Hearts of Iron 3 - Complete Tutorial (ish)

SKIP TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE TUTORIAL IF YOU WISH:
0:00 - Game Purchase & Setup
05:00 - Basic Unit Types and Hierarchy
07:00 - Unit Manuever
10:00 - Advanced Unit Manuever
11:00 - Advanced Unit Types
15:00 - Resource Management
19:00 - Victory Points & Map Modes
19:42 - Trading and Diplomacy
24:39 - Production and Division Structuring
26:50 - Technology & Research
31:21 - Politics and Laws
33:58 - Ingelligence and espionage
36:37 - Theaters
37:42 and 52:00 - Declaring War and Invading
41:00 - Reorganizing your Army
45:50 - Unit Statistics and more Hierarchy
53:36 - Map Modes
56:51 - Basic Combat and Tactics
58:48 - Retreating and Reorganizing
59:50 - Unit Deployment
1:00:33 - Winning Wars and Conquering land
1:01:10 - Provincial building
1:01:59 - Conclusion

Leave any questions in the Comment Section, they will all be answered!

[nicowars_gaming]

Those lip smacks are fucking horrible, drink some water instead of coke for once in your life.

[lordgigenshtain]

i refuse to play hoi4 becouse hoi3 has good maps. and you know i like my maps like my woman, 2D and full of details.

[costavajorji]

Me : This game is lot more complex to manage than HOI4, you normie!
Also me : [always set the equipment production on automatic]
Ah yes, mAnAwGMeNT.

[chasechase]

thank you for this video. i am coming from hoi4 and wanted to try 3, needed a video exacly like yours. greeting

[emateiblin]

I play HOI 3 because my pc won't run HOI 4

[grizzzyplayzzz]

Dude i wish i actually found this video waaay back when i started playing Hoi3 cuz i've been playing Hoi3 for almost a year and I still found this video reaally helpful

[chrisadish]

This is the one and only hoi3 tutorial you'll ever need, all the rest just ramble and fluff. Just getting back into hoi 3 and taking baby steps.thanks very much!!😀😀😀😀😀

[bridgesproductions]

What the f are these boxes and all these numbers... lol. Exactly how I felt when i bought it on sale 2 years ago and largely unplayed. I'm an EU, Victoria and crusader kings veteran, but found this game infuriatingly complex. Thanks for this comprehensive guide.

[StaleBaguette]

I always wanted a really complicated grand strategy game but even EUIV or Men of war assault squad didn't cut it. I really like this game now, it was collecting dust in my brother's old account he lended me and I wanted to pick it up. Thanks for the tutorial.

[SuperXDES]

Hey, I was looking for some HoI III tutorial, since I became a bit disappointed of HoI IV, and I have this game a couple of years on my Steam library, catching dust and all of that, so I said to myself: Now, you're going to learn this game! Googled for some tutorial and found yours. Awesome work, my dude. I always enjoyed Darkest Hour (A HoI II mod) and looking at this game a bit, it's not that different when you compare them.

So, let's play! And I hope to someday play a MP game with you. Take care!

[midgarw]

Oh i've played many a grand strategy game and the UI on this had me sobbing.

[managainsttime-gv]

I have 736 hours on hoi4, and I really enjoy it, but hoi3 looks great but also much more complex(part of the reason it looks great tbh)so thanks for this.

[VinoIxRxMxA-cqiy]

You are a good teacher, you really put yourself in the shoes of a new player.

[CandidaRosa]

Thank you for this video, I'm fairly decent at Ck2, Victoria 2 and Eu4 but this game was confusing to start playing.

[manstermanman]

I tried this game years ago but I think I was intimidated by the complexity and just dropped it, gonna try it again today. Good tutorial btw, you really know how to explain stuff

[NKVD.Officer]

have a few thousand hours on hoi4 and loved every second of it. have never considered playing hoi3, but after watching this video i realize why i like hoi4. its a game, its fun. hoi3 is a interactive spreadsheet.

[GrayLensman]

HOI4 finally convinced me to stop purchasing Paradox new games. Basically, in a nutshell, they are designed for DLC money grubbing and NEVER bother to support/improve any AI worth a crap in the newer games.

[sejooo]

damh broah...i wanted to play this game for so long, but there are so many tutorials out there that are more confusing, and u make it look easy. I did not by the game because of that, but now....shiiiit, gotta hook my self up with some hoI3. Keep up the goof work, and thax! God bless

[Engeri]

I also made a tutorial for Hearts of Iron 4 recently in the same format as this video. Check it out if you're looking to learn HOI4:


Edit: Yes, I'm aware that my pronunciation of the word "espionage" is wrong. I've fixed it. English isn't my first language, so sorry about that 🙂
Mod recomendations for HOI3: Black Ice for Hearts of Iron 3. (Links can be found online)

[marcussurleyadventures]

I have a head ache trying to remember all that, but thanks it’s a good start to playing this game!