Can someone please explain to me how to reduce resistance to occupation please.

[Moka_Srb]

I have selected secret police when i entered the occupied territories, for all my territory i took ( i play as germany). And little box pops out and it says that i have resistance to occupation in some states but i don't know how to reduce it. And if you can explain to me how to deal with this problem when im taking new countries. Thank you.

[Icevail]

Do you have the DLC, La Resistance?

If not, you need to leave behind a garrison force manually to suppress the resistance,
full cavalry template with MP auxiliary (10 cavalry + MP) should do the trick, or if you fancy spending armored cars/motorized infantry do the job, they will do the job much better, but will cost resources and more time to make.

If you do have that DLC.
Then create a garrison template (same as above, increase amount of cavalry if needed) and set it on from the "occupied states" as your garrison force, and then use your spies to manually lower the resistance within regions, alternatively you could use your spies to ensure maximized collaboration before knocking the country off the war, then you don't have to worry about any resistance whatsoever for a long time, since you can straight out turn the entire nation to your puppet state, or leave it as it is, whichever you prefer.

[Moka_Srb]

Aha, so i should build cavalry template with MP and send that cavalry to that state to reduce resistance, did i get that right?
And i dont have DLC unfortunately.

[Moka_Srb]

I only have infantry template 3 and regular cavalry, should i go edit and add MP for cavalry?

[Icevail]

Yes, that's exactly what needs to be done without the DLC.
And please use cavalry only on suppression force, they have higher suppression than regular infantry, and can move faster to cover regions and don't drain as much manpower.

[Spai (Big Birb)]

Only use "occupide staes" button if you have the DLC? i am confusion.

[mk11]

Some resistance is inevitable and that pop-up is an annoyance that you can't avoid, Just leave the message alone and ignore it,

Secret Police, an occupation template of cavalry and MP, is good enough for most purposes.

The way you set the occupation force is independent of whether you have La Resistance DLC and forces on the map never have any value in controlling resistance.

If you have the NSB DLC you can make light tanks that are cheaper than armoured cars and better for garrison purposes. (Note that armoured cars require La Resistance).

Edit: lots of posts above while I made this, including false information about using on map forces without La Resistance.

[Spai (Big Birb)]

okay, I think I understand.

[Moka_Srb]

Aha i think i got it. Thank you for your time kind people, this was really helpful.

[Icevail]

No problem, enjoy your time taking over the world.

[Moka_Srb]

Sorry one more question, should i use local police or secret, i mean secret suppres more but uses more support equipment which pop out also(that im missing manpower or supp eq to fulfill my garrison

[Moka_Srb]

Originally posted by Icevail:

No problem, enjoy your time taking over the world.

Hahah thanks

[Ás Fífldjarfi]

If you do get the dlc, you may want to make some Armoured cars and mix them in the cavalry, as it will decrease manpower losses you suffer from resistance. Of course it depends on your campaign. If you are a manpower heavy nation you may not need it, but when I was playing a campaign where I was Canada and my brother Mexico and we invaded and won the USA, the resistance was atrocious our manpower suffered heavy attrition until we got armoured cars and spy networks to counter the resistance.

As for occupation policy, I like to min-max some provinces and put harsh quoatas on areas where resources I need are produced, but mostly, I like civilian governance because it builds up compliance fastest, and once compliance is high you get more industry and resources and need less garrison.

[mk11]

I usually use Local Police but vary it the get the best from high resource/factory areas and also to further control resistance in high VP areas.

[Moka_Srb]

Ah okay, thank you again, both of you. I really like this community, for now xD

[schwagg659]

Originally posted by mk11:

Some resistance is inevitable and that pop-up is an annoyance that you can't avoid, Just leave the message alone and ignore it,

Secret Police, an occupation template of cavalry and MP, is good enough for most purposes.

The way you set the occupation force is independent of whether you have La Resistance DLC and forces on the map never have any value in controlling resistance.

If you have the NSB DLC you can make light tanks that are cheaper than armoured cars and better for garrison purposes. (Note that armoured cars require La Resistance).

Edit: lots of posts above while I made this, including false information about using on map forces without La Resistance.