In addition to the USSR, there was a country that was at war with the Allies. It may not be accurate to say that this so-called "country" is recognized by only one country in the world, and only by one of the three British governments.

This country is the "Free France" led by Charles de Gaulle.

"General de Gaulle, Prime Minister Gort of Great Britain has surrendered to Germany. Both regimes on the entire island of Ireland, including Ireland, have formally applied to join the Allied bloc. A colonel of Free France, with an anxious face, reported to de Gaulle.

The island of Great Britain was Allied, and now the island of Ireland has also been voted over. Of the British Isles, only one Isle of Man is still at war with the Central Powers.

And the embarrassment is that the resistance on this island is not the British, but the Free France led by Charles de Gaulle.

"The British have surrendered...... De Gaulle smiled bitterly and covered his face: "Didn't they claim that they would never surrender?" It turned out to be not so simple to surrender. ”

"The British really like to say one thing and do another." De Gaulle gritted his teeth and mocked.

When he first defected, Churchill swore that even if their island or a large part of it were conquered and starved, British subjects overseas would continue to fight under the protection of British troops overseas.

As a result, more than half of Britain itself did not fall, and the British leaders gave up resistance.

De Gaulle couldn't figure out why the Duke of Gott, who was still strong and had transferred a large number of troops to the island of Ireland, was unwilling to continue to resist.

Moreover, Gort's British government and de Gaulle's Free French government, stationed troops on the island of Ireland and the Isle of Man respectively, are at odds with each other, and they can take care of each other, and it seems that they are completely unable to resist.

Although the probability of success is small, it is not necessarily impossible. Historically, there have been countless cases of winning more with less, and the Anglo-French forces defending the two islands were barely self-sufficient in terms of living material. Military supplies, the United States has also been providing assistance.

In other words, they are not at all exhausted.

In fact, de Gaulle's determination and thinking, which was completely different from Gott's, to resist to the end, had a lot to do with his experience.

During World War I, after being captured, de Gaulle escaped from prison five times and was captured five times, never settling down.

And this time in the world war, due to the confrontation with Petain's government, de Gaulle was in Vichy France, and was already declared demoted and suspended. When he moved his capital to the Isle of Man, he was sentenced to death by Vichy France.

In other words, after Gort's surrender, it was not difficult for him to continue to serve at the top of the new government with the popularity and fame he had accumulated during the war. But De Gaulle was different, if he had surrendered, he would have been executed.

For such a worthless little man as him, Germany would certainly not bother to care, and then leave it at the disposal of Vichy France. In order to strengthen its legitimacy and legitimacy, the Vichy regime had no reason to keep a rebel leader like Charles de Gaulle, who had already been sentenced to death.

"I thought Gort was a man of backbone, and suggested to him to retreat to the island of Ireland and wait for the situation to improve." The more De Gaulle thought about it, the more sad and indignant he felt, and when he recalled the past, he sighed: "As a result, he just used the resistance strategy I kicked out as a bargaining chip in surrender, and used the resistance advantage that could obviously be used to win in exchange with the Germans. ”

"I misread him." De Gaulle sighed in front of the French colonel.

"But the general," the colonel thought for a moment, and finally felt the need to make it clear to de Gaulle, "our telegraph office has received a telegram from the Duke of Goth to-day. ”

The Colonel paused, and after confirming that de Gaulle was listening, continued: "The Duke of Gott told us that he had brought us up to the German Foreign Office and that he wanted to fight for a decent ending for us......"

"Decent ending?!" De Gaulle waved his hand mercilessly, interrupting the colonel's words.

He sneered and looked at the colonel's innocent face: "Do you really think Gort is going to help us?" ”

When the colonel was interrupted, he was stunned for a moment, then closed his mouth and quietly let de Gaulle, who seemed to be in a bad mood, continue.

"No, of course Goth isn't doing it for our good!" De Gaulle waved his arms and shouted: "Gott is going to sell favor to the Germans, he is trying to persuade us to surrender on behalf of his new German master!" ”

When the colonel heard this, he pursed his lips and slandered de Gaulle in his heart, whether Gott is as dark as you think, this is not to be said for the time being. Even if that's the case, then in terms of results, Goth is now fighting for a better ending for us, and it's not a bad thing.

Of course, the colonel would not have said these words. Otherwise, he really didn't know if de Gaulle would continue to use his villainous heart to save his belly, and put on himself the name of some crime or bad intention, and arrest himself and clean up.

However, the colonel was really disdainful of de Gaulle's slander of Gott's character.

Others Goth did not know how much more help in the Free France moved the capital to the Isle of Man than his previous Prime Minister Churchill.

Goth arranged for the British convoy to transfer the personnel and troops of the Free France, vacate the British territory, and give the Free France the cornerstone of the restoration of the country, and lend an independent and complete Isle of Man to the Free French government.

Isn't this kind of favor worthy of gratitude!

Besides, Gort's character is obvious to all. In this war, perhaps many people scolded Churchill and other politicians for being short-sighted, or many people accused the British military of incompetence. However, no one ever said that Gort's was not.

It is true that Gott's military quality is completely incomparable with those famous German generals, and the operations he commands are also mediocre.

But, as everyone knows, Goth is doing his best!

Perhaps, the water and soil of the British army are not suitable for the birth of famous generals. Otherwise, why can't you find a general who can fight?

In the British military, there is a very popular saying: "If Rommel had served in the British army, it is estimated that he would have been a corporal at most by the time of the war." ”

In other words, the British military is also aware of the inadequacy of its own command.

And Gott, on the other hand, is somewhat of a short man among the British generals, and does a better job than many of his colleagues.

There really isn't much to blame for Gort.

It's a pity that de Gaulle didn't think so, or rather, he didn't want to think so: "Tell Gort that I won't choose to surrender like him!" I will resist, in the name of France, in the name of the Axis bloc! ”