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So, while Randolph was worried about the impeachment motion, Churchill himself was not too concerned about it. He was more concerned with the changing political situation on the European continent.

John was full of admiration for Churchill's statesmanship who "worries about the world before the worries."

As an American, John would certainly like a "free world fighter" like Churchill who would rather sacrifice himself and cheapen the United States than let fascism and communism get any better.

If Churchill had followed the example of the French and had been a "chicken thief" and had fallen out of the Nazis early, the United States might have no choice but to play in the Western Hemisphere in the future.

John selectively introduced Churchill to his contacts with some of the "big men" in Germany and France, with a special mention of Charles de Gaulle.

John had always wondered in his previous life, why did France become a victorious country after the war? The country, known as the largest army power in Europe, surrendered shortly after the start of the war.

At the time of the surrender of the French government, it still had 65 divisions and nearly one million combatable troops, two-thirds of the French territory had not yet fallen, and there were still vast colonial resources overseas to mobilize.

In the summer of 1940, France lost a battle at best. With more than 200,000 casualties and more than 1 million captured, this is far from the point where the country is at the end of its rope. Choosing to surrender can only be said that the French themselves did not want to fight the Germans. (Otherwise, how could it neatly beat the spaghetti that it wanted to take advantage of.) ）

France's capitulation could choke Britain, a close ally. When Churchill had just succeeded Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of England, he went to Paris to consult with the French on how to turn the tide of the war. As a result, Petain's sentence "We are ready to surrender" almost made him faint.

In the days that followed, there was a lot of fighting all over Europe. In contrast, the French can be considered to be relatively comfortable. At least when Churchill was bombed in London, the ladies of Paris were still having daily balls with German GIs. After the war, Berlin was bombarded by Soviet artillery and reduced to rubble, while Paris remained intact.

In World War II, France did little for the Allies, and its legitimate government and its industrial system worked for the Germans.

If the Germans had won the war, the French, who were part of Hitler's pan-Germanic system (the Franks, Angles, and Goths were all part of the Germanic people), would have no problem taking the position of first-class citizens in German-dominated Europe.

However, after the war, France not only achieved the status of a victorious power, but also became a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

It was okay to take back Arsassu and Lorraine, who had been lost after the surrender, and even almost ceded Saar from Germany (because he chose to stay in Germany in the referendum). How can there be such a good thing in the world?

Later generations speculated that France was playing a two-sided betting game during World War II. De Gaulle, who established the government-in-exile, earned the French the status of a victorious nation, while Petain, who led the government to surrender, kept most of France safe from the flames of war.

In John's view, this smacks of hindsight. At the outbreak of the war, de Gaulle was a small colonel, and he was no more than an unpopular brigadier general before he fled to England.

Legally, the Vichy French government was legally elected by a vote of the French parliament at that time, and the Führer Pétain was also an old marshal who had been famous for decades. They represent orthodox France and are widely recognized by the international community. (With the exception of Great Britain, the vast majority of countries in the world, including the United States and the Soviet Union, recognized Vichy France and did not recognize de Gaulle's "Free France.") ）

If the French want to bet on both sides, at least they have to let officials and generals of the level of Renaud and Darlan form a government in exile in the past to be worthy of "betting".

De Gaulle was nothing more than a "treasonous" tank division commander, and of the 140,000 French troops who retreated from Dunkirk to Britain, only 3,000 chose to join de Gaulle's group, and the rest preferred to return to Vichy-controlled territory after disarming.

John wondered why Churchill fell in love with Charles de Gaulle and propped him up as the leader of France.

To say that Churchill's vision of people was not as good as Roosevelt's, Roosevelt saw at a glance that De Gaulle had a tendency to be "two or five boys". Sure enough, after the war, he led France out of NATO, and took revenge for hindering Britain's entry into European integration.

As a result, John discovered that Churchill knew almost nothing about de Gaulle. However, he had some impressions of General Giraud, whom Roosevelt favored in later generations.

Churchill's impression of General Giraud is interesting, he does not see Giraud as a military general, but as a "prison escaper", a man of courage, wisdom and luck.

From Randolph's mouth, John learned that just as Giraud made his fortune with his legendary escape from a German prisoner of war camp, Churchill also successfully entered the political arena through a "famous British prison escape".

In 1899, at the age of 25, Churchill traveled to South Africa as a journalist to cover the Anglo-Boer War and was captured on the march with British soldiers. Although Churchill was a military correspondent, the Boers refused to release him because he carried weapons and participated in battle.

In December 1899, Churchill had the audacity to escape from prison on his own, fleeing all the way from South Africa to the British Consulate in Mozambique's capital with the help of a local British expatriate.

This incident made Churchill famous in Britain. Upon his return to England, Churchill seized the opportunity to enter politics and was elected to the House of Commons in the October 1900 elections.

Feelings Churchill and Giraud are sympathetic to each other. Although John finds this "coincidence" a little funny, he still "likes to hear it". It would be nice to take the opportunity to give General Giro more points and replace de Gaulle at the Casablanca meeting.

While John was pondering how to help Giraud get some impressions of Churchill, a phone call called Churchill away.

Almost 10 minutes later, Churchill returned. He told Mrs. Churchill that the phone was David? Jason (Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's confidant, Conservative Party's general supervisor in the House of Commons, and later Minister of War under Winston Churchill) called and needed to return to London overnight.

"I'm sorry, John, I can't stay with you anymore. Lord Halifax is in trouble, and they want to hear the advice of me, the former Minister of Colonial Affairs. Before leaving, Churchill hugged John and Adele one by one.

He then took the hat and cane from Randolph. "I'll let Randolph stay with you. Tell him where you are going in the next two days and let him arrange it. ”

After Churchill left, John kept wondering what it was that made the Conservative bigwigs rush Churchill back to London overnight.

Lord Halifax is the Foreign Secretary, could it be that the "Munich Conspiracy" was advanced? Then I won't consult Churchill, everyone knows that he is against appeasement, and he is not all the way with Chamberlain.

Wait, Churchill just said that he was the former Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, so that must have something to do with colonial affairs? What about Africa, Australia, the Middle East or the Far East?

Suddenly, John thought of another possibility—Ireland. In 1921, Churchill's greatest achievement as Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs was to negotiate with Sinn Féin in Ireland to eventually allow Ireland to become a Dominion within the British Empire.

Just in April of this year, Great Britain and Ireland formally signed an agreement for a new defence alliance, repealing an important clause drawn up by Churchill that year: "The maritime defence of Great Britain and Ireland shall be the responsibility of the British army, and for this purpose the British army shall be allowed to use ports and other facilities at designated ports." ”

Under the new agreement, Britain agreed to hand over all naval command and ownership rights in the ports of Berehaven and Cobb and Sveley Bay to the Irish Government by the end of the year. Churchill may have been called in to discuss the transfer of ports and naval facilities.

Speaking of which, Ireland's geographical location on the Atlantic Ocean is still very advantageous, and if used well, it can help Britain a lot in World War II. It's a pity that Chamberlain loosened his mouth too quickly and ran out of chips (I can't give them Northern Ireland too).

As a result, Ireland chose neutrality during the war, rather than contributing money and effort, as many other British colonies did. (After the war, the colonies gained greater sovereignty, either as independent or as dominions.) ）

But none of this had anything to do with John, who wasn't qualified enough to get involved in it. He is now more interested in Rolls-Royce (Rolls-Royce) engines. When sorting out the Foundation's estate, John also found a 1.2% stake in Rolls-Royce. John has a big eye on their company's Merlin engine. Without him, what would he have used to build the "Mustang" in his mind - the P-51 fighter?