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From March 1940 onwards, British civilians in the three British countries soon experienced a series of interlocking reactions after the destruction of the Royal Navy.

The past March has been a disastrous month for the UK's shipping industry. The British, including those sunk and captured, lost more than 600,000 tons of merchant ships with a total tonnage, and the losses in this month were almost equal to the losses in the three months after the start of the war last year.

Due to the strict blockage of the import channels of foreign goods, the supply of daily necessities for civilians in Britain has been more severely restricted.

Compared with the deteriorating standard of living of British civilians, the Dutch, who were separated from the British Isles by the sea, had greatly improved their imports of supplies from overseas in March after the total destruction of the Royal Navy in February.

At the outbreak of war in 1939, the foreign policy of the Netherlands remained the same: the country, which had experienced a hundred years of peace, was determined to pursue a "resolute and unspoken policy of neutrality", and although it was a member of the League of Nations, it had made it clear that it was not bound by the mandatory maintenance of collective security resolutions. Its national sentiment was skewed towards Britain, but it did not mind doing business with Germany (as it did during World War I).

The Netherlands may have been highly vigilant against the invasion of Germany, and had made some preliminary preparations, but at the same time it continued to express its dissatisfaction with the British naval blockade, which it considered to be an obstacle to normal trade between neutral countries; There are many parties in the Netherlands, but thankfully, both the Communist Party and Nazism at the far left end of the political spectrum are largely insignificant.

Before March 1940. Due to the British Navy's naval blockade policy, Dutch shipping was also affected, and in order to prevent Germany from obtaining war materials through the Dutch entrepot trade, the Dutch foreign shipping industry was subject to strict inspection, because the goods were imported into the Netherlands from overseas. A large amount of war materials useful to Britain were directly expropriated by the British in the name of "contraband" and "military supplies". Forced to buy and go. Although the price offered by the British in this process was fair, it strictly affected the livelihood of the common people in the Netherlands.

However, since the collapse of the Royal Navy, the Dutch overseas material imports in March have improved considerably, because the British Navy, which used to be ubiquitous, and the British Navy, which played "intercept and inspect" everywhere and "grabbed goods halfway", has come to an end, and the number of inspections of Dutch merchant ships in the Atlantic has dropped by 70%.

In order to win over the Netherlands, after March, the German navy, having obtained sea supremacy in the Atlantic, deliberately let the merchant ships entering and leaving the Netherlands unleashed. There are basically no strict restrictions on the import of goods. The main reason was that the land war in the Western European campaign was about to start in full swing, and now that the German strategy was in a good situation, and the defeat of the British was already in place, Hannah and Linhan wanted to try to take advantage of this opportunity to pull the Netherlands into the German chariot - there was no need for the Netherlands to declare war on Britain and France, as long as the Dutch could be like Sweden on the basis of "neutrality" at the beginning of the French campaign. It is enough to allow German troops to cross the border.

Secret negotiations between the German upper echelons and the Dutch top brass are currently ongoing. In this plane, due to the emergence of the Soviet-German alliance. With the premature defeat of the British Navy, the attitude of the Dutch government towards Germany began to become warm. Thinking of the miserable fate of Belgium, which was sandwiched between Germany and France during World War I, and thinking of the Norwegian government that had just ended, the Dutch had to think about it.

The Dutch shifted from a slight Anglo-French attitude to a vacillating between Britain and France and the Soviet Union, which made the strategic situation of Britain and France even more unfavorable.

March 1940. Another variable in the European war situation was that Italy, which had previously remained "neutral".

With the fall of the Royal Navy, most of the naval supremacy in the Mediterranean fell to Italy overnight - the only one that could compete with it was the French Navy. However, the biggest advantage of the Italian Navy at this time was that it had a training aircraft carrier "Hamburg" that was "confiscated" from Germany.

USS Hamburg training aircraft carrier. Its hangar can carry 30 aircraft, but in the calm "Mediterranean bath", the number of aircraft can be increased to more than 40 by means of guò deck mooring.

The aircraft carrier Hamburg was deliberately entered by the Germans before the war, deliberately stopping in Italy for the "neutral" Italian Navy to "seize". The Italians got the aircraft carrier and immediately sent sailors to receive him.

With the fall of the British Navy, the Italians' hearts, which had been "quiet" for a long time, were in turmoil again.

As early as February 1939, Italy, which was "richer" than the same period in history, annexed Albania two months earlier than in history because of Libya's oil revenues.

This time, the Italians set their sights on North Africa, Egypt and the most valuable strategic point in North Africa: the Suez Canal.

I don't know how many pounds and taels I weigh, and I have two taels of muscles on my body, so I cause trouble everywhere, but it is a "noodle"-like frame, this is Italy, a pig-like teammate Cun zài.

When Churchill flew to the United States in an Atlantic airliner to ask the President of Ghana for help, Mussolini in Rome was also busy taking the train to the border between former Austria and Italy to have a secret meeting with Hitler.

At that time, Lin Han and Hannah were engaged in a war to break diplomatic relations in the Atlantic, and the meeting with Mussolini was handed over to their "daughter" Adolf. Hannah handled it herself.

What "Hitler" and Mussolini talked about at that meeting is unknown to outsiders, but there is news from the Italian side that after Mussolini returned to Rome, he angrily threw things in his room, claiming that he wanted to cut off Germany's oil supply and declare war on Germany.

Of course, this was just Mussolini's roar. When Lin Han and Hannah finished the battle to break the diplomatic relationship and returned to Germany, when asked about this, Hannah Jr., disguised as Hitler, said to them: "I just told Mussolini the truth." ”

"What truth?"

"Germany could not bear the weight of Italy as an ally!"

"Oh my God!"

Then, the tsundere "German Führer" said to Lin Han the famous words of the famous Internet evaluation of the Italian army in later generations.

"Oh my God, you're nakedly slapping Mussolini in the face, it's an insult."

Little Hannah said helplessly: "No way, that guy who doesn't know his weight has repeatedly declared it to me on the train at that time. Italy's land and sea forces are ready to move in North Africa. I can only warn him that if Italy declares war on Britain and France without Germany's consent, then Germany will go all out to the side of Britain and France in the event of an armistice between England and France. After the war, he helped Britain and France regain lost territory in North Africa. ”

"Although you are telling the truth, it is too much of a slap in the face."

"Germany needs Libyan oil! If Italy enters the war, Libya's oil fields will be completely destroyed, and we will have to rely on Romanian oil fields as we have historically been. Now although the USSR is also supplying us with oil, this country, you know, I can't bet the oil security of the Third Reich on the so-called "ally" of the USSR. ”

The so-called family has a difficult scripture, and Italy is on the side of joining Germany. Falling into the well to deal with the excessive enthusiasm of Britain and France is the biggest headache for Lin Han and Hannah's family.

Relying on threats and reassurances that almost tore the face, the German side finally assured Italy again: as long as Italy continued to maintain strict neutrality until the end of the war in Western Europe, Germany would strive for Italy's greatest interests in the post-war peace talks.

However, on April 3, 1940, the troubles caused by Italy, an "ally", were threatened with another "headache" that was even more severe than "troubles". Give "cured".

On April 3, 1940, the bunting fluttered in New York Harbor in the United States. A large fleet is moored here, about to cross the Atlantic to the war-torn British Isles.

In addition to the two Waiming-class battleships and two Nevada-class battleships that had been sold to the British, there were also four escort aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships.

In December last year, during the First Battle of the Norwegian Sea. The British, feeling the great power of aircraft carriers in naval warfare, sent an order to American shipyards in January of the following year to convert several merchant ships into aircraft carriers, which were completed by the beginning of March, thus demonstrating the strong industrial strength of the United States. Then a large number of British sailors aboard the Queen Mary arrived in the United States. Soon received this batch of battleships.

These eight warships are only a part of the existing warships in New York Harbor. On this trip across the Atlantic, two Pennsylvania-class battleships and one aircraft carrier "Saratoga" will also participate in the trip across the Great West. In addition, this huge fleet was accompanied by a huge fleet of sixty-five merchant ships that had gathered here from all over the east coast of the United States.

In the last month, Atlantic shipping between Britain and the United States suffered extremely heavy losses due to the double attack of surface ships and underwater submarines, and the Atlantic route was almost completely cut off by the German Navy. Churchill, who had been cornered, sent telegrams to the White House almost every day asking for help.

The President of Ghana knows that at this moment of Britain's weakest moment, the U.S. government will no longer be able to make a statement in a practical political sense. It is quite possible that Britain will have a "decent truce" with Germany under such circumstances – after all, the high-profile "peace agreement" proposed by the Germans is not too much.

So there is this scene today.

On this trip, not only will the warships sold to Britain embark on a trip to the Atlantic, but more than 20 warships of the US Atlantic Fleet, with the USS Saratoga and two Pennsylvania-class battleships as the main force, will also cross the Atlantic with the British warships.

The U.S. government called this operation an "armed escort" to ensure the security of "free trade" in the United States. Following the closure of the Sino-Soviet and German offices in the United States, the United States took a step further on the road to world war through such large-scale naval movements and threatening military operations.

April 1941 was actually a "period of weakness" when the German Navy was relatively weak in the Atlantic.

After completing the operation to break the diplomatic relationship, the ships of the German task force, with two Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers as the main force, must now return to the dock for maintenance. These ships have been fighting in the Norwegian Sea for nearly 50 days now, and many of the internal parts of the hull are so worn out that they need to be returned to the dock for maintenance and maintenance, and it is impossible to strike again for at least a month.

As for the two Shane-class battleships that had returned to Germany earlier, they had also suffered significant damage in the Third Battle of the Norwegian Sea, although they could make a sortie into the Atlantic in April after emergency repairs. But no matter how fast it is, it will only be after April 10. The collapse of the Royal Navy has proved that in the absence of air escort, even in the harsh Atlantic, it is very dangerous for battleships to enter the Atlantic Ocean in April, when the weather is gradually improving, to carry out a break-up operation.

At present, the biggest problem of the German Navy is that the number of main combat ships is insufficient, and there is a lack of rotating ships. After a large-scale sortie, when the entire fleet returns to port for maintenance and repair. I can't find a decent "shift" person.

The U.S. Navy's high-profile escort of the British Navy and the convoy at this time was a test balloon that the Americans had released before they intervened in the war: to test the reaction of the people to such an action, and to test the reaction of the Germans.

In the wishful thinking of the President of Ghana, if the huge fleet was attacked by the German Navy in the Atlantic, he would get a pretext to get the United States deeper involved in the war in Europe.

The Ghanaian president's approach is actually very clumsy, as anyone with a little brain can see. However, this kind of practice of covering one's ears and stealing the bell, like the emperor's new clothes, came under the premise that the US government began to forcefully intervene in the media field and manipulate public opinion. Countless Americans, while calling the president a warmonger and a lackey of the military-industrial complex, accepted it in a "silenced" way.

With the sound of three whistles and the send-off of the shore salute, nearly 100 ships gathered outside New York Harbor in a very high-profile manner slowly left the harbor and sailed to the British Isles to the east.

"The democratic spirit of the United States is dying."

Stand in a New York landmark. In a room on the top floor of the Empire State Building, I looked through the window glass at the grand scene of "100 ships leaving the port" in the harbor. Louis, the "former editor-in-chief" of the New York Times, sighed coldly.

In the past month, she herself has repeatedly published articles in the New York Times to attack the Ghanaian president's European foreign policy, claiming that the Ghanaian president is playing a dangerous game and that he is about to send millions of American GIs into the flesh grinder of Europe.

Because the content of his "posting" is too radical and intense, and at the same time, there are many attacks on the president. Soon the people of the Information Administration were eyeing her. One day at the end of March, Louis was notified that she had been relieved of her duties at the New York Times.

She said to her deputy, who was removed from office with her:

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. By then, hundreds of young Americans. Because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, one by one he was dragged into the meat grinder of war, and then died senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point.

First 4,000 words, and 3,000 words are being written, and they will be changed in the evening

She said to her deputy, who was removed from office with her:

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. At that time, hundreds of young Americans will be dragged into the meat grinder of war one by one because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, and then die senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point.

She said to her deputy, who was removed from office with her:

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. At that time, hundreds of young Americans will be dragged into the meat grinder of war one by one because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, and then die senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of the United Kingdom by the US government. The Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the Americans' approach.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. And the Dutch, who were originally vacillating between Britain and Germany, were also because of the high-profile actions of the US government. I finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice, but I also retreated at this critical point.

She said to her deputy, who was removed from office with her:

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. At that time, hundreds of young Americans will be dragged into the meat grinder of war one by one because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, and then die senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini was arrogant though. But he also knew the terrible war potential of the United States, coupled with Hitler's blatant "threat", he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point.

She said to her deputy, who was removed from office with her:

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. By then, hundreds of young Americans. Because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, one by one they will be dragged into the meat grinder of war. And then die senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. And the Dutch, who were originally vacillating between Britain and Germany. It is also because of the high-profile behavior of the US government that it finally wants to make a "pro-German" choice, but it also retreats from this key point.

She said to her deputy, who was removed from office with her:

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. By then, hundreds of young Americans. Because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, one by one he was dragged into the meat grinder of war, and then died senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point.

She said to her deputy, who was removed from office with her:

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. At that time, hundreds of young Americans will be dragged into the meat grinder of war one by one because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, and then die senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point.

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. At that time, hundreds of young Americans will be dragged into the meat grinder of war one by one because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, and then die senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point.

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. At that time, hundreds of young Americans will be dragged into the meat grinder of war one by one because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, and then die senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point.

"The U.S. government is making stupidity! For the benefit of a handful of arms capitalists, the President of Ghana is trying in every possible way to draw the United States into the war. At that time, hundreds of young Americans will be dragged into the meat grinder of war one by one because of the greedy appetite of him and those military-industrial complexes, and then die senselessly. ”

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point.

Due to the high-profile "support" of Britain by the US government, the Italians, who were ready to leave the Germans alone, were also frightened by the actions of the Americans.

Mussolini, despite his arrogance, was also aware of America's terrible war potential, and with Hitler's blatant "threats," he shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point and shrank back again. The Dutch, who had been vacillating between Britain and Germany, finally wanted to make a "pro-German" choice because of the high-profile behavior of the US government, but they also retreated at this critical point. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)