Saving the world's THINNEST FRANCE!

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@Bitt3rSteel Год назад

Download on Android and pre-order on iOS now: wwc.onelink.me/uDzy/Bitt3rSteel200622 (iOS will be available for download on 30th June) Install World War Armies through my link and receive a rare M8 Greyhound tank right after finishing the tutorial!

@freedomfighter2054 Год назад

It’s amazing that Italy did something!

@awilish1589 Год назад

ngl that game doesnt look bad, like imma give it a try

@spooxer Год назад

4 days. *4 D A Y S* *YESSSSSS*

@lukeisadog Год назад

that game is pretty fun!

@StrokeMahEgo Год назад

Minor quibble (and engagement boost for your video) The Greyhound is an armored car, not a tank.

@AIrfan-cz2kt Год назад

I couldn't even survive with a full France. And then there's this dude who tackles literally 5% of France and made a comeback.

@Turtoile41 Год назад

More like 2%

@michaelhibbard654 Год назад

Same man

@Luredreier Год назад

Definitely impressive.

@himedo1512 Год назад

Sounds like you have a skill issue

@keylessgaming Год назад

@@himedo1512 Nobody has a skill issue, its only that some people are more new at the game that others

@egebop221 Год назад

"We've retaken, what, one maybe two tiles?" - actual French military during WW1 in the course of two years

@jaredjosephsongheng372 8 месяцев назад

That's also basically what the Soviets said during the Winter war.

@frozekiller9087 Год назад

france commander: as long as maginot line holds, we will be fine.

@jevinliu4658 Год назад

As long as Algeria holds, we will be fine. We shall reclaim the Metropole, it is but another part of the French nation. France lives another day.

@Tower_Swagman Год назад

It's the Maginot line, it WILL hold

@Tower_Swagman Год назад

@@ArmageddonEvil imagine holding the Maginot as France while the axis continue to steamroll Europe, maybe that would be a perfect opportunity for the Americans to D-Day and curbstomp the axis

@ArmageddonEvil Год назад

@@Tower_Swagman lol

@cmr_0333 Год назад

@@Tower_Swagman Nope, they will die of hunger

@SemiLobster Год назад

Paradox needs to really get the AI de-prioritize these tiny sub countries in peace deals, they're so messy and pointless in the final peace deal

@alexandercaires5921 Год назад

That's something covered in the upcoming DLC "By Blood Alone".

@King_George_VI Год назад

My mate and I just use the mod, ‘Player Led Peace Deals’. It allows one to take all land regardless of one so chooses, but we always choose to be fair and allocate territory per AI contribution.

@benjeiy7347 Год назад

@@King_George_VI yeah but it doesn't work for ironman

@alltheclovers532 Год назад

I swear they knew what they were doing, when they kept adding releasable nations without changing democratic and communist nations' desire to puppet.

@youtuberobbedmeofmyname Год назад

@@King_George_VI Wow thats so useful on my achievement runs. Not

@dabbingtoast7743 Год назад

France: Listen man I paid for the full Maginot *I’m gonna use the full Maginot.*

@tried6times Год назад

*ENTERING MAGINOT GAME* *BUY MAGINOT PREMIUM* | *PLAY* *BUY MAGINOT PREMIUM* *CONFIRM* *PLAY* . . . . . *VICTORY*

@yamamotohiromori419 Год назад

I'm more impressed he can hold Germany from the lowlands but not Italy from the mountains

@jedi86tm Год назад

It looks like the original player was not very experienced, he probably forgot to build a supply hub in savoy leading to terrible supplies in the alps and an easy push opportunity for the axis

@rishi1910 Год назад

@@jedi86tm True

@MarcusBlueWolf Год назад

@@jedi86tm you get insane supply and attrition problems in the alpine region now, I usually just pull back to the river line in the south of France

@youngfreshsandwitch Год назад

@@jedi86tm I actually hove 2k hours in the game and 50 achives. I was just drunk and microing the african front and the itialian front got mogged by germans when I wasent looking

@youtuberobbedmeofmyname Год назад

@@youngfreshsandwitch Looks like it lol

@youngfreshsandwitch Год назад

Hey bitter well done, this is easily one of your best saves to date. Im the guy who sent you the save and I tried to put a link to my reddit post but it dosent seem to work. Regardless I cant belive you actually pulled it off, what a great video!

@demqnity4835 Год назад

you are a legend for making this video possible!

@nnanna0013 Год назад

Man you effed up so bad 😂

@TheStanislavson Год назад

No worries bro! Good luck with everything!

@sirllamaiii9708 8 месяцев назад

Most competent French player

@fugjewtube1822 7 месяцев назад

HHHHH TFU Predditor

@chungus1219 Год назад

This is literally when you play France and forget about italy

@jevinliu4658 Год назад

Well, at least he remembered Africa. Can't say that about the AI usually, although the AI tends to be just as competent.

@tremedar Год назад

@@jevinliu4658 I've never seen the AI not put divisions anywhere there's a border. Where they typically fail is defending their ports.

@bongcloudopening5404 3 месяца назад

@@tremedari remember giving the ai germany more mills for a challenge (playing as UK) and the Atlantic wall was definitely fortified as hell.

@Xahnel Год назад

"Mein Fuhrer! We have... lost france!" "Vat?! Vat happened?!" "They hired a new commander for the French Armed Forces. They call him 'L'acier Amer'. The Bitter Steel."

@yeet3633 Год назад

very underrated comment 😂

@scottjuhnke6825 Год назад

"They can't stop me." "Steiner. Steiner's counter attack will restore the front."

@Attaxalotl Год назад

Ah yes, that time France and the US invaded France following a failed British liberation of France; fighting the German army despite the fact that they were mostly occupied by the Italians.

@theoheinrich529 Год назад

this time the maginot line worked, but not in the way as expected

@tremedar Год назад

Did it not? It was meant to keep out hostile forces from Germany, it did that...they just came in from Italy.

@otten5666 Год назад

@@tremedar It was expected to hold Germany at their border and have Italy take everything except a thin strip of land including the Maginot? You're saying this was the expected scenario how to use the Maginot line?

@tried6times Год назад

@@otten5666 he said that *it was supposed to hold germany*

@imreallynoob8311 Год назад

@@otten5666when one thing designed to do one task but others failed dosent mean that one thing failed to do what it suppose to do

@deeplyt00ting Год назад

@@imreallynoob8311 Task successfully failed

@Hilter420 Год назад

I saw you begging for that save on Reddit and knew this video would come one day lol

@alexandercaires5921 Год назад

Is that you Adam Hilt?

@Hilter420 Год назад

@@alexandercaires5921 Adam Hilt, Adolfus I, Achim Hund I have many names

@trialistern2948 Год назад

@@Hilter420 Don't forget Adolphus as well

@crusader2112 Год назад

@@Hilter420 Señor Hitler you’re alive.

@jaredjosephsongheng372 Год назад

@@crusader2112 *Hilter Not Hitler but Hilter

@carljohnson4473 Год назад

He should’ve ended the French campaign at Berlin and then switched to Germany and try to win it

@elduquecaradura1468 9 месяцев назад

Why? Leave Steiner's counters for german saves

@nopls2078 Год назад

u played so well in the tournament good job dealing with dankus!!

@quertyle9953 Год назад

this is the sort of game when you go eat dinner but you forget to pause the game

@simonnachreiner8380 Год назад

“Went with a historical focus” As France…In ww2 That explains the disaster save.

@_tym3k Год назад

Hi, I really enjoy watching your videos. At first, I thought that hoi4 was just too hard for me and I would never be able to play it, but thanks to you - I can proudly say that I beat Ethiopia as Italy lmao

@hugo57k91 Год назад

Lmao

@IamDrDapper Год назад

Holy shit man, that is mighty impressive my friend, I can’t even survive as a full France and the you come and comeback with 2% of your victory points left… GG

@alexzero3736 Год назад

Defending whole France is not so hard... You just need to reform industry, take Maginot extension focus, build 10 fort at Sedan and Dunkirk, and max fighters...and concentrate all your troops on the mainland.

@eossoda2490 Год назад

Bro I can't even hold a france that has all cores, I usually just get blizted and rage quit cuz I thought I could defend. This is really impressive and I really love your content.

@vincentsponziello1510 Год назад

bruh i get it. the only nation im good at defending with is the USSR

@glauberglousger6643 10 месяцев назад

Why rage quit? Just give yourself stuff with commands and nuke everything

@dr.pop2562 Год назад

6:46 I know you want to have more supplies but your men were one tile away from a undefended port and made me mad

@alandalusinquisition2166 Год назад

at first i was thinking the same but even if he took that port the axis troops would still get some pretty good supply because there was another port a couple of tiles away but by retreating to tripoli he made it so that the axis troops dont get supply

@witsleep Год назад

@@alandalusinquisition2166 also made them send more people down south, even if its just 8 divisions, it's good enough. The african ground is a great place to trap those guys

@dr.pop2562 Год назад

@@alandalusinquisition2166 wasn’t there only 4 Italian divisions?

@alandalusinquisition2166 Год назад

@@dr.pop2562 eh 4 easy division kills is 4 easy division kills. even if they are italian

@MyVanir Год назад

@@dr.pop2562 There was a second batch after the first one.

@endman105 Год назад

The most satisfying liberation of France ever man.

@belgiumball2308 Год назад

14:00 Man, those divisions argonne

@gameknightjek2640 Год назад

Hello felllow PP-brother.

@belgiumball2308 Год назад

@@gameknightjek2640 Hello :)

@microscopicallysmall 2 месяца назад

“My *axis* of advance will be toward the low countries, start liberating those, and pushing into Germany proper.” -Bitt3rSteel while fighting the *axis*

@dengist8172 Год назад

My favorite of these videos is the start where you plan your strategy. Once you've got the plan I feel it's just over. HOI4 AI is powerless against a player with a good game plan

@minhdang2514 Год назад

"Czechoslovakia, who hasn't come to terms with Slovakia being there."

@owenfarmer1588 2 месяца назад

“if i close my eyes you’re not real!”

@SpicyFiur Год назад

My guess is: He played and didn't expect Italy to join in that quickly - running the game on 5 speed getting overwhelmed.

@NEINNEINNEINNEIN1 Год назад

He simply went to poop but the spacebar betrayed him

@NEINNEINNEINNEIN1 Год назад

He simply went to poop but the spacebar betrayed him

@bettergs2790 Год назад

@@NEINNEINNEINNEIN1 bro doubled his comment💀

@bettergs2790 Год назад

@@NEINNEINNEINNEIN1 bro doubled his comment💀

@lanchester101 Год назад

15:54. You made me chuckle qhen you called out the freedom train steaming across the Atlantic

@chadsworthgigafuck Год назад

Ahhh yes, tunnel vision. It gets the best of us, anonymous france player.

@2-y_Korpus Год назад

"Historical AI focuses on" Also italy: Dominating a country for the first time

@polygonalphantom2026 Год назад

France: A literal soggy baguatte Him: *encourage immigration*

@Eggzrgoood 8 месяцев назад

France players, I’ll rush Belgium then get through Berlin. This Frenchie: I’ll just man the Maginot.

@Lenapolitainn Год назад

Your pronounciation of french words is actually pretty good

@michaelauj9570 Год назад

i love the division d'infanterie

@Smotoe47 7 месяцев назад

Hes Belgian

@CARL_093 Год назад

another challenging nightmare good job bro

@roosterm16 Год назад

Back to rewatch it again. Best comeback ever made in HOI4.👍

@CoffeeSuccubus Год назад

Obviously, Hitler forgot to assign France Holder to hold France

@SerLagsalot Год назад

I saw this on reddit, I've been waiting for this!

@peachypietro9980 Год назад

I personally always go for Organization First, since various doctrines help with recovery but only one doctrine tech box helps with reinforce rate; and reinforce rate matters!!!

@themightyeagle21 Год назад

this save is literally just de to "God bless America" lmao

@sirman2186 Год назад

Great save also when you cut off in Italy you don't need every tile just the railways (to starve in mainland France)

@TheRealGamada Год назад

As a french, I find really funny the way you pronounce "division d'infantrie" !

@EwiAshel 4 месяца назад

As a Calaisien, I can confirm we just wanted to meme on Chile in 1940 and make our own noodle France.

@Her00ster Год назад

I loved this video it just made me want to go in and play the game myself now.

@Clicint Год назад

This was very enjoyable to watch.

@Yak-23Music Год назад

The last piece of... France is free, we’re keeping a sliver!

@rileywilsonepicarcher9995 Год назад

After watching this I am fully convinced that you would have done a better job holding France than Blum did.

@Talyrion Год назад

I mean. Blum wasn't in charge then. In 1940, you're looking at Paul Reynaud, with Gamelin as commander. Now, I'm sure he'd do a better job than Gamelin - but then again, it's hard to do a worse job than Gamelin.

@imreallynoob8311 Год назад

Assuming he know what would happen, yes he would But if he was a general back then and have that time knowledge i doubt he would actually done better

@hunterwulfstern6121 Год назад

It's amazing to see how you managed to save this disaster save into victory despite the odds being stacked against you.

@ricerice8940 Год назад

Maginot wasn't intended to be used backwards but eh, a massive fortification is a massive fortification

@alexzero3736 Год назад

Actually Germans did use it backwards holding American invasion.

@Bova-Fett Год назад

Props to Greece for holding until 1942

@DeathEatsCurry 9 месяцев назад

When they talk about the "thin blue line", this isn't what I had in mind.

@samuelzachariah8739 Год назад

Every time I think Bittersteel has reached his limit, he finds some way to one up himself😂

@frustyproductions6484 Год назад

At least the guy held the maginot… :p

@socialistpastries.stooby Год назад

The most unrealistic part of this is that Italy has most of france

@FlierEmblem_ Год назад

I saw the original post on Reddit and immediately thought you’d have a field day with it if you played it

@theweirdclasher3955 Год назад

Wowza i didnt think you would actually do this one

@khaledalhamdan2627 Год назад

nice, i like to see such saves that are almost impossible

@cammrose Год назад

Some really delicious encirclements in this video

@defenderofthecrown04 Год назад

proof that bittersteel is the napoleon of hoi4

@Electronic_Pika-wr1mw 2 месяца назад

I already know this youtuber has to be the best HOI4 player who saves disasters.

@EuronLager Год назад

I remember seeing this in reddit. I knew he was gonna do a video on this scenario.

@miketaylor1942 Год назад

Masterclass. Bravo!

@medical_tomato1206 Год назад

Not gonna lie world war armies looks pretty good

@scubandym1941 Год назад

I have greatly enjoyed some of your guide videos. Would you be interested in doing a tips and tricks video for the Allie’s in no step back. Or how to prepare for the mustache man to come knocking on your door video? I feel like I’m competent on Germany and the Soviets, but the Germans just wreck me when they declare war.

@Nobody-ge7pk Год назад

i saw the post and now its here :)

@cr4zzy179 Год назад

This is what steiners counter attack would have looked like if he was playing with germany instead

@steffiguffens2016 Год назад

Proud of you, mister Steel!

@ChadTanker Месяц назад

Quick summary of this video: Budgetcuts. Budgetcuts everywhere.

@darthbader6506 Год назад

Excellent work!

@jonasduchateau8619 Год назад

Wilt ge nog eens achievement guides maken ? Geweldige videos !!!

@alexandercaires5921 Год назад

Head ups for anyone checking out the Mobile Game Bitt3rSteel showed; it's VERY similar to Company of Heroes (but on Mobile). If you're a fan of the game series, I HIGHLY recommend the game.

@11Survivor Год назад

That prononciation of Mulhouse though lol

@AmariFukui Год назад

I'd say "We're still flying half a France" but that's not really a very apt way of putting it... unless you count French Africa

@norwigwn6379 Год назад

Bitter y so good

@devilliersduplessis7904 Год назад

Bitters got taste in music, keep it up!

@ancaoraathasach Год назад

Quick question, are you stopping the achievement guides until By Blood Alone? Looking forward to this. Saw you ask for it on the subreddit.

@BelowAverageJoseph Год назад

Looks like he was focusing on Germany and forgot about Italy 😂

@drplague8979 Год назад

World War Armies is a pretty good game i would recommend

@clubardi Год назад

I already have this game and it's good!

@ignacioalmiron7187 Год назад

I only managed to survive with a full democratic France ONCE. I even was technologically and industrially superior to all of the allies combined but somehow Spain was still almost impossible to take down