Chapter 85: Becoming a Governor
Rommel is not dark-hearted, only looted 20 percent, how much money is in this 20 percent, it is impossible to count now, and the Swiss bank will help Rommel to calculate.
In addition, Rommel took out 10% of the seized French assets for gifts, don't underestimate the role of this 10%, there are countless people staring at the wealth of France! It is impossible for Rommel to eat alone, and it is better to be happy alone, than to be happy with all.
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After abandoning Paris, the French declared that they had given up Paris so easily without full resistance because they did not want Paris to suffer the same fate as Warsaw.
The Germans scoffed at this, in fact, the French were simply unable to defend their capital.
The German side said that the French were forced to abandon a large amount of military equipment when they retreated. They believed that since this retreat, which was immediately followed by the Dunkirk retreat, the losses were devastating for France.
The Germans also said that the fall of Paris had thrown the French economy into chaos. At the same time, the main communication and communication between the various departments of the French army were cut off.
To the northeast of Paris, the Germans were storming the French along the Maginot Line and had broken through in several places along the Line, which was now 30 miles from the Rhine to Le Havre.
On 30 May, the Germans occupied the important port city of Le Havre, as well as another l00 miles of French coastline. The victory made Britain look cold, and the Germans said their next target was the southern mountains.
The loss of Paris made Maxim? The pressure on General Weigand to seek an armistice increased. But now, in order to protect his reputation, the general is putting the blame on the civilian government.
A few days ago, Paul? The Renault government, which has just settled in the Loire neighborhood, today announced the abandonment of Tours. Obviously, the Renault government is also preparing to move south to make Bordeaux its capital.
Among the refugees on the way are cabinet ministers, and many civilians are looking for new shelters, but this will not be easy. Some of those who took advantage of the country's fortune demanded gold from the French before they were willing to transport them by car.
If France were to fall, Britain would have to fight alone. Churchill said the decisive moment was yet to come.
But as soon as German planes attacked Britain again, the decisive moment would come. Britain's leaders and people are curious to know when this moment will come, and they want to know when President Roosevelt will end his isolationist policies.
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After Rommel entered Paris, he arranged his troops in the major military camps in Paris, Paris is the capital of France, and there are more than 100,000 garrisons in peacetime, and Rommel only has one division, and there are countless military camps waiting for Rommel's troops to stay.
The advantage of this is that it can quickly stabilize the situation in Paris, quickly return the lives of Parisian citizens to normal, and the factories and enterprises located in Paris can also resume production as soon as possible.
In times of war, there will be a shortage of all kinds of materials, so the resumption of production by various enterprises is a top priority. Historically, Germany did not make good use of the resources and industries of the occupied countries, and Rommel certainly could not have made the same mistake.
The French presidential palace has now been renamed the French Governor's Palace, and Rommel, the governor-general, really deserves to be inexplicable, because he has not had time to transport it, and the document appointing him as the French governor has arrived.
When Rommel inquired with his friends in Berlin, he learned that he was the governor because the Führer was afraid that Göring's power would be too great, so he let himself succeed, and Rommel could not intervene in the power struggle for the time being.
Now that he is the Viceroy of France, he should make the most of this position. Rommel deeply understood that in order to change the fate of Germany's defeat, Hitler did not make strategic mistakes, but another very important aspect was to integrate the resources and enterprises of the occupied countries and make them available to Germany.
This is so important that it can be said that it is a major matter related to the survival of Germany, for example, France, is a country with very strong technology and industry, and there are countless factories and enterprises in the whole of France, which can produce all kinds of products.
It can be said that France in World War II did not lag behind Germany in industry and technology, and even surpassed Germany in some places, such as engine technology, French technology was not worse than Germany at all.
But historically, Germany did not have the heart to integrate French resources and enterprises at all, because French factories could not get orders and closed down in large numbers, which directly caused a large number of workers to lose their jobs, and then the French who could not live began to secretly join the organizations that resisted the German occupation forces, and then Germany began to arrest and suppress them.
This undoubtedly created a cycle in which the secret French resistance groups involved more German troops. Combined with the forces of other occupied countries, Germany was pinned down by two million troops during World War II to suppress the resistance of the occupied countries.
What a terrible figure it is that resources and industries that could have been used are not obtained, but instead they have to be massively stationed in the occupied country in order to maintain the occupation, which is obviously a very foolish thing to do.
When Germany occupies a country, it can loot a lot of gold, but in fact, during World War II, gold was really not too important for Germany, because Germany had been blockaded by Britain from the sea.
It is difficult for Germany to buy material materials from the international market, and gold, which cannot be used, is a metal, which is far less important than industry and enterprises. Of course, Germany can buy a little material through Switzerland, a neutral country, but not too much, otherwise Switzerland will also be sanctioned.
As for how to integrate France's resources, enterprises, economy, etc., Rommel is a military man, and he has no experience in this area. Rommel thought of a man.
Albert? Speer, Hitler's personal architect and German architectural director, is not a simple man. Historically, it was because he served as Minister of German Armaments for more than a year that Germany held out for an extra year.
In 1943, Germany's war of aggression had lost its initial momentum of success, and the German army suffered setbacks in North Africa and the Soviet-German battlefields, losing a large number of weapons and equipment.
In order to compensate for the losses, Speer began to work to convert large German consumer goods production plants into armament factories, so that a large number of equipment could be added to German armament production.
After Hitler appointed Speer Minister of Armaments and Wartime Production. Speer now took control of the wartime economy.
Speer actively supported the research, testing, and production of new Tiger and Leopard tanks, jet fighters, atomic weapons, new submarines, rockets, and missiles in order to win wars of aggression.
In the process, he established a deep friendship with famous German generals Dönitz, Rommel, Guderian, Manstein and others, and won their trust. Hitler also commented that he was the rising sun after Goering.
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