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Chapter 93 Prisoners of War
In mid-September 1944, on the outskirts of Vienna.

Whoa!Whoa!Whoa!Whoa!
A huge army is marching majesticly on the road.

It's just that this majestic army is not an allied army, but a captured Hydra army.

Allied soldiers marching in cars, armored vehicles and tanks on both sides of the road looked at this imposing army, and for a while they doubted who was the defeated side.

"Look at these guys, even though they are defeated, they still march with pride!" McGinnis said to Josie, who was sitting in the back seat, dangling on the co-pilot of the jeep.

It is a matter of habit that U.S. military officers like to sit in the co-pilot, so there is no such thing as the status of the front and rear seats in general officialdom.

Josie and his party took the plane with General McGinnis, arrived at the field airport outside Vienna, and then were escorted by the guards, preparing to go to Vienna.

On the road, I happened to encounter such a Hydra army captive of about 10 people escorted by the Allied forces.

"Has the Allied forces thought about how to deal with these prisoners of war?" Josie looked at the army and asked thoughtfully.

"Of course, according to General Eisenhower's order, these captives will first be screened out by the newly established Austrian Provisional Government to identify Austrians, and the rest will be sent to the Rhine Camp." General McGinnis said casually, "What? What do you think Are these people interested?"

"Of course I'm interested. Such a well-trained and orderly team will be a very good factory workforce, won't it?" Josie said with a slight smile.

"Hahahahaha, it's really a capitalist's classic speech, but I like it. If you really want it, I will say hello to the following later. Although it is impossible for you to take all of them, there is no problem with half of them. This is tens of thousands of people, can you handle it? Don't make trouble!" General McGinnis asked.

In fact, for these U.S. troops, whether it is a German prisoner or a Hydra prisoner, it doesn't really matter. Whether to stay or not is just a word from the senior generals.

Although the two sides fought quite badly, except for some Jews, they didn't have much hatred for the Germans. It was a drag, but it was true.

Before Josie traveled, she saw such an article on the Internet.

It is said that nearly 500 million prisoners were held in the Rhine Camp built by the US military, and 75 died in just three months.

Because the article over there is well written and there are various citations, many people really believed it.

But how did the figure of 75 actually come about?
From the book "Other Detractions: The Shocking Truth Behind the Mass Death of German Soldiers Disarmed under the Order of General Eisenhower" by Canadian author James Buckcher in 1989.

And who was James Bakche?Not a statistician or a historian, just a Canadian novelist.

As soon as this book was published, it immediately caused a great uproar in the field of World War II history in the West.

Immediately, many historians pointed out the problems in this book.

That is, this Bakche counted the number of those who were released into the death toll, so the actual death toll was only tens of thousands.

Wars belong to wars, but many times they still cannot escape favors. Germans with money and connections will naturally find ways to spend money to redeem their families.

There are also many capitalists who will need cheap labor during the occupation.

Therefore, the hundreds of thousands of captives who disappeared inexplicably were actually released by the U.S. military only through employment, redemption, etc.

Just like what Josie is doing now.

For the U.S. military, this can not only reduce the supply pressure, but also generate income, so why not do it?

It is not only the United States that is falsified by the data, but also the situation on Mao Xiong's side.

Various marketing accounts on the Internet rumored that Mao Xiong captured 400 million German troops, of which 200 million died in Siberia.

But in fact?
In fact, nearly half of the nearly 400 million people are the troops of the slave countries. Most of these troops have undergone a period of labor reform after the war. In order to appease the allied countries, they are basically released or reorganized into their own allied countries. up.

The remaining 200 million German and Austrian nationals were not released easily, and were locked up for many years as laborers. Although many died, it is far from possible to have such an exaggerated figure of 200 million.

And those who do good things are to add the 200 million figures released in advance to the death toll with a stroke of a pen, in order to discredit Mao Xiong.

The really reliable data is actually calculated by German officials themselves, that is, among the captives who surrendered after the war, only 40 to 50 died due to various normal reasons and did not return home, of which only 30 died in Eastern Europe. More than [-] died, while more than [-] died in Western Europe.

Most of the more than [-] in Western Europe did not die at the hands of the Americans, but at the hands of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, which were brutally abused by Germany in World War II.

"Of course it can be done, but it will take some time. Before that, you need to lend me some manpower, General!" Josie said with a smile.

To deal with tens of thousands of people without causing trouble, it is naturally very difficult for ordinary people, but for Josie, the problem is not really big.

As long as those middle and senior officers with high prestige are selected from the prisoners of war and sent to Yuri for "training" for a period of time, everything will be settled.

"The only problem may be the residence, but I believe that Ms. Ophelia will solve this matter for me, right?" Josie asked, looking at Ophelia beside her.

"Of course, Mr. Kahn, it's an honor to be an ally!" Ophelia replied with a smile.

McGinnis watched the two sing together and clearly felt that the relationship between the two had changed a lot.

But he just shrugged and didn't take it seriously, young man... It's normal to have problems.

In such a few words, the whereabouts of tens of thousands of prisoners of war were decided by Josie and McGinnis.

While talking, their convoy also slowly drove into Vienna.

As soon as he entered this city of music, Beethoven's symphony sounded in Josie's ears... well, it was not a hallucination, but there were seven or eight artists in tuxedos playing on the side of the road not far away.

"Where is the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts?" Looking at these players, Josie suddenly asked Ophelia.

"Um, it's in the city center!" Ophelia was taken aback for a moment, and then replied, not understanding why Josie asked this suddenly.

"Why, Josie, are you also interested in art?" General McGinnis turned around and asked with interest.

"Oh, no, I just think that the Vienna Academy of Arts may be half responsible for this world war!" Josie said teasingly.

This stalk, which will be very popular on the Internet in the future, is far from being mentioned in this era.

So when they heard what Josie said, both of them were at a loss, and the officer who was driving also listened subconsciously.

So Josie smiled slightly and told the source of the meme.

Suddenly, General McGinnis laughed loudly from the jeep.

　one more chapter will be late
　　
　
(End of this chapter)