with unlimited troops, instead of waiting a month or two planning... BTW, any news about 1.7? I hear it breaks all the mods, even tho they said it won't, so I have not updated yet, but any thoughts? Is it faster in 64 bit, or just because they stole a guy's mod that optimised events, and what I used already anyway?

wow what an instructional video..... 2 mins in and he cant do the thing he wants to because......?? and then goes right into how you can get naval superiority by cheesing the game. a true master of hoi4

Finally, now I can dday as Australia, oh wait I already did one

I think my game is broken bc when I'm assigning troops for a naval invasion it says 0 division and when I try to add them they won't add to it

And what if the country is so far from you? For example Dutch East Indies or India. With the ships you have you cant go this far idk why. Can you do a tutorial on hoe to naval invade far countries?

Idd like you to try the same invasion in multiplayer where there is a Good germany

ok but how to naval invade? Like how do i tell my troops to get on a boat and just cross.

Is it possible to catch up to the British fleet. I cant build enough ships it seems like for every 10 ships I build they build 50 even when I have enough resources and more dockyards, infact I cant seem to build any sort of large navy to contest any of the allies (as Italy or Germany) oh and I only play on singleplayer. Can you make a video on how to build a large 100-300 ship fleet, if it's even possible

I search for a simple naval invasion. What i found: a big D-Day invasion

I have naval superiority in the zone and max invasion capacity and my ships are set to escort, but I can’t assign divisions to the he order?

I was trying to invade Eastern Soviet Union, and I got that port that was in the city that begins with a v, I got it, but I had no supply even though I got a port. What is that all about?

A bit late, but how to do effectively the historic focus,.what are the focus to pick, the timing and all...

Instructions unclear: game keeps yelling at me because I "Have no units assigned."

Who else when you first got the game, would make 500 Division Armies under a field marshal, and then would make your entire army do the naval invasion, then get pissed when you see they all die

Paratroopers never work for me and it pisses me off. Good vid tho

Naval invasions annoy the hell out of me in this game since setting them up is more convoluted than any other game I have played. You would think it's, get your guys ready, click point A, click point B, make sure you have the criteria met (escort/intel/etc.) and there you go. But about 50% of the time it gives me some sort of error, most common being "no units assigned" even if there is, and then if I cancel orders to attempt to fix it, it cancels the beaches, but apparently not the path nor invasion in and of itself (got to disband and reform for that...). It's really frustrating how inconsistent it is.

Having issues invading Norway from Denmark with Germany. I do everything you say but I am guessing I just don’t have enough ships.

In your USA guide how do you manage to get war support high enough for giant wakes to be put so high on the list

would using marine tanks w/ marine infantry be good for defeating coastal ports and coast lines in a multiplayer match or regular infantry good enough?? I presume a smart and intelligent hoi4 player will defend the atlantic wall with troops anyways so...

What about the "0 division assigned to this mission" ? Would it be because I don't have naval superiority or something ?

I know it but at first I was like wtf

Why couldn't it be easier like Rise of Nations? If you have boats ready for you're troops, you should just be able to click them to anywhere on the map of the oceans!

I suck so bad bruh I had to raid a small island and I had 12 divisions and lost them all.

How to naval invade : Spam literally every fucking boat and hope for the best.

I can’t assign troops for the naval invasion

New sub

How was Luxembourg independent at the start of the video?

What happens if France builds ports in all the coastal provinces in Northern France?

i made one, but my troops looks like statues. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm finally, i didn't search naval invasions.

October 4th 1941 Germany has annexed the world after learning how to use navy

i make naval invasion order but it says no division wtf

HAH I just only need one port and I will flood my entire army there and just blitz through them with my stacked manpower there

Is air supply effective for encircled troops?

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For some reason paratroopers don’t work for me, I have transport planes, air superiority, but they just don’t go. Please help

What if you just strategic bomb their capital infrastructure? I mean that is where all the supplies come so :D. + Strategic bombers seem to have very good range so that doesn't seem to be impossible. Ofc if enemy notices this then there will go a lot of bombers down when they will add fighters but I think it could be more efficient than surrounding one area ^^ ++ When you are about to advance then there would be less problems of having supply shortage until you reach the capital "zone".

I have a problem, I can't invade at all. Only on land. I press "naval invasion" but I cannot send troops to countries oversees to invade. For example, I am playing as Great Britain. I want to invade Ireland but it won't let me. I can only deploy troops to Northern Ireland, even if I have declared war. Any way to invade?

Can you tell me what mods if any are you using??

It says that the ships are too far away :(