What are the best opening moves on a german 1936 campaign? And general tips for playing germany

[Midget Nipple]

:)

[AeneasXI]

Well why not just follow your national tree? You can start by taking Austria, then Czechoslovakia and then Poland. Those are considered the standard moves for Germany. I'd suggest you go Mobile Doctrine as the Blitzkrieg tactics fit Germany well. Build up your industry in the first 2years during the time where you have to recruit more troops to be able to Anschluss Austria per national focus.

[realist123]

I can't trigger the Sudetenland National Focus as Germany. It says I need 850,000 troops in the field and I have 930,000 troops. I have a lot of them on the Czechoslovakian border, much like what is needed a few troops on the Austrian border to trigger Anschlus, but that doesn't work for Sudetenland. How can I satisfy the Sudetenland focus prerequisites?

[Frenetic]

okay here is a really good strategy for you that makes the game like a walk in the park. it works on veteran too.
in the early game you only build civilian factories for 1-2 years. only after that you switch to military. you should get 100++ civilians.
right at the start in the first 6 month you start to fabricate a claim on netherlands and conquer them before they get a chance to join the allies. when you conquer their main lands you get their tropical holdings south of thailand too. and if you conquer them before they join the allies you wont have any problems with resistance too. and they have all the rubber and also some oil you ever need. that solves most of your ressource problems.
in the early game you ONLY build civilian factories and change to war economy and get industrial advisor ASAP.
you work your way to the 5th research slot asap, and grab austria when you can with the anschluss.
once you get the treaty with russia you research the panzer 3 ahead of time as soon as you can. when you finish it you get the panzer 4 ahead of time too, and then research the grille artillery SPG for the panzer 3.
researching level 2 infantry equipment and especially level 2 artillery a bit early sometime in 1938 is also quite helpful.
i recommend switching to superior firepower doctrine and keep one research slot working on the land doctrine all the time. but the mobile warfare works too i guess.
as with army composition.
add a row of artillery in all your infantry divisions, give them all the support i recommend logistics, recon, field hospital, engineers, artillery.
as with tanks. i like to go 4 medium tanks 4 mobile artillery and 4 motorized and later mechanized infantry. they are still quite fast that way. getting the mobile tank designer and the blitzkrieg theorist helps with their mobility too. no need to go for any light tanks imo.
also start recruiting like 6x cavalry divisions and give them military police before you start conquering the allies. you will have alot of resistance in france and poland otherwise.
when the war vs the allies break out i suggest you hide your fleet. you will need naval superiority over the english channel to do a naval invasion. but for that you need to build alot more ships first and not lose your navy. but maybe paradroping to england works too.
but what i did, i secretly build up a fleet that can beat the british navy. after you conquer russia and have lots of production you can focus on your navy, spam out dockyards and get like 4 high level carriers with lots of naval bombers. slowly start building up destroyers in the early game and also some convoys. many people go with subs but they dont help you
aachieve naval supremacy.. for that you need a real doomstack ^^
hope that helps :)

[Frenetic]

Originally posted by realist123:

I can't trigger the Sudetenland National Focus as Germany. It says I need 850,000 troops in the field and I have 930,000 troops. I have a lot of them on the Czechoslovakian border, much like what is needed a few troops on the Austrian border to trigger Anschlus, but that doesn't work for Sudetenland. How can I satisfy the Sudetenland focus prerequisites?

you need 850 land army in the field. the 930k probably consists some air planes and mostly your navy too. just get a few more ^^

[Galactic Origins]

suicide DOW Soviet Union

[Midget Nipple]

thx for all the help!

[Exarch_Alpha]

You need synthetic oil and also war industries.

Put Walther Funk as Minister ASAP so you can build military factory faster. And you will need the Syntethic rubber. How much? Enough to have some 30 rubber by 1941.

The rest really depends. You will naturally want to do Anschluss by start of 1938, so you need to train infantry. You will need fighters, so build those and try to have some 900 by the start of the war in 1939.

[realist123]

I needed to Justify War Goal in the diplomacy screen, then select Sudetenland. I'm pretty sure that triggered it for me when it was finished justifying. I think it is 750 K troops and I had 900 K. But the diplomacy may have triggered it, or I built just a few more troops, or it was past March 1940. I think it was the diplomacy though.

[Lonestar]

what doctrine did you take then if you didnt go subs?

[Yaldabaoth]

Best opening move? Justify war goal against UK, invade in 1937. They surrender, annex them, war is over. You have the largest industry in the world, all resources practically unlimited and can prepare for Poland and France which will both surrender immediately as the Allies are dismantled. Destroy SU together with Japan, invade US from Belize/Newfoundland/Canada. World conquered by 1942.

[Midget Nipple]

Originally posted by Yaldabaoth:

Best opening move? Justify war goal against UK, invade in 1937. They surrender, annex them, war is over. You have the largest industry in the world, all resources practically unlimited and can prepare for Poland and France which will both surrender immediately as the Allies are dismantled. Destroy SU together with Japan, invade US from Belize/Newfoundland/Canada. World conquered by 1942.

Hahhaha dude great advice, capture uk and then capture everyone else. I suck dude i just started playing the game. I need more basic advice

[Noel]

Originally posted by Yaldabaoth:

Best opening move? Justify war goal against UK, invade in 1937. They surrender, annex them, war is over. You have the largest industry in the world, all resources practically unlimited and can prepare for Poland and France which will both surrender immediately as the Allies are dismantled. Destroy SU together with Japan, invade US from Belize/Newfoundland/Canada. World conquered by 1942.

This is wrong, you don't invade Britain in '37. You invade Britain in '36. Much faster, more time to conquer the rest of the world.

[Max Steiner]

Your best strategy is to not play this game for at least a year. Wait for all updates and MODS to be "mature" so to speak. As the game is now, its rubbish. I hate to rain on anyones parade but, this itteration of HOI is boring. I feel like an armament minister. Hey! Im Alber Speer.

[Grishyy]

Invading UK is easy. If you're not all that confident, follow this guide.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=712524911

[Smurf-O-Pax]

Take a look ... https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/summary-of-ger-strategies.947331/