hey all. is it possible for mexico to beat the US in 36 or 37? I know America's got a small army at the beginning of the game so is it possible?
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Seems unlikely, but give it a try! You're right, the US starts with only 102 brigades.
But of course Mexico starts with only 16 brigades (4 CAV and 12 INF, all at pre-WWI infantry techs) and 1 INT (no ships). And just 19 base IC and 6.75 LS, but if you take Prepare for War and start raising threat on Guatemala from January 1, you can be at War Economy by May 1, with a whopping 23 effective IC, which is more than enough to build 5 INF divisions and 5 CAV divisions at a time. Your challenge is going to be neutrality. Prepare for War only lasts 300 days, and raising threat on Guatemala is a slow, slow process, so how to you even start a war before mid-1938?
But of course Mexico starts with only 16 brigades (4 CAV and 12 INF, all at pre-WWI infantry techs) and 1 INT (no ships). And just 19 base IC and 6.75 LS, but if you take Prepare for War and start raising threat on Guatemala from January 1, you can be at War Economy by May 1, with a whopping 23 effective IC, which is more than enough to build 5 INF divisions and 5 CAV divisions at a time. Your challenge is going to be neutrality. Prepare for War only lasts 300 days, and raising threat on Guatemala is a slow, slow process, so how to you even start a war before mid-1938?
Yes it can but by being extremely gamey.
Mexico only has enough manpower to build around 20 divisions IIRC. The US staring army is around 25 and they have much more IC, leadership and manpower so they are at a quality advantage.
I did it once, I even added a wargoal to get the territory mexico lost during the 19th century to the US. It is possible like how its possible to conquer the world as Albania.
Mexico only has enough manpower to build around 20 divisions IIRC. The US staring army is around 25 and they have much more IC, leadership and manpower so they are at a quality advantage.
I did it once, I even added a wargoal to get the territory mexico lost during the 19th century to the US. It is possible like how its possible to conquer the world as Albania.
thanks guys, but it's a no go. you need time to build up but US is also increasing which is why I wanted to hit them early. I did think about gradually grabbing states one at a time but I think the war goal thing is broke in hoi3 correct?
my original plan was for Peru to conquer south America, but after I grabbed Ecuador the US guaranteed every single country so that was that. is there anyway to get the US to not guarantee everyone?
On a different but related subject, how can I get France out of the allies as UK? Was going to try world conquest as Britain but France keep getting involved and taking territory. any ideas?
my original plan was for Peru to conquer south America, but after I grabbed Ecuador the US guaranteed every single country so that was that. is there anyway to get the US to not guarantee everyone?
On a different but related subject, how can I get France out of the allies as UK? Was going to try world conquest as Britain but France keep getting involved and taking territory. any ideas?
Open up the save file, search for the line that says:
allies =
and then delete the subsequent line that says:
country="FRA"
If you want to start a new game without France in the allies, you can try editing the French history file in the TFH folders (...\Hearts of Iron 3\tfh\history\countries\FRA - France.txt) to delete the line that says:
join_faction = allies
But I don't know for sure that will work. if you go that route, you might also want to adjust their starting alignment to ensure that they don't join the allies before you get around to killing them.
allies =
and then delete the subsequent line that says:
country="FRA"
If you want to start a new game without France in the allies, you can try editing the French history file in the TFH folders (...\Hearts of Iron 3\tfh\history\countries\FRA - France.txt) to delete the line that says:
join_faction = allies
But I don't know for sure that will work. if you go that route, you might also want to adjust their starting alignment to ensure that they don't join the allies before you get around to killing them.