Hearts of Iron IV – Italy Build Guide

Italy Strategy Guide

Focus Tree Order

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Day 1

• Agency day 1.
• Sub spam day 1.
• Justify on Turkey as soon as possible.

PP Picks

• Justification on Turkey (after 10 world tension).
• Abandon the naval treaties.
• Silent workhorse.
• Free trade.
• War economy.
• Captain of industry.
• Extensive conscription.
• Chief of Army.
• Chief of Airforce.
• Chief of Navy.
• Financial expert.
• War industrialist.
• Danielli (industrial concern).
• Export or limited if not enough resources during war.

Production

• 1936 – 1937 put mills on arty and inf.
• 1937 – 1944 put mills on air.

Construction

• 1936 – mid 1937 civs.
•  Mid 1937 – late 1938 mills.
•  Early 1939 – late 1939 Supply hubs, railways, and airfields.
• 1940 – 1944 mills.

Wargoals

• Justify  turkey after 10 world tension.
• Justify Iraq after turkey.
• Justify yugo 1938.
• Justify greece mid – late 1938.

Army

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Navy

• Refit all possible ships with max AA.
• Refit all possible ships with radar and directed fire.

Airforce

Strategy

• 1936: Defeat Ethiopia as quickly as possible. While doing so, establish a spy agency and deploy a spy to Yugoslavia.
• Puppet Ethiopia and release all the East African colonies as puppets.
• Begin training your navy on day one and focus on producing a large number of minelayer submarines.
• Send three mountaineer divisions to Spain.

• 1937: Justify war goals against Turkey and Iraq when world tension reaches 10% (avoid justifying in 1936 to delay the United Kingdom’s fighter production).
• Target Turkey for its industry and Iraq for its oil resources.
• In the peace conference, release Kurdistan as a puppet state. Also, puppet Turkey and Iraq, and acquire all of their resources.
• Begin constructing civilian factories in mid-1937.
• Start establishing collaboration governments in Yugoslavia (aim for a total of two).

(Important! Continue minelaying during wartime)

• 1938: Justify war against Yugoslavia later, and subsequently justify war against Greece.
• Give Greece to Bulgaria and annex the majority of Yugoslavia for yourself.
• Begin producing Fighter II aircraft and naval vessels.

(Important! Continue minelaying during wartime)

• 1939: Construct supply hubs in locations designated by Germany and build airfields in Africa.

• World War II: Push into France from the east and await the arrival of tanks in Africa (also, implement convoy escort to protect the tanks during transport).
• Once the tanks arrive, follow Germany’s strategic objectives.

After this, it’s your own game!