Italy strategy

[Monkey3344]

How should I start a campaign as italy because I have no clue what to do given the limitations of that nation.

[Big [REDACTED] Marty]

rape ethiopia, take the suez, let germany eat france alone

take all of africa, crush any naval landings, secure the med, take gibralter

win

[lakupupu]

Originally posted by Big Dicc Marty:

rape ethiopia, take the suez, let germany eat france alone

take all of africa, crush any naval landings, secure the med, take gibralter

win

or you could just justify on france with your first 50pp and invade them from there

[taffmasterlang]

Originally posted by dragon:

Originally posted by Big Dicc Marty:

rape ethiopia, take the suez, let germany eat france alone

take all of africa, crush any naval landings, secure the med, take gibralter

win

or you could just justify on france with your first 50pp and invade them from there

Forget France, take Britain first - you may have to call Germany to finish them off and lose most your navy in the process but if you can quickly take France next, then Europe is basically yours in 1937

[speedy6617]

My first 50 pp goes to justifying on Yugo. Fast rinse in etiopia. When war kicks off against yugo they call inn romania, france and checks. If you put 2 full divs and cas on fr border you stomp them early. Then you can focus on yugo and the rest. I suggest you drag on the war with checks until germany has done demand sudetenland. If not they will get a war goal on you.
Yes. Messy description. But now you have stuff to figure out. And its fun ;)

[The Tomekeeper]

everyone else here is wrong, attack turkey and romania before ♥♥♥♥ gets real and then greece can't even cause trouble

[Dubya]

not sure if you can still do this. I did this and have screenshots its how I got the deuce nuke em achievement. invade Switzerland at start of the game use their airbase to air invade france with airborne. take all major cities at once with 1 division each they instantly capitulate. then rush to either navally or air invade britain this ends the allies then you can focus on germany and the soviets or invade america while its weak via canada. it should look like this https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/929298444479377856/63B7A182DA64696FD4F77FB4E992A5CCDEAB26A6/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

[Big [REDACTED] Marty]

Originally posted by DubyaTheHun:

not sure if you can still do this. I did this and have screenshots its how I got the deuce nuke em achievement. invade Switzerland at start of the game use their airbase to air invade france with airborne. take all major cities at once with 1 division each they instantly capitulate. then rush to either navally or air invade britain this ends the allies then you can focus on germany and the soviets.

the AI defends major cities now, the paradrop meme still works, but less well, you'll need to push them off the VPs for the big ones

[Diddy Rizzlington]

its real easy

[Diddy Rizzlington]

really easy i conquered the world by 1947 as italy on ironman

[mk11]

What is your goal? All the above assume it is to conquer the world ASAP but some people prefer to play a more historic game.

[Soli]

The best way to play Italy is to return to the menu and play a major with an actual focus tree

[Monkey3344]

Originally posted by mk11:

What is your goal? All the above assume it is to conquer the world ASAP but some people prefer to play a more historic game.

My goal is to go for the restore Roman glory but the main issue I’m having is getting past the alps in france or beating Yugoslavia once I get to the Romanian border. Like I use superior fire doctrine with a division template that’s heavy on artillery but nothing works (I’m still a noob at this game so pls be light on criticism lol)

[lakupupu]

Originally posted by Monkey3344:

Originally posted by mk11:

What is your goal? All the above assume it is to conquer the world ASAP but some people prefer to play a more historic game.

My goal is to go for the restore Roman glory but the main issue I’m having is getting past the alps in france or beating Yugoslavia once I get to the Romanian border. Like I use superior fire doctrine with a division template that’s heavy on artillery but nothing works (I’m still a noob at this game so pls be light on criticism lol)

first 50pp, justify on france, plan a naval around southern france, launch it
its touch and go but one breakthrough will do the trick

[glythe]

Originally posted by Monkey3344:

How should I start a campaign as italy because I have no clue what to do given the limitations of that nation.

I dont think anything major has changed - Go look for Feedback Gaming's video on "Super Italy."

[taffmasterlang]

Originally posted by Monkey3344:

Originally posted by mk11:

What is your goal? All the above assume it is to conquer the world ASAP but some people prefer to play a more historic game.

My goal is to go for the restore Roman glory but the main issue I’m having is getting past the alps in france or beating Yugoslavia once I get to the Romanian border. Like I use superior fire doctrine with a division template that’s heavy on artillery but nothing works (I’m still a noob at this game so pls be light on criticism lol)

Join the Axis straight away and rush Britain as their poor starting army spread thin round the world makes them an easy target for Japan and Italy in '36, if you can force a surrender before they can get their forces home then its a quick win and gives you a base to hit France from the north rather than the south, making taking Paris much easier, after which they will almost immediately surrender as it pushes their surrender limit dangerously high very fast.

With both the starting allied majors out the way by mid '37 its a simple matter of mopping up the rest of the old empire, just make sure you take turkey before Germany signs non-aggression with them. Germany will probably beat you to Austria through their focus so once you hold all other Roman territories leave the axis after they are at war with Russia (don't join in) then stab them in the back, you can use the reform Roman Empire decision while still at war, so as long as you occupy all the required territories before Germany can redeploy to the new front you are sorted for manpower and industry as you will have cores on the whole of Western Europe.