Infantry virtually alone will rule the Battlefield at the beginning of the Conflict, before Planes and Armored Cars will take the field in good numbers.
The War itself has been modeled to match more closely the flow and style of war of World War I. With all this conflict across the world, the Great Powers alone won't be having all of the fun. Revolution is flaring up in China and Mexico, Italy is rumored to have designs on taking Libya, and the Balkan States seem to be banding closer against one of their foreign targets. Of course, that's not to say that the Great War is the only thing on anyone's minds. A single mistake or a single bluff gone too far could mean the deaths of millions. In an era where the stakes were high and risks even higher, you'll have to tread lightly when it comes to diplomacy. Hearts of Iron IV: The Great War, an overhaul mod for Hearts of Iron IV, puts you in the position of one of the countries of the world in World War One's time period.
Men were forced out of their homes, from their farms and apartments, to fight in seemingly neverending trenches, gaining meters and meters of ground a day at the cost of massive casualties. PRESENTATIONOne hundred years ago, a war in Europe erupted which would change the world as we know it.
