The Rise of the Third Reich

The intelligence sent by Donovan immediately filled the originally dark and gloomy conference room with sunshine. Even Henry Arnold, who had just advocated a comprehensive withdrawal from Chile and Brazil, stopped talking about withdrawing the air force.

Now is the critical moment for whether the United States can win a decent peace! If Juan Peron's fascist regime falls and the new Asbanian federation disintegrates, it will be difficult for the Germans to fight a large-scale and protracted war in the Caribbean.

"The air raids on Buenos Aires must be maintained!" Wallace looked at Arnold and said, "At least the large-scale air raids at night must be maintained. In addition, all possible assistance should be provided to the Argentine liberals."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Minister, the night air raids will continue until Perón steps down." Arnold replied immediately.

“Throwing more leaflets,” Wallace said, “must tell the Argentine people that the enemy of the United States is not them, but the enemy of the Peron fascist warlord group, and that the United States is willing to help the Argentine people regain independence, freedom, and democracy. "

"Mr. Minister, should Germany or the European Community be mentioned in the leaflet?" Arnold asked.

According to the propaganda of the past US government, the New Asbanian Federation was a tool for Europeans to colonize South America.

In fact, this is not a slander, because "Aspania" (espana) means Spain, and New Aspania means New Spain, using the same name as the historical Viceroyalty of New Spain. This shows that the rulers of New Asbania do not want to cut off ties with Europe, and a considerable number of white people in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay still regard themselves as Europeans rather than Americans.

There are even some upper-class people in the New Asbania Federation (pro-Peron upper classes) who want to merge the New Asbania Federation with Spain and rebuild a powerful Spanish Empire. And this is also what the Roman Catholic Church meant. In fact, Mussolini and Franco were behind it.

Therefore, the efforts of the United States and the democratic fighters of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay supported by the United States to smear the New Asbanian Federation as a European colonial tool have not achieved any results. People who identify with the New Asbanian Federation have become more determined. My own point of view - Unlike the situation in the United States, the Indians in South America have not been completely wiped out, so these white-skinned people are originally evil colonists!

"Don't mention it again," Wallace shook his head. "Don't mention Germany or Europe. Argentine liberals shouldn't make too many enemies."

What he actually meant was: so as not to scare the Argentine people...American bombs and incendiary bombs are terrible, but aren't the German atomic bombs terrible? Therefore, if Germany and the European Community are involved, there will be fewer people who dare to stand up against Juan Peron.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

“In addition,” Wallace paused and emphasized his tone, “we must hit the Germans hard in Labrador, and Mr. President hopes we can win so that we don’t have to go to Catoctin Mountain Resort to spend the summer. "

According to the original plan, the heads of various departments of the U.S. government, key personnel in the Pentagon, the President of the United States, and members of the U.S. Congress would all go to Catoctin Mountain Resort to spend the summer after the German troops landed in eastern Canada... In fact, this is the government and Congress Escaped Washington, D.C.!

Once the news of "the escape of the president and cabinet" is made public, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to the American people's will to fight!

After the Pentagon meeting, Wallace and Presidential Chief of Staff William Leahy went to the White House to report to President Truman and make suggestions.

At the same time, Truman was meeting and talking with Vice President Kennedy, who came from Chicago, and Mussolini's son Vittorio Mussolini in the White House bunker.

The level of confidentiality of the talks was quite high. Only Truman, Kennedy and Vittorio Mussolini were in the Oval Office of the White House.

Thanks to the efforts of Vice President Kennedy, a secret peace channel has been established that bypasses the U.S. government and is unknown to Congress. Truman had established communication channels with Hitler through Vittorio Mussolini, the Roman Consul General in New York, and Vittorio's father, the Roman Caesar Mussolini.

Such a secret diplomatic channel was certainly inconsistent with the relevant legal and political principles of the United States, but Truman had no choice. Because today's Democratic Party in the United States is an unprecedentedly weak governing party, and it is also facing the crisis of division. As the president and the natural leader of the Democratic Party, Truman could not take a wrong step on the hugely divergent issue of peace, or even express his position of seeking peace prematurely.

Moreover, during the 1944 election, all candidates, including Truman, stated their opposition to secret diplomacy and black-box operations. The U.S. Congress even passed a "Diplomatic Openness Act" with a high vote at the end of March 1945, which determined that open and transparent methods must be adopted in future peace negotiations, and nothing should be hidden from Congress and the people.

This "Diplomatic Openness Act" seems to be quite correct at first glance, but it puts the diplomatic peace talks in a difficult situation - now it is not that the peace treaty has to be voted on by Congress, but that Congress will directly participate in the negotiations. If Truman made concessions in the peace talks that were detrimental to U.S. interests, Congress would immediately intervene and the Democratic Party would be divided.

As a last resort, Truman could only adopt the route of secret diplomacy and negotiate with Hitler behind the backs of Congress and even the Communist Party.

"Mr. President, I just heard some shocking news." Mussolini said in fluent American English, "The German army has landed in North America... I think you know what this means. ?”

"This means that they will soon suffer a disastrous defeat in the coastal areas of Labrador, Canada." Truman said in a calm tone, "I firmly believe this!"

Mussolini Jr. nodded, even though he was a fascist that most Americans hated. But on the issue of defending North America, his position is on the side of the American people.

"That would be great," Mussolini Jr. said, "an American victory would help lower the Germans' asking price... But my father would like to remind you that the main danger to the United States does not lie in the inaccessible Rab Along the coast of Lado.”

"Everyone knows this," Kennedy interjected, "but we still have to defeat the invaders along the coast of Labrador... This is also a fact that everyone knows."

Although Labrador is inaccessible and the transportation is extremely inconvenient, it is the east coast of North America after all. If it is occupied by Germany, it will greatly damage the fighting will of the American and Canadian people.

"What if, I mean what if you couldn't do this?" The corners of Mussolini's mouth turned up slightly, showing a bit of sarcasm, "In fact, it was difficult to defeat the Germans, at least in the past. No one has really done it in almost six years.”

"We will do it," Truman said, "and they will suffer a shameful defeat!"

"Well, in that case," Mussolini Jr. stopped arguing with Truman, "maybe this is really an opportunity."

"Chance?"

"A chance to win peace," Mussolini Jr. said, "a heavy defeat will let the Germans know that North America is not so easy to invade... This will allow them to lower their asking price. If the United States makes some concessions, perhaps the ultimate decisive battle It doesn’t have to happen.”

The so-called "ultimate decisive battle" refers to the Caribbean Battle or a battle of the same level. Mussolini and his military experts were not optimistic that the US military could win in such a war. Once the United States fails, it will pay a very heavy price and lose the possibility of rising to become one of the world's top three powers in the future.

Therefore, Mussolini's biggest goal for the peace movement was to promote reconciliation between virtue and virtue before the "ultimate battle" began.

Truman and Kennedy looked at each other, and Kennedy said, "Mr. President, I think we should avoid putting the United States in a huge gamble that goes against us."

Truman nodded, of course he knew that the ongoing Battle of Labrador was just a prelude to the German attack, and the real fatal battle was yet to come. Even if the United States can win the prelude, it will be difficult to win the final decisive battle.

"Mr. Consul General," a smile suddenly appeared on Truman's face, "just before you arrived, I received reports that there were large-scale protests in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, and Argentines were opposing Juan .Perón’s dictatorship!”

Little Mussolini looked unmoved: "Mr. President, I know about this. I knew it before the protest. Our Roman Empire has an intelligence network in New Asbania, and it is quite effective."

He was actually reminding Truman that the Germans had also planted a large number of spies in Buenos Aires. They could intervene in the internal affairs of New Asbania and nip the protests caused by the bombing in the bud. middle.

But the Germans did not do this, and Rome also did not interfere with the "democratic movement" in Buenos Aires. This is obviously an absolute guarantee that Juan Peron's regime will not be overthrown - after all, Juan Peron's regime came out of the barrel of a gun. As long as the barrel of the gun does not "change its mind," demonstrations and protests are the only way to push it forward. Not turned over. And how dare the guns of the New Asbanian Federation oppose Germany?

However, President Truman did not pay attention to Mussolini's well-intentioned reminder, because he also believed that the United States' long-standing influence in Argentina had now begun to exert its effect. If the United States can win the Battle of Labrador, Juan Peron's rule may fall apart at any time!

At that time, it will be a good opportunity for the United States to win peace at the lowest cost.