For beginning players, Germany can be a challenging nation. Success with Germany for veteran players is fairly easy, even on very hard difficulty. The reason for this is probably that Germany is a nation with great potential that was foiled historically and people enjoy ahistorical success. USA is in 2nd place, and the USSR in 3rd place, neither with more than one hundred. Using AAR production as an indication of popularity, Germany is #1 with hundreds of AARs on the Paradox boards. Germany is one of the most played nations in HoI2. 12 Year 1939 –40 Invading Poland and France.10.1 Germanic Ireland: Totally Optional.
