The Rise of the Third Reich

Roosevelt's communication with the British was legal, and no one said a word even if it was made public.

Truman Tunde is definitely guilty. Once he admits it to Congress, he will face continued judicial investigation and impeachment.

Of course, impeachment by Congress will definitely not pass. Because Taft, the Republican leader, has reached an agreement with Kennedy and is ready to use the power of the Republican Party to support the Truman government's "traitor"... And with the war going on so far, it's impossible not to sell the country!

In this case, who will take the blame for impeaching Truman? Vice President Kennedy probably also participated in Truman's confession. What if he also pleads guilty and bows down and steps down?

According to U.S. law, the successor to the U.S. President after the Vice President is the Speaker of the House of Representatives... The current Speaker of the House of Representatives is the leader of the Republican Party, Joseph William Martin Jr.! The Republican congressmen would only ask him to pick up Truman’s hot potato when they are out of their minds. By then, the Republican president will have become the sinner of the country. How will they be elected in the mid-term elections in 1946?

Moreover, the financial backers behind the Republican Party will not agree to let Republican Martin become president. Because once the Republicans took the blame from Truman, it would be the Republican president who signed the traitorous treaty and had it approved by Congress. At that time, the Democratic Party will be responsible for singing a high tone. If the Republican Party still wants to pass the treaty, it will have to reach a legislative deal with the Democratic Party, and then there will be no hope of repealing the New Deal legislation.

So now the U.S. Congress will not let Truman step down under any circumstances. Let alone his admission of Tongde, even if he admits that he is a German spy, he must take the president to the end... This means that the president you elected has to do it even if he cries. Get down!

However, once Truman admitted Tongde, he and his staff would be subject to endless investigations by Congress and the FBI. He is the president and has immunity to protect himself. People around him do not have this privilege.

In addition, Tongde was wrong after all, and he had to change it once he admitted it. After the change, Truman could no longer contact Hitler. As a result, peace negotiations will become more difficult, and the process may be slowed down by endless FBI investigations.

"I won't admit it," Truman said to Kennedy after thinking again and again, "I will have the White House issue a statement denying Tongde."

"But what if Congress holds a hearing?" Kennedy asked worriedly.

Once Congress convenes a hearing, it is possible for Vice President Kennedy, Secretary of State Stettinius, or even the president himself to testify. What will happen to Kennedy and Stettinius then? Committing perjury to deceive Congress or testifying against the president?

If they lied to Congress, then Kennedy and Stettinius would have committed a crime and might go to jail if they were exposed.

If they testify against the president, then if Truman cannot be impeached, Kennedy and Stettinius will have to resign. The two of them are Truman Tunde's right-hand men. If he steps down, Truman will still be in big trouble.

"Congress will not hold hearings easily," Truman said thoughtfully. "Now the Republican Party does not want me to step down. Taft and Martin will not agree to hold hearings without sufficient evidence."

"But the president...if the FBI gets involved, I'm afraid they will find something."

Kennedy's concerns were justified. Under Edgar Hoover's leadership, the FBI had become a formidable agency. Although it cannot be compared with the NKVD of the Soviet Union, it is definitely more difficult to deal with than the Central Security Service of Germany.

This is not because the agents of the German Central Security Service are insufficient, but because the nature of the two organizations is different. The German Central Security Service is an espionage and counterespionage agency with no judicial investigative powers. Therefore, it is not "independent" but must take orders from the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff. So both Hitler and Hersmann could order the Central Security Service to cease certain investigative work - which was perfectly legal.

The FBI is a judicial investigation agency affiliated with the Department of Justice, so it is judicially neutral. So Truman could not order the FBI to stop investigating Trump... This would violate judicial independence. If Truman did this, he would have committed a crime without waiting for the FBI to find out anything. If Edgar Hoover reported it to Congress , then he will have to face impeachment...

But can impeachment pass?

"Don't be afraid," Truman thought for a while and said with certainty, "I will find a chance to talk to Edgar Hoover alone, and I will definitely be able to stop the investigation... I believe that he will understand the special nature of the current situation."

"I understand, and I will support you as always," Kennedy said.

"Thank you very much," Truman said. "Joseph, there is one more thing that needs to be informed to Hitler. We are preparing to bomb the Japanese capital Tokyo in the near future! We will use plague bacteria ceramic bombs and anthrax spore bombs! In addition, we will also provide the Soviet Union and China with Plague bacteria ceramic bombs and anthrax spore bombs!”

"What?" Kennedy was startled, "President, aren't we ready to negotiate peace?"

"That's right!" Truman said, "but we must also let the Germans know that we are not immune to power without resistance. And... we cannot allow Japan to compete with us for leadership in the Pacific."

The Germans have their own plans for the postwar world, and the Americans also have to make arrangements. In the Atlantic direction and Canada, the United States is now powerless and can only try to send "liberal British" and liberals from other European countries, including the French trapped in St. Pierre and Miquelon, to Australia - —The American peace talks delegation in Rome has recently made representations to the Germans, hoping to fly the French there to the United States (actually to Australia), and they have also received permission. Because the archipelago was blocked by American mines, the Germans did not want to use their limited airlift capabilities to deliver food to them. Besides, it would be difficult to capture people like De Gaulle. If they were released, they would cause trouble. If they were shot, they would stimulate the national sentiments of the French people. It would be ideal to send them to the United States. Even if they were to go to Australia to continue the revolution, it would be easier than capturing them back to Europe.

But in the Pacific, which was beyond the reach of the Germans, the Americans did not intend to give up. Because he also knew that it was impossible for the Germans to go on an expedition, let alone establish direct rule in the Pacific region. At least until they settled Europe, there was no need to think about it - just the three big thorns of Russia, France and Great Britain were enough to keep the Germans busy for decades.

Therefore, in the east, Germany (the United States of Europe)'s sphere of influence only reaches India. Further east, the Japanese are stuck in the Strait of Malacca, the Chinese have endless sources of troops, and Australia and New Zealand will become bastions of freedom. Neither one is easy to deal with. Moreover, it is too far away from Europe, and it is impossible for the Germans to invest millions of troops like the Soviet Union.

As for dropping atomic bombs... atomic bombs can't replace the army's occupation! Moreover, the Japanese have germ weapons, and Australia and New Zealand have also received a large number of germ weapons from the United States. Now Truman has given germ weapons to China and Soviet Russia, so that several forces in the Pacific have some countermeasures.

After Australia, New Zealand, China, the Soviet Union, and Japan all had the means to protect themselves, what the United States had to do was naturally to establish a five-nation grand alliance of the United States, China, Japan, the Soviet Union, and Australia headed by itself—the existence of this Pacific Grand Alliance. Not only is it necessary for the United States to compete for world leadership again in the future, but it can also help the United States get out of the huge economic difficulties caused by defeat.

Just look at a map and count the population of the Asia-Pacific region to see how big the market is there!

However, the Japanese Empire was the biggest obstacle to the United States' leadership in the Pacific and its use of the Pacific as an export market for goods and capital.

Because Japan will have a maritime force that can overwhelm the US Navy and dominate the Pacific after the war! Therefore, Japan can cut off the United States' shipping routes to Australia, New Zealand, China, and Soviet Russia.

"Okay," Kennedy said, fully understanding what the president was thinking, "I'll tell Hitler the news."

Truman added: "In addition, tell Hitler that we will pay a large amount of reparations and agree to demilitarize the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutian Islands, but free navigation in the Pacific must be guaranteed!"

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"What? The Americans are going to bomb Tokyo with germ weapons?"

Hersmann heard this supposedly confidential information in the office of the German Chancellery this time.

"Yes," said Adolf Hitler, "but the Americans will agree to the demilitarization of the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutian Islands. But at the same time, the United States demands the guarantee of free navigation in the Pacific."

"So that's it," Hessman frowned deeply, "Are they going to attack from bases in North Korea and Vladivostok?"

Now that Japan has lost North Korea, there is a US Air Force base there, and a US Army Air Force base has been officially established in Vladivostok since the outbreak of the Far East War in July 1944.

On the soil of China and Soviet Russia, the Americans deployed the 15th Air Force, which has about 1,000 fighters and bombers. In addition, the Chinese and Soviet Air Forces also have the same number of fighter planes (the main fighters of the Chinese and Soviet Air Forces are made of American The La-7 fighter jet assembled with an engine, radio and wooden shell) can basically fight against the Japanese army and navy aviation. Every now and then, B-17s can be sent to fly around Tokyo and Osaka to throw some American working people to support the solidified ***.

Of course, Japan also has the ability to retaliate. Vladivostok and Shanghai were both hit by Japanese bombs. However, because the United States dispatched F-13 early warning aircraft, which can conduct on-site command of the Chinese and Soviet air forces, the losses of Japanese aircraft over Shanghai and Vladivostok have been very high. Generally speaking, the advantage lies with the United States, China and the Soviet Union.

So Hersman naturally thought that American planes would attack from North Korea and Vladivostok.

"I don't know about that." Hitler shook his head, "Probably so."

Hersman shrugged: "So be it...it would be nice to let the Japanese have some enemies with the Chinese, Americans, and Russians."