All this is on a global scale, with the player simultaneously dealing and interacting with nations across the world. Technological research is controlled by the player. The player also has a broader ability to control the heads of state and government however, this option is only available to democracies and only then through elections, in which the player chooses the winner. The player also has the ability to control the appointment of commanders of forces under their nation's flag or that of controlled nations as well as to control the appointment of individual government ministers and military commanders in key General Staff positions.

The player can build land divisions, aircraft squadrons, and naval ships/fleets, and combine these into corps and armies. Hearts of Iron II is a grand strategy game. Iron Cross, a Hearts of Iron II expansion, was released on October 7, 2010, and Darkest Hour, a stand-alone strategy game based on Hearts of Iron II, was released on April 5, 2011. The lead game programmer was Johan Andersson.Ī sequel, Hearts of Iron III, was released in August 2009.Īrsenal of Democracy, a grand strategy wargame based on Hearts of Iron II, was released in February 2010. It was developed by Paradox Interactive and released in 2005. It takes place in the time period from 1 January 1936 (1933 with an expansion) through 30 December 1947 (1964 with the expansion), and allows the player to assume control of any one of over 175 nations of the time and guide its development through the years before, during and after the Second World War.

Hearts of Iron II is a grand strategy computer war game for the PC based upon its predecessor, Hearts of Iron, which was developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.

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