What If The Soviets Built A Maginot Line?! Hearts of Iron IV 

*Sorry for no early access on this one, I'm a bit behind after being sick from Gamescom*

2:00 funny how he called the line "Molotov line". Something tells me he didn't know that exact defense line existed and was also called Molotov line

They did. It's called Molotov Line. I know because I live near it and was with field trip to those pillboxes.

I'm a little concerned about Rambler. It seems like he gets sick A LOT. We need the ramblerman to brighten our days. Protect him at all costs!

If I want to play a defensive Soviets, I basically do this, I build a massive fort wall all along the northern side of the Daugava river, big level 10s on Vitebsk to bridge the gap between the Daugava and Dnieper, and then forts all along the eastern side of the Dnieper, helps if you get the fort building bonuses from some focuses

The Soviets copying France’s homework:

alex, something you might want to know about the USSR in hoi, mikhail Tukhacevsky always dies unless you go for the civil war. Semyon Timoshenko and kliment voroshilov are also the only ones that dont die cuz of the purge but you can promote other generals / field marshal do make them get into the high command

I like the little Charmander in the corner there, he looks like he’s taking on German lines sometimes.

The French did have tanks on the maginot line, it is simply that they were not independent units and acted with infantry. This made it so they did not have as much mobility and were not as concentrated as with the German doctrine.

Fun fact about the lil tank joke is that the French had more tanks than German at the outbreak of ww2 yet still got fucked due to poor management of said tanks as well as their other forces

8:13 "Why would they even try and go through there, we don't need to worry about that" - Some French general in 1940

I did basically the same thing to get No Step Back and We Don't Really Like Statistics, but I used heavy flame tank support companies as I recall.

"What the @#$% is he doing" is my reaction to most of your videos, Alex. It's why I subscribed.

11:32 he took the "no step back" dlc very serious

They did irl*, but then they annexed most of eastern Europe so they started dismantling it to move it west, in the middle of moving it. Germany invaded, meaning they didn't have 1 good defensive line, but 2 crappy ones. *It was called the 'Stalin line' and was nowhere near as *artificially* strong, as the Maginot was able to be much shorter. The Dnieper and Daugava were the 2 main strong points with a gap near Vitebsk. (P.s be kind, I am not a historian and being kind should just be the norm!)

Ussr:france can i copy your homework France:sure just change it up a little bit

I take it you didn't enjoy the hike across to the other end of Frankurt airport to pick up your baggage either

Just became a Mini Rambler. I've been watching your Hoi4 videos for years now and am well overdue doing this. Love the videos Alex hope you see this :) I've learnt so much of the game from you.

Seeing Alex purging Malinovsky for accusing Tukhachevsky was painful

I thought Alex and Bittersteel were friends, then i realized that Bittersteel only saves Alex's games.

As a defensive player, I’ve already done that, and more, along with the game also already having it as a focus... Although fighting R56 buffed Soviets and Comintern as France is fun, especially when they have Germany occupied

lmfao I play the Soviets quite often and this is pretty much my strategy but you are definitely my favourite hoi4 RU-vidr for the specific fact that you aren't AMAZING but your skill level is akin to the rest of us long time hoi4 players. you make one mistake and everything comes crashing down and that's so relatable. I'm tired of seeing things go so PERFECTLY for these other RU-vidrs. I just like to see a guy who absolutely loves this game play some runs where shit goes so bad and obviously it didn't happen this run but you pretty much represent my skill level and 90% of other hoi4 players skill levels and that's what matters

It's nice to see "Commander Rambler" leading per telecom on the push to Berlin!

man, this was a good stream and video to watch, although I'm surprised Grand Premiere Alexander, that you didn't include the "send the save game to Dankus for him to fix" after everyone was saying it's jover due to the breakthrough in the north.

I find awesome that your AI opponent broke through and made a gap at Sulwalki, the Sulwalki gap.

I read 15:05 as "Mussolini is dead" then you said "He is dead" I had to recheck, because I didn't think Mussolini could die like that.

You dont actually need this. You can add some artillery and anti-air and build just one or two level fort. And you can actually hold the line. Holding line is easy and you can produce good tanks in 1942-1943 and breaktrough some important states and pocket axis division. But when you do that, allies immidiately launch a massive d-day and get more of germany. Not fair :(

as a video for youtube it's interesting but if we turn to history, it becomes clear that the Soviet Union did not need such actions based on the difference in economic development and technical equipment, in which Germany was clearly superior to the Soviet Union, the strategy was chosen for the so-called tactical retreat, retreat with counterattacks to delay the offensive Frunze wrote about such tactics in the 20s based on the fact that the blitzkrieg tactics were based on the idea of a quick breakthrough and encirclement of the main enemy forces on the border, the Soviet Union built a multi-echelon defense so that the breakthrough of one line would not endanger the viability of the entire army local supply points were also created, which were meant to supply the encircled divisions, so this was also calculated in other words, having such a huge territory, it is not necessary to fight with an opponent technically superior to you for every piece of land, you can beat him strategically as Mao Zedong said (or maybe not even he, but the quote is very indicative for this case): "keep men, lose land; land can be taken again. keep land, lose men; land and men are both lost"

Soviets build molotov line Germany completes focus around the finland

18:57 You gotta love how the AI don't bother to take all of the provinces in Germany, so the Reich still exists after the war has ended.

Keep posting! We love it

I made a Maginot as Poland and it was awesome.

Tried playing the soviets but I got killed by Japan 😅 I have less than 100 hours and while the game is fun it is very hard and is much easier to watch

17:35 truly one of the alex cooming moment

When I do the right opposition, I always build a level 7 fort line on the German / Hungarian border and invaded Romania and didn't call them in. All the things you need to hold are: a good air force (do the air fucus tree [ignore the armour research]) and 240 decent infantry divisions.

You are actually able to not lose any provinces(the smaller one) to Germans just with many divisions, doing it every game

Dude I came on and the video was 50 seconds old and I'm gonna end up raving about it for the next 5 days

Soon Alex's hairline will be like Poland at the end of 39. Gone

19:39 lol nice

It goes well only if you also have good units to actually hold the forts.

There is no way they'd go, around the maginot!

Alex! The Soviets! Being French?!? Oh you’re having a giraffe with this one…

“They said my Soviet Union was weak”😂😂😂💀

Anyone else need to sit through the 2 minute long Tiktok add that was just on repeat for some reason? My best guess they accidentally put it on repeat and just sent it out without knowing

The truest line in the whole vid “Some of you may die, but I don’t care”

This was my first game. I built Max level forts and AA on the polish border and when Germany invaded they just stopped at my wall of forts and didn’t do anything so I had to wait for Romania to flip to communism (which they did for some reason) to attack the Germans

Nobody: Alex: attack me harder Germany

Challenge idea: As Soviet Union, back your forces behind Urals, and fight germans from there

It’s clearly “The Iron Curtain”

That's a man who needs some matte foundation.

Molotov line sounds good

Very good question

Poland is Krakow again! :D History rhymes!

What if Alex's hair built a Maginot Line? (I'm sorry)

Did you do the focuses that modify the red army and remove your debuffs that can only be done at war with a major

We could make " what if canada was a real country" with Banff as capitol. the most non historic playthrough

hes about to bust 17:35

"The Zhukov Line."

You asked if I like your inf div. I do not. Drop the recon support company. Drop the AT battalion. Drop the AA battalion. If you only keep those in support and not in battalion your production needs will go way down and you can field many more divs. Having ~1200 def is a waste unless your enemy comes anywhere near close to getting that much in attacking power.

Frankfurt airport really is something

Lore of What If The Soviets Built A Maginot Line?! Hearts of Iron IV momentum 100

Around the Bosphorus we go (through Turkey)

Enjoy this one. Keep care of your health.

So basically every soviet player ever

The Soviet Union had 37 million personnel in WWII…..get recruiting!

As a russia main hearing you ask "how do i get rid of political paranoia" and also not b lining it immediately made me cring

Agreed on Frankfurt Airport. How did they mess it up so bad

Ah yes the great wall of Soviética

You should copy the French, and build forts on the borders with the neighbouring countries, cause what if the germans try and push through them? But you don't need a lot of AT and tanktraps by Hungary, no one will manage to get a tank through there, right? Rig...wait.

This is how i played ages ago invaded from the baltics and created a pocket of 2 ,7 million axis troops it was delightful 9 Stalingrad's from just east of Berlin to the Bulgarian coast

i dont know anything, but some music would be nice in the backround ya know?

I mean they more resources trying to get the defence to germany for the defense

I use the 120 medium tank division for the soviets.

alex if you want to absolytly bully the ai out of air your figther should have as many hevy mgs as posible best engline and one armor plate

That Japan though

great war thank only

um the germans went around the maginot line through the ardennes forest

actually not protecting against romania and hungary wouldn't be realistic because they aren't neutral but it's funnier

Morning Guys

Not only Frankfurt airport but the entirty of Frankfurt sucks i have been there a couple of times

17:54 hell no

i always do this playing the soviets lol, i build lvl 10 forts behind a river line and the germans cant do anything

14s ago First time that RU-vid send a notification fast

As someone who has recently played Czechoslovakia let me explain how they broke his Maginot The German AI likes to swarm forts even if they are outnumbered especially against Russia so they just keep hitting the same tile over and over again which eventually chips away at the Org of the divisions on the forts. Even if it’s only like 2 soft attack that eventually builds up until they overcome the fort defenders

looks like the germans need to go around trough romania

I think u should rushed the purges so you get thé least loses

From Cracow Republic to Kattowitz Republic.

I've never clicked on a video so fast (I'm being serious

Can you please make another video where you play as Sweden?

You should game in that cool ass leather chair you got in the back instead 💯

WHY WERE YOU GOING GRAND BATTLE PLAN??!?!?!?! YOU'RE THE SOVIETS!!!!!!!

I forgot he was balding

Golly you're rusty! Looking good though!

why is the video sped up?

Remember September 1st 1939

Bald rambler can’t hurt you he doesn’t exist Bald rambler: >:)

I was feeling luckily, i was right. RU-vid asked btw

lets go

I built the line a few months ago but forts are lv5 from Besserbia to Lithuania

just saying, i have seen this before. ISP has done this,without the console. However,he was a coward and played on historical ai