Chapter 897: The Stage
Thus, it was only then that the plan for the landing from the south of France made substantial progress, and this plan finally had a name of its own: "Project Overlord". Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
If it were not for the overwhelming superiority of the United States and the Soviet Union over Germany in terms of equipment, supplies, and troops, I am afraid that World War II would not have been so easy to win.
And the Allied "alliance" actually has only two major countries, the United Kingdom and the United States, but even so, they will quarrel over each other's different interests...... Anyone who has just graduated from a military academy can make the right choice in a matter of minutes, but it took months and tens of thousands of lives for a large country with countless military experts to make the decision.
And this is happening when the United States has the upper hand both militarily, politically and economically, and what if the United States is evenly matched with the United Kingdom? Then Britain and the United States are only afraid that if they quarrel like this forever, this war will continue, and even Germany may get a chance to breathe and make a comeback.
The reason for this phenomenon is simple: as the saying goes, "a snake can't do without a head", and any country or alliance needs a "head" with power and command.
This is the law of nature or it can also be said to be the law of survival, for example, wolves, sheep, etc., there must be a king, if there is no king, because the dragon has no leader, the world is in chaos, so it will not be able to form a group.
In modern times, any country or region that can develop and become powerful cannot escape this law.
Japan and South Korea have the United States above them, and the United States gives them a "national development plan proposal" every year, and of course, this "proposal" is a "proposal" that has to be made.
On the surface, the United States does not seem to have this "king" whom they call a dictator, but it is actually controlled by capital, interests, and the rich people living on Wall Street.
Ironically, the United States itself has a "king", but it exports freedom and democracy without a "king", and names all the "kings" as "dictators".
So not surprisingly, all the countries that believed in the set exported by the United States were in chaos...... There is no "king" in a state of leaderlessness, of course, there will be chaos, very simple truth.
Many people think that this is a lack of adaptation, but in fact it is not at all, but this glorified "liberal democracy" violates the survival rule of "a snake without a head".
Of course, this is exactly what the United States wants: to mess up other countries so that the United States can profit from them.
After the Cairo Conference, the first step for the United States was to appoint Eisenhower as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, and thus the command was officially transferred to the United States.
Eisenhower, who took office as a new official, can be said to be proud at this time, but he is still wary of Britain, because during the period of contact with the British, he can be regarded as having learned the "skills" of the British, so even if he becomes the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces...... And why won't it be hollowed out by the British and become a false title?!
So, the first thing he did when he took office was to start sending troops to Britain.
Sending troops to Britain is not the point, the point is to send more troops...... It is even required to have absolute superiority in numbers in future joint operations.
This was not to strike at the Germans, who had only a few hundred thousand men in northern France, and a million American troops sent by Eisenhower to England to prepare for the campaign. In addition, the British army was several times larger than the German army in terms of strength.
Eisenhower did this in order to secure his command...... If the United States were to infer on the British in strength and the United States to be inferior in proportion to its officers, he would not be able to win the support of the majority of Allied officers and men.
And now a million people are being sent...... In any case, Eisenhower would have had the support of "the majority" of the officers and men who went to war.
(Note: Britain had only 4.5 million troops in the country at that time, and initially planned to send about 200,000 people from more than a dozen divisions to participate in "Operation Overlord".) )
Along with the American GIs, there were also a large number of supplies and equipment supplies, and even in order to ensure the supply of American troops, Eisenhower also built several arsenals in Britain and called in British workers to produce ammunition day and night...... This is indeed a good solution, because the US military's consumption of ammunition is staggering, and if all of them are transported by the United States, not only will a lot of transportation capacity be wasted, but there may also be a shortage of ammunition and transportation will not be available.
But if the arsenal is built in Britain, it can solve this problem very well, and even when the American army lands in France and then advances towards Germany, these arsenals can still provide a steady stream of ammunition for the American army.
For a time, the warehouses of all sizes in Britain were full.
Churchill said: "Since the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain's warehouses have never been more full than they are today...... From this it can also be seen that we are going to win! At least this has proven that the German blockade of Britain failed! ”
But the British people have a lot to say about it.
The reason is that American GIs cannot change their amorous characteristics no matter where they go...... It would be fine if it was just that, but there were many British soldiers who fought abroad, such as Africa, Italy.
Not to mention the fact that the wife in China was alone in the empty house, and had been under the blockade of Germany for a long time, a large group of American soldiers with colorful dollars in their hands suddenly poured in, so it was natural that many things should not have happened, and even many disputes occurred.
The American GIs didn't think so, they thought that they had come to England to help the British fight, so it was only natural that they should charge some favors...... What's more, he is going to go to the battlefield another day, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, so what does he care about morality, ethics or law? If you don't have fun in time, you're the stupidest fool in the world!
Therefore, the British people hope that this battle will be fought as soon as possible, so that these nasty Americans can get out of Britain sooner.
At this time, Zhang Chi also brought the Zoaf Corps to the second line and conducted amphibious landing training for the Zoaf Corps on the beach.
Because Zhang Chi knew that this battle would definitely be indispensable to the Zoaf Corps.
The reason is simple, the Zoaf corps is a French army, and they will land in northern France and return to France as victors...... So, not only the army, but also General Giraud and the government of Algiers will go with them.
It is conceivable, however, that the army of 'Fighting France' will also attack with the British.
France is the stage for them to show their strength and compete.