Chapter 491: Upheaval in Europe

In the war, Soviet Russia lost not only population, but also industry, agriculture, buildings and transportation facilities. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info Only two years after the end of the war, the total industrial output of Soviet Russia exceeded the highest level in the history of Tsarist Russia, but if you are careful enough, it is not difficult to see the weakness of this country from some details.

Of course, weakness is weakness, and with the record of single-handedly facing 29 countries in the Great Patriotic War as a deterrent, no country will not want to ask for hardships, especially against the background of changes in the international situation, which led to the dissolution of the anti-Soviet coalition and never re-established it......

The reason why the Great Patriotic War of Soviet Russia was considered a "quasi-world war" was not only because of the large number of countries participating in the war and the large number of dead and wounded, but also because of its great impact on the world pattern.

After the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire became a foregone conclusion, it fell into an unusually chaotic and brutal civil war, but fortunately, the British Empire, which finally freed its hands after the armistice with Soviet Russia, relied on the residual power that had not yet completely dissipated to intervene, and the people of the Austro-Hungarian land were temporarily saved from greater harm.

However, the intervention of the British Empire was mainly due to its own selfishness, otherwise it would not have stared at a peaceful Germany first. If the biggest beneficiary of the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is undoubtedly Wilhelm II's German Empire, after the annexation of the Czech Republic and Austria, Germany's total industrial output not only exceeded that of Britain itself, but also almost the entire British Empire combined. As a result, the total population of the German Empire increased to more than 70 million, further widening the gap between the German Empire and the British.

Moreover, the war that lasted for several years also caused Germany's industry, which had been languishing for a while, to start developing at a high speed again, and Germany's total industrial output was able to surpass that of Britain (domestic), but not only because of the direct receipt of Czech and Austrian factories.

Such a change undoubtedly made the old Chamberlain deeply worried, and he tried to force Germany to spit out the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but Kaiser Wilhelm II this time unexpectedly refused to give an inch, and now with Soviet Russia on his side, he did not believe that the old Chamberlain really dared to fight with Germany. This time, Wilhelm II's judgment was rarely accurate, but the Anglo-Saxons' diplomatic talent was not covered, and even if they could not use military means, they might not be able to deal with the thorn of Erdezi.

On the one hand, the elder Chamberlain began to secretly support Austria, especially the Czechs, who were not willing to be ruled by Germany, and let them resist by various means, and in peacetime, even with the usual autocracy and conservatism of the German Empire, could not use too ruthless means, and it was not so easy to completely eliminate the partisans.

On the other hand, the elder Chamberlain tried every means to expand the Entente organization, and it was not easy to strengthen Britain's own strength in a short period of time, so it was undoubtedly the most immediate way to pull in some allies, and the Entente organization was at least more reliable than the previous anti-Soviet alliance.

It may be based on this consideration, coupled with the bad luck that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was disintegrated for the benefit of Britain in this time and space, and Britain was not too mean, so it did not break up the "Great Hungary", one of the "dualities", as it did in history, but helped it quell the "rebellion" and stabilized the situation in Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia, on the condition that it broke away from the Central Powers and switched to the camp of the Entente. Hungary, which had already had a conflict with Austria and did not regard the Germans as compatriots, now received such great benefits that it did not hesitate to become a wall-weed.

With the same considerations in mind, the British government also gave firm support to the restored Kingdom of Serbia and absorbed it into the Entente, although it was said that this was done to guard against Soviet Russia, but the enlargement of the Entente was not good news for its number one hypothetical enemy, Germany.

The Entente recruited far more than these two new members after the war, and through the efforts of the elder Chamberlain, except for the three red countries and a few neutral foreign countries, almost all the other European countries joined the Entente, which put pressure on the German Empire, and the new regulations on the abolition of tariffs within the Entente made the Germans both envious and resentful.

But no matter what, the British could not make up their minds to start a war with Germany, and Germany did not dare to take the initiative to challenge Britain, after all, Soviet Russia was much more threatening to Germany than Britain......

The old Chamberlain successfully locked the German beast back into the cage by taking advantage of the situation, but the borrowed power did not have its own reality after all, the old Chamberlain was old, and once he was suddenly gone, whether the successor prime minister still had such a level to play a good balance to maintain his position as the hegemon of the West, no matter how you look at it, there is a bit of suspense. In particular, there is now an extremely powerful and courageous spoiler on the European continent -- Soviet Russia......

Before the ink of the Ganying Treaty had dried, Soviet Russia, which had eased up a little, established the so-called "Third International", openly presenting itself as the leader of the international communist movement, and while striving to promote the reddening of Bulgaria by peaceful means, the mentor also intervened in the recent outbreak of the Turkish revolution without any psychological obstacles......

The Turkish Revolution was certainly caused by the huge losses in the war that exacerbated the contradictions in the country, but if it had not been for the British unloading the mill and killing the donkey, the revolution probably would not have come so quickly.

In fact, long before the formal armistice with Soviet Russia, Britain and France were eager to first begin to divide up large swathes of the Ottoman Empire on the map, without asking the opinion of the then Ottoman Turkish government. Such an ugly appearance between Britain and France naturally angered the Turkish people, and the grim reality that the motherland had lost most of its territory, and even the capital Istanbul might not be able to be kept, completely aroused the national consciousness of the Turks.

Mustafa Kemal, a young general who had been quickly promoted during the war, stepped forward and mobilized his army to take control of Anatolia, the core territory of Turkey (that is, the peninsula of Asia Minor), and at the same time telegraphed the whole country, calling on all Turks to unite and fight for the independence of their homeland, "Independence or death!" ”