Hearts of Iron IV - 35th Development Diary - 27th of November 2015
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Strange there isn't a "fate of Switzerland" decision - The German leadership would certainly have liked to have added Switzerland's territory to its own, although this would have left the Nazi leadership with nowhere to stash their ill-gotten gains.
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Question: Is the decisions tree constructed automatically based on the script, or do you have to first code the decisions script and then separately create the tree?
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There was even a war plan for this. Operation Tannenbaum. They wanted to split Switzerland between Germany and Italy (giving Italy Valais, Grisons and Ticino). And maybe France too.
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Will be there any Focus to turn Germany back to a Democracy, like the BRD before the 1940'? Read in another DD that there would be some countries with that possibility of change the government type, so I wonder what you guys are hidding in those Focus Tree screenshots 
Will be there any Focus to turn Germany back to a Democracy, like the BRD before the 1940'? Read in another DD that there would be some countries with that possibility of change the government type, so I wonder what you guys are hidding in those Focus Tree screenshots
ALL countries can change the government type.
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Will be there any Focus to turn Germany back to a Democracy, like the BRD before the 1940'? Read in another DD that there would be some countries with that possibility of change the government type, so I wonder what you guys are hidding in those Focus Tree screenshots
All countries can change their regime, it doesnt depend of the Focus Tree but your government. Check the previous DD to see how it works
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Can someone just explain, from a historical standpoint, what does Plan Z have to do with befriending The Netherlands and Scandinavia?
I'd imagine that in a Plan Z scenario you'd want to keep the approaches to the German ports as free as possible. Befriending the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands would allow you to do that diplomatically. If you can keep these countries out of the war or even as allies, you could potentially have an easier time taking out the Royal Navy than if you have to first conquer them.
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It also have the advantage that they may be able to contribute their navies to you.
Why is "Danzig or War" required for "Operation Weserübung"? Would a war with the western allies no longer happen if Poland is befriended, so that submarine bases in Norway and securing the iron shipments from Sweden would no longer be required? A war with Greece, or even just the expansion into the Balkans, would presumably drag the UK into war, no?
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Will be there any Focus to turn Germany back to a Democracy, like the BRD before the 1940'? Read in another DD that there would be some countries with that possibility of change the government type, so I wonder what you guys are hidding in those Focus Tree screenshots
I've seen this focus in a video they did, but that was a long time ago they might have changed it
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Ive seen this pic before, but never thought about it having a weird angle. Is it so that in HoI4, you can turn the camera like in Total War?
No, it will be somewhere next year. Probably March or April.
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Oh, sorry. I found out my mistake. That is not dam. It 's factories. Thanks your advice.
As far as I remember, only dev can using their "debug mode".
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The idea was based on the realization that the Royal Navy would be too strong for the Kriegsmarine and that Germany in any case would be subject to a complete naval blockade if Britain got involved in a war. So plan Z was not meant to compete with the Royal Navy but rather the French Navy.
Originally the assumption was based on Poland as the main conflict-point on land and that only France would intervene while Britain would stay neutral. German-British relations were quite favourable by mid 30's and Germany was uninterested in a war with Britain even when it went into full swing and had several plans for different peace offers with Britain (in the end resulting in the British War Cabinet Crisis in 1940). So backtracking a bit to the days of plan Z the befriending NL (with whom the Germans collaborated in submarine development under Versailles) and Scandinavia would mean less to no French influence in the North Sea and the Baltic at the same time creating difficulties for the potential enemies of Germany to enact a blockade. A hostile NL and Scandinavia would put the Kriegsmarine in an impossible situation even in "home waters" and at risk of suffering a complete blockade.
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Much like what happened in WW1 and the sad part is given the number of ships that Germany lost in the invasion of Norway the ports were barely used.