Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

Decisions: Speeches Audio
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dolphette  [developer] Mar 24, 2018 @ 6:11am
LIST OF DECISIONS
All excerpts are between 30 seconds and 3 minutes long.

"PUBLIC SPEAKING"-CATEGORY

Great Britain

STEPHEN BALDWIN
available with SB as democratic country leader
  • Promote the tenacity of the British Nation
  • Elevate the integrity of British democracy

NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
available with NC as democratic country leader
  • Argue the need for military investment
  • Fly to The Munich Conference
  • Announce 'Peace in our time'
  • Declare war against Germany

WINSTON CHURCHILL
available with WC as democratic country leader
  • Hold "Blood, toil, tears & sweat" Speech
  • Hold "We shall fight on the beaches" Speech
  • Hold "This was their finest hour" Speech
  • Condemn the Soviet invasion of Finland
DISCLAIMER: The 3 first speeches by Winston Churchill are available in the vanilla "Political"-category for Great Britain AND in the new "Public Speaking"-category. However, the "Public Speaking"-decisions have the same prerequisites, but no cost or effects. Why? Because it greatly improves compatibility. In short: activate the "Political"-category decision for effects and "Public Speaking"-category for sound.

EDWARD VIII
available with E as fascist or non-aligned country leader
  • Attend the Colour Ceremony in Hyde Park
  • Greet the British Nation

OSWALD MOSLEY
available with OM as fascist country leader
  • Present a manifesto for British Fascism
  • Attend a party rally in Manchester
  • Speak against unemployment

HARRY POLLITT
available with HP as communist country leader or political advisor
  • Announce the aims of British Communism

BERNARD MONTGOMERY
available with BM as military theorist
  • Raise morale on the homefront



USA

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
available with FDR as democratic country leader
  • Give an inaugural address
  • Announce continuation of the New Deal
  • Proclaim America as the Arsenal of Democracy
  • Condemn German foreign policy
  • Hold 'I Hate War' Speech
  • Hold 'A date that will live in infamy' Speech

ALF LANDON
available with AF as democratic country leader
  • Give an inaugural address

HARRY TRUMAN
available with HT as democratic country leader
  • Send a warning to Japan

EARL BROWDER
available with EB as communist country leader or political advisor
  • Condemn British foreign policy
  • Denounce unprovoked rearmament
  • Announce a foreign policy of peace and collaboration

WILLIAM DUDLEY PELLEY
available with WDP as fascist country leader
  • Profess the duty of American Fascism
  • Denounce the liberal press



Italy
available with Benito Mussolini as fascist country leader

Historical
  • Announce victory in the Ethiopian War
  • Attend a party rally in Turin
  • Announce the annexation of Albania
  • Make a state visit to Berlin
  • Invite Hitler to a state visit in Rome
  • Question the annexation of Austria
  • Address the Regia Marina in Taranto
  • Promulgate Mediterranean naval ambitions
  • Denounce the PCE
  • Celebrate the Fascist victory in Spain
  • Declare war on France & the United Kingdom
  • Announce Italy's declaration of war against the Allies
  • Announce Italy's declaration of war against the United States
DISCLAIMER: The two last decisions on the list are basically the same. The first one let's you declare war when certain requirements are met, and the other is available instead if you decide to answer an Axis Call-to-war (gives war support instead of declaring war on a country that you're already at war with).

A-historical
Includes every country that needs to be defeated in order to re-form the Roman Empire! Decision is visible when any wargoal is available against any of these countries. Audio taken from Mussolini's speech announcing Italy's entry into WWII.
  • Declare war on the United Kingdom
  • Declare war on France
  • Declare war on Germany
  • Declare war on the United States
  • Declare war on the Soviet Union
  • Declare war on Japan
  • Declare war on Yugoslavia
  • Declare war on Greece
  • Declare war on Turkey
  • Declare war on Bulgaria
  • Declare war on the Netherlands
  • Declare war on Spain
  • Declare war on Belgium
  • Declare war on Austria
  • Declare war on Luxemburg
  • Declare war on Hungary
  • Declare war on Romania
  • Declare war on Switzerland
  • Declare war on Portugal
  • Declare war on Iraq
  • Declare war on Saudi Arabi
  • Declare war on Yemen
  • Declare war on Oman



Germany
available with Adolf Hitler as fascist country leader
  • Unlock the emotions of the German masses
  • Attend a party rally in Nuremberg
  • Inaugurate the Reichsautobahn
  • Denounce free-market economy
  • Address the Reichstag on the fall of France
  • Address the Hitlerjugend
  • Address Krupp Industries in Essen
  • Address workers at the Siemens factory in Berlin
  • Address the Reichstag on the Sudeten Crisis
  • Greet the crowds at Heldenplatz
  • Announce the invasion of Poland
  • Announce the invasion of the Soviet Union
  • Declare war on the United States
    or
    Announce Germany's declaration of war against the United States
  • Make a call for Total War
DISCLAIMER: There are now 2 decisions linked to going to war with the United States. "Declare war on the United States" requires a wargoal. I've added "Announce Germany's declaration of war against the United States" in case the US declares war on you first (does not declare war, instead it gives war support).



Poland
available with Jósef Beck as political advisor
  • Reject German claims on Danzig & Poznan



Soviet Union
available with Joseph Stalin as communist country leader
  • Call for a Patriotic War'


"FOREIGN LEADER ANNOUNCEMENTS"-CATEGORY

Hitler-speeches are available for any country except Germany, Chamberlain-speeches are available for any nation except Great Britain and so on.
  • Germany annexes Austria
  • Germany invades Poland
  • Germany invades the Soviet Union
  • Chamberlain announces 'Peace in our time'
  • The United Kingdom declares war on Germany
  • Stalin calls for a Patriotic War
  • Poland rejects German ultimatum
  • The United States declare war on Japan
  • Il Duce proclaims victory in the Ethiopian War
  • Italy declares war on the Allies

Last edited by dolphette; Mar 13, 2019 @ 12:09pm
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Ogima Mar 24, 2018 @ 7:24pm 
Germany - Declare war on the US
Germany - Declare war on Soviet Union
German - Total War speech
Last edited by Ogima; Mar 24, 2018 @ 7:33pm
Ogima Mar 24, 2018 @ 7:34pm 
Soviet Union - Patriot War speech when Germany invades
Soviet Union
Ogima Mar 24, 2018 @ 7:35pm 
England - Peace for our time
England - "this country is at war wiht germany"
Ogima Mar 24, 2018 @ 7:36pm 
United States - Italy stabs france in the back
United States - only thing we have to fear is fear itself
united states - japan attacks on china
united states - pearl harbor attack
dolphette  [developer] Mar 25, 2018 @ 1:57am 
@DarkOgima: these are all great! Cheers, old boy!
AnonAnon Mar 25, 2018 @ 4:40am 
Could you add Józef Beck's "Peace at all cost" speech for Poland?
Gator [ITA] Mar 25, 2018 @ 4:54am 
I'd suggest these:

ITALY

Winning the war in Ethiopia: Mussolini's Speech from May 5th, 1936.
Incorporating Albania: Mussolini's speech from April 13th, 1939.
Declaration of War: "VINCERE E VINCEREMO" from June 10th, 1940.
Surrendering: Badoglio's speech from September 8th, 1943.
Defeating Fascism: King Vittorio Emanuele the Third's speech from July 25th, 1943

I could search for more, if you want :)
Last edited by Gator [ITA]; Mar 25, 2018 @ 4:55am
Ulfric Mar 25, 2018 @ 9:10am 
Italy: Mussolini declaring war to France and Great Britain (Vincere e Vinceremo)

Free France: Call of the 22nd of June by General Charles de Gaulle (The call of the 18th of June is more famous but there's no recording of it)

Vichy France: Petain's call for armistice

USSR: Stalin's speech of November 7th 1941

Germany: Goebbels's speech of February 18th 1943 ("Wollt ihr den totalen krieg ?")

Britain: Bomber Harris speech ("They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind").

USA: Declaration of war against Japan on December 8th 1941 ("A day which will live in infamy")
brazoria Mar 25, 2018 @ 4:31pm 
In Germany, after Hitler's suicide, maybe Karl Dönitz's speech, on Hitler's death and Dönitz's plea for the German people to continue.

Or when Japan surrenders, the The speech at Tokyo Bay.. The latter speech is pretty good, as it is short (0:53) and decent quality.

I found a MacArthur speech[kora.matrix.msu.edu] when the Americans retook the Filipino archepelago.

I could think of more, but uh, I think most of the rest of the suggestions cover them.
Last edited by brazoria; Mar 25, 2018 @ 4:45pm
dolphette  [developer] Mar 26, 2018 @ 2:47am 
@Asuritos
Thank you for your suggestion! I definitely want to include Josef Beck. Regretfully, I don't speak polish so can you help me out with the following?

1. is this the speech you're referring to? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndxza00f9Lg&t=72s)

2. same question here:

"Peace is a precious and a desirable thing. Our generation, bloodied in wars, certainly deserves peace. But peace, like almost all things of this world, has its price, a high but a measurable one. We in Poland do not know the concept of peace at any price. There is only one thing in the lives of men, nations and countries that is without price. That thing is honor."
dolphette  [developer] Mar 26, 2018 @ 2:47am 
@Gabriel (ITA)
Grazie! Keep 'em coming!

@Ulfric & @CruzMissle
Great suggestions! Will consider.
Toad ex Machina Mar 26, 2018 @ 5:44am 
Not sure if this'll be possible, but maybe some custom speeches for alternate history scenarios? For example, get someone who speaks German to do a declaration of war against the Nazis for the German Civil War.
antoshq Mar 26, 2018 @ 7:11am 
Germany: Maybe have a perpetual decision of Goebbels' propaganda speeches where he (in his war reports propaganda) multiplies German gains by 10 and divides their losses by 20? so that Germany gains a short-term stability and war willingness boost and then another short-term stability and war willingness loss afterwards due to disillusionment?

Also, you might want to include propaganda decisions with heavy tanks/ships/rocketry tech unlocks to reflect the extensive Tiger, Kriegsmarine, V-1/V-2 and jets propaganda, the effects of which can still be seen today due to the large amounts of modern Wehraboos.
Last edited by antoshq; Mar 26, 2018 @ 7:12am
antoshq Mar 26, 2018 @ 7:48am 
USSR/GER: films and leaflets directed against Germany/USSR might be a good decision. The USSR had, like many others, many talented caricaturists and filmmakers in its propaganda machine. You could use decisions like "Distribute Propaganda Leaflets" to short-term boost your divisions' attack and defence against GER as USSR and vice versa. Also, you could decrease the enemies' war support by air-dropping leaflets that inspire the enemies to defect. Either this, or gain a low manpower boost as GER because of the Soviet defectors. IMO this should be done primarily with USSR and GER since German propaganda aimed against the western allies barely had any effect.

On the other hand, the the Eastern front had numerous defectors, both Soviet and German, but especially Soviet. As we know, the Germans formed the ROA and the Cossack auxillary brigades. So maybe include a little manpower gain for Germany (and maybe loss for USSR) for airdropping leaflets (just how much is up to you). For the USSR maybe gain factory production bonuses due to most prisoners being sent to GULAGs.
Last edited by antoshq; Mar 26, 2018 @ 7:59am
antoshq Mar 26, 2018 @ 7:50am 
USA: Nuts!

Idk which prerequisites there should be, but IMO "Nuts!" would be a cool decision for the US to have. Maybe have a flat defense (maybe attack?) boost against GER (and maybe ITA and Vichy) forces.

Anthony McAuliffe:

To the German Commander.

NUTS!

The American Commander.
Last edited by antoshq; Mar 26, 2018 @ 8:00am
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