Chapter 032: Europe's Bad Game
June was a bad day for the allies, at least for the countries of Europe. First of all, the German army resumed its offensive in the east in April, and this time the Germans greatly adjusted their battle plans, and now the German army has a clearer goal, of course, these are under the influence of Wang Hanzhang.
What Wang Hanzhang said to Hans, the proposal was approved by Hitler, Germany is most lacking in resources until now, Hitler didn't know before, he understood this truth, but the people below reported good news and not bad news, and bad news would be better, so it affected Hitler's judgment, and Hitler himself also had a kind of thinking that he did not want to admit.
In addition, in the treatment of European peoples, the German army and the Gestapo have restrained their behavior a lot, supporting the independence of Ukraine for the first time, de-Sovietization, and promising all kinds of benefits to Lithuanians and Latvians, but at present, they will be given autonomy, but they will be supervised, and at the same time, they must also collect a lot of supplies for Germany, and send troops to participate in the war against Soviet Russia.
Many people at the top of the Nazis opposed to doing this, but once Hitler wanted to do it, no one could stop him, and the people below could only do this, but for the Jews and the Slavs of Soviet Russia, the Nazi policy was as always, Hitler believed that a large population could never be retained in Europe, although the French population was similar to Germany, but it was also divided into many nationalities, and the French said that it was romantic, but from another point of view, the French would only be majestic on the belly of a woman, and they would be a dead dog on the battlefield, Hitler never had the French in his eyes.
But unlike Soviet Russia, the Slavs had been the policemen of Europe for centuries before, and Germany at that time was often threatened by Russia, and after Russia destroyed Poland, Prussia became the next target at that time, fortunately, Prussia was not weak, but the threat of Tsarist Russia also hindered the unification of Germany, so that Prussia could not focus on a unified Germany.
Hitler understood better that if Soviet Russia was not killed this time, then it would be Germany that would be killed, the population of Soviet Russia was so large, the resources were so rich, and although Soviet Russia's industry and other aspects were not as advanced as Germany, the gap was not particularly large, if Soviet Russia was given time, it would soon be able to catch up, and in addition, Soviet Russia's industrial scale was very large, larger than Germany, and Hitler could not leave Germany with such an ambitious and hateful country, so he had to kill Soviet Russia anyway.
In April, Wang Hanzhang told Germany that their intelligence had been deciphered, and later after the German probe, he really found that his intelligence was often intercepted by Britain and the United States, so he changed the password in time, and now because the new code book cannot be quickly sent to the ministries, so they use a backup password.
Germany's situation in Europe was not as bad as in the original history, because the Japanese army killed India and contained a large number of British troops, and at the same time, the British not only did not receive the materials and taxes provided by 300 million Indians, but because they had to fight with Japan, they consumed a lot of materials, and they were put together by Wang Hanzhang, and suffered heavy losses, and even Churchill was angry to death, if it were not for the full assistance of the United States, the British were afraid that they would have surrendered.
The British were pinned down by the Indian affairs, Germany was trying to attack Soviet Russia, and Britain's pressure on Germany was suddenly reduced, so Germany did not look for trouble with him, and at this time he was too lazy to go to the European continent to find trouble with Germany, so Mussolini is still in Italy.
Stalin's repeated proposals for the landing of Britain and the United States in Europe were also shelved by the British, who believed that the British Empire's resistance to Germany and Japan was not for the sake of the Americans, nor for the sake of the Slavs, and that Britain could not be a stepping stone to the rise of others, and now this situation made them go to Europe to fight Germany, and they would rather surrender to Germany.
Since Churchill's death, the British have become more aware of the importance of India, as long as India is in hand, then Britain will soon rise and dominate the world again, and all Qin, China, and Japan will tremble under their feet.
Without the strong pressure of Britain and the United States in Western Europe, Hitler was able to concentrate on attacking Soviet Russia, after the adjustment of the plan, their offensive focus changed to Moscow, and instead attacked the Caucasus, which is an important oil base of Soviet Russia, and at the same time has rich mineral resources, once taken here, Germany's oil panic will be greatly alleviated, and Soviet Russia lost here, and the economy of Soviet Russia will also be a heavy blow.
Strategically taking this place, it can attack Central Asia at any time and cut off the most important channel for Britain and the United States to aid Soviet Russia.
The German army suddenly turned its guns to the Caucasus, Soviet Russia was caught off guard at once, defeated and retreated, the army suffered heavy casualties, the situation on the battlefield of Soviet Russia was also very critical, Stalin had to ask Britain and the United States to contain the German army in Western Europe again, otherwise the Soviet Union had to retreat to Asia if the Soviet Union lost again on the Eastern Front, then the Soviet Union had to retreat to Asia, at that time the Soviet Union not only lost a large number of people, but also heavy industry was basically occupied by Germany, even if Germany did not attack Asia next, the Soviet Union did not have the strength to counterattack, At that time, Britain and the United States will have to face the Germans alone.
Stalin's request for help again made Roosevelt feel the urgency of the situation again, but he could not get out of Asia, and the little troops in Asia did not do much in Europe, but the British were now finding various excuses for refusing to counterattack the European continent, and the United States had no choice.
As far as the United States is concerned, if it has to choose to give up one between Soviet Russia and Britain, the United States will still give up Soviet Russia in the end, because Soviet Russia has perished, and Germany cannot actually threaten the United States, only when Britain falls, Germany can attack the United States as a base, and then the United States can only retreat to the Western Atlantic.
After Churchill's death, Deputy Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee succeeded him as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. During World War I, Clement Richard Attlee was on the English team. He later joined a number of socialist organisations and served in successive Labour Cabinets. In 1935 he was elected leader of the Labour Party against Chamberlain's policy of appeasement of Hitler's regime in Nazi Germany. After the outbreak of the Second World War, he served as Churchill's Wartime Keeper of the Seals and Deputy Prime Minister.
Originally, the general election was very troublesome, but now it is a time of war, and the British king proposed to directly let Deputy Prime Minister Attlee be the prime minister, and wait until the war is over before the general election. The King's proposal was approved by the government officials, Attlee was the successor of Churchill's business, he participated in all Churchill's policies, there was no more suitable person than Attlee, in this harsh war period, it was a waste of time and money to hold any elections, but they still sought the consent of Parliament, but surprisingly the Parliament supported it, and Attlee became Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Attlee is now looking at the telegram from the United States, it was Roosevelt's proposal, Roosevelt believed that Germany should be put pressure on Western Europe, otherwise Soviet Russia would die, and without the containment of Soviet Russia, the English Channel might not be able to hold back Germany's 5 million troops.
And Attlee naturally understands this, but although he understands, the British king also understands, and the government officials also understand, but they are not willing to do this, India is the hope of Britain's rise after the war, if India is abandoned, then Britain's hope will be completely gone, government officials will never agree, if he dares to do this, tomorrow even if he is not deposed by parliament, he will be killed by some people on the street, so he can't promise Roosevelt, he can only try his best to persuade parliament and the top of the government.
However, things are not going well, even extremely bad, almost all parliamentarians and military high-level and a considerable number of high-level government officials are against the counterattack on the European continent, they all think that Britain does not have that strength now, and if it consumes troops on the European continent, then who will protect India, after losing India, where will the British Empire go in the joint area, and completely become a second-rate country, if so, I am afraid that any country will ride on the head of Britain at that time, let alone take revenge.
The British are very justified in their fears, most of the countries in the world have invaded the British, and if Britain falls, these countries may seek revenge on the British, and it will be a nightmare for the British at that time.
Later in May 1945, Attlee led the Labour Party out of the Churchill government. In the July prime minister's election, he defeated Churchill by an overwhelming majority, and attended the Potsdam Conference with Truman and Stalin. After the war, Attlee supported George Cartwright Marshall's European Renaissance Project. Domestically, he implemented large-scale welfare undertakings, established a national medical service system, and publicized some industries. Another important policy of his was to rid Britain of colonialism, complete decolonization, and grant independence to the former colonies of India and Burma. He stepped down in 1951 and Churchill was re-elected Prime Minister. In 1954 he led a Labour delegation to China. He accepted the title of Earl and retired, deciding in 1967. He is a forgotten figure who has made important contributions to British history, and Churchill's name appears frequently in the history of World War II, and Attlee is rarely mentioned. In the history of Labour he achieved some of the goals of the Labour Party and established a truly complete Labour government. Some scholars believe that Clement Attlee was the most outstanding prime minister of the postwar period if compared to his political achievements.
It can be seen that Attlee is still a moderate on the colonial issue, but in the face of many soldiers who shouted that they could go to Canada and Australia if they lost their homeland, Attlee could not do anything.
Attlee could only inform Roosevelt of the resistance from within Britain and ask him to forgive him, because Britain was afraid that there was nothing that could be done about it, unless it was all an American attack, and Britain could provide a full range of logistics services.
Roosevelt secretly slandered Attlee for being shameless, how many of the current Britain are not aided by the United States, doing logistics for the US military, in fact, taking American things to the Americans, to paraphrase it in Chinese words, that is, borrowing the flowers of the Buddha to offer the Buddha, and the American people will not allow Roosevelt to do this.
Ask for collections, ask for flowers!!