Chapter 44: The Surrender of Germany

Under the present circumstances, neither the United States nor Britain is willing to provoke the forces of the Soviet Union at this time. Yugoslavia's Tito happened to be what the two countries considered to be a subsidiary of the Soviet Union.

It is absolutely no accident that the Yugoslav Fatherland Army, which was previously supported by Britain, was abandoned. After all, for Britain, this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and the Polish government-in-exile in London has already been sold once, and it is not a big deal to sell the Yugoslav Fatherland Army again.

It's just that for Alan Wilson, after all, this is hundreds of thousands of lives, and after the repatriation of these Yugoslav Fatherland Army, as many as 100,000 people have been purged, for these marginalized groups in World War II, the future fate is too cruel.

The direct reason is that the British Empire does not do things properly, knowing what the fate of these people is, and because it is Britain that is at fault, Alan Wilson is really thinking of a way to see if there is any way to save these people.

Hearing that the Bavarian Administrator was Patton, Alan Wilson suddenly felt that there was no end to it.

Four-star General Patton, this name is also famous in later generations, for Patton, the best war will never end, and like Churchill, Patton's hostility to the Soviet Union is also very obvious, the difference is that Churchill came secretly, and Patton has even begun to prepare for war with the Soviet Union.

If the Soviet-American War broke out, then he would continue to command the U.S. military to move eastward, obtain higher honors, and step into the pinnacle of his military career, all of which would be logical, not so much for the sake of two countries, for the two nations, for the two political systems, but for himself.

If there was a way to get the Yugoslav Fatherland Army and Patton, who was currently in charge of Bavaria, connected to the line, Alan Wilson thought that Patton, in a hot head, would probably agree with these Tito opponents and temporarily stay in Bavaria. Because Patton's own purely military thinking could have made such a decision.

All that was needed was for someone to arrange a meeting between the leaders of the Yugoslav Fatherland Army and General Patton.

Toward the end of the evening, Alan Wilson, a diplomat, changed to a quiet place of residence and worked all night to prepare for the second surrender ceremony the next day, and they had already received the news that Field Marshal Montgomery and American five-star General Eisenhower would be in attendance.

The British diplomats, who had prepared the documents for the formal surrender, complained about the Soviet Union's overstaffing move, "Didn't the Germans surrender once, and the Soviets had to make them surrender a second time." ”

"According to the Foreign Ministry, the Kremlin side is unhappy with the last surrender." Alan Wilson flipped through the materials and said helplessly, "The Soviets and Germans fought bloody battles for several years, and they were neglected in surrender, and it was natural to protest." ”

In the small town of Reims in northeastern France, a signing ceremony for the unconditional surrender of Germany had already taken place, when the German government sent Admiral Jodl to sign the signings.

Under the protest of the Soviet Union, in order to maintain the unity between the Allies in World War II, to avoid the embarrassment of tearing their faces just after defeating Germany, and also counting on the Soviet Red Army to help the United States solve Japan, the British and American allies and the Soviet Union reached an agreement and decided to hold another surrender ceremony in Berlin the next day, presided over by the Soviet Union. The surrender ceremony was indeed much more pompous, with both sides sending almost the highest-ranking officials to attend.

"The documents have been prepared, and we are waiting for the surrender ceremony tomorrow, and it is estimated that it will definitely be lively. The Soviets will certainly make the scene very grand. Alan Wilson stretched and yawned.

"It's as if you know the Soviet Union very well." Ivor smiled dismissively, "You should be investigated by MI6." ”

"It's not funny." Alan Wilson said solemnly, there are indeed spies in Britain now, even in MI6.

Early the next morning, Alan Wilson and these diplomats got up early in the morning, not to go to the Berlin market to look for German women who could be saved, but to meet up with Air Force General Ted.

Admiral Ted was the representative of the British at the surrender ceremony. Montgomery and Eisenhower, though confirmed to attend, only came to show unity among the Central Powers, because they had already signed once, so the signatories of the German surrender were represented by someone else.

Delegates from various countries drove to Karlshorst, a suburb of Berlin, and cars with national flags flew along the way, shuttling through the city of Berlin.

"You see they look pitiful now, and if they were to change places, they wouldn't be like that." Alan Wilson tilted his head and said to his colleague, "Think about how they humiliated the French a few years ago, there was a reason for everything." ”

Exercising out of the city, both sides of the road have been occupied by the soldiers of the Soviet Red Army, as Alan Wilson said, how to make a grand scene, the Soviet Union does have such a talent.

The surrender site was already crowded with Soviet officers and soldiers, and the surrendered representatives of the United States, Britain, and France got out of their cars one after another to salute these officers and men of the Soviet Red Army.

Journalists from various countries seized the opportunity to take pictures, and the shutter kept recording the scene that demonstrated the unity of the allies and maintained world peace.

Under the auspices of Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov, the ceremony called the official surrender began, Zhukov read out the demand for unconditional surrender on behalf of the Soviet Union, and the German representative, Marshal Keitel, led the German delegation to the signing hall, and raised his scepter to salute the representatives of the allies.

The Soviets were significantly harsher than the Allied surrender ceremony on the Western Front, but the French representative, General de Lancey, who now surrendered on behalf of Germany five years ago, was the German representative at the French surrender ceremony, not to mention the famous Fuxi carriage humiliation.

General Drancy will today represent France, together with the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, to witness the unconditional surrender of Germany, and Air Force Admiral Ted, representing Britain, General Drancy, representing France, and General Spartz, commander of the U.S. Strategic Air Force, under the witness of Montgomery and Eisenhower, and Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov, sign the surrender document.

All around, countless officers and soldiers shouted for the hard-won peace, and Montgomery and Eisenhower stepped forward to take a photo with Marshal Zhukov of the Soviet Union to celebrate the formal surrender of Germany.

"I am also a witness to history, although I don't have a place." Alan Wilson watched the scene with his waist pinched, and his heart was equally happy that the war was over.