i have over 2 million soldiers on the frontlines yet the germans advance so fast. what can i do to stop the germans in their tracks?

I wanna try playing the USSR, but am worried about losing the war to Germany. I’m curious of any tips and/or strategies to successfully defend against them when they do invade, and how to then go and conquer them after aswell.

(They are 89% to capitulation)

I have a mechanical keyboard and all the Keys i try to use to open the console no one responds. And no, i'm not in Ironman Mode.

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So I was playing as communist china and was going to use paratroopers on Japan but no matter what I couldnt get air superiority, either I hover above 50 or lose to 30. nothing i tried even worked, even bombing their airbases and anti air didnt work

So I switched to Ubuntu because I started to dislike Windows for various reasons. I had been playing Millennium Dawn for a while before, but now its crashing at load up near the end. Its always at the same spot. I've reinstalled the game, and reinstalled the mod with no success. My vanilla HOI4 loads and some other mods also load with no issues at all. I have pretty much all the dlc's, just not the new Gotterdammerung or BFB but it worked before I switched to Ubuntu. Also for some reason, I looked at the documents folder and cant find any error logs. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm completely lost.

I've been trying to outmatch the UK in the air war, but no matter what I do, they seem unbeatable. Even when I rush 1940 fighter tech (taking techs a year or more in advance) and produce meta fighters, I still lose the trades. The AI isn't building trash anymore—it’s actually putting up a real fight.

For example, as France, I tried producing 1-2k high-quality fighters, yet they still win the trades. It feels like the UK just has endless planes and superior performance, no matter how well I prepare. Has anyone actually managed to outperform them in the air war? If so, how?

The whole game feels like I am running behind in everything, unlocking stuff only to br matched.

Back then my opener for Italy was to get a license on carriers from Japan to begin building them from the beginning of the game, but other than that (and the achievements associated with it) I can't think of any other situations where I've used Licensed equipment

I know that historically many of the officer classes were pro-Monarchist, but I don't like either of the Kaisers. Is there a way, via mods or otherwise, to install a kind of ideal German soldier as the head of an authoritarian state? I'm thinking of somebody like Ernst Junger or Claus Von Stauffenburg.

I Got Victoria but didn't get a decision was it cut from the game or do I need to do something more?

Well, I've a few hundred hours on HOI4 but I have no idea on how making mods, would anyone be able to help me?

I recently built a new pc for myself and I am wondering if hoi4 is going to run worse on my old pc than my brother's current one

Specs:

my old pc: Intel Xeon E5-2687wv4 12/24 32gb 2400MT/s or 48gb 2133MT/s sata ssd quadro k600 due to change to a 1650 in the near future

brother's current pc: i7 4770 4/8 32gb 1600MT/s sata ssd same gpu (quadro k600)

So after capping the allies you get a lot of conquered territories but all my manpower goes to garrisoning them (it was about 1m my last play through) Is there a focus that lets me core something or helps with garrisoning without me puppeting the new territories?

Sorry if this a newb question, the new tree is so vast and I haven’t been through everything

So basically, i use Industrial Expansion (RT56 version) and there seems to be a limit of 20 factories per state for mils and civs. i was wondering if there is a way to remove that, since even after building 40 factories in a state (20 mils and 20 civs) there are still plenty of free slots that have little use.

If I have an advisor that gives plus 1 build slots and build up the max amount of factories in a region, then remove said advisor, would I lose 1 factory from losing the extra slot?

I like Shatter the Empires, Säkkijärven Polkka and March of the Defenders a lot actually. What about you ? What bangers do you love to listen while getting wrecked (or while wrecking) the AI ?

I don’t know if anyone is going to make it but will they make a mod for trumps 2025 presidency?