Transmigrated as the Crown Prince
Chapter 810 Argentina (1)
"What should we do now?"
There are more than 500,000 American soldiers in the Soviet Union. If Stalin really gets mad and angers them, this matter will be really difficult and may even lead to irreversible consequences.
"What can we do? We can only wait and see what happens." Marshall sighed helplessly. "But we have to make our soldiers more vigilant. Even if something happens, we can't just surrender!"
"..." President Wilkie even regretted joining the Soviet Union. The original plan was to join forces with the Soviet Union to counterattack the German army, but I did not expect that the German army's combat effectiveness was simply incredible. They were defeated steadily; and the German navy's offensive against itself did not weaken at all; not only did it capture the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island, and even Reach out to the Aleutian Islands.
If we had known this, we might as well have used all those materials and personnel on the defense of the United States.
Speaking of homeland defense, President Wilkie recalled the "Pacific Line of Defense" plan proposed by Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet Nimitz. It is necessary to build a defense line of nearly 1,500 kilometers in the Pacific direction, excluding those dangerous areas where landing operations are impossible.
After reading this plan, President Wilkie almost fainted. If we need to build such a long line of defense, how much money will we need to invest? 50 billion or 100 billion?
But if these defense lines are not built, the Germans can use their hovercraft and rapid dock building technology to launch landing operations on any coastline.
This is not good.
Moreover, we cannot only build a defense line in the Pacific direction. A similar defense line needs to be built on the Atlantic side, and the length of the defense line in the Atlantic direction will exceed 2,000 kilometers.
Oh, God!
How much manpower, material and financial resources will be invested in this? !
Just as President Wilkie was sighing, Yannick in Berlin also received news that Stalin's youngest son Vasily had been killed. "Tsk, tsk, this unlucky guy. Stalin still fainted? It seems that he has quite feelings for his little son." Just as he was sighing, Anne walked in. "Your Highness, the Argentine envoy Mr. Pablo has arrived."
"Let him in."
After a while, Anne led a bald middle-aged man in, and the middle-aged man saluted Yannick respectfully. "I salute you, Your Majesty the Crown Prince."
Yannick smiled and nodded. "Mr. Pablo, it seems that His Excellency Peron has agreed to our cooperation proposal?"
Argentina is located in the southernmost part of America, and Germany is located in the middle of Europe. The two countries are thousands of miles apart, and they are originally inseparable. But during World War II, Germany and Argentina were so close that the best thing they could do was wear a pair of trousers.
Argentina has deep ties with European countries such as Germany, Italy, and Spain. Spain was Argentina’s former suzerainty (Argentina only gained independence in the early 19th century). Argentina is one of the few white countries in South America. 90% of the country's population comes from Spain, Italy, and Germany. This has led to a very obvious pro-Axis tendency in Argentina. At that time, Argentina's powerful figure Juan Peron was of Italian descent and had served as an army officer in Italy.
Moreover, Argentina and Germany's bitter rivals, Britain and the United States, have always had conflicts.
The root of the conflict with Britain is the ownership of the Malvinas Islands.
The Malvinas Islands are called the Falkland Islands by the British. This small island is located in the southwest of the Atlantic Ocean, about 500 kilometers away from Argentina, but thousands of miles away from the United Kingdom.
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, during the period of great geographical discovery, there was an unwritten rule that whoever discovered an uninhabited island would have the right to name and own the island.
As Britain was the pioneer of the Industrial Revolution, British navigators first discovered the Falklands in 1592. In 1690, the British conducted a six-day field trip to the island and documented it. With these, the British concluded that the Falklands should belong to the United Kingdom.
But the problem is that although the British discovered the Falklands, they did not effectively manage the Falklands for more than 100 years. In fact, the Falklands is still an uninhabited and uninhabited island. As the Industrial Revolution spread across Europe, the powerful France also followed Britain in global colonization. In 1764, panicked French navigators landed on the Falklands and built settlements on the islands.
Just when the French were confident about building on the island, the British came with news, saying that the island should belong to them. Since Britain and France were sworn enemies at the time, France, which knew that its strength was inferior to Britain, did not want to cause a dispute between the two countries over this small island, so it cleverly sold the island to Spain.
When the Falklands were taken over by the Spanish, Britain made some secret deals with Spain on the issue of the North American colonies. In fact, the Falklands have always been under the management of Spain. After Argentina became independent, due to inheritance issues, it always believed that the Falklands should belong to her.
This is the contradiction between the public opinion on the Falklands issue and the mother-in-law opinion on the matter.
As for the conflict with the United States, Argentina was the most powerful country in South America at that time, one of the top ten industrial countries in the world, and one of the top ten rich countries in the world. Argentina has been trying to dominate South America, and the United States has always regarded South America as its own backyard, so conflicts between the two sides are inevitable. At the same time, the United States' instigation of Panama's independence and control of the Panama Canal aroused concerns in South American countries, and Argentina felt a deep crisis.
Coinciding with the outbreak of World War II, the United States, which was involved in the war, continued to put pressure on South American countries, asking them to sever ties with the Axis powers. Naturally, all countries obeyed, except Argentina, which disagreed and even openly and strongly opposed it at the Conference of the Americas. America was furious.
In the end, Argentina was forced by international pressure to declare war on the Axis Powers one month before Germany surrendered, but it was purely a soy sauce role and even kept opposing Britain and the United States. The Argentine government secretly dispatched diplomats and intelligence personnel to Europe to help SS officers and Naz officers open an escape route from Italy and Spain to South America. According to later declassified documents from Brazil and Chile, the Argentine government sold more than 10,000 blank passports throughout World War II. This allowed hundreds of Nazis to find their second homeland in this South American country, and most of them escaped justice and died peacefully. It was not until 1997 that Argentine President Carlos Menem, under pressure from public opinion, established a Commission to Investigate Nazi Activities in Argentina. The investigation showed that Argentina was hiding at least 180 Nazi criminals, and the unofficial number was higher.
Now, Yannick has his mind set on South America. Although it is impossible to use Argentina as a springboard to attack the United States, establishing a stable military base in South America is also a good strategic foundation.
Pablo nodded. "Yes, Your Highness Yannick."
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