Saving the world's THINNEST FRANCE!

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@Bitt3rSteel 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

It’s amazing that Italy did something!

@awilish1589 Жыл бұрын

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

@spooxer Жыл бұрын

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

@lukeisadog Жыл бұрын

that game is pretty fun!

@StrokeMahEgo Жыл бұрын

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

@AIrfan-cz2kt 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

More like 2%

@michaelhibbard654 2 жыл бұрын

Same man

@Luredreier 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely impressive.

@himedo1512 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have a skill issue

@keylessgaming 2 жыл бұрын

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

@frozekiller9087 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jevinliu4658 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

It's the Maginot line, it WILL hold

@Tower_Swagman Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@Tower_Swagman lol

@cmr_0333 Жыл бұрын

@@Tower_Swagman Nope, they will die of hunger

@egebop221 Жыл бұрын

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

@jaredjosephsongheng372 8 ай бұрын

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

@user-hc9od5fq5t 7 күн бұрын

@@jaredjosephsongheng372 they could have gotten more but finland surrendered right after they started losing land of southern finland

@SemiLobster 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@King_George_VI 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@alltheclovers532 2 жыл бұрын

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

@youtuberobbedmeofmyname 2 жыл бұрын

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

@yamamotohiromori419 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jedi86tm 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

@@jedi86tm True

@MarcusBlueWolf 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 2 жыл бұрын

@@youngfreshsandwitch Looks like it lol

@dabbingtoast7743 Жыл бұрын

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

@tried6times Жыл бұрын

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

@chungus1219 2 жыл бұрын

This is literally when you play France and forget about italy

@jevinliu4658 2 жыл бұрын

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

@tremedar Жыл бұрын

@@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 ай бұрын

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

@youngfreshsandwitch 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

you are a legend for making this video possible!

@nnanna0013 Жыл бұрын

Man you effed up so bad 😂

@TheStanislavson Жыл бұрын

No worries bro! Good luck with everything!

@sirllamaiii9708 9 ай бұрын

Most competent French player

@fugjewtube1822 7 ай бұрын

HHHHH TFU Predditor

@scottjuhnke6825 Жыл бұрын

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

@Attaxalotl Жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@tremedar Жыл бұрын

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

@otten5666 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@imreallynoob8311 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@imreallynoob8311 Task successfully failed

@Xahnel Жыл бұрын

"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 Жыл бұрын

very underrated comment 😂

@Hilter420 2 жыл бұрын

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

@alexandercaires5921 2 жыл бұрын

Is that you Adam Hilt?

@Hilter420 2 жыл бұрын

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

@trialistern2948 Жыл бұрын

@@Hilter420 Don't forget Adolphus as well

@crusader2112 Жыл бұрын

@@Hilter420 Señor Hitler you’re alive.

@jaredjosephsongheng372 Жыл бұрын

@@crusader2112 *Hilter Not Hitler but Hilter

@carljohnson4473 Жыл бұрын

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

@elduquecaradura1468 9 ай бұрын

Why? Leave Steiner's counters for german saves

@nopls2078 2 жыл бұрын

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

@microscopicallysmall 3 ай бұрын

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

@minhdang2514 Жыл бұрын

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

@owenfarmer1588 2 ай бұрын

“if i close my eyes you’re not real!”

@quertyle9953 2 жыл бұрын

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

@belgiumball2308 2 жыл бұрын

14:00 Man, those divisions argonne

@gameknightjek2640 Жыл бұрын

Hello felllow PP-brother.

@belgiumball2308 Жыл бұрын

@@gameknightjek2640 Hello :)

@simonnachreiner8380 Жыл бұрын

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

@endman105 2 жыл бұрын

The most satisfying liberation of France ever man.

@_tym3k Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@eossoda2490 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@glauberglousger6643 10 ай бұрын

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

@IamDrDapper 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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.

@dr.pop2562 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@alandalusinquisition2166 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MyVanir Жыл бұрын

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

@dengist8172 2 жыл бұрын

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

@chadsworthgigafuck Жыл бұрын

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

@polygonalphantom2026 Жыл бұрын

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

@SpicyFiur Жыл бұрын

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

@NEINNEINNEINNEIN1 Жыл бұрын

He simply went to poop but the spacebar betrayed him

@NEINNEINNEINNEIN1 Жыл бұрын

He simply went to poop but the spacebar betrayed him

@bettergs2790 Жыл бұрын

@@NEINNEINNEINNEIN1 bro doubled his comment💀

@bettergs2790 Жыл бұрын

@@NEINNEINNEINNEIN1 bro doubled his comment💀

@lanchester101 Жыл бұрын

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

@2-y_Korpus Жыл бұрын

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

@themightyeagle21 Жыл бұрын

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

@Lenapolitainn Жыл бұрын

Your pronounciation of french words is actually pretty good

@michaelauj9570 Жыл бұрын

i love the division d'infanterie

@Smotoe47 7 ай бұрын

Hes Belgian

@roosterm16 Жыл бұрын

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

@Eggzrgoood 8 ай бұрын

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

@CoffeeSuccubus Жыл бұрын

Obviously, Hitler forgot to assign France Holder to hold France

@DeathEatsCurry 10 ай бұрын

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

@Bova-Fett Жыл бұрын

Props to Greece for holding until 1942

@CARL_093 2 жыл бұрын

another challenging nightmare good job bro

@SerLagsalot 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Clicint Жыл бұрын

This was very enjoyable to watch.

@TheRealGamada Жыл бұрын

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

@hunterwulfstern6121 Жыл бұрын

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

@Her00ster Жыл бұрын

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

@Yak-23Music Жыл бұрын

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

@samuelzachariah8739 Жыл бұрын

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

@frustyproductions6484 2 жыл бұрын

At least the guy held the maginot… :p

@defenderofthecrown04 2 жыл бұрын

proof that bittersteel is the napoleon of hoi4

@EwiAshel 4 ай бұрын

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

@socialistpastries.stooby Жыл бұрын

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

@sirman2186 Жыл бұрын

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

@peachypietro9980 Жыл бұрын

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!!!

@ricerice8940 2 жыл бұрын

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

@alexzero3736 Жыл бұрын

Actually Germans did use it backwards holding American invasion.

@FlierEmblem_ 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Electronic_Pika-wr1mw 2 ай бұрын

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

@rileywilsonepicarcher9995 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Talyrion Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@theweirdclasher3955 Жыл бұрын

Wowza i didnt think you would actually do this one

@cammrose 2 жыл бұрын

Some really delicious encirclements in this video

@medical_tomato1206 2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie world war armies looks pretty good

@steffiguffens2016 Жыл бұрын

Proud of you, mister Steel!

@EuronLager 2 жыл бұрын

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

@khaledalhamdan2627 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jonasduchateau8619 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ChadTanker Ай бұрын

Quick summary of this video: Budgetcuts. Budgetcuts everywhere.

@cr4zzy179 Жыл бұрын

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

@alexandercaires5921 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Nobody-ge7pk 2 жыл бұрын

i saw the post and now its here :)

@miketaylor1942 2 жыл бұрын

Masterclass. Bravo!

@scubandym1941 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@norwigwn6379 2 жыл бұрын

Bitter y so good

@devilliersduplessis7904 Жыл бұрын

Bitters got taste in music, keep it up!

@darthbader6506 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work!

@drplague8979 2 жыл бұрын

World War Armies is a pretty good game i would recommend

@lilgmantexas 2 жыл бұрын

new challenge play as the nation you are about to win against, as a disaster save.

@AmariFukui Жыл бұрын

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

@ancaoraathasach 2 жыл бұрын

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

@clubardi Жыл бұрын

I already have this game and it's good!

@11Survivor Жыл бұрын

That prononciation of Mulhouse though lol

@brancetaylor8189 Жыл бұрын

This dude makes me realize how much I suck at hoi4💀💀

@bryanp.6422 Жыл бұрын

he went from half a France to thin france

@TheJohnmurphy516 Жыл бұрын

i assume he had all level 10 land forts. almost impossible for the ai to take that

@Mmm-yb1tu 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, nice new recommendation game. It's like CoH?

@Bitt3rSteel 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, just on mobile. So a little scaled down

@YourLocalNewJerseyian Жыл бұрын

D-Day 1942. Only 2 years early.

@mushroomy9899 Жыл бұрын

We’ve still got 1/20 of a France.

@kaspernielsen9149 9 ай бұрын

I would lost against Denmark as Germany in a 1v1 I don't get this game. but I enjoy watching it. :D

@JoeSB129 Жыл бұрын

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

@Frank-ed7hj Жыл бұрын

I'm watching it, and seeing is believing, but I don't understand how you did it lol.

@kaguyaaoi6836 2 жыл бұрын

This will make me go insane

@Tom-oj7si 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, this one's going on the Alex the Rambler reddit

@belgiumball2308 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to cancel trades you dont need. The aluminium, for example.

@ignacioalmiron7187 Жыл бұрын

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