The city of Danzig, located in the north of Poland and bordered by the Baltic Sea to the north, covers an area of 262 square kilometers. 95% of the city's population is German, German is the main language, and only 3% is Polish. But such a standard German-speaking city was "forcibly independent" because of the brutal Treaty of Versailles.

That's right, literally. The people of the city had no desire for independence, but the area around the "Danzig Corridor" came under Polish control due to the intervention of the Anglo-French League of Nations.

As a result, the German province of East Prussia, located east of the "Danzig Corridor" and the city of Danzig, became an isolated island, cut off from the mainland.

This situation of being at the mercy of foreign countries made many Germans very unhappy. You know, even if a referendum was held on the principle of "national self-determination", Danzig would belong to Germany, but the League of Nations would not allow a referendum to be held here.

Fifteen years ago, perhaps the German people and government would have dared to question the powerful League of Nations. At that time, Germany had just been defeated and was in ruins, and had neither the confidence to speak nor the strength to resist, so it could only be slaughtered and resigned.

But that's no longer the case! The German government, under Reinhardt's leadership, ventured a breach of the Treaty of Versailles to build a super-capable army and demonstrated a small part of its strength in Spain.

It was this small part of power that shaped the outcome of the entire Spanish Civil War, creating a new regime in Western Europe close to Germany, the Kingdom of Spain under Franco.

In addition to the Kingdom of Spain, a historical power in Western Europe, Italy, an old power in southern Europe, shares the same hatred and hatred as Germany, and has repeatedly stood on the side of the German government in the international arena and brazenly sworn an alliance between Italy and Germany.

Austria, a large country in Central Europe, directly merged with Germany and became the eastern province of the Third Reich, which greatly improved Germany's military and economy. In this way, Germany's international discourse power will naturally increase with the expansion of its strength.

The increase in international discourse power further laid the political foundation for Germany to merge Czechoslovakia, the "fourth largest factory in Europe". This, coupled with Poland's frenzied territorial desire at the right time, further promoted the German-Czech merger and found a moral high ground for Germany to send troops.

Unlike history, these two successful mergers are not the end, but a good start. The Hungarian people, who envy the German family, hope that their homeland, which is the mainstream military state in the Balkans, will also become part of the German Empire and bring stability to the chaotic country of Hungary.

In the spirit of not wanting nothing in vain, Reinhardt used the power of the Gestapo a little, and easily killed the Hungarian regent, and then logically accepted all the political institutions and military forces of this Hungary.

Before this chain reaction was over, Reinhardt took the opportunity of the German-Hungarian merger to issue a "Proclamation of the Territory of the Southern Province", which excluded the Transylvania region, a disputed territory between Romania and Hungary, from the Southern Province, which was equivalent to a disguised recognition of Romania's sovereignty over the Transylvania region.

In this way, he immediately won the favor of the Romanian Minister of War Antonescu. At the behest of the military, the weak Romanian king agreed to the pro-German position proposed by Antonescu and became Germany's largest military ally in the Balkans.

Spain, Germany, Italy, Romania, the number of troops in these four countries is already equivalent to the number of armies of all countries on half of the European continent combined. And the unprecedented unity of interests of the four countries has also made this "quasi-four-nation alliance" more and more weighty.

Compared with the League of Nations, which has become a virtual reality, the title of organization that can influence the affairs of Europe has in fact fallen to the head of the "quasi-four-nation alliance".

So, on March 15, 1938. Germany, Italy, Spain, Romania jointly sent an invitation to Poland to negotiate. At the negotiations in Berlin, Reinhardt, as head of the German Führer, demanded that the Polish government should surrender the Danzig Corridor to preserve the territorial integrity of the Third Reich.

In the negotiation meeting, Reinhardt saw the face of the great Italian leader Mussolini, and gave up the sovereignty of the city of Danzig in a compromise way, and only demanded to take back control of the construction and control of the railway and highway in the Danzig corridor, so as to achieve the goal of connecting Germany mainland and East Prussia on the way.

Originally, Mussolini only participated in this meeting in the spirit of "advancing and retreating together among the four countries". After all, Italy is not the same as Spain, Romania. In today's Europe, Italy's military strength is second only to Germany's.

Although Spain is a historical power, it has a strong heritage. But after the attrition of the civil war, Spain is now much less powerful than it used to be.

Not to mention Romania, whose ranking as the number one power in the Balkans is nothing more than the result of the hegemony of tigers and monkeys in the mountains. On the European continent, even if you take out the Austrian or Czechoslovak armies that were once annexed by Germany, you can beat it and lose its armor.

However, Reinhardt's respectful attitude really touched Mussolini. In order to casually make a "compromise proposal", Reinhardt immediately gave up the claim to Danzig's sovereignty and changed to the claim for the right of way.

It seems that the German Führer still respects himself from the bottom of his heart.

Just when the contented Mussolini had earned enough face and was ready to return home in the glorious image of a key mediator, the Polish representative was not happy.

Just when everyone thought that Reinhardt had offered such favorable terms and that Poland should be able to accept them, the German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and the Polish Foreign Minister Beck, who had negotiated with the loser, could not reach an agreement.

Behind Beck is the hardline attitude of the Polish government: Germany has just expanded its army, and it has already dared to oppose Poland on the previous Czechoslovak issue. Although the German army seems to be strong, Poland's 800,000 standing army is not vegetarian, and it is uncertain what the outcome of the battle will be, and it is unknown whether Berlin will be surnamed Bo in the end.

Then, a scene that would later become quite famous took place. On the last day of the meeting, in the presence of Reinhardt, the German Führer, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs accused the German Government of wishful thinking and said that the Polish Government would never return the city of Danzig, that sovereignty would not work, and that there would be no way to do so.

Admittedly, the Polish Foreign Minister was a little arrogant. Even Mussolini, who was accustomed to arrogance, admitted frankly that the Polish minister was a little ignorant, and since he rejected the goodwill he had won so hard, he also sarcastically mocked the head of state to his face.

But it happened that the German Führer was even more arrogant, and immediately rushed up to fight with Polish Foreign Minister Beck in front of the Spanish regent Franco, the Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, and the Romanian Minister of War Antonescu.

As a result, a good meeting ended and turned into a chaotic struggle. Beck, who was fighting away, was eventually beaten up by more than 10 tall German guards on charges of threatening the Führer's safety and imprisoned in a prison on the outskirts of Berlin.

Now that Poland has even been arrested, the Polish-German border issue will naturally not be discussed.