Of course, another factor that dragged down the Americans was that most of the government-in-exile in Europe conquered by Germany wanted to follow the Americans, and the Americans wanted to use these exiled slaves to get more political resources, and these people wanted to bring more power to the United States, so as to ensure that they had enough say in a foreign land. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Each has its own mind, and this has brought a lot of trouble to the retreat of the US military, and a lot of time has been wasted just by adjusting the contradictions between the various parties, and in order to catch up with these people, the US military has to give up the troops they should have withdrawn, but in order to take these people, they have to abandon a lot of US troops.

After the news spread, it not only caused an uproar within the US military, but also a lot of complaints in the United States, and even a large-scale riot, many American civilians could not figure out that they were going to help Europeans, and their children did their best, and the government had the obligation to use all the countries that made their children safe to the United States.

If their children are killed on the battlefield, they have nothing to say, but if they are ruthlessly abandoned, selectively abandoned, they can't accept it, whose life is not life, why are their children ruthlessly abandoned?

In the face of domestic pressure, the US military had to re-examine the retreat operation and reduce the evacuation personnel of other countries on a large scale, for example, De Gaulle wanted to withdraw more French troops, no, not a single French soldier would not be brought, and the US military was solely responsible for the security task, and there was no need for other troops.

Not only to France, but also to the U.S. military vetoed all other plans for Allied soldiers to board their ships, and their U.S. ships only accepted important political figures and military commanders, as long as these people were there and had appeal, many things could be rebuilt.

As a result, the armies of other countries were abandoned, and as many American troops as they could, they could take with them.

Although personnel from other countries are very dissatisfied with this behavior of the US military, they dare not speak out.

And some, after thinking about it, made another choice, they could have boarded the ship and left, but instead of leaving, they secretly broke away from the Americans, turned south, took the initiative to contact the Germans, and begged the Germans to surrender.

These people include Belgium, the Netherlands, which were once allies of Britain and the United States, they are all small countries, and they know very well that even if they flee to the United States, they are alone and have no right to speak.

And the vast Atlantic Ocean, thousands of miles away from the continental United States, the retreat is certainly dangerous, and it is possible to die in the sea immediately. More importantly, they believe that Germany is now in full swing, and there is no country in the world that can confront it, and even if they temporarily flee to the United States, in the end, I am afraid that they will not be able to escape the catastrophe, and the Germans will fight the United States sooner or later.

If that's the case, then why bother so much? If we really have to wait until the Germans reach the United States and then capture them alive, I am afraid that the way to survive will be even smaller, so it is better to take the initiative to surrender to the Germans now, and the chances of survival will be greatly increased.

Sure enough, the Germans welcomed these people after receiving the information of voluntary surrender, and these people did not even pose any threat to Germany, but keeping them still had some use for Germany.

German Propaganda Minister Goebbels also seized the opportunity to step up propaganda to further isolate the United States from public opinion and allow more countries to throw themselves into the arms of Germany.

And the Americans are also powerless against the betrayal of these people, in fact, the betrayal of some of them has already shown some signs, and if the Americans closely monitor, it should still be possible to stop their actions. But the Americans didn't, because they knew what they could do if they were intercepted. Do you persuade them to return, or do you imprison them, or do you just kill them?

None of these methods are advisable, and persuading them to return will certainly require the payment of various conditions, which are precisely what the Americans cannot agree, and as for imprisoning and killing, it is even more undesirable, and will only damage the image of the Americans. Therefore, the Americans could only pretend not to know and acquiesce to the departure of these people.

Of course, not all countries left, and several countries such as France and Poland, although they also complained about the United States, decided to follow the Americans, because they still fantasized about being able to counterattack back in the future.

In the face of the stubbornness of these people, the Germans naturally did not show mercy.

The German Navy sent two-thirds of its surface forces against the more powerful British Navy, and against the Americans it sent two carrier battle groups and nearly two-thirds of its submarine forces, as the Americans deployed far more non-combat ships from their homeland than the British.

Sure enough, as many people speculated, the retreat of the US army was very unsmooth, the Germans chased and fought all the way, and the German heavy bombers taking off from Britain could even bomb Iceland directly.

While land-based planes could still play a role, the German army first focused on the US Navy, with land-based heavy bombers constantly taking off and bombing, two aircraft carrier battle groups frantically chasing after them, and submarine forces potentially waiting for an opportunity underwater.

The three aircraft carriers, which had huge targets, were taken care of and were sunk one after another in less than two days, and there were five other battleships, and as for the cruisers, destroyers, and supply ships that were escorted, the losses were even more heavy.

The U.S. Atlantic Fleet paid almost four-fifths of the cost to successfully escort the last ships to Iceland, and then the various transport ships from the United States were responsible for transporting these personnel and supplies to the United States.

Arriving in Iceland did not mean safety, and even then, the Americans paid a heavy price, expecting to evacuate nearly 800,000 people as much as possible, but in the end, they did not even half of them.

According to a brief count, there are only more than 380,000 people evacuated from Britain to Iceland, including nearly 300,000 American troops.

The other 400,000 people in the original plan were either left behind in Britain and could not board the ship in time, or they were buried at the bottom of the sea, including the Polish president, the prime minister and several senior officials, as well as the important leaders of several other small countries, and De Gaulle was almost killed directly.

There was no way to do this, whoever told them to be on the ship was directly sunk by the Germans, and it was too late for the US troops to save them, because the US troops themselves could not guarantee their own safety. The U.S. military itself has lost more than a dozen high-ranking generals, and even several famous generals such as Eisenhower and Patton have been transferred several times to be saved.

Although the retreating personnel of the US army successfully landed in Iceland, the German army did not intend to give up, and the reason why they first eliminated the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet was to prepare to use the navy to carry out ocean-going pursuit operations.

These transport ships, which were not escorted by naval warships, were the best targets for the German Navy, especially submarines, in the vast Atlantic.

Of course, the Germans did not intend to let the British go easily, and in World War I, the British took the opportunity to steal a large number of German overseas colonies, especially extraordinary rights.

Now the British have fled to Africa temporarily, and are ready to use Africa as a transit point to flee to Australia, but the Germans will not let them go so easily.

When the German army finished the Battle of London, Hitler immediately made arrangements and sent Rommel to Africa to take full charge of the war in Africa.

The reason why Rommel was still sent to Africa was that Hitler decided the matter immediately after hearing Wei Qidong talk about Rommel's title of "Desert Fox", and it can also be seen here that many of Wei Qidong's opinions and ideas directly affected the head of the Third Reich, which was in full swing.