Instead, you should naval invade behind the Danish lines and take Copenhagen out from there. Attacking across the strait is similar to attacking the Maginot Line, don’t do it. You should have 2-3 divisions on the strait from Denmark to Sweden so that the non-existent country starts to make your country cease to exist. If this is the case, then you can unite Scandinavia with one war goal! If Norway doesn’t guarantee Denmark it’s not the end of the run it’s just gonna take longer to form the Nordic Empire. You should start justifying on Denmark so that there’s an actual owner to the part of the “Danish Straits.” If you’re lucky, France and Britain should not be democratic and Norway should guarantee Denmark. “Denmark! It just doesn’t exist, it can’t exist!” – iSorrowProductions on Denmark circa January 12, 2019.Īfter you defeated Sweden, all you have to do is take out Norway and Denmark. Remember that land border? If a point in that border is weak, you can push through and convince the Swedish AI to draw more troops to the land border instead of the Naval invasion. The Swedish have more troops and guns than you but you have a brain! Keep on encircling the Swedish whenever you get the opportunity and snake around their lines to Sweden’s remaining Victory points that are above 1. The Swedish Navy is better than yours but Sweden just has to put down its navy for one second and your boys are going to Stockholm! Landing in Sweden should be easy, capitulating them without getting encircled is the hard part. You can build some level 1 forts on the Swedish-Finnish border so Sweden doesn’t start aggressively pushing or you could not and see if the Swedish AI is willing to grind on you for 1 province. The Swedish should be distracted on the land border and have fewer troops in Stockholm. Start justifying on Sweden as soon as possible and have a naval invasion with your good infantry directly on Stockholm and have your bad infantry and your cavalry guarding the Swedish-Finnish Border. Plus, the Swedes lived with the Finnish for 200 years under the Swedish Empire so reuniting the two countries is as logical as the German Anschluss. Sweden should be your first target because its industry and manpower will be significant for this war against the Soviet Union. If you don’t get them you could still get the achievement, but it is going to take more time. You could get some events that give you more Fascist Support in your country which is great. After doing those focuses, you should focus on your industry and get more research to fuel this Finnish, later Scandinavian, War Machine you’re making. You want to rush going Fascist by going down these focuses: Political Focus (Use the political power to get a Fascist Demagogue.), Collectivist Ethos, Nationalism, Militarism (for the Manpower because Finland has around 4k spare manpower at the beginning of the game). You could make an argument for going communist, but you’re going to war with a COMMUNIST superpower and you don’t get manpower from going down the communist path in the generic focus tree. Besides, Fascists can justify war goals whenever they please. You want to go Fascist so you can get the manpower from Militarism and Military youth which are very important for minor powers. Uniting Scandinavia will give you the Industry and Manpower to muster a force large enough to withstand the endless horde called the Red Army. Uniting Scandinaviaįirst thing you want to do to Defeat the Soviet Union is uniting Scandinavia.

Germany could stay Fascist and rush Operation Weserübung and take all of the lands before you declare war. However, turning off historical focuses does not guarantee that you’ll be left to your devices in Scandinavia Britain could go down the Fascist path and guarantee Denmark while Britain is still democratic. You can try to do the achievement with historical focuses but I’d advise against it. The Soviet Union gets claims on you and justifies war when the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact is signed.Germany can lock you out of Denmark and Norway by invading them first.Britain or France can lock you from the rest of Scandinavia with a guarantee.Why? There are various reasons and here are three of them. If you’re one of the players having a hard time obtaining this achievement, this one is for you.Īs Finland, defeat the Soviet Union without joining a faction.įirst things first, you’re gonna have to disable historical focuses.

This guide will be covering the steps on how you can obtain the achievement called Finish Him! in Hearts of Iron IV.

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