​Thunder at our Gates | Patch Notes (1.19.0)     ​

Generals!Tomorrow at 18:00 CEST we’ll be releasing Thunder at our Gates. It feels like only two months ago that we brought you Peace for our Time.Accompanying this release we’ll bring you Patch 1.19.0 and, just like the recent Anniversary Patch, it’s another beefy one.Patch Notes (1.19.0)Thunder at our Gates Added new Focus tree for Australia and a new Democratic Election system. Added new Focus tree for Siam. Added new Focus tree for The Dutch East-Indies. Updated states in South-East Asia. Added new VO for Australia, Siam, and The Dutch East-Indies. Added 6 new Music Tracks. Added 50 new and revamped airplane models Added 4 new and revamped ground vehicle models. Added 21 new and revamped tank models. Added 3 new infantry models. Added 14 Army HQ commander models including 3 generic cultural variants. Introducing Army HQs which allows for the deployment of generals into the field to provide additional support to their army. Deployed Army HQs can be assigned to specific orders and buff troops accordingly. Added 11 unique HQ support companies that allows for tailoring Army HQs to different needs. Added 5 new commander abilities that are unlocked through HQ support companies. Added Dispersed Operations doctrine for Thunder at our Gates, focusing on hardening logistics & reduce the effect of enemy air power. Added Ship Captains to Naval vessels and the ability to grant them medals and promote them to become Admirals. Added 8 Historical Ship Captains in both bookmarks for all Major countries (and Australia!).Free Features & Models Added a new row for Regimental Support to the Division Designer. Added 12 Regimental support companies that are unlocked through techs and synergise with the doctrine system Added the new Doctrine system for Special Forces. Added 3 revamped Infantry models, and 2 Artillery models for the Commonwealth Added 2 revamped tank models. Added 4 revamped ground vehicle models.New Zealand received several new Focuses, Advisors and Industrial Concerns.Balance The Pearl Harbor raid now has a lower base success chance, but it is improved by taking the focus ‘Form the Kido Butai’. Command powers daily costs now scale with amount of battalions affected. The negative effects of failing the ‘People’s Trust’ mission as the PRC are now better displayed in the tooltip, and have been merged into one National Spirit. Split the Japanese Home Islands airzone into Northern, Central, and Southern Japan. Manchukuo: Improved the trait the leader gains when completing the focus ‘Claim the Mandate of Heaven’. The UK is now less likely to select a faction rule that reduces the tension needed to guarantee other nations when playing on historical. Commercial Nuclear Reactor will now contribute 0.01% Daily Breakthrough towards ‘Physics/Nuclear’ category. (As it already contributed to the production of the Nuclear Bombs, it will now also be listed in the respective tooltip). Iran no longer gains redundant research bonuses when going down the