[2023] Combat Width - Switzerland - Mountaineers - Supply

marcelo r. r. said: Don't bother with DLC Switzerland before barbarrosa. finish soviet union first, then u will have spare troops, and medium tanks.
The DLC Switzerland have awful occupation debuff's, don't worth it before Soviet Union, it will become a sinkhole for your equipment.

Does Switzerland have all debuffs in place before September of 1939?  

TheMoe said: Genius. I can declare war through the focus tree and pull my troops back until they spread out a little. Thanks!

That tactic is even more hilarious when used against the French and the Maginot. The French army will just abandon the Maginot and try to occupy Germany if you pull back from the border. No more fort bonuses for you, Gamelin.  

marcelo r. r. said: "Keep men, lose land; land can be taken again. Keep land, lose men; land and men are both lost"
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Needs an update for HOI4.

"Lose land, but keep stockpile. Land can be retaken. Lose land, but capitulate, both land and stockpile are lost."  

HmJ_JP said: I often like these tactics, work well in HOI4 although AI gets suspicious when the opening is too narrow. But don't try the opposite in 1939 against Germany, it doesn't fare well until you're well equipped.

I did it by accident one time in an MP game many years ago.

The weird way some tiles near Kherson are drawn, one time I left one tile completely uncovered along the river. The Italian player sent some motorized troops through the gap, and I didn't notice at first. When I noticed a weird Italian snake heading towards Sevastopol, I panicked for two seconds thinking I had divisions that were outright overrun. Then I realized it was just a tile that wasn't covered with no actual divisions lost. I called in the operational armored reserve and cut off around 15 divisions.

It wasn't 5 dimensional chess, but it looked like it to the Axis.