Sometimes Poland get annexed sometimes it get occupied ( Playing Germany).
Any mechanics behind this I need to understand?
Any mechanics behind this I need to understand?
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There is a mechanics, but not a lot to understand. It is a rather random chance you annex, and a chance you only occupy if the defeated country is in a faction. Same effect is often seen with for example Belgium. It is a WAD.
So if I want to annex , it will be just about luck?
Regarding Poland you can actually annex them completely or most of their territory if you are patient and add territory war goals.
If you want to honor the Molotov Ribbentrop pact:
Fire "Danzig or War”, keep Poland alive for 30 days and then add the "Western Poland" territory war goal then defeat them. Poland will be annexed or reduced to only one province (occupied by Germany).
If you don´t want to honor the Molotov Ribbentrop pact:
Fire "Danzig or War”, keep Poland alive and after 30 days add the "Western Poland" territory war goal, keep Poland alive for another 30 days to add "Eastern Poland" war goal, keep them alive for the last 30 days to add "The Baltic States" war goal and then conquer them. Poland will be annexed or reduced to only one province (occupied by Germany).
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In this case, yes. There might be some tricks to circumvent this mechanism in case of other countries.
For example, you can sometimes set acquire territory as a war goal and the territory demanded covers all or most of the loser's territory.
This is the case with Denmark, Norway, the European parts of Belgium and Netherlands, the Baltic states, Guangxi and some others.
These regions can easily be annexed this way.
Please note that annexation is not always better than occupation. Under occupation status, you can invoke a collaboration government which provides more leadership and manpower from the occupied territories, as well as lower revolt risk. You can vary occupation laws from very mild to really harsh; and all of them have their pros and cons.
Edit: BarrosRodrigues is right, of course. You can play around with the regions Polands consists of in a similar manner, ending up with de facto annexation. Setting these war goals may take longer than the time you need to reach Warsaw, so you'd have to slow yourself down.
For example, you can sometimes set acquire territory as a war goal and the territory demanded covers all or most of the loser's territory.
This is the case with Denmark, Norway, the European parts of Belgium and Netherlands, the Baltic states, Guangxi and some others.
These regions can easily be annexed this way.
Please note that annexation is not always better than occupation. Under occupation status, you can invoke a collaboration government which provides more leadership and manpower from the occupied territories, as well as lower revolt risk. You can vary occupation laws from very mild to really harsh; and all of them have their pros and cons.
Edit: BarrosRodrigues is right, of course. You can play around with the regions Polands consists of in a similar manner, ending up with de facto annexation. Setting these war goals may take longer than the time you need to reach Warsaw, so you'd have to slow yourself down.
My bad; please re-read my first reply if you follow those steps that won´t happen again.
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