Chapter 248: Atlantic Charter
If Britain, France, and the United States had ignored the Soviet Union at this time, the Soviet Union would not have been able to hold out for a few months, and now even the cities along the Eurasian dividing line had been occupied by the German SS, and the number was directly cut into two sections, and this SS unit was like a sharp blade, plunging straight into the heart of the Soviet Union -- the Ural industrial region.
Stalin, who was aware of the unprecedented and serious crisis, immediately accepted the advice of General Vasilevsky and sent his own high-ranking officials to visit Britain, France, and the United States, all of whom of course had special missions.
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The leaders of Britain, France, and the United States soon met with the ** sent by the Soviet Union, and learned that the Soviet Union was at the end of its rope at this time, and both Churchill and Roosevelt felt that if they waited for Germany's tangled rogue states to completely defeat the Soviet Union, it would be too late.
Nine days after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, on April 29, 1940, the United States and Britain urgently needed to further coordinate their anti-fascist strategies. The two heads of state met on April 30, 1941, aboard the USS Augusta in Akinsha Bay, Newfoundland, in the northern Atlantic. and signed the Atlantic Charter.
The full text of the document, consisting of 8 articles, declares that the two countries will not pursue territorial or other expansion, will not recognize the territorial changes caused by the EU through aggression, respect the right of the peoples of all countries to choose their form of government, restore the sovereignty of the peoples deprived by violence, enjoy equal treatment of all countries in trade and raw materials, promote the most comprehensive economic cooperation of all countries, re-establish peace after the destruction of the Nazis, and sail on the high seas, and all countries must renounce the use of force to reduce armaments and disarm the aggressor countries. The purpose of the war against the EU countries and the goal of rebuilding the post-war period put forward by the Atlantic Charter embodied the general principles of bourgeois politics and played a positive role in the formation of an international anti-EU united front.
However, the contents of "equal opportunity" and "maritime **" were conducive to the United States competing with Britain for spheres of influence after the war and achieving a "leading position" in the world. The Atlantic Charter also reflected the contradiction between Britain and the United States in competing for colonial interests. Relying on its economic strength, the United States has vigorously emphasized the principles of "equal opportunity" and "maritime superiority" in its charter, which reflects the mood of the United States to compete for British colonies. At the same time, the essence of the Atlantic Charter is the political alliance between Britain and the United States on the basis of anti-European Union.
Stalin, of course, most hoped for the emergence of such an anti-EU alliance, the Soviet Union was now precarious and crumbling, and if Britain, France, and the United States did not lend a helping hand and directly enter the war, the Soviet Union would not be able to stop the German steel torrent at all, and it would not even be possible to drag the war into the cold winter. Under these circumstances, Stalin hurriedly stated that he fully agreed with and supported the Atlantic Charter.
As soon as the Atlantic Charter was signed, Churchill eagerly convened a conference in London, England, on May 1, 40, with the participation of the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Poland (**), Czechoslovakia (**), Greece (**), Norway and France. A total of 21 countries and territories have joined the Atlantic Charter organization, also known as the Atlantic Alliance. In fact, the Atlantic Charter has become an alliance treaty for these countries.
At this time, the United States still did not declare war on the European Union, because the "Lend-Lease Act" made the United States ** fire businessmen make a lot of money, and also let the United States come out of the background, this "Atlantic Charter" let the United States walk the rostrum three times, the United States on the rostrum, does not mean that the United States will immediately declare war and enter the war, the United States will definitely make a comprehensive evaluation, in that case, the most profits, at that time, the United States will declare war and enter the war, which is determined by the nature of the United States, a capitalist country.
At least the United States has expressed its clear position against the European Union, which is what Churchill wants, and Churchill also knows that it is absolutely unrealistic to ask the United States to send troops to fight Germany now, so Churchill is relieved and begins to prepare for his own actions.
It is necessary to support some weapons and ammunition to the Soviet Union, and even the United States has become very generous at this time, directly giving Stalin a P59 jet plane of an aviation regiment, Stalin does not care whether the American plane is taken to the Soviet battlefield for testing, as long as it is weapons and equipment, Stalin will not refuse. It was more convenient for Britain to send weapons and ammunition to the Soviet Union through the North Sea, and Churchill would also give a large amount of weapons and ammunition to the Soviet Union in order to keep Stalin along.
Churchill's actions were, of course, to prepare for war, and now that the German army was breaking through hundreds of kilometers into the Soviet Union and had not completely plunged its forces into the territory of the Soviet Union, would Churchill choose to fight at this time? Of course, he will not choose this time to fight, Churchill is not stupid, when the main forces of the German army are basically under the city of Moscow, starting a bloody battle, and falling into a state of stalemate, that is when Churchill will act.
As for when Germany will be able to hit Moscow, it depends on the ability of the German army, Churchill estimated that between June and September this year, the Soviet Union will hold out in Moscow for a few months, once the war enters the harsh winter, the Soviet Union can carry out some local **, if the Soviet Union wants to hold out until the winter, not only the United States must vigorously support the Soviet Union, this President Roosevelt has agreed to vigorously aid the Soviet Union, and similarly Britain and France must also vigorously assist the Soviet Union with some arms and weapons, in this case the Soviet Union can hold on.
Several major countries of the Atlantic Allies, Britain, France, and the United States, all extended a helping hand to the Soviet Union, and a steady stream of arms was transported by sea to the various seaports of the Soviet army, and at this time, the Soviet Union's more than 10 million regular troops were short of advanced weapons, including American medium tanks and "Bazooka rocket launchers."
The Bazooka family of bazookas is one of the best anti-tank weapons in the possession of the US Army. As the originator of the medium-caliber bazooka, its fame dwarfs that of other anti-tank weapons of the same period. It has even been asserted that the invention of "Bazooka" was the greatest contribution of the United States to the development of anti-tank weapons during World War II. It regained the confidence of the U.S. infantry in the face of German tank attacks and shook the famous assertion that tanks were the most effective anti-tank weapon.
Now the "Bazooka" urgently transported to the Soviet Union is an early model M1 developed by the United States, with a caliber of only 60 mm, don't look at the "Bazooka" only 60 mm caliber, but his vertical armor-piercing ability is 127 mm, this penetration ability of course can not penetrate the front and side of the cottage 99 tank, but there is absolutely no problem with the chrysanthemum of the cottage 99 tank, and if the Tiger tank is added with external armor, only the chrysanthemum will be penetrated.
But other German tanks are not the opponents of "Bazooka", such as the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, even the front of the "Bazooka" can not withstand the "Bazooka", the front armor of the No. 4 tank is only 80 mm, the American "Bazooka" said that there is no pressure, as for the American Sherman tank and the German No. 4 tank are tanks of the same class, they are both a very advantageous tank.
This time, Stalin's dispatch was quite fruitful, and the United States alone even sent 2,000 Sherman tanks and 5,000 "Bazooka" anti-tank rocket launchers to the Soviet Union at one time, more than 100 P59 jet planes, and more than 500 other piston planes. There were countless light weapons, and Britain and France also gave a large number of arms to the Soviet Union, such as Matilda, and so on, all of which were quickly shipped to the Soviet Union in large quantities.
Britain, France and the United States, the three major countries, are very worried that Stalin will not be able to support and surrender to Germany, in fact, this is Britain, France and the United States are too careful, how can a person like Stalin surrender, absolutely impossible, of course, these imperialist countries also have their own plans, that is, to arm the Soviet Union, let the Soviet Union and Germany fight to the death on the soil of the Soviet Union, the longer the fight, the better, the more brutal the fight, the more beneficial to Britain, France and the United States.
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Vasilevsky, of course, is waiting for the arrival of these weapons, the most important of which are the aircraft and the two weapons of "Bazooka", because Vasilevsky deeply feels that it is not realistic to completely wipe out the SS in Orsk quickly with infantry and garbage tanks, anyway, several anti-tank trenches have been dug and the entire Orsk has been heavily surrounded, and these SS troops have no way to come out and destroy the Ural industrial area, as for the SS air force here, Vasilevsky has no way to stop them from moving, Because the Soviet planes in Vasilevsky's hands were no match for others at all, Vasilevsky simply hid his planes and waited for the jets to arrive with American aid, and then strangled the German air force here.
Vasilevsky is waiting, Vincent is constantly strengthening his defensive positions, of course, the Soviet army is also building various fortifications, neither side is attacking each other, only the SS air force occasionally sends planes out to bomb the Soviet defense line, now Vincent's various materials are strategic, that is not wasted at all, as long as the Soviets do not attack themselves, Vincent will not take the initiative to attack, and now the bombing of the Soviet Union's railway junction on the Eurasian demarcation line and the Ural industrial area is Vincent's focus.
Vincent's side was also relatively calm, and the Baku area was in full swing at this time, after Zhang Jun completely wiped out Zhukov's more than 200,000 Red Army in the Far East, he immediately handed over these prisoners to Blyukhel and Egorov, two SS lieutenant generals, Blyukhel and Egorov were also more powerful, and actually recruited 180,000 people from these prisoners, which is the number of five full army.
Zhang Jun immediately sent a telegram to Hitler to form the First SS Army of the Russian SS, and at the same time promoted Blyukherd and Egorov to generals, Yegorov to commander of the army, and Blyukherr to chief of staff and deputy commander.
Originally, Hitler asked Zhang Jun not to bother him about everything about Army Group South, and let Zhang Jun decide for himself, just make a report afterwards, if Zhang Jun really did this, it is estimated that it will not be far from the end of class...... (To be continued.) )