Chapter Eighty-Four: A Different Munich

"On September 30, 1938, the heads of state of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy signed an agreement in Munich ceding to Germany the territory of the Sudetenland without the presence of a representative of Czechoslovakia. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The InfoMunich Conference was a product of the further development of the policy of appeasement pursued by the Western powers and was a sign that the policy had reached its peak. It seriously violated the national sovereignty of Czechoslovakia, fueled the arrogance of fascist Germany, and hastened the outbreak of World War II. ”

All of this was taught to him by John's secondary school history teacher in his previous life. At that time, John's feeling was that the leaders of Britain and France, who finally shot themselves in the foot, were simply stupid, and they obviously had the strength to shoot Hitler to death first, but they gave him a chance to grow in vain.

In this life, after John "witnessed" this famous historical event, he realized that although Chamberlain was nailed to the pillar of shame in later life because of the "Munich Conspiracy". But at this time in 1938, his "heroic act" of dragging his old body and flying to Berlin three times, and finally succeeded in threatening Czechoslovakia and saving peace in Europe was absolutely politically correct.

At least when Chamberlain returned to London from Germany, he waved a piece of Anglo-German Non-Aggression Declaration and declared to the crowd: "From now on, peace is guaranteed for a whole generation." Now I ask you to go back and sleep peacefully in your beds. He was widely praised by the international community.

Even Roosevelt rejoiced at Chamberlain's success in bringing Europe back from the brink of war. Although the Nazi threat of war was not lifted, Chamberlain bought time for the Americans. Stimson and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and even with John, their work rhythm was slowed down a little, and they could finally take a breath.

Those who have not experienced it may not be able to understand how the fear of imminent war affects society as a whole. In the days of the Munich Conference at the end of September, even American society on this side of the Atlantic fell into a mood of fear and unease.

There was an atmosphere of tension and anxiety in the Military Production Committee, and everyone was frantically rushing to catch up. Even John, who knew where history was going, was affected by this emotion and began to become agitated and sensitive.

Last week, John got into a fire with two Air Force logistics officers over work, which would have been almost impossible before. John himself realized that something was wrong with his state, so he simply took the opportunity to apply for a few days off.

In the past few days of rest at home, in addition to accompanying Adele and Ella, John also has to take time to sort out the historical knowledge in his head. As World War II drew closer, John began to remember more "historical events." If you don't make good use of this "golden finger", wouldn't John be too tyrannical.

But John was also well aware that the world he lived in was far more complex than the history books of his previous life had written. If we take that "historical knowledge" for granted and apply it to the real world, there will be big problems.

Take, for example, the recent Munich Conference, where Johann saw in the history books that the German Nazis annexed Czechoslovakia without bloodshed, with the connivance of the appeasement policies of Britain and France.

At that time, John still felt strange that the book said that Czechoslovakia was the seventh most powerful country in the capitalist world at that time, with the world's second largest arsenal and dozens of divisions. How could it be like this, without the support of Britain and France, and not even dare to try resistance?

Now John knew that the German Nazis were not alone, and they also brought two helpers, Poland and Hungary. Before the Munich Conference, not only were the Germans in the western Sudetenland clamoring to join Germany, but the Poles in the Cheshin district in the north were also clamoring for the Polish government, the Magyars in Lucinia in the south were even more strongly demanding the return to Hungary, and even the Slovaks, one of the main ethnic groups, were clamoring for independence. The whole of Czechoslovakia could fall apart at any moment.

John estimated that Britain and France also felt that the cost of rescuing Czechoslovakia was too high, so they simply gave up treatment. However, the politicians in Prague are also quite chicken thieves, and simply pretend to be weak and bullying victims, and leave this problem in the hands of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Anyway, no matter what the final result is, I am a victim, and the responsibility does not fall on my head.

Poor Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who actively campaigned to save peace, ended up being the one who carried the blame. In other words, Chamberlain is really aggrieved, politicians like him and Roosevelt, who came from elite families, subconsciously thought that as a national leader, he must be reasonable, so Hitler should also be a reasonable person. Where could they have imagined that a scoundrel like Hitler would go so far?

At the Munich Conference, Hitler repeatedly assured the congregation that "the Sudetenland is my last territorial claim in Europe." As a result, just a few months after the signing of the agreement, he sent troops to carve up the Czech Republic with Poland and Hungary (Slovakia became independent and became Germany's younger brother). The leader of a country can also be untrustworthy to such an extent, and it is estimated that Chamberlain's "three views" will collapse at that time.

The more John thought about it, the more sympathetic he became to Chamberlain, and when it came to appeasement, his predecessor Baldwin was to blame. As a result, because of the abdication of Edward VIII, Baldwin patted his ass and ran away. Chamberlain, the pick-up man, became a "sinner" who connived at and encouraged the Nazis and Hitler.

Did Chamberlain use this time to speed up Britain's plan to rearmament, and without him perfecting the radar defense system and speeding up the renewal of the air force equipment, what would Churchill use to win the Battle of Britain?

Of course, the current Chamberlain does not need John's sympathy at all, he is the guardian of peace in Europe, and he is proud. What John has to do is to remind himself that even something as completely wrong as the "Munich Conspiracy" may seem completely wrong in later generations may be right and reasonable in the context of the current times.

Ever since he went to the Little White House, John knew he was destined to stay out of this world war. Now that he was involved, John couldn't help but want to use his "historical experience" to avoid some possible mistakes.

However, once he does, it is likely that things will go completely differently in the future. Therefore, he needs to learn from "historical experience" and learn to think independently and independently.

Blindly relying on the "historical experience" of previous lives, "history" will change sooner or later. And if we had made a completely independent decision, it would have been possible to see what had happened at the Munich Conference, where what we thought was the right decision turned out to be a big mistake.

Trying to grasp the degree of this is a big test for John's IQ and EQ. Fortunately, he is still a little talker, and even if he wants to change the course of history, it is not so easy.

"Daddy, Daddy, will you be home on Halloween?" At this moment, little Ella pushed open the door of the study and stuck her little head in.

"I don't know yet, but I guess I'll be at home." John lifted little Ella into his lap and began to flip through the schedule on the table.

"You promised to take me to ask for candy last year, you can't talk and don't talk." Little Ella pouted dissatisfied.

John wasn't at home last Halloween last year, and it was Adele who took her out to ask for candy. Now that Ella had come early to remind him, John had to arrange time to spend with his daughter.

"Well, Dad promised you to accompany you to beg for candy this Halloween. What do you want to dress up for? Witches, ghosts or pirates? As soon as he finished speaking, John suddenly froze. He remembered that on Halloween in 1938, it seemed that something big was going to happen.