Iron Sonata of World War II

In addition, the radical collectivization policy of the Republicans at the beginning of the civil war also greatly weakened their own strength, especially directly causing a large number of peasants, bourgeois liberals, and urban petty bourgeoisie who feared that their own interests would be damaged to fall to Francois. Brother, and the radical anti-religious policy also caused the Republicans to lose more supporters in Spain, a country with a strong religious atmosphere.In fact, compared with the powerful feudal conservative forces in Spain, the bourgeois liberals, the petty bourgeoisie and some peasants could have become the allies of the revolution.Although the religious forces have imprisoned the Spaniards' thinking in the long run, speaking truthfully, there is no need to list them as the primary targets in the short term, at least not before defeating Franco's rebels.

To sum it up, the working-class political parties leading the Spanish Revolution did not know how to unite with other classes outside their own class, nor did they know how to unite other parties with different revolutionary views within their own class. Facing the Franco rebellion, they first What I thought of was not to establish a strong coalition government to deal with the crisis, but to first think about each of them grabbing territory and establishing an armed separatist regime, and then thinking about eliminating other factions in this camp through armed conflict and anti-revolutionary purges, so as to build ourselves into a The only orthodox in the revolutionary camp.As a result, when all the forces that can be united should be united, the various factions of the Spanish left wing are cutting all the forces that can be divided.

As mentioned earlier, because the development of capitalist industry and commerce is lagging behind, the power of the Spanish working class is not strong. Now that it has lost potential allies on the outside, and internally because of factional struggles, Helena can only say one thing about this: Although she does not like Franco, but the Republican Army in the original historical plane did not suffer unjustly. It is already a miracle that they can persist for more than two years.This needs to be thanked for the bravery of the International Column and some Republican soldiers. The only thing that makes Helena feel pity is that the blood of these warriors was easily wasted by stupid decisions, and it was also greatly tarnished by dirty factional struggles.

Chapter 361 Hand value

Faced with the rapid defeat of the left-wing republicans during the Spanish Civil War in the original historical plane, Helena knew intellectually that it was impossible to get a better ending based on the performance of these people, but emotionally she had a great deal of love for the republicans. The idealists in the faction are indeed deeply sympathetic.However, when thinking about the strategy that Germany should adopt on the Spanish issue in this plane, Helena will never use emotional factors to replace the careful consideration of national interests.

So when Hitler discussed with her what Germany should do to maximize its interests if a civil war broke out in Spain, Helena's answer was very realistic and cruel: "Germany must stand firmly on the left wing of Spain in terms of international politics." For the Republicans, the aid to the left-wing republics should be precisely controlled. The bottom line is that the left-wing republics must not be given an opportunity to directly reverse the overall situation on the battlefield, because the temporary military victory of the Spanish right-wing forces is more in line with our interests. , Germany just needs to continue to keep the political cards of the left wing and wait for the time to change."

Helena suggested that Germany, on its own plane, supports the Spanish left-wing republicans in terms of political stance for very good reasons: First, compared with the right-wing rebels who need to rely on foreign economic blood transfusions, the left-wing republican government controlled Spain, including gold reserves, in the early stages of the war. Most of the economic resources in the country, which means that the left-wing republics can bring immediate economic benefits to Germany, but if they choose to support the right-wing rebels, Germany will have to transfuse them first like the original historical plane.

Although the right-wing rebels can also promise many benefits to the countries that support him, no matter how fancy these promises are, in Helena's eyes, they are all in the category of political futures. You must know that in the current unpredictable international political environment In the future, political futures are difficult to guarantee full cashing. Compared with political futures, which have investment risks, Helena is more at ease with the gold and foreign exchange reserves in the hands of left-wing republicans who can immediately pocket them.

As for whether the Spanish left-wing government will choose to trade with Germany, Helena is not worried. Although in the historical plane, Spain’s general manager Caballero finally agreed to ship gold reserves worth more than [-] million U.S. dollars to Crisis Union, but that is also Because under the shackles of the so-called non-intervention policy of Britain and France, the Spanish left-wing republican government really couldn't find other arms trading partners, so although Caballero, the leader of the Spanish Workers' Socialist Party, did not trust the Crisis Federation at all The Spanish Communist Party representing the Moscow faction is very vigilant about the expansion of the forces, but Caballero really has no better choice in the face of Franco's fierce military offensive.

As long as Germany on this plane can provide general manager Caballero with options other than Crisis, Helena believes that Spain's huge gold reserve, which was enough to build five Iowa-class battleships at the time, has a high probability of directly entering Germany. pocket, and Helena can guarantee that she will definitely be more virtuous than Uncle Steel in the original historical plane. Of course, this does not mean that Helena will easily give up the benefits she got, but that Helena is more serious when helping Germany to gain benefits. Pay attention to the elegance of eating, and it is best to reach the state where it is difficult for others to pick out the thorns even if they know the inside story.

Helena suggested that the reasons why Hitler supported the left-wing republicans in Spain included the consideration of maintaining the international political credibility of Germany in addition to the actual economic interests.After all, the Spanish left-wing government supports the independence of the colonies at least at the propaganda level. Although there are not many colonies left in Spain's hands, since Germany on its own plane supports the liberation of colonies and semi-colonies as its international political signboard, it will It is necessary to keep words and deeds consistent and not be vague on core issues, otherwise it will do great harm to the hard-won international credibility.What's more, Italy at this time has chosen to support the right-wing rebels, and Germany was still fighting with Italy on the Ethiopian issue a few months ago. Now that Italy has completely fallen to France, Germany has not squatted on the same level as Italy. The reason for being in the trenches.

Hitler had no problem with Helena's proposal to support the Spanish left-wing republics politically, but he was a little puzzled by Helena's suggestion to control the scale of aid to the Spanish left-wing republics and allow the right-wing rebels to win military victory. Normal thinking Don't they all hope that the faction they support will win?How could Helena want the Left Republicans to lose the war against the Rebels?Suspicious Hitler couldn't help asking Helena about his confusion.

Helena replied seriously: "It is impossible for the left-wing Republicans in Spain to defeat the right-wing rebels, unless we can transfer elite troops from the country to directly do it for them, but if we do this, it will be more cost-effective for us." But it is too low. More importantly, even if Germany helps the Spanish left-wing Republicans defeat the right-wing rebels, the Spanish left-wing factions will enter a state of armed separatism, and the Spanish civil war will never be caused by the right-wing rebels This is the end of the failure of Germany. Whether we give up or support one of the factions in Germany, the killing of each faction on the left in Spain will become a heavy political burden for us. But we can use the butcher knife of the right-wing rebels to deal with the left-wing politics in Spain The physical emptying of power, while Germany has kept its hands and feet absolutely clean in the process of the cleansing of the left-wing factions in Spain by the right-wing rebels."

"At this time, we only need to pay attention to the withdrawal of senior government officials and some of the armed forces who are politically close to Germany on the eve of the final defeat of the Spanish left-wing republicans to Germany to form a wandering government. As long as this Spanish wandering government still exists, even if the right wing rebels The army successfully occupied the entire territory of Spain, and the Spanish civil war is not over in jurisprudence. At the same time, the German government can issue a statement declaring that it will never recognize the legitimacy of the right-wing military government over Spain. At that time, the Spanish left-wing Political power has become a blank sheet of paper, and it can be painted whatever your Excellency the Führer wants, because those who did not stand with Germany were left in Spain, and the right-wing army The government will do everything in its power to wipe them out, which of course also includes the political forces supported by the Soviet Union, and then we, Germany, will become the sole agent of the left-wing forces in Spain." Helena said in a calm tone that she could not Call it a malicious plan.

"But if the whole of Spain is ruled by the right-wing military government, what is the use of Germany as the sole agent of the Spanish left-wing political forces?" Hitler had already roughly understood Helena's thinking at this time. The butcher knife directly formatted the Spanish left wing with many factions, and then reintegrated the Spanish left wing under the leadership of Germany, so that Germany could imprint a deep German brand on the newly integrated Spanish left wing forces, but Germany did not in this process. Will leave any political stains, but Hitler has not yet figured out what is the use of Germany with such a left-wing vagabond government. After all, the premise of this plan is to give up Spain to the right-wing rebels first.

"The card of the Spanish left-wing government may not be useful for the time being in our hands, but it does not need to be played immediately. Your Excellency now thinks it is useless because there is still a gap between us and Spain. France, if one day France is defeated by us, will your Excellency still think that the card of the Spanish left-wing vagabond government is useless? At this time, the left-wing vagabond government overthrew the right-wing military government with our help. It was just the continuation of the previous Spanish Civil War. At that time, we will not only be able to bring the mineral-rich Iberian Peninsula into our sphere of influence, but also obtain a forward base on the west coast of Spain, which is hundreds of kilometers deeper into the Atlantic Ocean than the west coast of France. Shore-based aviation can appear directly in the mid-Atlantic. Even offshore submarines can directly threaten the busiest Atlantic shipping routes if they set sail from there. Therefore, even if this card cannot be played immediately, its potential value is immeasurable, and it is completely worth our investment Isn't it?" Helena said to Hitler with a smile.

Seeing the emotion on Hitler's face, Helena added: "And when the time comes, Germany will use the banner of helping the Spanish left-wing government to liberate the whole of Spain, and we will always reserve the means to backstab the Gibraltar fortress!" Helena pointed to Spain. The Gibraltar Fortress marked with "British Occupation" at the southernmost point said to Hitler, who was still thinking in front of the map: "It will be as easy for Germany to take the bolt of the Mediterranean at that time. The value of this hand is unknown. Is Your Excellency the Fuhrer still satisfied? What’s more, if Spain is willing to deposit gold in Deutsche Bank, are we still afraid that they will be squatting in Germany for nothing?”

Chapter 362 Fame and fortune

As Helena narrated her strategic vision on the Spanish issue, Hitler, who had been listening mesmerizingly, could no longer hide the look of surprise on his face. He had to admit that the advice Helena provided was very important to him. There is an irresistible temptation.Although some details of the plan may need to be further improved according to the specific development of the international situation, Hitler's intuition told him that Helena's proposal is very feasible, and it can be directly used as a guideline for Germany's actions after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the future. To use it, Hitler had never clarified his solution to the Spanish issue before, but now Helena's suggestion seemed to make those things that were originally hidden in the obscurity become clear in an instant.

In fact, in Helena's eyes, Germany's support for the Spanish Left-Wing Republican Army is like a large-scale commercial merger and acquisition. If the Spanish Left-Wing Republican Army is regarded as a German merger target company, what Germany really wants to obtain is the Left-Wing Republican Army. The high-quality assets in the hands of a company that is on the verge of bankruptcy: These assets include both tangible assets, including hundreds of tons of gold, and intangible assets represented by class liberation and national liberation advocated by the left-wing Republican Army. Because the German company can not only expand its capital scale after acquiring these assets, but also enhance its brand awareness in market segments. Simply put, Germany needs to achieve both fame and fortune through the acquisition of the Spanish left-wing Republican Army. Effect.

But the biggest challenge of this merger is that although the Spanish Republican Army has many high-quality assets, it is not a wise choice for Germany to choose an overall acquisition, because the Republican Army, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, also owns There are massive negative assets, and the endless infighting between the various factions of the company's leadership has also made the company a mess inside, and the result is that it will not retreat steadily in the face of competitors such as right-wing rebels.At this time, if Germany tries to acquire the Spanish left-wing Republican Army as a whole, not only will Germany need to mobilize a large amount of funds to save its decline in business competition, but it will also have to spend more energy to clean up the internal friction among the company's leadership.Helena thinks it is very uneconomical to be so reckless. After all, what Germany needs are those tangible and intangible high-quality assets, not the Spanish left-wing republican company itself that is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Therefore, Helena planned a more ingenious strategy for Germany in this game. First, under the banner of helping the Spanish left-wing republicans solve their immediate difficulties, she suggested that the company mortgage the most valuable core assets (such as gold) to In exchange for valuable working capital, Germany’s plan is obviously more likely to win the favor of the company’s top executives than the United States, which is blatantly annexing the Spanish left-wing republicans and replacing the company’s leadership.However, because Germany's assistance could not solve the factional struggle within the company, the Spanish left-wing republican company still could not escape the fate of being defeated by the right-wing rebels in the brutal competition, so the company still had to face bankruptcy and reorganization.

But at this time, the company of the Spanish left-wing republican has become an empty shell after the early operation methods of Germany: the most valuable tangible assets, gold and foreign exchange, have long been mortgaged to Germany, and the most valuable intangible bourgeois The banner of liberation has also been sold to Germany. The management and grassroots backbones who had a close relationship with Germany before have jumped to Germany to form a vagabond government.As for the remaining assets of the company, in Helena's eyes, they are basically rubbish assets. As for the victorious right-wing rebels and another big money owner who tried to acquire the company, Sulian, if they are really willing to take over these rags, Helena will also be happy. See what happens.

Although the price of doing so is that Germany temporarily shut down the Spanish product line, leaving only a business department composed of former Spanish left-wing republican job hoppers, but this is actually just Helena's strategy of retreating.Because the purpose of Germany’s contraction of this product line is to concentrate on defeating France, the more important competitor, and then after France is settled, Germany will re-expand the Spanish product line and return with the absolute advantages of capital, technical team and brand. When it comes to the market segment of Spain, the Spanish right-wing rebels who are still celebrating for themselves as the new leading company in this market segment cannot resist it at all.

Therefore, Germany gave up the Spanish market in the short term, but took away the assets, technical team and brand just to fight back better in the future, and the right-wing rebels and left-wing republics who were fighting for control of Spain were red-faced. All the efforts made by Pai, even foreign countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy and Portugal in Spain, including the money spent and the notoriety they bear, will eventually become wedding dresses sewn by the Germans themselves.In the end, not only can Germany get the most economic benefits and earn the best international reputation, but it can also finally bring Spain, an important forward base, into its arms, and directly threaten the Mediterranean gateway controlled by the British Empire-the Strait of Gibraltar.It is not incomprehensible for Hitler to be excited by Helena's plan.

Chapter 363 Passing the Torch

The upcoming August 1936, 8 will be the opening day of the 1th Summer Olympics in Berlin, and the whole of Germany has been preparing for this sports event for three years, even if the closing ceremony is only 11 days old. In three years, Germany first demolished the Deutsche Stadion located in the western suburbs of Berlin, and then built a more functional Reichsstadion on its original site as the main venue of the Berlin Olympic Games.What is interesting is that the brothers Wiener Maher and Walter Maher who are responsible for the design of the new stadium are the sons of Otto Maher, the designer of the old stadium that has just been demolished. the taste of.

Hitler said at the beginning of the construction of the Olympic venues: "The new stadium must be built by a great country. This is the task of the state and the nation. If Germany wants to become the host of the entire world, its preparations must be extraordinary." The German government At the financial level, the financial support for the construction of the stadium is almost unlimited, so even if Helena sees the completed Empire Stadium from the perspective of later generations, it can still be regarded as a super-level "miracle of the country" level. It has to be said that Helena and the mustache in this plane have quite a common language at least in the matter of liking to build "wonderful wonders of the country".

The design of the newly built Imperial Stadium is quite unique in that 28 meters of its total height of 12 meters are below the ground. The Maher Brothers chose to dig 12 meters from the ground to use as the central sports field of the stadium. and the lower half of the stands, while the part above the ground is the upper half of the stands made of solid granite and marble.In this way, the entire stadium can accommodate more than 11 spectators to watch the game at the same time, which even exceeds the 4200 spectators that can be accommodated by the "Bird's Nest", the main venue of the Beijing Olympic Games. Of course, the construction cost of this stadium is also staggering. The budget of the German government was 68 million marks. If converted according to the actual value, the cost can basically be comparable to the cost of the main stadium of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games [-] years later.

In addition to building the magnificent Reichsstadion as the main venue of the Olympic Games, Germany has successively built several sports venues for different purposes and an Olympic Village with complete facilities.Among them, the Olympic Village includes hundreds of dormitories for athletes and 38 restaurants. At the last Los Angeles Olympic Games held in 1932, the U.S. government provided athletes with simple wooden huts for temporary residence and rest for the first time. Germany, inspired by this It decided to focus on building an Olympic Village with complete facilities and a beautiful environment for athletes to live in. The entire Olympic Village was not only filled with flowers and trees transplanted from other places, but also released various small animals and birds to show the harmony between man and nature. In other words, these German initiatives can be regarded as opening up the basic pattern of housing for Olympic athletes in later generations.

Considering that it will be difficult to leave a deeper and longer-lasting impression on the world if you just blindly spend money on building large-scale venues, the planners of the Berlin Olympic Games have also racked their brains in digging out the cultural connotation of the Olympic Games. This time they will The focus is on the legend of the ancient Greek Olympic torch.According to legend, when the Olympic Games in ancient Greece were held, the sacred torch should be lit in front of the altar of Zeus Temple in Olympia, and then the torchbearers would take the burning torch to the city-states of Greece. Cry: "Stop all wars and participate in the Games." At this time, even the city-states that are fighting fiercely should lay down their weapons and enter a state of holy truce during the Olympic Games.

This legend is of course just a beautiful ideal, but it is indeed the main connotation of the Olympic spirit to replace the bloody fighting on the battlefield with peaceful sports competitions. If Germany wants to hold the Olympic Games with the support of cultural core, it must Do more articles on mining these spiritual connotations.Therefore, the German government took advantage of the signing of the ceasefire agreement between Italy and Ethiopia to issue to the whole world the initiative of a holy truce during the Olympic Games. This initiative immediately received positive responses from most countries in the world. Except for some unfriendly actions in the region, the major countries in the world are still maintaining a generally peaceful situation, but it is unknown how long this calm before the storm can last.

In addition to the German government's proposal for a sacred truce during the Olympics, the most important ceremonial innovation of the Berlin Olympics is the restoration of the Olympic torch relay in ancient Greece.This is largely due to the call of Karl Diem, secretary-general of the Berlin Olympic Organizing Committee. With his efforts, the items related to the Olympic flame were finally written into the "Olympic Charter" in 1934.The charter stipulates: "The Olympic flame is a flame lit in Olympia under the permission of the International Olympic Committee", "The Olympic torch is a torch lit with the Olympic flame or a torch rekindled by it." Hua Xiang personally designed the first torch torch in the history of the Olympic Games.

The torch of the Berlin Olympic Games is made of polished stainless steel. It is generally composed of a lower handle and an upper circular platform. The handle is engraved with the words "Olympia Torch Relay-Berlin 1936", above which is a symbol of Germany. The eagle emblem and the five-ring logo symbolizing the Olympics are engraved with the route map of the torch relay under the words, and the words "thank you to the torch bearer" are engraved on the circular platform at the top of the torch.According to the plan, the Olympic torch needs to be relayed from Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic movement, and then pass through Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and finally arrive in Berlin, Germany on the opening day of the Olympic Games on August 8, with a total length of 1 kilometers. A total of 3075 torchbearers are needed in the torch relay process, and each torchbearer needs to run for one kilometer with the torch in hand before handing the torch to his next one.

A few days ago, on July 1936, 7, as the No.20 torchbearer knelt on one knee and ignited the torch in his hand with the torch in the hands of a Greek girl, the first torch relay in modern Olympic history officially The curtain was drawn, and Helena could read the latest news about the torch relay in Berlin newspapers every day. As the torch got closer and closer to Berlin, the whole of Germany was immersed in an exciting atmosphere, and this atmosphere Helen Na had only seen it during the torch relay of the Beijing Olympics in her previous life.

Chapter 364 Olympic Propaganda

At the same time that the Olympic torch symbolizing the sacred sportsmanship was relayed from Greece to Berlin, the propaganda machine controlled by the German government also pushed the atmosphere of the Olympic Games worldwide to a new high. Taking this opportunity to solidify his position in Hitler's mind was a hectic job.As early as the beginning of 1934, the German Propaganda Department established a new special agency called the "Olympic Propaganda Committee" under the instruction of Hitler, which was responsible for coordinating the propaganda affairs related to the Berlin Olympic Games. It can be seen that Germany attaches great importance to the propaganda work of the Olympic Games.

We must know that Germany's international status has disappeared due to defeat and surrender, and the German economy has repeatedly encountered difficulties due to huge debts and economic crises.However, in recent years, after a series of combined measures by Helena to turn the tide, Germany's industrial and agricultural production has exceeded the highest point in history and the growth momentum is still strong. In the Ethiopian war that just passed, Germany re-established itself in international security affairs. Status, these continuous positive changes have greatly boosted the confidence of the German people in the country, but in Goebbels' view, Germany still needs to use a symbolic event to announce the revival of Germany at home and abroad.

Therefore, the Berlin Olympics has been entrusted with a sacred mission in the propaganda of the German government: to show the world a brand-new image of Germany that has re-emerged and loves peace. This level of emphasis has never been seen in previous Olympic Games held by various countries.Although doing so will inevitably add more political color to this Olympic Games, Helena, who is used to seeing future Olympic Games, does not feel disgusted by this practice. As the impact of the Olympic Games continues to increase, the Olympic host country will It is logical that the grand event can be used as a stage to enhance national cohesion internally and shape its own international image externally.

Just like the Beijing Olympic Games hosted by Helena's former motherland, it is also regarded as a major event in the history of China's revival, because it not only greatly stimulated the national pride and self-confidence of the Chinese people, but also showed the new spiritual outlook of this country worldwide .In fact, in Helena's view, as long as you don't use the Olympic Games as a fig leaf to cover up your extreme nationalist policies like the Nazi Germany in the original historical plane, this relatively benign political purpose will not damage the sports carried by the Olympic Games. On the contrary, the sportsmanship carried by the Olympic Games can infect more people.

Over the past few years, the Olympic promotional work presided over by Goebbels has indeed achieved obvious results in Germany. Now the whole of Germany is revolving around the upcoming Olympic Games like a precision machine inspired by national honor, especially the residents of Berlin. Her passion makes the whole of Berlin elegant and tidy like a garden.But with only seven days left before the opening of the Olympic Games, Goebbels, head of the Propaganda Department, still said after inspecting the streets of Berlin: "Berlin has really become a festival city, but there are still many things to be done." With only two days left before the opening of the Olympic Games, the fastidious Goebbels chief finally nodded with satisfaction and said: "Now Berlin is ready, it is shining with dazzling brilliance."

All the usual dead corners of hygiene in Berlin have now been cleaned up, and the dilapidated slums of the past have completely disappeared, replaced by standardized workers' residential areas newly built by assembly methods, and the exterior walls of those old street-facing buildings have been passed In addition to the renovation, the German flag and the Olympic rings are waving on every building.The publicity vehicle carrying the loudspeaker is still using the last time to warn the citizens to entertain visitors from all directions with the utmost courtesy and enthusiasm. Helena sees these changes in Berlin with her eyes and ears, and she can't help being full of enthusiasm for the Olympic Games. expect.

It is also worth mentioning that recently even the "movable spectacle" that Helena had worked out before - the "Europa" class high-speed cruise ship and the "Hindenburg" class super airship were requisitioned by the Olympic Promotion Committee. Tool is promoting the Berlin Olympics around the world through its own global voyage. So far, the publicity effect of this is quite good, especially the "Hindenburg" super airship with the eye-catching huge Olympic five-ring logo, Through this round-the-world voyage, he became a world-class star that newspapers around the world rushed to report on. Whenever the white cigar-shaped body of this type of super airship passed over a city, it often caused a sensational effect in the local area. Do not admit that giant man-made objects such as the "Hindenburg" super airship itself exude the mysterious beauty of the industrial age, and the Olympic billboards using it for activities can indeed achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Chapter 365 Opening of the Olympics

It is said that August 1936, 8 was the opening day of the Berlin Olympic Games. Originally, according to the forecast of the meteorological officials, there would be light rain on this day, but in order to ensure that the Olympic opening ceremony had a more perfect effect, the Luftwaffe even used dozens of A DO1 bomber that had just entered service sprinkled dozens of tons of soybean-sized dry ice particles into the clouds at an altitude of 17 meters in Berlin and its surrounding areas, thereby forcing the water vapor in the clouds to condense into raindrops and land in advance.

Therefore, although there were still some residual clouds floating in the sky over Berlin on the opening day of the Olympic Games, there was no appreciable rain to disturb the guests' pleasure.Considering that the artificial rainfall technology is a new achievement just made by Professor Willard of the Netherlands in 1930, Germany's use of artificial rainfall technology to drive rain away from the Olympic opening ceremony this time can be regarded as earning enough attention.

On the opening day of the Olympic Games, Helena was assigned a seat in the auditorium next to the Führer's box, while Hitler's girlfriend Eva Braun sat next to her. She attends important events.At this time, more than 8 spectators from all over the world, more than 1800 journalists and 41 photographers from 125 radio stations have also been seated in the huge Imperial Stadium. In order to provide these media friends with a good working environment, The organizers of the Olympic Games have also thoughtfully prepared a special broadcasting room for their use. Now everyone in the Imperial Stadium, including Helena, is waiting for the opening of this grand event with excitement.

It is worth mentioning that the Olympic Games is also planned to be broadcasted through a new media such as TV. This will be the first time that TV media is used to broadcast large-scale sports events. Germany’s Paul Nipkow TV has obtained the rights to broadcast the Olympic Games. The name of the TV station apparently commemorates the German engineer Paul Nipkow, known as the "Father of Television", who in 1884 invented a device later known as the "Nipkow Disk". The mechanical scanning system solves the problem of TV image transmission.

Although television has been favored by many wealthy classes as a new media, Helena, who has traveled across time, has little interest in watching television. With the combination of unstable signal transmission, Helena is a bit incapable of accepting the sloppy picture quality. What’s more, there are not many TV stations for you to choose from in Germany, and Helena’s cheap dad loves This kind of new media is not interested, so the TV set in Helena's house can basically be regarded as the private property of the cheap mother in her life.

Considering that the technical difficulty of real-time live broadcasting was indeed a bit beyond the standard in the 30s, the TV broadcast of the Olympic Games finally adopted a relatively safe form of recording and broadcasting. Considering that the penetration rate of TV in Germany is still relatively low, Goebbels, head of the Propaganda Department, also ordered the establishment of collective TV rooms in major cities in Germany, so that even citizens without TVs at home can watch TV broadcasts together. Helena has to admit that this measure has greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of cities outside Berlin. The enthusiasm for the Olympic Games. After all, even if you wanted to pay attention to sports events outside your own city, you could only read a few words in relevant newspapers. However, the TV broadcast has brought these non-host cities and the Olympic Games closer.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Hitler, accompanied by officials from the International Olympic Committee and the German Olympic Committee, walked towards the Reichsstadion. When Hitler's figure finally appeared at the top of the entrance steps of the Reichsstadion, the whole stadium burst into cheers like a tsunami With the sound, countless people stood up and raised their right hands and shouted excitedly.This scene stunned Helena for several seconds before she came to her senses. Because she had rarely participated in large-scale rallies attended by Hitler before, she had no specific understanding of Hitler's current popularity index in Germany. Now Seeing such a scene suddenly broke the limit of her imagination, but Hitler's ability to inspire and unite people was indeed what she needed.

After reacting, Helena quickly stood up and pretended to cheer a few times. After all, she couldn't seem too out of place among the fans with mustaches and brains. "Miss Helena was shocked by this scene, right?" Eva next to her turned her head and said to Helena: "To be honest, I was also shocked by that scene when I was in Nuremberg last year, but after being surprised, I felt that it was a surprise for him. That’s how it should be.” Helena had to smile back at Eva in embarrassment.

At this time, the five-year-old daughter of Karl Diem, secretary-general of the German Olympic Committee, ran over. She first saluted Hitler who was walking at the front of the team, and then dedicated a bouquet of flowers in her hand to Hitler. The episode does not belong to the official process of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, but Hitler, who received the flowers, was still very happy to take a photo with her.Hitler then led the officials of the International Olympic Committee and the German Olympic Committee to circle the stadium for half a circle, and then boarded the Führer's box not far from him.There, Hitler raised his hand to the audience and announced the entry of sports delegations from various countries.

A total of 50 countries have sent sports delegations to this Berlin Olympics, including the Spanish delegation that was absent from the original historical plane due to the civil war. This Olympic Games can cover almost all non-colonial countries.According to the fixed process of the Olympic admission ceremony, except that the Greek delegation, which is the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, entered the venue first, Japan, the host of the next Tokyo Olympic Games, and Germany, the host of the current Olympic Games, entered the venue last. Representatives from other countries Teams are entered in alphabetical order.Among them, Helena also saw the Chinese delegation consisting of 69 athletes enter the arena holding the flag of the Republic of China government. She waved excitedly at the Chinese delegation from the stands, but it was a pity that it was drowned in the sea of ​​spectators. No one noticed Helena's actions at all.

As the finale German delegation entered and stood amid the applause of the German audience, Hitler announced the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games with a short speech. Thousands of white pigeons symbolizing peace circled and flew to the sky, and 11 salutes symbolizing the 11th Olympic Games also sounded.

Then the music of "Olympic Song" composed by Richard Strauss sounded, and the athlete in charge of the last leg of the Olympic torch relay, Fritz Hilgen, ran with a vigorous posture while holding a burning torch Entering the Imperial Stadium, the middle-distance runner who won the 1931-meter world championship in 1500 first ran around the field for a week, and then quickly stepped up to the tall flame tower to stand still. He first raised the torch in his hand Greetings to the audience, and then leaning the torch into the main torch pool filled with kerosene on the bronze support, the rising flame immediately burned blazingly.

Next, Rudolph Ismail, the weightlifting champion of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1932, solemnly read the oath on behalf of all the athletes participating in the meeting: "We swear: We will participate in this Olympic Games as honest competitors, abide by the rules, and serve the country. The honor and dignity of sport, and the promotion of true sportsmanship."

However, in the original historical plane, Ismail put his hand on the swastika flag representing the Najib Party when he read the oath, but the real plane was changed to put his hand on the five-ring flag at the suggestion of Helena. Helen The reason given by Na is simple: the opening of the Olympic Games certainly has a political purpose, but if you want to achieve your political purpose, you must not let others feel your political purpose too clearly. The swastika flag is less political than the five-ring flag. It is too strong, and the effect of political propaganda of the Olympic Games, especially the effect of external political propaganda, needs to be achieved subtly. It is best to let others get the answers we want them to get by themselves through various psychological hints.

Finally, in the sound of "Olympic Hymn" played by the audience, the opening ceremony of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games came to an end.

The people, the people, our guests, enter the open door, cheer, victory will come.In this event, Olympia!We are not afraid to fail, in this day of peace, Olympia!Cheers, victory will come.In this grand event, Olympia...

Chapter 366 No Regrets

The butterfly effect brought about by Helena not only changed the historical process of this plane on a macro level, but also changed the fate curves of many historical figures in this plane on a micro level, and these characters include the famous German Jewish high jumper Greta Bergman, she won the gold medal for Germany with an astonishing score of 1.78 meters in the last jump of the just-concluded Olympic women's high jump final, and once again set a new world record for women's high jump that she had just created. Elfried Kauen's German runner won the silver medal in the event with a time of 1.71m.

At this time, Helena, who came to watch the match between the two girls, and the tens of thousands of spectators at the scene were excitedly waving the German flag in their hands, while Greta Bergmann and Elfried Cowan waved to the audience, Greta Bergman and Elfrid Cowan specially sent Helena two of the most brilliant Smile, and Helena, who got the response from the two high jump girls, waved the national flag even more vigorously.

However, Helena may never be able to tell Greta Bergman, a good friend she has been with for several years, that what excites her most is not just the fact that this is a gift for Greta Bergman and Germany. The high jump gold medal is very precious in sports, but because Helena witnessed with her own eyes that this strong girl with athletic talent finally got rid of the tragic fate in the previous plane, which made Helena instantly feel that all the efforts she made in this plane were worthless. Got the best return.

It is said that Greta Bergman was born in 1914 in a Jewish family in Laupheim, a small town near Ulm, Germany, and Helena happened to be born in the same year.Her parents run a good business in the local area. However, Greta Bergman, who has shown extraordinary sports talent since she was a child, dreams of becoming an outstanding athlete instead of doing business.Fortunately, her parents were quite open-minded about her daughter's aspirations, so Bergman was able to embark on the road of professional athletes with the support of her family. Not only did she successfully join the Ulm Sports Association, but she also passed the 17-meter mark at the age of 1.51. With a national record-breaking performance, the star looks to be on the rise in German sport.

However, in the original historical plane in 1933, Greta Bergman's just-started sports dream was dealt a heavy blow in an instant with the Nacho Party's ruling in [-]: Ulm Sports Association catered to the Nacho Party's anti-Semitic policy. An outrageous delisting notice was sent to Jewish athletes including Bergman: "You are no longer welcome here because you are a Jew! Long live Hitler!" And this means that Jewish athletes' careers in Germany Basic interruption.

In the racist ideology promoted by the Nacional Party in the original historical plane, the Jews belong to a weak race, while the noble and glamorous Aryans are physically strong and full of vitality, so even if Greta Bergman is The national high jump champion and record holder, although her parents have long been deeply integrated into German society (the kind that even get rid of their religious beliefs), must now leave the sports association.Greta Bergman, unable to continue to participate in professional competitions in Germany, had to follow her parents’ advice to study in the UK. It is worth mentioning that even while studying in the UK, Greta Bergman participated in the 1934 He won the British Athletics Championships in 1.55 and won the all-British high jump championship with [-] meters.

Greta Bergman's overseas wandering lasted until the eve of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The party government finally stated that it would allow Jewish athletes, including Greta Bergman, to represent Germany. Greta Bergman finally returned to Germany after three years of absence. The racist slogans that could be seen everywhere were taken away, and some radical right-wing newspapers were even temporarily suspended. However, the atmosphere of extreme nationalism in Germany has not really dissipated. The Hitler Youth even declared bluntly: "After the Olympics, we will continue to Beat the Jews into jam!"

It was in this atmosphere that Greta Bergman, who returned to China, started her hard pre-match training. However, the Ulm Sports Association did not resume her membership, so Bergman could not enjoy sports with German athletes. The training facilities of the association can only drive several hours a day to a dilapidated stadium specially equipped for Jewish athletes. This is what Greta Bergman thought in her mind. Look, you bastards, Jewish girls can be as good as Germanic girls, and even better than Germanic girls.

Although the training conditions were not satisfactory, Greta Bergman, who turned grief and anger into strength, was getting better and better. She even tied the German national record at the time with a score of 1.60 meters a month before the opening of the Olympics. This also declared that she already has the strength to win gold and silver in the Olympics.However, the latter thing seems extremely magical: it may be that the extreme nationalist party sticks are afraid that this Jewish girl will really win the gold medal in the Olympic Games, which will shake the violent theory they repeatedly propagated about the weak health of the Jewish people, and the German Ministry of Sports deleted it. Greta Bergman just set the record, and then directly deprived her of the qualification to participate in the Olympics on the grounds that Greta Bergman was not good enough, and declared to the outside world that Greta Bergman could not participate in the Olympics due to illness contest.

The German women's high jump team, which lost Greta Bergman, had to send a second-rate player to participate. As a result, Elfried Cohen, who was pulled up to replace Bergman, only won a bronze medal in this event, while Germany Another player named Dora Ratjen was dispatched in fourth place.What's interesting is that the fourth-ranked Dora Ratyan was later found to be intersex. He had been treated as a girl for a long time because of cryptorchidism and the overall cracking of the man's organs, and he was very suspicious of his gender. Cognition is also a woman. After that, he broke the world record with a high jump of 1.70 meters in the European Athletics Championships in Vienna. However, when Dora Ratjen's intersex identity was exposed, all his previous results were cancelled. .

Greta Bergman, who lost her qualification for the Berlin Olympics, still refused to give up her sports dream. Disappointed with Germany, she went to the United States in 1937, hoping to represent the United States in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics.There she won two more All-American women's high jump championships, but with the outbreak of World War II, Japan, which has entered the total war mode, is no longer able to hold the Olympic Games as scheduled, and Greta Bergman has been fighting for it for a long time His dream was finally shattered in the face of cruel reality.It wasn't until 2009 that the German Athletic Association finally announced that Bergmann's record of 1.60 meters set by Bergmann was valid. However, at this time, the weather-beaten Greta Bergmann was already a 95-year-old white-haired old man. Nothing practical other than consolation.

What a pity the experience of Greta Bergman in the original historical plane. The golden period of a track and field athlete's career rarely exceeds ten years, that is to say, even if there are no uncontrollable wars, injuries, natural disasters, etc. Due to the interference of factors, a talented athlete has at most only two or three chances to shine on the highest stage of the Olympic Games.In the original historical plane, Bergman's only chance to participate in the Olympic Games in his life was deprived by such dirty means by a group of Nazi party sticks who had no love for sports.

In Helena's eyes, this is not only the darkest story in the history of the Olympic Games, but also an eternal disgrace to the German sports world. Fortunately, Greta Bergman will never suffer such a cruel fate because of her own existence. up.In this plane, she was not expelled from the Ulm Sports Association during the rising period of her career, nor was she refused to share sports facilities with other contestants during pre-match training, nor was she refused to participate in the Olympics for various ridiculous reasons.

A few years ago, Helena also recommended to Greta Bergman the technical route of arc run-up and back over the pole, which is commonly used in later high jump competitions. In fact, Helena wanted to recommend this technical route to the entire The German track and field team, but for most athletes, it is a very risky thing to change the existing technical route, and Helena is not an expert in the sports industry, so although Helena has repeatedly proved by scientific principles, back crossing the bar The scissors technique commonly used by the German track and field team has great advantages: not only can the connection between run-up, take-off and pole transition be more reasonable, but also the center of gravity can be lowered a lot when passing the pole. I am very interested in the new passing technology recommended by Na, but very few people are really willing to make up their minds to completely change their existing technical route.

Greta Bergman was one of the few athletes who was fooled by Helena at that time. The other one who was successfully fooled by Helena was Elfried Cowan, the women's high jump bronze medalist in the Berlin Olympics in the original historical plane. As for the men's high jump team, there is no successful case of being fooled.In order to convince the only girl who was fooled by her to believe in the superiority of the back-flying style, Helena even went to battle to demonstrate the technical points of this style of passing the pole.

Speaking of which, in her previous life, before participating in the school sports meeting when she was in college, she had practiced the technique of back jump high jump after all. Although Helena had never been a professional athlete, some of her detailed postures may not be considered as special standards, but they must It is admitted that Helena's physical fitness in this life is still very good, and she has not neglected physical exercise, so she even jumped 1.52 meters in front of the two young ladies with her back jumping technique, which was unprecedented in her previous life. The motherland can also reach the standard of third-level athletes. This can be regarded as partly reassuring the doubts of the two high jump girls and the coaches of the national team. They decided to seriously explore the new technology recommended by Helena. The coaches also think that this New technologies are at least worth a try.

Of course, this is also because the technical routes of various sports in the early days of the Olympic Games are still being explored. Both athletes and coaches have a relatively high acceptance of new technologies. Pointing and pointing, I am afraid that there is a considerable probability that it is considered that there is something wrong with the head and needs to be treated.

To the surprise of the two high jump girls, although their performance fluctuated greatly when they first tried this new technology, after a period of adaptation and running-in, their high jump performance has really improved miraculously. Helena, who made the suggestion, also established a deep personal friendship with the two high jump girls.This is the warm scene where Helena cheered for the two young ladies who won gold and silver. In the original historical plane, Elfrid Cowan only won the bronze medal, while Greta Berg, who achieved even better results. Man even missed the Olympics due to race issues, but in this plane they all have a more brilliant career life, thinking of this, Helena can't help feeling a sense of pride.

The two high jump girls left the venue after receiving their medals to the majestic melody of the German national anthem. The first time they saw Helena who had been there for a long time, they all jumped towards her like birds. The two youthful The hot tears from receiving the award were still on their faces, and each of them gave Helena a warm hug. "We all want to thank you, Helena! Half of our medals are due to you." Greta Bergman said sincerely to Helena.

"Please don't say that, Greta. It should be that I need to thank you. Your medals prove that my life is not in vain." Helena replied with the same sincere tone, although the two young ladies could not understand her words The deep meaning in it, but Helena believes that at least at this moment, everyone has no regrets.

Chapter 367 Legendary Friendship

During the 16th Summer Olympic Games which lasted only 11 days, 3963 athletes from all over the world showed their youth and sweat heartily in various sports arenas, leaving countless immortal sports legends to Berlin, an ancient central European city .The most amazing time in these sports legends is the precious cross-border friendship formed between the black American athlete Jesse Owens and his German counterpart Luz Lang on the track and field field. I was fascinated by the touching deeds between them, but I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to sit in the stands and witness this legend in the Olympic history.

Among them, Jesse Owens is a descendant of black slaves in the American South. Although the black slaves were liberated after the American Civil War, the Owens family was still just a poor tenant farmer who worked all the year round until his father. He didn't inherit anything from his parents except the pair of slender legs and feet he was born with.However, according to the superstition passed down by the local villagers, the longer a person's legs and feet are, the more he will suffer from working around.In this way, little Owens spent his childhood with his father running and jumping in the fields. It was not until he moved to Cranliff with his family at the age of nine that Owens began to receive long-overdue formal school education intermittently. It was there that Owens first became connected to the athletics that would bring him greatness.

The reason why Owens chose track and field at the time was simple. Compared with those events that required the purchase of special equipment, sprinting and long jump only required two slender and strong legs.Soon Owens' teacher discovered his athletic talent and suggested that he join the school's sports team and put more energy into sprinting and long jump after class, but Owens tactfully said that he still needs work-study programs after class. He rejected the suggestion, but he promised the teacher to continue to do odd jobs after school and get up earlier every day to train sprints, and Owens' brilliant story as a generation of sports stars began: at the age of 19, he tied the world record for the 1935-yard sprint for the first time. As a result, he was admitted by Ohio State University, and in the 1936 National University Games, he shocked the international sports world by breaking five consecutive world records. Then in 11, Owens represented the US team in the [-]th Berlin Olympic Games.

In the men's [-]-meter sprint competition, Owens lived up to expectations and won his first gold medal in this Olympic Games. However, in the subsequent men's long jump event, he encountered an unprecedentedly strong opponent, that is, the European long jump record holder—— — German sports star Lutz Lang.It may be due to excessive mental tension. In the long jump qualifiers, Owens had no results because of a foul on the line for the first time, and the second time he had a poor result because he took off early, because each player only had three chances. Owens could not grasp the last chance and was about to face the dilemma of being out early. Owens tried many times before the jumping line, but the huge psychological pressure made him dare not take off.At this time, many spectators felt that there was no suspense in this game. Owens' frequent mistakes meant that Lutz Lang from Germany had already secured the gold medal in advance.

But when Owens was hesitating on the field, Lutz Lang with blue eyes took the initiative to walk towards Owens in the eyes of countless audiences. The friendly smile on his face gradually relaxed and Owens was about to collapse. broken nerve.Then Lutz Lang told Owens in some broken English: I also encountered the same situation last year, so I summed up a little trick to solve this problem.Then he took Owens's towel and placed it a few inches in front of the jump line, and told Owens to take off from the towel so that he would not miss too much.Owens did as Lutz Lang suggested, and sure enough, he got a fairly accurate take-off point and successfully advanced to the final.

In the final, Lutz Lang first jumped out with an excellent result of 7.87 meters, directly tying the original European record created by Owens, but then Owens played even more brilliantly, and he directly locked the gold medal in this event with an astonishing result of 8.10 meters At this time, Lutz Lang, who won the silver medal, showed extremely elegant demeanor. He pulled Owens under the audience and raised his arm and shouted: "Jesse Owens! Jesse Owens!" Led by Lutz Lang, the tens of thousands of spectators cheered Owens' name like a tsunami.

Then Owens returned his new friend with the same courtesy, and he raised Lutz Lang's arm high and shouted: "Lutz Lang! Lutz Lang!" and the audience enthusiastically The ground responded in unison: "Lutz Lang! Lutz Lang!" At this moment, their friendship transcended nationality, race, skin color and language, and countless audiences were sympathetic to each other by the heroes shown by these two outstanding athletes I was moved to tears, which of course also included Helena who witnessed all this.

However, Helena's hot tears and shrewd calculations have never conflicted. She nudged Hitler who was sitting next to her with her elbow, and then whispered in his ear: "If you take advantage of the incident just now, If we get it right, we can exchange a gold medal for a silver medal for a complete victory in an international ideological game, and we should make good use of this kind of good opportunity given by God.” And Hitler listened to Helen After Na's words, a comprehensible smile appeared on his face. After all, the political benefits behind the Olympics were the focus of his attention.

Chapter 368 Taking Advantage of Weaknesses

The story of Hitler refusing to shake hands with Jesse Owens in the original historical plane was widely circulated in later generations. However, as long as the situation at that time is restored with a realistic attitude, it is easy to find that this statement is actually a distortion of the facts.Although such a plot is more in line with the psychological expectations of ordinary audiences: the racist Hitler discriminating against the black athlete Owens sounds unreasonable, and it is also unreasonable for Owens, a black man, to face Hitler with indisputable strength on the field. It is in line with Shuangwen's routine, but it is obviously treating the real history as a romance.

If you think that Owens can make Hitler tear off his disguise by winning a few gold medals, and then humiliate him by refusing to shake hands without hesitation, it would be too insulting to Hitler's acting skills honed over the years. The real situation Hitler in the original historical plane did not openly show racist tendencies during the Olympic Games. Although Hitler did not shake hands with Jesse Owens in the original historical plane, except for shaking hands with the German gold medalist on the first day of the Olympic Games In addition, Hitler did not shake hands with other athletes until the end of the Olympic Games.

The reason is that after Hitler met and shook hands with all the German gold medalists on the first day of the Olympic Games, the President of the International Olympic Committee Baye Latour solemnly told Hitler that in order to maintain the fairness of the Olympic Games, he should either congratulate all participating countries equally. Gold medalists, or simply refrain from congratulating any athlete selectively during the Olympics.Hitler chose to accept Baye Latour's suggestion, so from the second day of the Olympic Games until the end of the Olympic Games, Hitler did not shake hands with other athletes, so Jesse Owens in the original historical plane did not get Hitler's handshake Congratulations are easy to understand.

Although the mustache in the original historical plane did not shake hands with Owens, but he did not turn a blind eye to Owens as the rumors in later generations said. Both the media reports on the scene and the interview records of Owens himself later confirmed that up to this point.For example, the American sports journalist Paul Galico wrote in Berlin that Owens "was led under the honor box, he smiled and bowed, and Mr. Hitler saluted him." Owens later also claimed that he and Hitler exchanged "congratulations". Wave".It can be seen that although Hitler started playing with extreme nationalism in the original historical plane, his attitude towards the so-called "colored people" can be flexibly adjusted according to the occasion and political needs in practice. After all, changing masks at any time is also a political figure. basic skills.

In fact, someone in the original historical plane did deliberately snub Owens, but this person was not Hitler, but the famous President Franklin Roosevelt.Because when the U.S. delegation returned home from Europe, Roosevelt personally received some of the meritorious athletes who participated in the Berlin Olympics at the White House. The reason why it is said here is that all black athletes, including Owens, were excluded. , even though Owens had just won four Olympic gold medals for the United States.

Owens later accepted and even said bluntly: "Mr. Hitler did not neglect me. It was Mr. Roosevelt who did not respect me enough. This Mr. President did not even send me a telegram to express his congratulations." Although Owens said this Fan's elbow-to-elbow statement was very politically incorrect in the United States, but it partly revealed the fact that the racist atmosphere in the United States was strong at that time.In fact, after Owens won the gold medal and returned to China, when he participated in the celebration banquet held by the Olympic delegation at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, he was required to take the freight elevator upstairs, and this obvious insulting behavior was considered to be an insult to the Olympic team. He is especially gracious to a black meritorious athlete, because usually Owens can only eat in restaurants that are "open only to blacks". Looks like Dade should be thankful for that.

In such a strong racist atmosphere, President Roosevelt had to bow to this invisible political correctness. At the crucial stage of his preparation for the presidential election and his re-election, President Roosevelt did not want to offend southern voters for Owens.The White House only invites white athletes to accept the president's congratulations and does not invite black athletes such as Owens. In fact, President Roosevelt is sending to the outside world a veiled political signal that he still insists on white supremacy, although this reactionary political signal is indeed not suitable for public speaking. .In short, some literary and artistic works of later generations described Owens' performance at the Berlin Olympics as black lightning that struck Hitler. It may be exaggerated, because Owens' criticism was actually aimed at Roosevelt rather than Hitler.This is not to say that Roosevelt's racism was more extreme than Hitler's. Their performance before and after the Olympics was all about competing for political interests. Hitler urgently needed to fake Germany's tolerant political atmosphere and pacifist image to the outside world. White votes in southern states.

However, just as Helena said to Hitler, Roosevelt’s daring not to offend white voters in the South was a political weakness of the United States that was difficult to overcome in the short term. It can be transformed into Germany's own political advantages and political capital.As for why Germany does not discriminate against blacks and it is difficult for the United States to become bigger, it is of course because the number of blacks living in Germany is very small, and even if you choose to treat them equally, you don’t need to pay too much social resources; There are a considerable proportion of black groups, if the racial segregation policy is completely abolished, the vital interests of the local white groups will be seriously damaged.

Therefore, at this stage, Germany can safely and boldly occupy the moral high ground through high-profile propaganda, and at the same time hardly need to pay additional political and economic costs, but even if President Roosevelt knows that racism is wrong, even if he is disgusted by Germany's political propaganda offensive, I can only choose to be beaten passively and dare not speak back.This is like the farmer in the famous joke, when asked if he would donate [-] million, he said yes without hesitation, because he couldn't give [-] million; but when asked if he would donate a cow I don't want to, because his family can really take out a cow.And now Germany is taking advantage of the political weakness of the United States that there is a real cow in order to find trouble. Anyway, Germany does not really need to take out a cow, because there are no cows in Germany.

Chapter 369 The Closing of the Olympics

Under the encouragement of Helena, Hitler in this plane displayed extremely high political acting skills. Although it seems that Germany has no intention of mixing political factors into this Olympic Games, this does not prevent Germany from using more subtle means to make this Olympic Games The Olympics have become their own political showroom.In fact, in Helena's view, too obvious political propaganda can easily arouse the resistance of the propaganda target, which will make it difficult to achieve the original desired political propaganda effect.A smarter political propaganda strategy is to subtly hide the content you want to promote to the audience, and then through well-arranged performances that seem to have no political meaning at all, so that the audience can learn more through independent thinking. Draw a conclusion, and the conclusion they draw is exactly what you originally wanted to convey to them. This kind of subtle induction is far more convincing than simple and rude indoctrination.