I learnt later on that capturing Leningrad stops the Soviet focus tree ability 'move industry to the Urals'. Makes it hard for the Soviets to hold a two angle assault. You'll have a frontline near Tallin (Estonia) and then you'll have 20 divisions North-East of that at Leningrad. It's going to be slow, but once you do your 20 divisions will come into play - with an angle advantage. Your goal is to advance the frontline to link up with Leningrad. Just keep them in a perpetual state of 'if you leave I will take territory, if you stay, then you're just guarding doing nothing. If they respond, back your troops to Leningrad. If they leave the area, advance your troops (don't advance all of them, leave at least 4 entrenched in each square - so send 12 out). Launch a naval invasion with 20 divisions at Leningrad - it's a key city that hurts their industry and will divert at least 20 divisions of theirs to address the problem.īuild forts on Leningrad and the airbase next to it, so you can easily defend, You should easily be able to get naval supremacy in the Baltic Sea as Germany. You need to micromanage every fight on the frontline.Ģ. Here's what I did as Germany vs the Soviets:ġ. The year was mid 1941, or somewhere around there. I defeated them as Germany after they declared war on me, when they had a national unity of 90%, with no Trotsky plot and the General purges were finished. You can beat them even at their strongest. The number of cities needed depend on their national unity level.

Hearts of iron 4 soviet union