Chapter 45: The Sofia Peace Conference

War is never the goal, and after the war is over, it is naturally the aftermath, or in other words, it is a matter of sitting in line to share the results.

First of all, the problem of war criminals, which is best solved, is that if someone sues the International Tribunal, the case is accepted, whether it is a State or an individual, there is no retroactive time limit, and the sentence is imposed when there is evidence.

This was probably the longest trial in history, beginning in the second half of 1941 and continuing into 1956, with people guillotined.

In the trial of war criminals, I am afraid that it is the most harmonious, and there is no conflict of interest between the governments of various countries, and naturally there is no contradiction, except for the defeated countries, of course.

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On August 1, 1941, under the auspices of the Bulgarian government, the Holy League convened an enlarged conference in Sofia.

On the issue of the disposition of the defeated countries, everyone reached an agreement, and in general, the following points were made:

1. Disarm all countries and prohibit the development of all military industries, including those that only make soy sauce;

2. Severely punish war criminals;

3. Payment of war reparations;

4. Confiscate all the colonies of the defeated country.

There is no doubt about the first two, and everyone knows that it is undoubtedly in everyone's common interest to crack down on competitors and prohibit these countries from developing their military.

The amount of war reparations became the object of controversy among countries, and almost every victorious country issued a list of huge reparations that it considered reasonable.

According to the total economic volume of the defeated countries in the current war, it is estimated that the efforts to keep them without food and drink will be about the same for a hundred years.

However, all countries have enough reasons to make little Ferdinand a headache, and this compensation standard is still formulated by Bulgaria.

For example: the death of a civilian, according to the death of ordinary people, according to the actual situation, each person will be compensated 200,000 leva ~ 10 million leva. (Higher compensation standards for technical talents)

Soldiers are killed, according to the rank from 300,000 lev ~ 30 million lev, is a nobleman also according to the rank of the bonus, the minimum starting is 3 million leva.

If you die, you have to pay compensation, and those who survive are still compensated, which is even more difficult to count, and compensate for all medical expenses, nutrition expenses, and lost work expenses......

Well, basically there is no way to calculate this, and the participating countries themselves do not know, and only God knows where the data comes from.

According to this standard, the casualties of the Holy Alliance in this world war were as high as tens of millions, and finally received a compensation of 18.42 trillion leva for casualties.

This figure is still the result of everyone's rigorous review, and there is no way, in fact, there are so many casualties, especially civilian casualties, accounting for 72 percent.

That's right, the casualty pension is different from country to country, and this time everyone decisively unified the standard, and regarded the Bulgarian casualty pension standard as the unified standard for calculating war reparations.

Everyone knows that it is impossible for the defeated countries to give this figure, and the gold content of Lev is not low, and this figure is converted into more than five million tons of gold.

What the hell?

This can buy the earth, so how can the defeated country pay for it?

In addition to casualties, damage to buildings, the attrition of wars, and the impact on the economies of various countries still have to lose money.

In total, the total amount of reparations demanded by countries is 29.86 trillion leva (8.743 million tons of gold).

It is said that this figure is still the result of a five-fold discount. Little Ferdinand immediately understood that this was a problem for Bulgaria.

The world bosses are not so easy to do, these contradictions must be resolved by them, and whether or not the war reparations can be distributed will directly affect Bulgaria's international reputation.

There is no doubt that this number must be cut down, and this needs to be negotiated country by country, and all the water that may exist in it will be squeezed out.

"Your Majesty, let's just calculate it comprehensively!" Tolsky proposed

The so-called comprehensive calculation, in fact, is more about strength, and the contribution of powerful countries in this war is naturally greater, and of course the spoils of war will be more.

Initially, the Bulgarian government wanted to break this pattern of distribution according to strength, thereby limiting the power of several large European powers and establishing prestige among small ones.

Now it is obviously a failure, people are profit-seeking, everyone is unwilling to make concessions, and finally return to the essence of the world - the law of the jungle!

Little Ferdinand sighed helplessly and nodded again. Anyway, now Bulgaria has the biggest fist, and if you speak with strength, maybe the harvest will be even greater.

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On September 12, 1941, the seventh meeting of the Sofia Conference was held, and the heads of state gathered for a final high-level meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the world war is over, but we are still arguing over the aftermath of the war, which has seriously affected the prosperity and stability of the world!" Tolsky said solemnly

As the head of state of the world's only superpower, Tolsky's deterrent power is naturally not small, but this is not enough to make everyone make concessions.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, what are your good suggestions?"

Hawaiian Prime Minister Thomas was the first to react and asked very cooperatively.

Many people are annoyed, don't think that it's useless to pat yourself on the back, for small countries, in international politics, they are originally dependent on big countries.

As long as the relationship is good, there are many times unexpected gains can be obtained, such as the attitude tendency in international disputes, which is enough to make people unhappy with each other.

Tolsky nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "In principle, all the territories of the victorious countries can be unconditionally recovered, and the disputed areas will be dealt with in accordance with international practice."

The amount of reparations to be paid to the defeated countries shall be determined according to the actual situation, and each country shall receive the reparations according to the corresponding proportions.

The colonies of the defeated countries are distributed as the spoils of our Holy Alliance, according to the actual size of everyone's efforts.

The nations that have contributed to this anti-imperialist war can be allowed to establish independent statehood, and all countries must recognize it! ”

Nothing else has changed much, except that the total amount of war reparations has been limited and must be paid according to the actual ability to pay.

At the same time, the colonies were also stripped from the war reparations and disposed of only as trophies, with each country receiving a corresponding share based on its performance on the battlefield.

There is no doubt that the greatest benefit of this war lies in the colonies, and as for the war reparations, although this amount is huge, it must be repaid.

There was no opposition to the new plan proposed by Bulgaria, and for many countries, it was enough to be able to unconditionally take back their homeland and receive another war reparation.

Not every country has the strength to divide the colonies, for example, the Dutch said that it is enough to take back their colonies, and any more will choke to death.

Luxembourg even announced that it would abandon its colonies, they don't even have a navy, so what are the colonies?

The four countries that really have the strength to divide up are Bulgaria, Western Russia, Austria-Hungary, and France, and the remaining East Russia can be expanded in Central Asia, and Hawaii can get a few islands in the Pacific Ocean......

Anyway, except for the four big countries, the rest are not worth mentioning, and they can only share a little leftovers.

The three main defeated countries, Japan, Germany, and Great Britain, that is, the British colonies, could be divided up, and the other two were poor ghosts.

Although there are many colonies in the British Empire, not all regions can be divided, and many of them are hard bones, and they cannot be gnawed without blood.

For example, the three countries of North America can skip it, nationalism has awakened, and everyone in North America does not have the same influence as the British, so they can only spend money to buy peace.

Another example: the African colonies, which can also be ignored, are the territory that Bulgaria has fought on its own, and it is directly divided into Bulgaria.

The rest were the British American colonies, including: Canada, Belize, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Grenada, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda.

British Oceania Colonies: Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Nauru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Barbados, Kiribati

British Asian colonies: India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Burma.

The British European colonies no longer existed, the island of Ireland had become an independent state, the Strait of Gibraltar had returned to the Spaniards, and Cyprus and Malaysia had gone to Bulgaria.

The only disputed area is presumably Sicily, which is currently occupied by Bulgaria and claimed by the Italians.

Fortunately, the war reparations have been almost discussed in the previous seven meetings, and basically the proportions of each country can be determined accordingly.

"Mr. Tolsky, how is the total amount of war reparations determined?" The French president asked with concern

After thinking for a while, Tolsky replied: "In consideration of the actual situation, I propose that the war reparations be paid in the proportion of 1 percent to 15 percent of the financial revenue of the defeated countries, and that different compensation standards be delineated according to the size of the losses caused by the defeated countries.

We can extend the time for this reparation a little, and we will also take 10 percent of this war reparation to form a United Nations to maintain world peace.

After the establishment of the United Nations, in principle, it prohibits any country from creating conflicts or waging wars for no reason, and prohibits any war of aggression! ”

"Isn't the amount of this war reparation too low, I'm afraid it won't be able to make up for everyone's war losses in a hundred years!" The Prime Minister of Western Russia said with a frown

"This war is a disaster for all countries, it will take a long time for everyone to recover their economies after the war, and the situation of the defeated countries is even worse, and it will be difficult for them to come up with large war reparations!" Tolsky thought for a moment and said

As for making up for everyone's losses, if it is only direct economic losses, it is fine, but if casualties and indirect losses are added, then even if all the financial revenues of the defeated countries are taken away, it will not be enough to pay interest.

Tolsky's proposal to extend the payment time was originally intended to make peace with the mud, anyway, Bulgaria did not plan to continue to claim war reparations, so what did it do.

"Then let's hold a special economic meeting later, and let's leave this issue to the professionals to discuss!" The Austro-Hungarian Prime Minister proposed

"Good!"

"Good!"

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Even if this problem is over, everyone is a person with an identity, and there are still a bunch of things to deal with in the country, so there is not so much time to argue.

"On the issue of the distribution of colonies, Bulgaria will, in accordance with its prior commitment, not participate in the division of the colonies in British Asia, but we will obtain the main rights and interests in the colonies in British North America and Oceania!" Tolsky said straight to the point

"No problem, Mr. Tolsky. Your country's compliance with its commitments deserves recognition and should be compensated! The French president hurriedly said

As the Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary and the Prime Minister of Western Russia also expressed their support, for them Bulgaria gave up the Indian region, then there was one less competitor, and three points were better than four.

Oceania is okay, Australia was abolished by the Japanese, but the Americas are different, Canada, the largest territory, has nothing to lose, and if you want to get the land, it depends on whether others agree or not.

At this time, Canada's national strength was not much weaker than that of a medium-sized country, and if they wanted to move their core territory, they should prepare for war!

Now the colonies divided by the Sofia Conference need to be taken by the governments themselves, and the allies will not help them do voluntary labor.

Tolsky smiled slightly: "Since that's the case, then I'm welcome."

In the Americas, Bulgaria is to acquire the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica, Grenada, the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, as well as parts of Canada.

Oceania we want to get: Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Nauru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Barbados, Kiribati, and parts of Australia.

Canada and Australia's territorial areas, we will personally go and negotiate with them! ”

Regardless of the size of Bulgaria, the islands are actually not very large, for example: Tuvalu is only 26 square kilometers, Nauru is 21.1 square kilometers, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is 389 square kilometers, and Barbados is 431 square kilometers......

With the exception of New Papua New Guinea, the islands together are less than 200,000 square kilometres and have a total population of no more than 300,000.

The overall economic value is not high, and the strategic value is naturally needless to say, and it must not be low, otherwise Tolkis would not have said it so aggressively.

Even Tolkith gave up Guyana on the South American continent, the second largest British colony on the American continent after Canada.

There is no doubt that Tolsky's proposal was adopted, and that neither Austria-Hungary nor Western Russia had a sphere of power in Oceania or the Americas, and that concentrating on the Indian region was the best option.

The only one with colonies in the Americas was the French, and Bulgaria's abandonment of Guyana, which was disputed by Britain and France, was obviously courting them, and it was naturally impossible for the French to jump out and do something.

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