The Rise of the Third Reich

While Hessmann and Kesselring were having a secret conversation in the defense minister's office, preparing to characterize the upcoming Soviet-German conflict, in the scenic Geneva, Switzerland, in the famous White Crane Hotel, Rudolf Hess, the German Empire's Minister-in-Chief and also a member of the European Community Senate, was meeting with Kennedy, the US Ambassador to Switzerland - the meeting was of course secret. "It is impossible for the United States to give up supporting Britain. You know, the United States and Britain have close economic, cultural and political ties. Although not every American likes Britain, the 1940 election has shown that most Americans support Britain. This is the mainstream public opinion in the United States. Although President Roosevelt himself is unwilling to fight against Germany, he cannot go against the mainstream public opinion of the country. However, we Americans have always been very realistic. If the British mainland succumbs to the will of Germany, then we will not insist on it meaninglessly..." Kennedy's words sounded quite reasonable. Although the United States and Germany are now in a state of war, there is still a dawn of peace - as if as long as the British mainland kneels and Prince Frederick of the Hohenzollern Dynasty marries his little aunt Elizabeth, then the great United States will have to admit reality. Then, the United States and Germany can happily divide the earth. Anyway, this earth looks quite big, enough to accommodate two superpowers. "What we Americans want is North and South America and the Pacific Ocean." Kennedy said "American requirements" seriously. Rudolf Hess listened carefully, holding a pen and a notebook in his hand, and writing something down from time to time. "Pacific?" Hess asked immediately after hearing Kennedy mention the Pacific, "Including the sphere of influence of the Japanese Empire?"

"The Japanese Empire must perish!" Kennedy said firmly, "You must stop aiding Japan... In exchange, the United States will also stop aiding the Soviet Union. Then you go to deal with the Soviet Union, the cancer of GCism, and we go to destroy the Japanese Empire."

"Mr. Kennedy," Hess seemed to have heard something valuable, and asked hurriedly, "Can I understand it this way, that the United States supports Germany's attack on the Soviet Union?"

"Not support, but not oppose." Kennedy shrugged, "Although I personally support the elimination of the Soviet Union, very much! But there will inevitably be competition between the United States and Germany in the future. So the United States will not support Germany's attack on the Soviet Union, just as you, Germany, will not support the United States' attack on Japan."

"I see." Hess nodded with satisfaction. The result of today's meeting with Ambassador Kennedy was obviously satisfactory.

Although the United States and the Soviet Union are both powerful and dangerous countries, there is an Atlantic Ocean between the United States and Germany after all. Without an overwhelming maritime advantage, it is impossible to attack each other's territory.

Germany and the Soviet Union are land neighbors, and it is easy for both armies to launch attacks on their opponents. It can be said that Germany could not enjoy the fruits of victory in the world war without any confidence until it disintegrated the Soviet Union, a powerful land neighbor.

Therefore, after defeating Britain, it seemed that it was the most favorable choice for Germany to make peace with the United States, abandon Japan, and then concentrate on dealing with the Soviet Union.

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"Leader, I don't think it is possible to make peace with the United States under the current circumstances. The United States will not negotiate with us sincerely." At the headquarters meeting that night, Hersman bluntly expressed his "disbelief" in the proposal to make peace with the United States.

"Then why did Ambassador Kennedy negotiate with Hess in Geneva?" Adolf Hitler asked Hersman.

"I guess it's for Stalin to see?" Hersman shrugged. "Geneva is a spy nest. British, American, Soviet, and our spies are all there. They have established spy networks and are well-informed. No matter where Kennedy and Minister Hess meet, they can't hide it from Stalin's spies." "The Americans want Stalin to know that once Britain surrenders, they will make peace with us?" Hitler quickly guessed Roosevelt's intention. This is actually an "open conspiracy." If Britain really kneels, the negotiations between the United States and Germany will not be fake, but real. At that time, Stalin will have to consider the issue of confronting the whole of Europe. "Roosevelt, the liar..." Hitler immediately realized that Rudolf Hess had been fooled again. It is obvious what Stalin will think when a person of Hess's level talks with Kennedy in Geneva. "Then will Stalin start in the east?" Hitler asked, looking at Hersman and Kesselring. "The General Staff believes that the war on the Eastern Front is imminent." Kesselring replied.

"Imminent?" A trace of nervousness flashed across Hitler's face, but it was quickly replaced by anger.

"Shouldn't we take the initiative?" Hitler's gray-blue eyes stared at Hessmann, "Can we fight a blitzkrieg like the Battle of Poland and the Battle of France?"

"No." Hessmann's answer was very straightforward. "The Soviet Union is a powerful country with huge depth, a large population and developed industrial strength. After the completion of the Soviet Union's third five-year plan, the Ural Industrial Zone and the Second Baku Oil Field have reached a certain scale, which greatly enhanced the Soviet Union's ability to carry out protracted operations. We simply cannot defeat it with a blitzkrieg."

"But we have a Russian empress in our hands," Hitler said. "She is the legitimate monarch of Russia, and there will always be people who support her...Those Bolsheviks can be quite cruel."

Thanks to Hersmann, Hitler had more cards to play in his policy towards the Soviet Union than in history. Not only were most Poles and Ukrainians able to be used by Germany, but even Belarus became a Soviet Union because of Empress Olga. Objects that can be exploited. But Hersman does not believe that Olga and her White Russia can deal with Russia, which has a vast territory, a large population, and a very complicated situation.

"Not too much," Hessman shook his head. "She is just a weak and failed empress. And the Russians support a leader who is strong and can bring victory to the country...the current Stalin is exactly such a leader, so The Soviet people loved him as a tyrant, and at least until he suffered the same failure as Nicholas II, the vast majority of the Soviet people would not abandon him.

Moreover, even if the Soviets abandoned Stalin, they would probably not support Olga, who failed like Stalin. If we insist on supporting Olga or other political forces that have no foundation in the Soviet Union to come to power, we will pay a huge price. This is a choice that outweighs the gains and losses. "

"Then how should we deal with those Bolsheviks?" Hitler asked calmly.

"We will not aim at destroying the Soviet Union, but only fight a limited war and pursue a peace treaty that is beneficial to us." Hersman said, "There are already arrangements in the blue plan... We cannot fight a war in the Soviet Union. This is a war that cannot be ended. But to end the war before we are exhausted, we should set some easy-to-achieve goals for victory.

If our purpose is to overthrow the Bolshevik rule in Russia and restore the Romanov dynasty. Then we must occupy the entire Soviet Union, at least advance the front to the Ural Mountains and seize the Soviet Union's main industrial areas. Then we have to help Belarus establish its army and government... I think Queen Olga will inevitably establish a government that is corrupt, unpopular, and full of idiots from top to bottom. Until then we will still have to worry about the livelihood of tens of millions of Russians and face a long-term guerrilla war. "

In the "Blue Plan" formulated under the leadership of Hersman, the war against the Soviet Union only had one or two "small goals" to achieve, namely Ukraine-Western Belarus and the Caucasus oil-producing area.

It is not to achieve two goals at the same time, but to capture the entire Ukraine and Western Belarus, which originally belonged to Poland, it will be considered a victory. The Caucasus oil-producing area will depend on the situation. If you can capture the best, forget it if you cannot capture it.

The hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of left-bank Ukraine and right-bank Ukraine (a total of 600,000 square kilometers were introduced, and now about 70,000 square kilometers belong to the Kingdom of Galicia-West Ukraine and are ruled by Germany) will be merged with Western Ukraine after the war. The Kingdom of Ukraine then became part of the German Empire in the form of a co-kingdom or state.

In this way, the mainland area of ​​the German Empire includes the German State, the Austrian State, the Bohemian State, the Baltic States, the Sinai Peninsula Reserve, the Cyprus Reserve, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of Poland (including Western Belarus), the Kingdom of Ukraine, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. , the Grand Duchy of Slovenia and the Grand Duchy of Slovakia, it will exceed 1.8 million square kilometers.

Although it is not particularly vast, it controls wealthy areas with a relatively developed economy and a relatively moderate population of 150-160 million, of which the Germanic or Germanized population is close to 100 million. Assimilating 50-60 million people with 100 million people will succeed in one generation or two.

If we really want to capture the entire European part of the Soviet Union, the Germans will become a minority in the future German Empire. It would take less than 100 million Germans to assimilate more than 200 million Slavs. No matter how you look at it, it will not be successful. Therefore, it is better to choose the route of eating less and easier to digest.

With a basic base of 1.8 million square kilometers and a population of 150 million to 160 million, plus the die-hard brothers of Croatia, Hungary, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Romania, and Bulgaria, plus the defeated Britain and France could use a few decades after the end of the world war to build a European Community with the Greater German Empire as its core, and even have the opportunity to turn the European Community into a unified federal country.