As the clock ticked into October 1930, the world situation was no longer so calm.

The pound crisis has not been eliminated, and there is new news on the German side.

First of all, European countries, led by Britain, expressed their dissatisfaction with the anti-Semitic actions of Germany and Italy, and the World League even convened a meeting to demand that Germany, which is also a member state, stop the murder of Jews.

Unexpectedly, however, the pressure exerted by the World League became an impetus for the Germans to firmly implement their own policies.

Before the British could react, on October 12, 1930, Germany unilaterally announced its withdrawal from the World League and said that it would not accept the demands of the World League.

This move immediately made the originally calm situation in Central Europe tense. Of course, Britain and France were very surprised by this.

For more than a decade since the end of World War I, Germany's attitude has always been very friendly, and it is also the more obedient among the defeated countries.

But what Britain and France did not expect was that after Hitler came to power, the German government seemed to have a new face.

Not only has it become more aggressive and decisive in some diplomatic options, but it has also lost the fear it had of in the past towards Britain and France.

Rejecting the proposal of the World League and unilaterally withdrawing from the World League was actually a bit provocative to Britain and France.

The last country to be the enemy of the world alliance was the United States, which has now been divided into more than a dozen countries.

But the situation in Germany is a little different. Germany, located in Central Europe, was the role set by the British to balance French power in Western Europe.

This also made the British reluctant to confront Germany directly, even if the Germans had already shown no small ambition.

To the great surprise of the countries, Germany's unilateral withdrawal from the World League and its refusal to implement any proposal of the World League were already a blatant provocation to Britain and France, to which the British did not respond in any way.

On the French side, although the French are very angry, they are helpless in the face of this situation.

To put it bluntly, the French could not start a war just because Germany withdrew from the World League, and the French would not want the government to start a war for no reason.

Even if it weren't for the involvement of Britain and Australasia in the previous war against the United States, the French would not have joined such a war.

Although France claims to be the second most powerful country in the world, only the French themselves know how much damage the superwar did to France at that time.

France, on the other hand, has suffered a generation of casualties and has not recovered so far. At present, there are still a large number of widows in France, which has also caused an explosion of extramarital affairs and cheating incidents in France, and the continuous divorce of the people is also one of the reasons for the decline of the population.

With the British reluctant to do so, the French can actually do very little.

Especially after Germany showed more radical ambitions, the surrounding small countries were no longer willing to offend Germany, after all, the fate of being occupied by Germany in the war was still vivid.

In this case, the French did not blindly act against the Germans, but re-regarded the Germans as their greatest rivals.

In order to prevent a crazy country like Germany from taking a surprise attack on itself, France decided to build a strong and long defense line on the Franco-German border.

For the first dozen years after the end of World War I, the French felt that they were the hegemon of the continent and the only rival of the British.

But now the French have realized that France has already been consumed most of its vital forces in the war, at least the status of the world's second most powerful country is not worthy of the name.

France before the First World War was not afraid of Germany, and even constantly delusionally wanted to use a war to wash away the shame of the Franco-Prussian War.

But now, unless the time comes for a showdown, the French are not willing to start a war with the Germans, after all, it is themselves who suffer the most casualties.

After many proposals from the French government, the plan for the famous Maginot Line, which was almost the same as the historical defensive position, was finally released.

This historic line of defense, which began to be built in 1928, was not really built until the end of October 1930.

The French also made a bloody investment in order to build the Maginot Line. The defence, proposed and designed by French War Minister Maginot has a total investment of more than 5 billion francs, or nearly 45 million Australian dollars.

In order to achieve strategic defense, the French also made great efforts. The Maginot Line was a defensive position, but it was more of a superfortress built by the French to defend against German attacks.

The defensive line not only had all the trenches, artillery and forts of the normal defensive positions, but also had kitchens, power stations, hospitals and factories, roads were well built, and even trams were expected to be used to facilitate the communication and communication of the French troops within the defensive line.

When the French shifted their thinking from offensive to defensive, their thinking was crazy.

Had it not been for the Belgians' resolute opposition to the construction of a line of defense on the Franco-Belgian border, I am afraid that the French Maginot Line would have stretched from the Franco-Belgian border to the Franco-Italian border.

Because of the sheer scale of the Maginot Line, it was expected to take more than ten years to build, and it would be officially completed around 1941.

There is no doubt that when the French announced their plans for the construction of the Maginot Line, they immediately attracted the attention of the world.

But considering that the imaginary enemy of the French is only the Germans, who have an army size of only 150,000, the European public is a little amused by the fear of the enemy in France.

When the plan for the construction of the Maginot Line was transmitted back to Germany, Hitler contemptuously said to his subordinates: "The former France has been defeated, and now Europe should be Germany the hegemon!" ”

The French showed a weakness that was completely out of step with their position, which also allowed Hitler to see greater ambitions.

Germany is still incomplete, and there is still a large amount of territory controlled by neighboring countries. Alsace and Lorraine, which had been ceded to the United States, including the French-controlled republic, were the lands that Hitler desperately wanted to reintegrate into Germany.

To the east, there was the Free City of Danzig, the Polish Corridor, and so on, which were once German lands.

Of course, Hitler's first ambition must have been a pain in the hearts of all Germans - the demilitarized zone of the Rhine.

The Rhine is an important river in Germany. The establishment of the demilitarized zone of the Rhine directly reduced a large amount of land west of the Rhine to a demilitarized zone, and the German army was forbidden to be stationed.

The Rhine River is surrounded by Germany's very important industrial base, which is equivalent to handing over the industrial lifeline of the Germans to other countries.

But then again, the abolition of the Rhine demilitarized zone is definitely a risky move, at least not for the time being, and Hitler has no plans to do so.

The abolition of the Rhine demilitarized zone would mean that Germany would directly confront France, or even repeat the mistakes of Germany during World War I.

Hitler did not intend to do this until he had most of the military power in his hands, and until he had dealt with the problems between the German states.

Although there was no action on the part of the Germans, the early retreat of the French was the best encouragement for the Germans.

France was the victor in World War I, and Germany faced considerable restrictions and oppression after its defeat.

Does it mean that the French are already afraid of Germany from the bottom of their bones?

With this in mind, the eyes of the Germans were filled with hope again. Countless Germans wanted to take revenge on the French themselves, so that the French could also taste the bitter fruits of defeat.

This leads to a very strange phenomenon.

When the news of France's construction of the Maginot Line reached Germany, even if Germany and Hitler did nothing, many people spontaneously began to worship and fanaticize Hitler.

The depressed German people desperately needed to release their emotions, and Hitler, who led them to do all this, became their most admired target.

Hitler was still very busy at this time. After the liquidation of the Jews in the country began, the German government instantly acquired a large amount of assets and various resources.

A large part of the reason why food prices are so high in Germany is that domestic capitalists hoard food and sell it to civilians at higher prices.

Although there were Germans among the capitalists, who let these Jews run into the muzzle of the gun? Anyway, now in Germany, anti-Semitism has become politically correct. Both German civilians and the top of the government were forbidden to help Jews.

With the seizure of a large number of Jewish assets, Hitler also had some financial power in his hands.

Because of the restrictions imposed on the German army by the previous contract, Hitler did not forcibly expand the size of the German army, but began to expand his own private army, the famous SS.

After taking power in Germany, Hitler's SA was renamed the SS and continued to expand in number.

This leads to a very strange phenomenon in Germany.

The combined army of the German Reich and the governments of the states was only 150,000, but Hitler's private army was already more than 500,000 and growing.

Such a disparity in the armed forces has already doomed Hitler to become more and more powerful in the government.

When news reached Australasia that the Maginot Line was formalized and construction began, Arthur understood that the world would indeed continue to evolve as it had historically.

With the oppression of Germany by Britain and France after the victory, it was already doomed that the Germans would never be willing.

But the British, because they were separated by a strait, and because they did not cut off the German lands, would not have been the first target of revenge for the Germans.

Just by virtue of the current hatred of Germany for France, it was already doomed to an absolute war between Germany and France.

The Maginot Line may have been built for the good purposes, but they relied too much on the experience of the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War to take into account the rapid development of weaponry and military doctrine.

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