The Germans suffered a great loss at the hands of Sweden, which no one could have imagined. Originally, the German army was also equipped with advanced equipment and strong combat effectiveness. In particular, Germany had sent officer corps to China and Spain to participate in the fighting, so they were enriched into the army as soon as they returned to Germany, and Guderian invented the blitzkrieg, so it was theoretically said that Sweden should not be able to stop the German army.

Now Hitler had to order a retreat on all fronts, and he couldn't just wipe out all his wealth because of a Sweden. What he thinks now is that Sweden has the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, and a large group of munitions scientists are there, and Germany will definitely not be able to compete with Sweden in terms of weapons and equipment. The plan for now was to continue to develop armaments and expand the size of the army, while at the same time using the Spanish Civil War to train the German army.

So Hitler's death in this way really came as a surprise to all countries. This time, the Germans lost hundreds of aircraft and tanks and armored vehicles in just one day, and the casualties also amounted to more than 3,000 people. Such a large loss yielded nothing, and the Germans retreated.

International sanctions against Germany continue, but Germany has found some new allies. For example, in Italy, after World War I, because of the uneven distribution of spoils, there were also fierce contradictions between the victorious countries. During the war, Britain, France, and Russia, in order to win Italy into the war, promised to divide the defeated countries together after the war. However, under the Treaty of Versailles, Britain was given 1.4 million square kilometers of new colonies, France was given 1.3 million square kilometers of territory, and Italy was given only 100,000 square kilometers of barren land. Italy therefore considered Britain and France treacherous and held a grudge.

In particular, Mussolini and Hitler hit it off, and the two good friends simply met late. After the First World War, Italy's economy was extremely difficult and the political situation was unstable. Mussolini's fascist propaganda was embraced by the military, industrialists, and the middle class, who saw Mussolini as a savior who could establish order and protect private property in troubled times. Some of the main fighters, veterans, thugs, dismissed officers, and the Altite grenade broadsword team who have repeatedly fought in battle. All gathered under the banner of fascism. By November 1, 1922, the fascist armed party had grown to 500,000 members, with 1 million ordinary party members. In addition, there are 2.5 million trade unions and other associations under its control.

On October 15, 1922, 40,000 heavily armed fascists gathered in Naples and marched to Rome, the capital of Italy. Vainly attempting to seize power by force. On the night of 20 October, the Fascist Headquarters ordered a general mobilization of the whole country, and issued a message to the whole country, exhorting the military and police not to stop them, whose goal was only to overthrow the rotten government, to exhort the propertied classes not to be afraid, and to declare the protection of the legitimate rights of the workers and peasants. Deterred by armed blackshirt thugs, the Italian army and police remained largely neutral and did not hold back. It was only met with resistance and opposition from a small number of revolutionary masses led by the Communist Party, but due to the excessive disparity in strength, they were all brutally suppressed by the fascist thugs.

On October 29, under the persuasion of industrialists and the coercion of Mussolini, the cowardly King of Italy, Victor? Emanuel III capitulated and appointed Mussolini prime minister of Italy. Without blood, fascist **** was established in Italy.

When Mussolini came to power, he was the prime minister, foreign minister, and minister of navy, army, and air force. became the "Julius Caesar" he dreamed of. Today, he is the most powerful man in Italy.

1927 year. With the aid of mercenary American capital, Mussolini's government implemented a reform of the monetary system. From 1925 to 1929, the United States exported more than $500 million in loans and direct investment to Italy. Under Mussolini's political pressure and the economic transfusion of Western countries, Italy's industrial production grew rapidly, and between 1923 and 1929, Italy's steel production increased by 84%. Electricity generation has doubled.

At the same time, Italy's expansionist ambitions were also expanding viciously, and Mussolini, ignoring the fact that Italy was small and weak, went so far as to turn the Mediterranean Sea into an internal lake of Italy and establish the "Great Roman Empire". For this. Italy directed its aggression at the Mediterranean coast and vast areas of Africa.

Mussolini's aggressive hand first reached to the port of Fum on the northern shore of the Adriatic. Before the First World War, Phoum belonged to Hungary and after the war it was annexed to Yugoslavia. After Mussolini came to power, he coerced Yugoslavia into a land cession treaty in 1924 and sent troops to occupy the port of Fum.

In 1934, Mussolini sent troops to occupy the small East African country of Abyssinia. In 1935, Italy withdrew from the League of Nations. Beginning in 1934, he joined forces with Germany to interfere in Spain's internal affairs, with the intention of overthrowing the Spanish republican government and supporting the fascist Franco to seize power and establish a dictatorship.

At this time, the Japanese Empire also joined the German-Italian alliance because they were preparing for a full-scale invasion of China, but now that China was on the side of the United States, Japan also needed to receive support from Europe. Because they have a common enemy.

Britain also has its own plans. Hitler, having come to power, openly violated the Treaty of Versailles and began to rearm Germany. At this time, France was in the midst of civil strife and had no time to go all out, and the British thought that the French had gone too far in punishing the Germans. Although they hated Hitler very much, they also saw that Hitler's rise was the result of the short-sightedness of the British and French politicians at the time, and felt that the fundamental solution to the crisis was to properly restore Germany's former status as a great power. Of course, ******** considerations are also an important factor. The British felt that a proper restoration of Germany's strength would help maintain the balance of power in Europe and curb the dominance of one power among the other powers.

French President Daladier was not so naïve. He knew that there would eventually be a war between France and Germany, but the French rearmament started too late, especially since the air force lagged far behind Germany. At that time, Germany already had more than 1,000 aircraft, while France had more than 100. In fact, the policy of appeasement is the same thing as Chairman Chiang's "exchanging space for time," and the difference is only that the space he sacrifices is for other countries and not for his own.

Why didn't Britain and France form an alliance with the Soviet Union and join forces against Germany? As we all know, the two systems are strikingly similar, but they are incompatible in ********. Hitler brutally suppressed the legitimate Communist Party after coming to power? In 1935, the Party signed an anti-+ Comintern treaty with Italy and Japan. Therefore, at the beginning, Stalin really wanted to unite Britain and France against Germany, and held negotiations with the two countries for this purpose, but Britain and France did not have much interest in this.

Far away from the European continent, the United States would like the flames of war to ignite on the European continent in order to increase its influence and make a fortune from the war.

In this way, Europe and even the whole world have formed a relatively delicate balance, and for the time being, this balance will not be broken as long as there are no major events. Various countries, especially Germany and Italy, are gathering strength, and their goal is clear: to dominate the world. The goal of the Japanese Empire in the East was also to monopolize Asia, but now the Japanese Empire was facing a China with a strong armed force.

(To be continued.) )