So I started playing Hearts of Iron 2 as germany, with the goal of winning ww2 (obviously) and re-building the kaiser's fleet. As the game started I ordered 6 Bismark Class battleships, and began building light cruisers to aid them. By the time war broke out I has 12 out of a pre-ww1 17, so I was getting closer. However, things didn't go as planned. In 1938 when I demanded the Sudetenland, instead of getting it, Czechoslovakia just joined the axis, odd. Then when I went to war with Poland Britain and France did nothing...
What caused this you ask? Well I'm not sure, but, the Republicans did win the 1938 election, so I blame the GOP.