need help in hearts of iron 2

[ijlalahmad]

i am playing hearts of iron 2(just started playing it). i think i know 60% about the game. i will just ask some questions about the game.(i am playing as U.K and i have plenty of IC)
Q1: can i create armies in my occupied provinces like north African region? and i also want air units in those regions. i built an airbase in some province in Africa and but it is grey(how can i get planes in that airbase). can i transport air units to those regions. and i also want to say that when i try to transport infantry to african regions they do not arrive there. i dont know what happens to them. i am very low on infantry in africa. pls help me to have some infantry in far away regions like india and africa
Q2: will an AA gun stop working if there is no army(division) in that province?
Q3: what are doctrines what can i get from researching them.
Q4: how can i train paratroopers?
Q5: i have a small army in hong kong and i want to declare war on japan( all th above provinces are occupied by japan). i think it'll be dangerous to declare war in this situation. what should i do?
Additional detail about Q1: at first armies used to get to africa but i dont know what has happend to them. can they possibly be bombed by naval units of enemy. but i used to do naval combat patrol missions in sea around Malta.

[Tankfriend]

Q1: can i create armies in my occupied provinces like north African region?

Additional detail about Q1: at first armies used to get to africa but i dont know what has happend to them. can they possibly be bombed by naval units of enemy. but i used to do naval combat patrol missions in sea around Malta.

When you recruit new troops, you can only put them into territory you own and control. Occupied territory is territory that you control, but do not own, hence you cannot place new troops there.

i built an airbase in some province in Africa and but it is grey(how can i get planes in that airbase).

An airbase icon is grey when there are no planes present and blue when there are. Select any of your air units, shift-rightclick (or ctrl-rightclick, don't remember right now) on the territory that contains the airbase in question, select the "rebase" mission for the air unit in the popup menu and confirm. Your air unit will move to the new base and set up camp there. Note, though, that rebased units lose all of their organisation, so you'll have to wait for a while before you can actually use those air units to effect again.

and i also want to say that when i try to transport infantry to african regions they do not arrive there.

To transport infantry, you have to load them into naval transport units. What has to be done then depends on whether you are allowed to enter the target province or not.
If the province in question is controlled by you or an ally, simply send the loaded transports to that province - they will move there, unload the infantry and return to their home port.
If the province is in enemy hands, you have to order the transports to conduct a naval assault (via the menu mentioned above) - the transports will move to an adjacent sea province and wait for the infantry to move off the transport. This is handled as a standard attack-movement as if the infantry were on land. If they enter combat during the movement, they will suffer from the naval assault penalty, though, so it's a good idea to use marines instead of normal infantry for this (as they are better at naval assaults, obviously).
Another thing that might have happened to you is that the target province is outside the range of your naval transports. In that case, you'll have to transport your infantry to a province in between the target province and your home port, then rebase your transports to the intermediary province and ship your infantry to the target province from there. You can normally see the distance a sea province is away by selecting a naval unit and hovering your cursor over a sea province.
The last possibility is that your transports get intercepted by enemy fleets. Check up on your patrols in the area - it could be that your fleet has been severely weakened or even destroyed without you noticing. And air patrols are capable of harming ships, but they cannot effectively prevent enemy fleets from attacking your transport ships.

Q2: will an AA gun stop working if there is no army(division) in that province?

They always work regardless of whether or not there are units around.

Q3: what are doctrines what can i get from researching them.

Doctrines are the basic ideas of warfare that your country favours. Researching a doctrine tree generally nets you considerable improvements in unit strength, organisation, morale etc. Each doctrine tree favours different aspects of warfare, so each one has its specific advantages and disadvantages. You can read up on the effects of each research topic in the lower part of the research menu whenever you click on a technology.

Q4: how can i train paratroopers?

You have to research the corresponding technology from the infantry tree. You'll also need transport planes from the aircraft tree if you want to conduct airborne assaults.

Q5: i have a small army in hong kong and i want to declare war on japan( all th above provinces are occupied by japan). i think it'll be dangerous to declare war in this situation. what should i do?

Erm... don't declare war on Japan? If that small army really is everything you have, you won't get off continental Asia to begin with due to the strong Japanese navy and airforce, and you'll likely have to deal with Japanese forces on the continent as well when the Japanese-Chinese war goes badly for China (it normally does).

[ijlalahmad]

thanks tankfriend, can you(or someone else) help in another problem? i have blue airbase or blue port icons on the map but when i click them there is nothing for me. i can see names of naval units or air units(in some another language) when i hover the mouse pointer over them. they maybe of some other nation but how do i use them? can you pls tell me?

[Tankfriend]

Clicking on the icon of the (air)port usually does the trick, so I guess you are dealing with foreign military units here. When you hover your mouse pointer over the (air)port or any military unit, take a closer look at the popup tooltip and look out for country names above a given list of units. The country names tell you what country owns (and normally controls) the units listed immediately below. For example, you might have something like this:

United Kingdom
1st Army (Montgomery)
1st Armoured
2nd Armoured
1st Mechanized Infantry
USA
2nd Army (Patton)
1st Armoured
2nd Armoured
3rd Armoured
4th Armoured

I've recoloured the text and left out all the statistical data so it's easier to distinguish here - the red-marked units are controlled by the United Kingdom, while the blue ones are controlled by the United States. So if you play either of the two, you will be unable to give orders to the units of the other nation. The exact same mechanic applies to every type of unit. The only exeptions to this rule are:
- You have assumed military control over another nation (you have to be in an alliance with them to do so in the diplomacy screen)
- The other nation has purposely put the units under your control