The Rise of the Third Reich

On the German side, the French demand for reparations triggered the dissolution of parliament. On the French side, from January 1920 to the present, there have been three governments.

"Tiger" Clemenceau became an unpleasant "madman" after winning the world war. The French right-winger believes that the Treaty of Versailles that he single-handedly brokered spared Germany. It's betrayal and surrender! The left sees him as a dictator because he ordered shots fired at protesting workers.

Therefore, he suffered a disastrous defeat in the presidential election at the end of 1919, and retired sadly at the beginning of 1920. Then, two short-lived right-wing governments emerged in France - the Millerand government and the Legault government (Millerand went to be president in September 1920, and Legault took over as prime minister). The 269 billion gold mark government The huge reparations were made by these two right-wing governments together with the former French president and current chairman of the reparations committee Raymond Poincaré (of course also a right-wing).

But on January 16, 1921, France's right-wing government stepped down because it had no way to deal with the post-war economic depression, and was replaced by one of the founders of later European Madonnas and a left-wing politician who later won the Dynamite Award. France Christiane Briand, leader of the Independent Socialist Party.

At this time, the internal political structure of France, if divided by positions, is somewhat different from that of Germany. The extreme forces in France are smaller - as a victorious country, France does not have so many thoughts of bitterness and hatred - basically the center-left and center-right factions take turns taking charge. There is almost no extreme right. The left-wing Bolshevik Party has a certain strength, but it is not as radical as the Bolshevik Party in Germany. It is prone to armed uprisings and other things. The French Cloth Party followed the path of parliamentary democracy from the beginning.

When the French center-right was in power, the most important thing was to bully Germany, shouting to fight and kill, and wanting to eat Germany alive. If France had always been the leader of the Communist Party, the historical Nazi Germany would definitely not have been able to rise, but France still has the existence of the Virgin Mary.

Therefore, the relationship between France and Germany after World War I can be vividly described as whenever the French right-wing villains bullied the German children badly, they lost the election, and then the French left-wing saints came to comfort the German children with love. . And when the German children were moved by the French Virgin and determined to change their minds and become good people, the French right-wing villains came to power again...

On June 27, 1921, the day the results of the German parliamentary election were announced, French Prime Minister Christiane Briand visited London, England.

"Mr. Prime Minister, do you know the results of the German election?" As soon as he sat down in a small and old living room in No. 10 Downing Street, the French "Madonna" Briand directly mentioned the German election.

"I know, the Social Democratic Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party won 145 seats, a full 40 seats short!"

Lloyd George looked in bad shape, and his position as Prime Minister was now not secure. Because his policy towards Russia was questioned by domestic conservative forces (Fat Qiu, Curzon and others) - as mentioned before, Britain's policy towards Russia was only to dismember and weaken Soviet Russia, not to eliminate it. The Anglo-Soviet trade negotiations that began in November 1920 and the trade agreement signed on March 16 of the following year were naturally the product of this policy. But this move aroused dissatisfaction from the Conservative Party (the British cabinet at the time was composed of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party).

"At least one-third has been saved, and Abbott will not be impeached." Lloyd George said while smoking a cigar.

"It won't happen for the time being," Brian shook his head. "It's just a few more seats, which is very dangerous. Moreover, in this election, several militant parties also appeared, one of which was called the National Socialist Workers of Germany. The party (with the support of Hersmann, Hitler had become the party leader and changed its name again) also received the support of Ludendorff, which received 12 seats. , related to the Fatherland Party founded by Ludendorff before the war) received 10% of the votes and won 42 seats. Now Ludendorff won 54 seats!

"It's less than 13%."

"If you add members of the Honorary Corps of Representatives from the Center Party, National Party and Democratic Party, the number will be 148!"

"This... is a bit much." Lloyd George scratched his head, "But... Christian, I understand what you mean. The Germans can't compensate that much gold mark. If the current situation continues, the mark will definitely collapse. . By then the German militants will have won more parliamentary seats. But we will still have to implement the policies that brought Mark down."

The British Prime Minister sighed. There are some things that he cannot decide. There are many people in the British Empire who hope that Mark will collapse...

"Someone will come to save the German economy by then, and the German militants will not be allowed to succeed for too long."

"Destroy first, then save. Is this a war?" Virgin Mary asked with a frown. "There are already German newspapers saying this is a currency war!"

Lloyd George actually nodded, "Yes, this is a currency war! As long as we destroy the mark, the German economy will always depend on us."

"They can still fight!" Brian said in a gloomy tone, "The wartime economy can not rely on gold!"

"It won't come to that. How about this." Lloyd George waved his hand and smiled, "I just received a telegram from our ambassador to the Soviet Union. The Russian Bolsheviks want to hold an international conference to discuss the conclusion of treaties and trade. I think we can take this opportunity to hold an international conference in Genoa, Italy to discuss European economic issues. In addition to the Soviet issue, we can also discuss the issue of German reparations and the revision of the Treaty of Versailles. Let's announce this news first to give the Germans some confidence." Discussing the issue of German reparations and revising the Treaty of Versailles should be beneficial to Germany. Because when the Reparations Committee met, Britain and the United States tended to let Germany pay less. The French right-wing government has stepped down, and the left-wing Sainte-Claude Briand is now in power. Therefore, when the Genoa Conference is held in April next year, the Allies can formulate a new reparations plan that can control the German economy without forcing the Germans into a desperate situation. Britain could later further incorporate the mark into the "gold exchange" system to control Germany's finance - with finance controlled by Britain and the anti-war Social Democratic Party in power, Germany would no longer be a time bomb in Europe.

However, Lloyd George and the left-wing Virgin Mary did not expect that God would not bless France! By the time the Genoa meeting was held, Virgin Mary Briand had stepped down, and the right-wing Raymond Poincaré was elected prime minister again...

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"Joseph Wirth and Val T. Rathenau are traitors, ****, and traitors! The enemy only gave him a look or a sign, and he was eager to form a cabinet and sell out the country! Such a person is not worthy of being the leader of the German Empire! By the way, Rathenau is also an evil Jewish capitalist!"

In an office in the Reichstag in Berlin, a furious mustache was yelling - he was Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party! With Hersman spending a lot of money on advertising and Ludendorff bringing in a lot of retired "heroes" to fill the void, his Nazi Party achieved impressive results in the recent election, winning 12 seats. And Hitler himself, who had just become a German citizen, also became a glorious member of parliament.

However, the "anti-Ebert" camp still did not gather the seats needed for impeachment. And after Britain and France expressed their willingness to discuss reparations and treaty revisions. Catholic Central Party Chairman Joseph Wirth and Democratic Party Co-Chairman Walter T. Rathenau immediately expressed their willingness to join forces with the Social Democratic Party to form a cabinet...

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