
When I played as Germany, I successfully used the same strategy the Nazis employed to take Paris from the northeast. Though the game places sensible constraints on your military action (for example, you cannot invade an ally), you have the freedom to deviate from history-or not. The outbreak of war provides ample opportunity to test out alternate history scenarios as you control your units on a tactical map that extends across the entire globe.


Completing these tasks will net “victory points” for your country the nation with the most points in 1948 is the winner. From there, the goal is twofold: to prepare yourself for the impending war by managing your nation’s politics, establishing alliances, and solidifying its economic and industrial might and to successfully fight the war by using effective military strategies to crush the opposition, sustaining troop morale, and maintaining order both at home and within your occupied nations. The nation you choose determines your allies, your foes, and the political and military commanders at your disposal. The object is to guide the economic policies, politics, and armed forces of the nation of your choice through the war.Ī list of hundreds of playable nations is divided into three factions: Allied, Axis, or Comintern (Communist International).

H earts of Iron III grand strategy game for the PC that is an ambitious puts you in control of any nation that existed between 19.
