The Rise of the Third Reich

The night of December 13, 1912, Riga Castle.

The celebration party was over, and the beautiful words of Hitler and Stalin, the two good socialist brothers, were also over. Now is the time to discuss the division of the "liberation services" market behind closed doors - there are many people in the world who need to be liberated, and it should take the two socialist countries of Germany and the Soviet Union to work together to liberate them all. of.

“Comrade Hitler,” the fatherly leader said in Russian with a Georgian accent, smoking his pipe and smiling broadly, “our Red Army is now fighting against the Polish colonizers in Ukraine and Belarus, and this is also to liberate the oppressed Ukrainian people and Belarusian people. Your country, socialist Germany, must support us, right?”

Adolf Hitler finished listening to Count Schulenburg's translation, and then looked at Field Marshal Hessmann. Now it is up to the military to decide whether the Soviet Union can deal with Brest and Right Bank Ukraine - after all, once Poland and Ukraine are finished, the buffer between the Soviet Union and Germany will no longer exist.

"Germany certainly supports the Soviet Union's liberation of right-bank Ukraine and Belarus," Hersman said, "but the armistice agreement we have signed with Poland cannot support you with force."

Stalin shook his head, "No, no, no force is needed, as long as you give up support for the reactionary Polish government!"

In Stalin's view, the reason why his Red Army has not captured Brest is that the Germans are supporting Poland.

Hersman shrugged, "Comrade Stalin, let me be honest with you, except for the release of prisoners and the return of equipment stipulated in the "Polish-German Armistice Agreement", we have not supported White Poland in any form. In fact, we very much hope that you can capture it. Brest, so that we can carry out protective occupation of the entire remaining territory of Poland in accordance with the Polish-German Armistice Agreement.”

This is basically the truth. At least Germany has not provided German-made weapons and equipment to Poland. The Poles and Ukrainians are using their own weapons to resist. Therefore, Stalin's Red Army did not capture any German weapons and equipment from the Poles.

"We are allies against colonialism!" Stalin exhaled smoke, "Can't you show a little more sincerity?"

"Comrade Stalin," Hessmann shook his head slightly, "Actually, we are not allies, at least we are not fighting side by side yet!" He paused and then said, "But we can still provide some conveniences to the Soviet Union."

He looked at Hitler and saw the leader nodded before continuing: "We can allow the ground troops of the Red Army to temporarily cross the Bug River and encircle the Brest Fortress. However, after completing the annihilation of the Brest enemy After the mission, they must retreat east of the Bug River."

It will definitely be easier to encircle and fight, because the 12 fortresses outside the core fortress of Brest are all built east of the Bug River. Behind the fortress, the defenses along the Bug River were relatively loose, with only trench defense zones along the river. After all, it is difficult to attack before the Bug River freezes, but after the Bug River freezes in winter, the infantry can attack from the river, and it is very difficult to hold it.

"But the Brest Core Fortress itself is also very strong!" Voroshilov immediately took over the topic. "If you can provide a few Big Bertha's, we can solve it, and you can use them to pay off the oil debt... We can offer a very high price!"

Hersmann personally translated Voroshilov's words into German and told Hitler. Hitler said: "I can agree, but..." His face suddenly sank, "The Soviets must ensure that they deal with those who are holding on to the Brest Fortress. Polish people!”

The meaning of getting rid of...should be "Katyn Forest".

But this time it’s not 20,000 people, but at least 200,000 people…

"No problem!" Stalin waved his hand, and at least 200,000 Polish lives were about to be taken. In fact, if Hitler did not make demands, Stalin would not spare them, at least not the backbone of them.

Even if the issue of the liberation of the Polish people was happily resolved, today's talks would still continue, and the two sides would soon have differences again.

"Comrade Stalin, the people of Finland and Turkey do not need liberation. These two countries are not imperialist colonies."

"But Finland is part of Russia!" Stalin said, "So the Soviet Union has an unshirkable responsibility for the working people of Finland and has the obligation to rescue them from dire straits."

Finland was part of the old Russian Empire, but not the Baltics and Lithuania? Hersmann glanced at Hitler, who looked normal. The German leader considered it and said: "What about Turkey? Isn't that part of Russia?"

Stalin spread his hands and said with a smile: "That is the only way for the Soviet Union to liberate the people of the Middle East! You can rest assured that the Soviet Union will not turn Turkey into a union republic."

rest assured? Can you safely block the "oil roads" across Europe?

Hersmann gritted his teeth and smiled, then looked at Hitler again. The German leader remained calm, "Who are you going to liberate first? The working people of Finland or the working people of Turkey?"

Count Schulenburg quickly translated his question into Russian.

"Finland!" Stalin said with a smile, "Of course it is Finland. If it is solved, the north of the Soviet Union will be safe, so that we can go south to liberate the oppressed people in the Middle East and India."

…

Just when Stalin and Hitler, two socialist leaders with a comradely and brotherly friendship, were discussing the cause of human liberation in Riga. The Prime Minister of the world's largest colonial empire was meeting with friends from the United States.

The visitor was U.S. Secretary of State Hull, who brought good news to Chamberlain, as well as not-so-good news.

The good news is that the U.S. Congress passed the revised provisions of the Neutrality Act. Now the United States can finally serve as an arsenal of democracy, exporting weapons and equipment to democratic colonial empires to fight against socialist countries that oppose colonial oppression.

The advanced F2A Buffalo fighter jets and P36 fighter jets will soon be shipped to the UK and France!

As for the bad news, U.S. President Roosevelt declared during a congressional inquiry: Amending the Neutrality Act does not mean that the United States supports Britain and France, nor does it mean that the United States supports colonialism. In fact, the United States has always been opposed to colonialism, because colonialism Doctrine is not in the interest of the United States...

Yes, although the United States also has a few colonies, the United States itself is opposed to colonialism and did not have much interest in maintaining their colonial rule in the Philippines in 1939.

Moreover, colonialism posed an obstacle for American companies to enter colonial and semi-colonial markets, so the United States has long held a position against colonialism. However, the United States does not intend to use fierce war methods to oppose colonialism, unless the European colonial empire wants to turn an independent American country into a colony.

Although everyone knows the moderate anti-colonial stance of the United States, when the Soviet Union and Germany issued the "Liberator's Proclamation", they once again reiterated their anti-colonial stance. This may not be good news for the two colonial empires, Britain and France.

"President Roosevelt believes that the declarations issued by the Soviet Union and Germany do not reflect their true positions." Secretary Hull considered the words. "Not long ago, Germany demanded the return of its colonies, and the Soviet Union is still invading Poland and Ukraine. , which all shows that they are currently taking a deceptive position.”

In fact, Germany's claim back of the colonies lost due to the Treaty of Versailles does not mean that they are not anti-colonial - because they can also liberate the colonies after they claim them back. Germany had expressed its anti-colonial stance as early as Italy's invasion of Abyssinia. At that time, they believed that the colonial rule of poor overseas countries by European countries was meaningless and a complete waste.

However, the Soviet Union's attack on right-bank Ukraine is a bit like showing the fox's tail!

"So the president believes that the Soviet Union is an entirely viable target," Hull said. "Our Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins has already met with Stalin in Moscow, and Stalin did not reject our good intentions. The key now is just How much good will can the British Empire show? Prime Minister, I think you know very well that if you want to truly blockade Germany, you can’t do it without the Soviet Union!”

The way to defeat Germany is of course blockade! If the Soviet Union wanted to take the initiative to attack Germany, the British Empire would definitely not be able to afford this price. And if the French are to collide with the impregnable Siegfried line of defense, it will only lead to France's rapid defeat.

"In fact, we are very willing to let the Soviet Union restore the territory of the Russian Empire at its peak," Chamberlain said after considering it, "even including the entire Austrian Galicia."

This is a stupid old fox! Hull cursed in his mind. Chamberlain wanted the Soviet Union to cut Germany's flesh by itself. Could this be regarded as Britain's reward for buying the Soviet Union?

"Mr Prime Minister," Hull said, "the British Empire needs to show some good faith in its past promises to Russia."

Chamberlain was stunned, a promise to Russia? Balkans? Or...Türkiye?

Secretary of State Hull then persuaded: "Mr. Prime Minister, the Soviet Union and Germany are by no means close and without conflicts. From a geopolitical perspective, the Soviet Union and Germany are mortal enemies. The reason why the Soviet Union is now cooperating with Germany and alienating Britain and France is because you are After the end of the last world war, you betrayed the interests of Russia as an ally. If you do not show sincerity now, then any negotiations with the Soviet Union will not be effective. The Soviet Union will continue to provide oil to Germany, so that Germany will have a relationship with Britain and France. The capital to fight a protracted war.”

Chamberlain nodded thoughtfully and said: "Okay, I will send a special envoy to Moscow. There will be special envoys there, but our sea transportation is really difficult, too difficult... The Germans will take us I'll kill you if you can't help me more."