February 13 was John F. Kennedy's most glorious day, not only for his successful escape, honorable wounded, and for his outstanding contributions to covering his comrades, but also for his successful congressional keynote speech, which was so successful that he won full applause, and the soldiers on the same torpedo boat used stammering but immersive language to describe the brilliant deeds of the commander who led them out of danger and the courage to cover others, Everyone was deeply moved. On behalf www.biquge.info of the Congress, the President of the Senate expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, brave and fearless soldiers, for all that you have done for your country! ”

Combined with his family background and educational background, everyone sees him as a rising political star. What made Roosevelt and the Democratic bigwigs even happier was that his account actually raised a thought-provoking question -- should wronged soldiers take revenge on their country and other comrades-in-arms? The conclusion is no! If you have grievances, you can come back and say that revenge on comrades-in-arms, collusion with the enemy, etc., are all despicable and low-grade behaviors. This immediately shattered the legitimacy of the "pre-battle uprising" and reversed the prejudice of the Commission of Inquiry against Turner's existence.

At the subsequent hearings, the army also admitted that it was indeed a bit embarrassing that two divisions could not take 5-6,000 German troops, and combined with the original resolution file signed by Marshall, "Dismissal on the spot, and meritorious service for crimes," it was easy to conclude that the real problem of the defeat of the campaign was -- it was precisely because the army was unable to take the island for a long time, and the German army eventually caused the overall passivity. Considering that Vice Admiral Defuss, deputy chief of staff of the Army, and Admiral Ingersoll, commander of the Navy's Atlantic Fleet, have already assumed the relevant responsibility, it is not only useless to force Turner to be held accountable, but also inconsistent with the politically correct principle of "tolerance." Once the tone was set, the follow-up investigation was easy, and both the Democratic Party and the Joint Chiefs of Staff breathed a sigh of relief. The Army also succeeded in taking advantage of this, placing all the blame on the two division commanders - who were likely to be tried and executed in absentia for "treason."

The top Democrats also believe that John F. Kennedy's best career in the future is not to join the military, but to go into politics, starting with the Massachusetts House of Representatives (who are relatively more down-to-earth and require less political experience, in line with Kennedy's age of 27). Because of the relationship between Joseph Sr. and Roosevelt, a number of heavyweights, including Hannigan, Richard, Truman, McKinsey (Joseph's close friend), were all optimistic about him, and FBI Director Hoover also secretly helped Kennedy. All the public opinion worked together to dilute the impact of the defeat and even unite more people.

Within a week of the news that the hospital where Kennedy was treated received thousands of flowers and gifts of all kinds, so much so that the hospital had to make a special room for housing, his comrades-in-arms volunteered to patrol and guard the duty, and within a week of the news being made public, the single young man received hundreds of thousands of letters expressing his affection across the country.

Although they were very sorry for the loss of this young man in the military circles, they understood very well the necessity of the Kennedy family's political career, and with the full operation of the navy, he was soon certified to retire due to injury. Many observers assert that as long as Kennedy has some political experience and does not make serious mistakes, he has a very good chance of being elected president in 20 years - and he must be a Democrat!

On 18 February, Truman, who struck while the iron was hot, presented a review of the Turner issue on behalf of the Independent Commission of Inquiry, arguing that Turner had "faithfully discharged his duty and did the best he could" in the campaign...... It is recommended that the censorship of him be stopped and that he be reinstated", a conclusion that won a landslide victory in Congress! But this is not the end, the ruthless Truman put forward a bill, demanding a loyalty review of Henry Wallace, accusing him of "undermining the Anglo-American alliance", "leaking military secrets at will" and other misdeeds, Wallace asked Dewey for help, the latter avoided it, the Republican side also thought that he had lost his use value and abandoned him, and the Democratic Party that controlled the Congress hated Wallace for "betrayal", and agreed to the committee's request to increase the review of Wallace when the Republican Party almost gave up.

After learning that Wallace would be under scrutiny, several members of the Progressive Party he had just formed joined forces to announce that they had been deceived by him and announced their withdrawal from the party, for the simple reason that since the investigation had shown that the Joint Chiefs of Staff did not have the above-mentioned problems, the section on protection money proposed by Wallace was suspected of "slandering the military," and they were unwilling to "go along with it." Only one of the key members of the Progressive Party, which had been established for less than a week, was left with Wallace as a bare-bones commander, and he fell into the point of betrayal and separation.

On February 20, the Independent Commission of Inquiry formally launched a review of Wallace, and his request to resign as vice president was formally approved. Wallace himself was released on bail pending further investigation, and all the materials in his office and relevant official documents were sealed and checked, and all people close to him, including drivers, secretaries, housekeepers, and personal doctors, received requests to cooperate with the investigation. That afternoon, when Wallace, desperate, learned that Hoover's men were not only haunting his house, but also collecting all the black material related to him from his friends, colleagues, subordinates, and even relatives, he called a lawyer he was familiar with, but none of them dared to take the case, but advised him to be patient; Called the reporter, who told him that the current propaganda caliber was to mobilize the entire American population around Kennedy's famous quote.

That night, Wallace died at home, leaving a suicide note accusing Roosevelt, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hoover and others, but his wife knew that the matter could not continue, so she called Harry Hopkins, the only one who could speak, and offered to hand over the suicide note to him without making it public, but hoped that the other party would promise not to disturb the family's innocence again. After considering and consulting Roosevelt, Hopkins agreed. The following evening, the Independent Commission of Inquiry dropped the charges and closed its operations on the grounds that the suspect had died, and hastily announced its conclusion that it would not proceed with the review. Subsequently, due to a series of ruthless performances in the case, Roosevelt formally nominated Truman as a vice presidential candidate, and since the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, the appointment was not difficult to pass.

After learning the news of Wallace's suicide, Lehi and Admiral Kim looked at each other and sighed at each other, no one expected that they would come to this point in the end. At the same time, the two of them also felt afraid, if they didn't admit it and didn't deal with it well, this is their fate now. Roosevelt signed the relevant documents, agreeing to change the place of transfer of supplies to the Aleutian Islands and let the Soviet side take charge of the last section of transportation, and added a paragraph to the official letter of recommendation: "In the event that the supplies are intercepted, the Soviet side should scuttle the ships as much as possible to prevent the materials from falling into the hands of the Japanese side." The Soviet military attache signed his name with a smile - is it not up to him to decide whether to sink or not?

On 21 February, the Joint Chiefs of Staff resumed its normal work, and the Navy hoped that Roosevelt and Churchill would have in-depth communication to make up for the rift that had existed between the two countries and at the same time facilitate the next step of operations.

Hearing the inside story that the Navy had originally intended to send a fleet to intercept the German fleet in the Falkland Islands, and then had to give up, Roosevelt sighed and remained silent for a long time. Lehi gritted his teeth and said: "As far as provoking Anglo-American relations is concerned, he has done what the enemy has always wanted to do but has not been able to do. ”

It is clear to everyone that although continued aid to Britain has been temporarily approved, and Churchill has repeatedly stressed that he will not shake his confidence in the alliance because of Wallace's "inappropriate" remarks, the rift between the two sides will eventually exist.

"Is it too late now?"

Nimitz shook his head and said: "Because this matter has been delayed for 2 weeks, it is probably impossible for the main fleet to intercept, so I can only let the submarines and land aviation in the direction of South Africa harass them, and the biggest possibility now is to pursue, and wait for this fleet to be pursued after leaving the Falkland Islands, and this also requires a very fast march, and the warships have to use a near-high-speed dash to kill them in order to catch the other party......"

"In other words, we lost a good combat opportunity?"

"Yes, this damn politics, we could have wiped out the warships with supplies and the German ground forces, and now only the fleet remains."

"I agree, you can draw up a battle plan." Roosevelt thought for a moment, "Who will lead the team?" Do you need to notify the British to remove Cunningham? ”

"No, and it doesn't have to." Nimitz said, "I propose that Spruance lead the troops, and in addition, I propose to give the Hancock, which is about to enter service, to the British, and to make up for the relationship between the United States and Britain with practical actions." ”

Admiral Kim looked reluctant, but he nodded even if he was reluctant.

"In addition, the situation in the Pacific direction is also very urgent." Turner added that "after a few days of wandering, the Japanese fleet suddenly launched a surprise attack on some of the islands, and now that Tuvalu, Tokelau, and Samoa are all occupied by them, we speculate that the next direction is that the Vanua-Fiji-Australia and New Zealand routes are in danger of being permanently cut off, and that the Pacific Fleet must be drawn to the Pacific Fleet, whether or not it is to deal with the German fleet!" ”

In the past few days, Tsunoda and Nishimura, who really couldn't find ships to break the relationship, were also bored and led the Second Air War to fight, but after a dozen hits, they found that the US military was so weak, the planes exploded, the naval guns bombarded, and the Musashi hung up the white flag and surrendered before it even opened fire, so they unceremoniously occupied three islands and collected all the US military supplies on them -- everything was packed and taken away!

In the early morning of February 24, 1944, Spruance led the South Atlantic Squadron to the Falklands......