The Rise of the Third Reich

Tsar Nicholas II died heroically. It is said that in order to protect his family, he gave three girls and Crown Prince Alexei a chance to escape, and personally led the guards to resist - when the Kaiser wanted to betray Soviet Russia and support the restoration of the Tsar After seeking peace, Nicholas II had a guard of more than 50 people, all composed of White Russians from the Baltic.

However, the tsar's heroic resistance was just an egg against a stone in front of thousands of armed revolutionary masses, and finally gained a heroic sacrifice. But the matter was not over yet, because the revolutionary masses in Berlin actually broke into internal strife after occupying the Glinico Palace. It turned out that the Queen, the Crown Prince and the three Grand Duchess were quickly caught, and a part of the revolutionary masses - they all spoke German with a strong Russian accent and claimed to be Baltic Germans - insisted on shooting them! Other revolutionary masses opposed the shooting of women and children, even if they were members of the Tsar's family.

And something even more unexpected happened next. A "Baltic German" took advantage of the dispute between the two parties and suddenly shot at the Crown Prince, the Queen and the three Grand Dukes with an MP18 submachine gun he got from nowhere! Kill them all. Such behavior immediately aroused public outrage! People wanted to capture the murderers, but the murderers and their accomplices opened fire on the angry crowd, resulting in a fight between the two groups at the Palace of Glinico. The revolutionary masses in Berlin were vast in numbers, and although the people sent by Lenin were elite, they could not break out for a while. After fighting for a long time, the nearby Potsdam Guards were finally attracted. As a result, the Bolshevik soldiers suffered a tragedy. The Potsdam Guards also captured several "Baltic Germans". After interrogation, they admitted that they were agents sent by Soviet Russia to support the German revolution.

Supporting the German revolution and shooting the Tsar and Empress by the way were nothing to worry about - both the Socialist Party and the Bolshevik Party had elements of internationalism, and they no longer cared about foreign revolutionaries interfering in their own countries. However, the murder of the young crown prince and the three grand duchess was a stain that was difficult to wash away, and it became a new excuse for Albert and Scheidemann to slander and attack Soviet Russia. The newly elected People's Committee used this as a reason to refuse to resume diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. Even Liebknecht, the leader of the Spartacist League, issued a public statement firmly denying any involvement in the murder of the Tsar, Empress and Crown Prince...

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"Damn it, they killed the Tsar and the Crown Prince! Now the Grand Duchess of Baltistan will probably have the Russian throne!"

November 12, just three days after the death of the Russian Tsar and Crown Prince. The French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, also known as the Tiger, hurriedly visited No. 10 Downing Street in London. As soon as he and British Prime Minister Lloyd George walked into this old, narrow, and unimpressive Prime Minister's residence, Clemenceau couldn't help but curse.

"This is obviously a conspiracy! A German conspiracy... I strongly suspect that the man named Yulovsky is actually the Kaiser's agent! This matter should be investigated thoroughly. I can guarantee that this will be the Kaiser's. Another crime!"

Clemenceau's accusation was not unreasonable, because the Tsar was deliberately kept in Berlin by the Kaiser. In later history, many conspiracy theorists believed that the Tsar was killed by the Germans. Others pointed their suspicions at the Stasi secret service, which later became famous.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I think that the power to investigate the murder of the Tsar should belong to the legitimate government of Russia in the future." Lloyd George invited the French Prime Minister into an office that was not very well lit and had some old decoration. This was the British Prime Minister. Office space.

This was not Clemenceau's first time here, and he was not polite. He pulled up a chair and sat down. An older female secretary brought him and the British Prime Minister two cups of freshly brewed milk tea.

"The legal government of Russia?" Clemenceau seemed to have no idea what he meant. "The cabinet executive who went to Siberia?"

The cabinet executive government first in Ufa in the Ural region and then evacuated to Omsk in Siberia inherited the legal authority of the provisional government and was regarded internationally as the legitimate government of Russia.

Lloyd George smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm afraid things are not that simple. We have just received news that Admiral Kolchak, the military minister of the Russian cabinet's ruling government, launched a coup and seized power... He announced at the inauguration ceremony Allegiance to Grand Duchess Olga!"

"What?" Clemenceau was startled, "How could he do this? Without consulting with the Allies, he is like a Russian Grand Duchess controlled by the Germans and loyal to her?"

"Not only him... Denikin, Wrangel and Semyonov also issued a statement of allegiance to the Grand Duchess today. They also called her the mother of Russia in the telegram. Mr. Prime Minister, can we think that Has the Russian Empire been restored?"

The Russian Empire has really been restored! The four main White Guard commanders, Kolchak, Denikin, Wrangel and Semyonov, were all loyal to the Grand Duchess - they had not been loyal to Nicholas II before, but after confirming that the Tsar and the Emperor After the prince was killed, they all couldn't wait to pledge their allegiance to Grand Duchess Olga. This was really beyond Clemenceau's expectation.

The French prime minister, who came from an anti-imperialist background (Clemenceau and his father were both politicians who opposed Napoleon III and were imprisoned for this), did not support the restoration of the Romanov dynasty. His favorites were democratic politicians like Kerensky and Lvov, both of whom were now in Paris.

"That's easy to understand," Lloyd George said to Clemenceau with a smile, "Nicholas II has been in power for many years. He is a difficult king to deal with, and his image is not good. Grand Duchess Olga has no political experience. During the war, she worked as a nurse to take care of the wounded. She refused to marry and stayed in Russia. She has a good image among the Russian people.

For the leaders of the White Guards, she is also a more suitable monarch than all the collateral grand dukes of the Romanov dynasty. Because she still has a piece of land near Petrograd! The center of Russia has always been Petrograd and Moscow!"

Although the White Guards of Russia now control most of Russia's territory, they do not control the core with dense population and developed economy. Therefore, the manpower and material resources they have are far less than those of the Bolsheviks. The total strength of the White Guards is estimated to be only one-third of the Red Army. And it is difficult to get supplements. Once the war falls into protracted and consumption, the future of the White Guards can be imagined.

So attacking from Estonia, taking Petrograd, and then rebuilding the empire with Petrograd as the center became the only way for the White Guards to achieve the final victory.

"But the United Baltic Principality is clearly a tool created by the Germans to evade responsibility for the defeat." Clemenceau said angrily, "The real power of that country is in the hands of the Germans, this cannot be allowed!" Lloyd George understood Clemenceau's feelings. The French were beaten badly by the Germans. They were very afraid of Germany's resurgence, so they wanted to tear Germany apart. But Britain's continental policy is always balanced. Now Russia is caught in a terrible civil war, and no matter what the outcome, it will be seriously injured. In this case, tearing Germany apart again means that France will lose control on the European continent. Therefore, Britain is opposed to dismembering Germany. What it can accept is only weakening and restraining Germany...cutting off part of the land, forcing them to pay huge reparations, and then restricting Germany's industrial and military capabilities with harsh treaties. However, the emergence of the United Baltic Principality dominated by the Germans is a huge uncertainty. "The Germans must leave!" Clemenceau said, "This is also stipulated in the "Armistice of the Forest of Compiègne"."

"The "Armistice of the Forest of Compiègne"?" The British Prime Minister looked at the 77-year-old French Prime Minister, whose head was bald and whose beard and eyebrows had turned snow-white, and smiled bitterly, "Mr. Prime Minister, are you going to use the armistice against Germany to restrain a Russian empress?"

"No!" said the French Prime Minister, "She is not yet the Russian empress. We cannot recognize her now unless she expels all Germans in the Baltic territories!"

While the French Prime Minister was speaking, the door of the Prime Minister's office was suddenly knocked, and a secretary of the Prime Minister walked in quickly and handed a copy of the telegram to the British Prime Minister.

"Mr. Prime Minister, a revolution broke out in Vienna, Karl I was expelled, the Imperial Parliament declared the establishment of a republic, and announced its joining Germany!"

"What!?" Clemenceau jumped up suddenly, "Damn Germans, they are still not honest at this point! It's so hateful!"

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