The Rise of the Third Reich

"September 1, 1939, is the day I plan to launch World War II!"

In a small office, Hersmann lowered his voice and spoke to Colonel Kurt von Schleicher in an extremely serious tone.

"What? What? Second World War!?" Schleicher jumped up suddenly, eyes wide open, and raised his right hand to point at Hersmann. "You, you, are you serious?"

Hessman nodded seriously, "Colonel, of course I am serious. We lost a world war, now we should consider revenge and prepare for a new world war! And I personally think that the more appropriate time to launch a war is 1939 !”

In another time and space, the German military began planning to launch war only after Hitler came to power, and the time was set from 1944 to 1945. In other words, Germany entered the war completely unprepared.

"But why 1939?"

"Colonel, I was born in 1892, and you were born in 1882. By 1939, I will be 48 years old and you will be 58 years old. They are not too old. By then I can command several armies to sweep away Poland and France, and you can serve as the chief of general staff and mediate. If we delay it any longer, we will not have enough physical and mental strength to lead the German army to win the war. Since we are preparing for war, we have the responsibility to lead. The German army is victorious!"

Is this a reason? Schleicher certainly thought about fighting World War II - in the time and space without Hersmann, he was the one who led Germany in quietly preparing for war in the 1920s and early 1930s! He was also the one who promoted cooperation between Germany and the Soviet Union!

But he probably never thought about launching World War II in his lifetime.

"It is already November 2020, and there is only less than 19 years left..."

"Colonel, this does not depend on us!" Hessmann frowned, "It depends on the will of the German people! When the German people need war to avenge their disgrace, as soldiers we cannot retreat!"

"The people need war?" Schleicher shook his head doubtfully. His thinking was still that of the Second Reich, although the German people were cheering for him when Wilhelm II declared war. However, World War I was mainly fought by the emperor and the Junker nobles, and the support of the people at the bottom for the war was not comparable to that of the Germans in World War II.

The situation in World War II was exactly the opposite. The middle and lower classes supported the war far more than the upper class. There is no need to defend the German working people, because they were the ones who pushed the Nazi Party into power with their votes. However, many people in the Honorary Officer Corps were against the Nazis, such as Vorbeck, who received the Blue Max Medal in World War I, and Count Luckner (the one who used the sailing ship Seahawk to break the war) and the war General Ludwig Beck, who previously served as Chief of General Staff, and others.

"When the people have suffered enough from defeat, they will need war!"

Hessmann plausibly said: "The cessation of territory and huge reparations brought not only humiliation to the German people, but also a miserable and desperate life in the future. In history, any socio-economic crisis is mainly caused by the people in the middle and lower classes. The pain caused by Germany's defeat will make the middle and lower classes suffer.

Those who will feel particularly painful will be our German generation and our children's generation... We once lived in a glorious and prosperous empire and had an extremely beautiful life. But the defeat and the Treaty of Versailles ruined everything! As for our children's generation, some will remember the beauty of childhood, and some will know what kind of country Germany used to be from their parents. Facing a bleak life, most people cannot be calm. They will hate the enemies who have brought them suffering, they will dream of returning to the past, and they will dream of a war that will allow Germany to stand up again. Their dreams will eventually turn into Germany's political line!

Moreover, only a war policy can save Germany and save the lives of two generations of Germans. Facing the Treaty of Versailles, at least I can't see any future for peace, so Germany is heading towards World War II step by step, which is irreversible. The responsibility of us soldiers is to win a new world war for Germany. "

Historically, Hitler's method of saving the German economy was to prepare for war with a wartime system: tearing up the Treaty of Versailles, settling the debts of the Weimar Republic, imposing foreign exchange and trade controls, and issuing additional currency to expand arms, prepare for war, and create demand.

Although Hitler's policy of stimulating demand is similar to Roosevelt's New Deal, the reason why this policy can be implemented in Germany is to prepare for war (really prepare to fight) - if you are not prepared for war, you cannot tear up the Treaty of Versailles, nor can you Get rid of debt. Without breaking the treaty or breaking the debt, the marks produced by the German government are just waste paper and cannot be used to stimulate demand at all.

"Colonel!" Hessmann looked at Schleicher. He knew Schleicher's abilities and the tragic end of this soldier-politician. "According to reliable intelligence, the final compensation will be as high as more than 200 billion gold marks, which is impossible to achieve. And if we can't pay, they will come and occupy the Ruhr area! Germany's future is bleak, and we and our children will We will face long-term poverty and humiliation. War will be the only way out. This is the trend of history and we can only comply with it and cannot resist it!"

Schleicher touched his bald head and looked at the lieutenant colonel in front of him who was supposed to be his younger brother. But the images of Hindenburg and Ludendorff came to mind - in the future, will he be another Hindenburg, and Hirschmann will be another Ludendorff? But who is William II?

"Who will lead Germany in launching a war?" Schleicher suddenly asked. "Will there be another emperor?"

"Maybe," Hersman said, "but there won't be a restoration of the dynasty until we win World War II, because the middle and lower classes won't trust us until the war is won."

As a Juncker elite, the royalist position cannot be shaken!

"You won't trust us?" Schleicher asked. "And who will lead?"

"Of course it is a workers' party that opposes Marxism." Hessmann said with a wry smile, "During the November Revolution, didn't it mean that you and I had to put on soldiers' clothes and occupy the Imperial Palace and the Parliament Building? People from the middle and lower classes don’t trust us. They have their own will, which we can’t control.”

"Are we going to be the slaves of elected politicians?"

"Of course not," Hersman said. "We should support them, monitor them, cooperate with them, and fight against them."

"Ludwig, do you already have someone chosen?"

"There is already one," Hersmann said. "He is a co-briefer for the Stasi, codenamed 'Corporal,' and is currently the propaganda minister of the National Socialist German Workers' Party."

"Code name Corporal? Who is he?"

"He is an Austrian. He served in the German army during the war. His highest military rank was corporal. He received the Iron Cross First Class and the Iron Cross Second Class."

"A corporal, and an Austrian! Lieutenant Colonel Hersmann, are you kidding me?"

Am I kidding? Hirschman let out a sigh. "Colonel, he is a genius for demagoguery, even more powerful than Lenin! If you have time, let's go to Munich to meet him."

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