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As the war between the Allies and the Soviet Union intensified, and more and more countries became involved in it, the British Empire in the west of Europe began to crumble.
Although Britain has long since begun to collapse, it is only a physical collapse. Now, the attention of the world is attracted by the Soviet-German war, which has led to the war between Britain and Germany, which has obvious results, and is becoming less and less noticed.
The immediate effect of this was that the British psyche began to crumble. Now, no matter how hard they struggle, no matter how desperately they try, the British battlefield is less than one thousandth of the Soviet-German battlefield.
Everyone is paying attention to the decisive battle between the two great powers of the Soviet Union and Germany, and who cares how you and England, a doomed country, struggle.
The more serious consequences are still in the fact that after the Americans saw the Soviet-German war, the material aid to Britain was obviously no longer as attentive as before.
With the defeat of the Royal Navy, the losses of British transports in recent months have been incredibly large. In April alone, more than 700 transport ships were sunk by German submarines and surface ships. In addition, Britain's shipbuilding capacity was replenished with only 31 merchant ships in a month because of the landing on the island of Great Britain.
From another point of view, it can basically be understood that nine times out of ten the British transport lines, especially the transport ships from the United States, have sunk to the bottom of the sea.
This made the Americans hesitate and hesitate, supporting the British so much war materials, and as a result, most of them went to the sea to feed the fish. The point is that the fish still don't eat these weapons and ammunition, which really has no value created at all.
If the Soviet Union had intervened, the militants in the United States could have comforted themselves that although the utilization rate of materials was low, at least these materials had more or less supported the British in the war against Germany and played a role in weakening and containing Germany.
But now, the Soviets and Germany are at war, and that huge red empire and the Germans are beginning to die.
With the Soviet Union, which Germany may not be able to win, and a country with a super large amount of resources and abundant manpower and troops to contain Germany, then Britain's role in the United States is really not much.
Of course, weapons and equipment can still be sold to the British, after all, doesn't the United States itself like to make war money.
However, in this context, the nature of the transaction may change. The United States no longer needs Britain as a containment, it is just a pure business partnership.
Even if the British were able to hold the English Channel and provide a large military base for the United States to intervene in the war in Europe in the future, then the U.S. government would not mind helping the British strengthen their military strength.
But now that the British Isles are several times more destined to become the pockets of the Germans, then the British government really has little meaning for the United States.
As for using Britain as a buffer zone between virtues, it is even less moot. This kind of thinking is because the Atlantic Ocean is not wide enough, or because the American Navy can't build warships.
The Americans don't want to help, so the British will have to figure it out on their own.
Although Churchill once privately showed off his means to his subordinates, proudly proclaiming: "The British Empire will not surrender until the Indians have shed their last drop of blood." ”
But now, even if the Indians were willing to shed blood for the British war, the blood would not be shed in Britain itself.
What is even more tragic is that Churchill himself has begun to become more and more insane since the moment he learned that the Allied forces had indeed hit London.
He would later agree to Lord Gott's proposal to move the capital to Belfast and reorganize the resistance in Northern Ireland; But it wasn't long before he claimed to stay on the island of Great Britain and live and die with London.
Many Churchills have claimed that they have noticed that the prime minister's high-pitched roars have become less and less heroic lately. What's more, there is also speculation about whether Churchill was secretly strogen by German spies and turned into a woman-like shemale prime minister.
Of course, these are all talking points that are quietly talked about in private.
On the surface, everyone is still respectful to Churchill, the prime minister. After all, the mess is out there, and it is estimated that few people in Britain are willing to accept Churchill's job.
To put it bluntly, if he fails, Churchill, a man in this position, will definitely be hanged by the Allies, and whoever does not open his eyes will take over the responsibilities and obligations in Churchill's hands.
As a result, Churchill, who was considered a little crazy by his subordinates, continued to sit in the position of British Prime Minister.
While the prime minister was still in London, the British royal family had already taken refuge in Northern Ireland under the arrangement of Lord Gott.
I have to say that Goth has done enough good people and good deeds in these most difficult days in Britain.
In today's Britain, the people do not praise Churchill's unyielding policy of tough resistance, but there are many who praise Lord Gott's great love for saving the lives of countless key people and sending many people away from the wrecked ship that is about to sink.
The shining British rising star Montgomery, the leader of Free France, General de Gaulle, and now the British royal family, too many important people accepted Lord Gott's gift and literally escaped from hellish London.
Let's talk about Montgomery first, who has now successfully taken over the command of 3 Egyptian divisions and has become the highest-ranking British general left in Egypt.
Wavell's Tomahawk operation, though ill-fated, is worrying. However, Montgomery in the rear was very calmly and leisurely arranging the border defense line, and there was no pressure for a while.
As for de Gaulle, who relied on Gort's help, he evacuated to the Isle of Man, the smallest of the British Isles, and brought the core government agencies of the Free French government, as well as the 5,000 infantry with him, to the Isle of Man.
In a way, Lord Gott helped de Gaulle get a real foundation for the restoration of the country.
You know, the Isle of Man is not a small island. The island's self-government has a long history, as early as the 10th century already had its own parliament, the capital is Douglas, 48 kilometers long from north to south, 46 kilometers wide, an area of 572 square kilometers, growing cereals, vegetables, turnips, potatoes, dairy cows, sheep, pigs, poultry and animal husbandry, all basic resources can be self-sufficient.
With such a large island with a foundation for nationhood, de Gaulle felt even better than when he had established the Free French government in London.
At least, this time Gott did not give him any restraints, and completely handed over the Isle of Man to the Free French government.
For the British royal family, to be able to escape to the island of Ireland, which was not threatened by the threat of war, was a joy to the pampered royals, who were grateful to Lord Gott, and shouted that George VI would make Gott's title an earl in recognition of his merits.
For a time, Gort had become the most respected person in the upper echelons of Britain.