

Tanks (medium tanks as soon as possible, bonuses come from research treaty with Germany).

Air Doctrine (operational integrity as it minimises your plane loss).Land Doctrine (superior firepower – see next section for more details).Industry (concentrated industry and construction before anything else).Electronic Mechanical Engineering (do this part of the tree as you go on, as you get research deduction bonuses).So, here is a list of priorities for your research: The navy and air force have been getting off easier so far (navy and air advisors not very important in comparison to division recovery).īy having an advanced military, this will give you an upper hand over the enemy.Tukhachevsky refuses to confess, but cannot be allowed to live (if you decide to go down the Collectivist Propaganda root, I’d recommend choosing the first option).He must go (this choice is the easiest as Khrushchev is pretty irrelevant). Khrushchev dabbled with Trotskyism in the past.Here is the three choices I recommend choosing during the Great Purge: Once the purge is completed, you will suffer some penalties such as longer research time, due to purged officers, but once that runs out you can capitalise on the military might of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Unfortunately whilst playing as the Soviet Union in Hearts of Iron IV, you have to deal with Stalin’s Great Purge. I will explain what you should do during the ‘Great Purge’ below. In addition, it is very important to note that you cannot leave the ‘Great Purge’ to late, or else it will ignite a civil war, which allows you to bring Leon Trotsky back, which I will try and explain in a future guide. Overall, if you follow this procedure for your national focuses and political power spending, you cannot go wrong you build up a formidable industry and have a modern army by the time the Axis invade you. Konstantin Rokossovsky (do the rest of the military staff after the Great Purge).War Economy (as soon as you can as world tension needs to be at a certain level).

I will not list every single one, but the ones I feel you should go for first. The following recommendations are based on my military tactics, which you can find a little bit further in the guide. Moreover, here is a list of how you should spend your political power, on advisors and laws etc. In terms of the order you should do your national focus tree, here is what I have found works best for me. Although, you miss out on 15% national unity, the ability to research technology quicker will give you a significant advantage over your foes.
