Chapter 365 Voting and Surrender

"...Indeed, if 46 million British people demand to rule 40 million square kilometers of land, then," in the large conference hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva, on the rostrum, the German leader and Prime Minister Adolf Hitler was using a very moderate and conciliatory tone. He said in a tone of voice, raising his hands with his palms facing outward. "It is understandable that ten million Germans want to peacefully cultivate the 900,000 square kilometers of land that historically belongs to them."

"900,000 square kilometers" is based on the original territory of the Second German Empire (excluding Alsace-Lorraine) and part of the Austrian Imperial Palace territory (Austria, Bohemia, Western Ukraine, Slovenia) plus Polo (excluding Lithuania) plus Luxembourg, the total is approximately 900,000 square kilometers. This is the current territorial claim of the Third Reich in Europe. In Hitler's words, this is of course Germany's "final claim" to territory.

However, in addition to these "900,000 square kilometers", Hitler and Hessmann also opened a "back door" for the German Empire to expand its territory-the Alliance of Shared Monarchs. At present, Germany has formed a co-monarchy alliance with four countries. They are the Kingdom of Poland (including Russian Poland and Western Galicia), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Galicia-Ukraine (Western Ukraine), and the Grand Duchy of Slovakia. These four countries will have independent parliaments, governments and defense forces (militias). ), can preserve the language and culture of the nation (German is a second language).

But at the same time, the four countries do not have their own central banks. The mark (or European mark) is the only legal currency in circulation. Citizens of the four countries are obliged to join the Imperial Army (German Army), and the governments of the four countries must also pay a certain amount of defense tax to the imperial center. In addition, citizens of these four countries can also freely enter and leave the German Empire, and work, study and live in the German Empire.

In fact, these four countries with the German Emperor as their monarch can also be regarded as part of Germany. Counting them, the German Empire would have more than 1.2 million square kilometers of land, and its population would increase to 130 million.

In addition, there are millions of Jews holding Israeli passports in the German Empire (including the four co-monarchy states).

According to the "Racial Law" of the German Empire, they could not hold the nationality of Germany (including the four co-monarchy states). Unless you convert to Christianity (Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox are all acceptable), speak fluent German, and are willing to fight for Germany.

However, Jews holding Israeli passports will not be sent to concentration camps, let alone slaughtered like livestock. According to the plan of the Nazi Party and the German military, most of these people will be sent to the State of Israel, which will be established on Palestinian land in the future. But that is a matter of the future. Now there is a shortage of labor force in Germany, so these have become "restricted" (limited job positions) foreign workers.

"...Virtually everyone knows the fact that our demands, the order we want to restore, are reasonable. The territorial and political structure of Europe before the First World War was that after the collapse of the Roman Empire Although this pattern has been formed by more than a thousand years of historical evolution, people of different nationalities live in one country and allow different countries to be united and dependent on each other. In the eyes of some New World and Islanders who pretend not to understand European history. It may be wrong to come here, but this is the reality in Europe, and it is a reality that is beneficial to everyone!”

Hitler spoke faster and faster, appearing a little excited. He waved his fists fiercely and said in a mocking tone: "But these people claim that nations want self-determination, and under the guise of national self-determination, they destroy Europe that has existed for 800 to 1,000 years." While the ancient nations were smashing and smashing, they themselves were enslaving hundreds of millions of black, brown and yellow-skinned humans.

Does self-determination only apply to white Europeans and not to other races? I think Prime Minister Churchill and the late US President Wilson must have thought so. This is their way of thinking. This is imperialism!

This is the imperialism we are forced to wage war against! It is also the imperialism that was to be ended at the Geneva Peace Conference! "

As soon as Hitler's opening speech ended, thunderous applause erupted in the conference hall of the Palais des Nations. Hopkins, the deputy head of the U.S. delegation participating in the meeting, was one of the few people in the venue who did not applaud. He was carefully looking at the delegations from various countries participating in the meeting.

Now British Prime Minister Churchill has publicly questioned that the League of Nations in Geneva is controlled by Germany, and has also called on the member states of the League of Nations to hold a meeting in Toronto, Canada, to move the League of Nations headquarters to Canada.

Therefore, not all member states of the League of Nations sent representatives to attend the Geneva Peace Conference, but there were still many representatives from various countries who appeared in Geneva!

Not only did the two heavyweight countries, the Soviet Union and Japan, ignore the British "warning" and send delegations to attend the Geneva Conference (Japan not only came on its own, but also brought an Annan man wearing strange clothes who said he was a legal member of French Indochina). emperor). Moreover, many second- and third-rate countries outside Europe, such as China, Siam, Brazil, Argentina, and Iran, ignored the arrogant British Empire and sent delegations.

And Turkey, which is half European and half Asian, also sent a huge delegation, led by their Prime Minister Refik Saidam himself - this is obviously a very bad sign! Once Turkey is won over by Germany, the German army will be able to drive unimpeded overland into the Middle East and get the oil they want.

There is no doubt that the British Empire is facing an unprecedented crisis!

While Hitler was giving his speech, the draft of the Geneva Peace Treaty was distributed by the staff of the Palais des Nations to all the members of the delegations attending the conference.

Harry Hopkins read it carefully and found some very interesting contents on it.

That night, Hopkins wrote in his report:

The Germans did something very interesting. They asked the defeated French to choose the conditions of surrender through democratic voting. They gave several options in the draft of the Geneva Peace Treaty - of course, each option was very difficult for France. Now the Germans are asking the French people to vote one by one in a referendum and choose from a bunch of imposed and unfair surrender conditions. This is simply an insult to the democratic system and referendums, but this approach is in line with the nature of the Germans.

By the way, these proud Germans also gave the French the option of saying "no". They can vote to take up arms and continue to resist! If I were French, I would definitely vote to let the country continue to fight.

Among the harsh peace conditions given by the Germans, there is also a combination that looks relatively mild to the cowardly. I guess those useless French people are likely to vote for such conditions.

First, the Germans will not occupy large areas of French mainland territory. In addition to the necessary cession of Alsace-Lorraine, the Germans in mainland France only occupied Brest, Calais, and Dunkirk on the Brittany Peninsula as bases for fighting against Britain.

These three territories will temporarily transfer sovereignty to Germany in the name of "leased territory" until Germany defeats Britain. The rest of the land in mainland France can be governed by the French government.

Secondly, Germany can conditionally exempt France from the obligation to return reparations and "plundered materials".

The condition is that France joins the European Customs Union and the European Monetary Union (of course not immediately, but there is a process of joining) - this means that France will lose tariff autonomy and monetary autonomy forever, and the Bank of France will merge with the central banks of European countries such as the German Imperial Bank, the Belgian Central Bank, the Polish Central Bank, and possibly the Hungarian Central Bank, as well as the European Development Bank in Switzerland, and then form a unified European Central Bank. The headquarters of the European Central Bank is now planned to be established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands... If the Netherlands is also willing to join the European Customs Union and the Monetary Union!

Once again, Germany asked for part of the French fleet - either on lease, or the fleet could be operated by French volunteers!

What Germany wanted was the battleships Richelieu, Jean Bart, Dunkirk, Strasbourg and a dozen other cruisers and destroyers. In this way, they could form a powerful Mediterranean fleet.

However, it should be pointed out that the Germans did not ask for them immediately. According to the provisions of the draft Geneva Treaty, the French must modernize and overhaul the warships according to the requirements of the German Navy before delivering them (the cost will be borne by the French government), and at the same time, they must assign volunteers to these ships.

Volunteers will be recruited from French naval soldiers, and after a six-month "National Socialist Education", they will be responsible for operating and commanding these ships. And they will fight for Germany in the name of "volunteers". France itself can continue to remain "neutral", and most French people can continue to live a comfortable life. I believe this is very attractive to French voters!

The last attractive condition is the disposal of Alsace-Lorraine - it will become the capital of the future European Community, which belongs neither to Germany nor France, but to the whole of Europe.

I think the residents of Alsace-Lorraine will definitely vote in favor (of course they can vote), so that their hometown will no longer become the main battlefield of the world war, and will also receive a lot of investment. In addition, the capital of the European Community is likely to mean many good job opportunities.

At the end of the report, Harry Hopkins told Roosevelt very confidently: I have no expectations for the results of the French referendum. The Germans have obviously taken the first step in integrating Europe, and they are doing quite well!