The Rise of the Third Reich

While the Americans on Newfoundland were busy escaping, Captain Cook of the British Royal Navy had already found the organization. The torpedo boat he was riding in held a white flag and went out to sea at 5 a.m. on April 30. Not long after, he encountered a German S-100 torpedo boat. When the other party saw the white flag on his torpedo boat, he did not fire. Instead, he came closer and aimed his 40mm machine gun at it and asked questions. Colonel Cook happened to know some German and explained his purpose to the other party, so at about 7:15 in the morning on April 30, he was taken aboard the battleship Bismarck which was cruising outside Concepcion Bay.

This battleship, which was supposed to be the mortal enemy of the British Royal Navy, now flies a joint flag of the British Army, Navy and Air Force - indicating that a senior general who can command the British Army, Navy and Air Force is aboard this warship. This senior general was none other than Marshal Harold Alexander. He and General Rommel of Germany simultaneously served as the joint commanders of the European Expeditionary Force. Since he had a higher military rank than Rommel, he was also the nominal commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.

"James, I didn't expect to see you in Newfoundland. It's so great."

Harold Alexander and Colonel James Cook shook hands warmly at the door of the luxuriously equipped wardroom on the Bismarck. They had known each other for a long time - before the outbreak of the war, the circles of school-level officers in the British Army and Royal Navy did not Not big, most of them knew each other.

"Marshal, I am also honored to meet you on a battleship of the German Imperial Navy." James Cook's words seemed to have some thorns in them. It’s no wonder that as a captain in the Royal Navy, how could he forget the past glory of the British Empire?

Marshal Alexander shrugged and said with a smile: "I was originally on the Royal Navy's battleship Prince of Wales."

"Battleship Prince of Wales?" Colonel Cook raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, we repaired it. Now this battleship has a new look and has become the flagship of the Royal Navy. It is sailing to Newfoundland." Marshal Alexander said, "I was originally on the Prince of Wales, but the Germans went to There was an atomic bomb dropped in Concepcion Bay. So I came over in a Short Sunderland seaplane... I had to stop them from dropping the atomic bomb on Newfoundland."

"How can you prevent this?" Colonel Cook asked doubtfully.

"Of course," Marshal Alexander smiled, "otherwise the two atomic bombs dropped on the Bay of Fundy would have been dropped on the heads of Naval Fortress Churchill and Fort Pershing (also on the Avalon Peninsula)."

"What? The Bay of Fundy was also bombed by an atomic bomb?" Because the Allied command system on Newfoundland was now in chaos, Colonel James Cook didn't know that the Germans had blown up the US Task Force 56.

"Yes," Marshal Alexander said seriously, "those two atomic bombs were originally meant to blow up you, but Her Majesty the Queen did not agree, so they were thrown on top of a bunch of American aircraft carriers... They probably sunk and destroyed seven or eight An Essex-class aircraft carrier, right? But even if it hadn’t been blown up, those warships would be useless.”

"It's useless if it's not blown up? Why?" Colonel Cook was a little strange.

"Because of nuclear radiation pollution..." Alexander frowned and said, "I don't quite understand. The Germans said that because the atomic bomb explosion occurred in the water, there will be very serious nuclear pollution, and the tide will be contaminated by nuclear pollution. Ships that have been flooded have to be scrapped, otherwise the sailors who use them will get cancer."

"What? There is such a thing?"

"Yes, when you came here, didn't you see that the Germans on the S-class torpedo boats were all wearing white clothes and masks and protective goggles? This is to prevent nuclear contamination."

"Then I..." Colonel Cook then remembered that he seemed to have just passed through the sea area where the atomic bomb exploded on the afternoon of the 29th in a torpedo boat, and he was even wet by the sea water... Was he about to get cancer?

Seeing the water stains on Cook's uniform and the livid face, Marshal Alexander understood something, so he comforted: "There are German doctors on the Bismarck who specialize in treating radiation sickness... When we have discussed the matter of Churchill Naval Fortress's allegiance to the Queen, , let them check you immediately.”

"Okay, okay, let's hurry up." Colonel James Cook nodded quickly.

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"Marshal Imperial, good news, the Churchill Naval Fortress has surrendered! And... the Americans are withdrawing from the Avalon Peninsula!"

"Victory!"

"Long live victory!"

"Long live victory!"

Berlin time, on the afternoon of April 30, 1945, the good news reached the General Staff of Zossen. Although it had been expected, cheers erupted in the General Staff Headquarters.

Because everyone who can work here knows what the change of ownership of the Avalon Peninsula means? Moreover, they all already know the news that the US government has formally sued Germany for peace through the Roman Empire and is willing to pay compensation in accordance with Germany's requirements!

The United States' request for reparations and the change of ownership of the Avalon Peninsula basically meant that the world war that had been fought for nearly six years was finally coming to a successful end.

The German Empire undoubtedly won this world war, and won it very thoroughly.

"Reichsmarschall," Hessmann's personal secretary Natalie appeared in the joint intelligence command center filled with cheers. She leaned close to Hessman and whispered: "Hitler Chancellor's phone number, please. Go to the Prime Minister’s Office immediately.”

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Hessmann smiled and nodded. He knew that Hitler already knew that the Avalon Peninsula was about to fall into the hands of the German army.

As German Chancellor, he had the right to know the progress of the war, so his military adjutant, Major General Keitel, would keep in touch with the General Staff at any time.

"I'm going to see the Prime Minister," Hersman said to Raeder and Guderian who were in the Joint Intelligence Command Center. "The war seems to be really over... Now it's time to consider post-war arrangements for North America and Australia. ”

After the war, arrangements have been made for Europe and South America, and the fate of the Middle East and India is also in the hands of the German Empire. Now only North America and Australia are left without arrangements.

"Imperial Marshal, we shouldn't need to launch attacks on the United States anymore, right?" First Munitions Director Guderian asked.

Plans to launch air strikes and nuclear strikes on the U.S. mainland are also part of the Fort Gotchi plan! In the expectations of the German General Staff, losing Newfoundland or the Avalon Peninsula on Newfoundland is probably not enough to make most Americans recognize the reality of defeat. So it may be necessary to drop atomic bombs on the United States!

"Not necessarily," Hessman thought for a while, "we still need to prepare. After all, we have not yet won the final victory...Although the Americans are now frightened by three atomic bombs, they are not without the power to resist. Truman Maybe you really want to ask for peace, but the current domestic politics in the United States are very complicated, and even Roosevelt cannot control it, let alone Truman, a weak president who does not have the support of the majority party in Congress?”

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For the United States of America at the end of April 1945, the pursuit of peace was no longer a simple diplomatic task, but a power reshuffle involving the game of political power among various domestic factions in the United States.

Taking into account the weakness of the Democratic Party in Congress, the aggressiveness of the Bolshevik and Fascist parties, and the upcoming 1946 midterm elections. Now the game around summation seems to be about to decide who owns the real big cake of the United States of America!

Compared with the huge compensation of 200 billion to 400 billion US dollars, the United States of America, the chosen country, is the truly huge wealth. Whoever owns it will have inexhaustible wealth.

In addition, whoever wins this power game can decide who in this country will bear the bitter fruit of America's defeat!

Will the vast majority of the working people in the United States pay for the defeat now, or will the monopoly capitalists with huge wealth pay for the reparations?

On the way to Chicago by train from Washington, D.C., Wallace, who had just left office, was discussing how to defend the interests of the American working class in the future with an important ally of his, Philip Morley, president of the Federation of Industrial Workers of America - by the way. Then empty the pockets of the American bourgeoisie.

There is no way around this. After losing the world war, the United States has no win-win path for domestic interest distribution.

Now either the working class loses all the rights it has had since Roosevelt's New Deal, hands the country back to the capitalists, and suffers another hyperinflation. Hyperinflation is actually a mandatory tax on the entire population, which can help the U.S. government raise enough supplies in the short term. and gold and silver to pay war reparations.

Either we can expropriate the American bourgeoisie and impose heavy taxes on them to raise reparations, or we can even go one step further and nationalize the United States, following the route that the Soviet Union once took.

However, Wallace and Philippe Morlay did not have the idea of ​​​​revolution. Their line was still a legal struggle. However, the legal struggle faces a big problem. The legislative power in the United States is not in the hands of the working class.

The Bolshevik Party had 32 seats in the House of Representatives and 4 seats in the Senate, while the American Democratic New Deal Alliance, which Wallace could influence, had only 19 seats in the House of Representatives and none in the Senate. Even counting the 38 seats in the House of Representatives held by the American Fascist Party, which ostensibly claims to represent the interests of workers, there are only 89 seats in total, not even a quarter of the House of Representatives.

"Philip," Wallace had already thought of a countermeasure. He said to Philip Morlay, "Although we must adopt legal means of struggle, we cannot rely on the majority vote of Congress to win. At least in the 1946 midterm elections Before, we couldn't win. The only feasible way was to go on strike and protest on the streets."

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"Strike and street protest?" Philippe Morlay thought for a moment, "That's no problem. I think John Lewis, president of the Union of Coal Mine Workers, will also support us. He broke the wartime no-strike policy in 1943. As usual, 500,000 coal miners launched a general strike."

John Lewis was a major figure in the American labor movement. He was a coal miner. He also controlled the United Coal Mine Workers for a long time. He was also the founder and former chairman of the American Federation of Industrial Workers. Of course, he was also an active supporter of Roosevelt's New Deal. However, he resigned as chairman of the "CIO" in 1940 because he opposed Roosevelt's reelection for a third term as president. Not long after, he parted ways with Chairman Molay of the CIO over the issue of "no strikes during wartime". He also led the United Coal Mine Workers of America to withdraw from the CIO, and launched a wartime general strike, forcing employers to increase their daily wages. Coal miners' wages are $1.50.

Such a ruthless man who can put the interests of workers above the outcome of the war will naturally not agree that the working class will pay for the defeat of the United States. So Philip Moret believed that Lewis and his coal miners union could be brought back to the "CIO" again, and everyone could deal with the evil capitalists together.

"Okay, when we get to Chicago, I'll go to see Lewis with you," Wallace had also dealt with Lewis and knew that this person was very capable of making trouble. He nodded and said, "We must pull him to our side. If Lindbergh gets ahead, we will be in trouble."

Although John Lewis was a leader of the workers' movement, he was not pro-Soviet, let alone a Bolshevik, and could not even be considered a traitor. He was a "gangster" type of worker leader who dared to fight and charge, had no political ideas, and was only dedicated to raising wages for workers.

Such a worker leader could easily be won over by the Fascist Party, allowing the Fascist Party to penetrate into the unions that originally had no foundation. In this way, in the mid-term elections of 1946, the Fascist Party could seize more territory that originally belonged to the Democratic Party.

"But what are we going to do to organize strikes and demonstrations?" Philippe Morley asked, "We are going to organize a political strike, right? How do we call on workers? Henry, you know, American workers are short-sighted and only care about immediate interests." This is a problem. American workers are unlikely to strike for political purposes. Increasing wages and benefits is their main purpose of striking. They are not very interested in helping the working class party seize control of Congress. "And it is 1945 now, more than a year before the mid-term elections." Morley frowned and said, "If Truman and the Republicans collude and complete the peace talks before the mid-term elections, then the interests of the American working class will be sacrificed. It is a fait accompli." "This is actually Truman's conspiracy!" Wallace gritted his teeth and replied, "In his plan, the peace talks must be completed before the mid-term elections, using the advantages of the Democratic Party (some members who support Truman) and the Republican Party in Congress to pass a peace treaty that is not beneficial to the United States. At the same time, in exchange (for Republican support), a resolution to repeal a series of New Deal bills was also passed. After such a deal, the Democratic Party may collapse in the 1946 mid-term elections, but The Republican Party will not disintegrate, but will continue to grow and gain a majority of seats in Congress by absorbing some of the Democratic Party's political power.

After that, the American political arena may see a strange pattern in which the Republican-controlled Congress supports the Democratic government. And Truman, with the support of Republican congressmen, can serve as president until the end of his term. The Republican Party can use a Democratic government that is destined to have no premise to do things that are inconvenient for them to do, such as depriving the American working class and selling out American interests! "

Wallace is worthy of being a veteran player in Washington. He knows what Truman and the Republican Party will do next - perhaps Truman himself has not figured out what to do next, but Wallace has already anticipated the only way he can go.

"What should we do?" After being said by Wallace, the union leader Molay was a little confused.

"We must delay the peace talks," Wallace said, "We must not let Truman finish the peace talks in 1945... If they want to collude to sell out the interests of the United States and the American working class, then they should do it during the election season. Because the votes in the hands of the American people are most valuable only during elections." Philip Moret asked: "Will we have enough hope to stop Truman and the Republican Party in the 1946 midterm elections?" "That's impossible," Wallace shook his head, "but we will get enough seats in Congress to ensure that we will lead the working people in the future American political arena to fight." "In other words, we still can't stop Truman from selling out the interests of the United States and the working class?" Philip Moret was a little disappointed. He thought Wallace's method could at least prevent the repeal of the New Deal bill, but the result was still an election operation. Wallace glanced at Morley and whispered, "This is not meaningless... If we want to truly protect the interests of the American working class, we must lead them to obtain legislative and executive power in the United States. The 1946 midterm elections will be the beginning of our realization of this grand goal."

"Are we... the American Bolshevik Party?" Morley asked uncertainly.

He is a New Dealer, not a Bolshevik, and he does not want the United States to become a GCist country like the Soviet Union.

"No, I am not a GCist." Wallace laughed, "We mean the American Labor Party... a new party that represents the broadest interests of the American working people. It will include moderate Bolsheviks and the left wing of the Democratic Party and the leaders of labor groups."

It turned out that Wallace did not want to lead the left wing of the Democratic Party to vote for the GOP, but wanted to establish an American Labor Party with himself as the leader, and wanted the American Bolshevik Party to join the Labor Party.

Morel was still a little skeptical, "Henry, do you have any way to get those Bolsheviks to follow us?"

"Yes!" Wallace looked at Morel, "We have a union, and... I have a way to delay the peace talks led by Truman."

"Delay Truman's peace talks?" Morel asked, "How to delay it?"

"Tunde!" Wallace lowered his voice and replied, "There is a secret diplomatic communication channel between Truman and Hitler that bypasses Congress and the Communist Party... Once this matter is revealed, Truman will face The Crisis of Impeachment.”

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"Yes, there was a secret channel of communication between me and Truman."

Just when Truman was about to face the "Tongdemen Investigation", Adolf Hitler openly admitted "Tongmei" to Hersman.

However, his "Tongmei" did not violate German law, and with the strength of the Nazi Party, it was impossible to pass the impeachment of Hitler in the German Reich Parliament.

"Judging from the voluntary withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Avalon Peninsula," Hitler told Hersmann, "the secret channel between Truman and I can work, and Truman's sincerity for peace has also been proven. I think "We should have a ceasefire first and then have peace talks."

"As long as the Avalon Peninsula is captured, there will be a ceasefire." Hersman gently turned the coffee cup in his hand and asked with a smile: "Adolphe, how much should we ask Truman for?"

500 billion Euromarks was the asking price before Germany took over the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and dropped three atomic bombs. Under the current situation, it is willing to pay more.

"How about 100-800 billion Euromarks?" Hitler considered and said, "75-80 billion of which will be paid in gold and silver, and the rest we will collect grain, livestock, cotton, crude steel, coal, petroleum products and non-ferrous metals... …Except for gold, silver and some of the grain and livestock that Russia urgently needs, the rest of the compensation can be paid in 15-20 years.”

Hitler didn't seem to want to kill the democratic old hen of the United States that only lays golden eggs - he would soon be the head of the socialist family of the United States of Europe, where there are hundreds of millions of Aryan bosses... and later... We need to build and provide welfare, and there are more places to spend money. Of course, we must find ways to get more from Americans. Therefore, it would not be in the interests of Hitler and the Nazi Party if the United States were really in chaos.

"So what arrangements will be made for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean islands?" Hersman then asked.

“We must take control of Canada,” Hitler said, “first let it be a kingdom under the British Empire. The king can be Princess Margaret or Queen Elizabeth. This is a matter for the British themselves.

Australia and New Zealand, we must first reach an agreement with the Japanese, otherwise we will not be able to send too many troops there. In addition, Japan is our friend after all. Since we have negotiated peace with the United States, they should also negotiate with the United States. "

The issue of Japan-US negotiations made Hitler feel a little troubled, because after the dispute between Japan and the United States ends, it is possible to join forces, which is actually detrimental to Germany. Moreover, Japan itself does not have the power to subdue the United States. Even if the United States is now facing defeat in the Atlantic, their small military force in the Pacific can still put huge pressure on Japan.

If Germany forces the United States to surrender to Japan, it will actually become a villain to clear the way for the United States and Japan to join forces!

In addition, the pro-Nazi American fascist forces extremely hate Japan...

Hitler was silent for a while, then frowned and said: "As for the Caribbean islands, now that Canada can use them, I do not support the establishment of a Caribbean federation. That will become a big burden, and it is not in line with us." interests. Moreover, the Spaniards are not Aryans, and Franco has little desire to join the United States of Europe. In fact, the Americans are more qualified to join the United States of Europe than the Spaniards...if they drive away the blacks and Jews in the country. if."