The Rise of the Third Reich

The "weakness" of the British was beyond Hessman's expectations, but it was reasonable.

Germany today is much stronger than the Germany that Hitler took power in history! Facing the weaker Germany in history, the British Macdonald government and the French Laval government also blindly gave in. Now that the same "combination" (Britain and France are both controlled by the Virgin) encounters a more powerful Germany, what else can they do but give in?

However, Britain's concessions are not without a bottom line. Germany's naval tonnage has historically been unable to exceed 35% of Britain's, and it is estimated to be about the same ratio now. Considering the climate in the North Sea, Germany cannot expect to win with a Pacific-type aircraft carrier that "cuts corners" like the "Karl Marx" class.

Historically, Germany's 33,000-ton "Graf Zeppelin" only had 42 on board, a dozen fewer than the 15,900-ton "Canglong". It can be seen how much influence wind and waves in the North Sea and North Atlantic have on aircraft carriers!

Since the 33,000-ton large aircraft carrier only has 42 carriers, it often encounters sea conditions where the carriers cannot be dispatched due to weather reasons (such sea conditions also exist in the Pacific, but the chance of encountering them is relatively small). In the future battles in the North Sea and the North Atlantic, we cannot rely on aircraft carriers to conquer the world like the historical Pacific War - if we operate close to the Arctic Circle, we will encounter polar night and polar day, and the former will make it difficult for carrier-based aircraft to dispatch !

Therefore, in the war in the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the role of aircraft carriers is not very big, and battleships are indispensable weapons.

The "Anglo-German Naval Agreement" that will be signed in history and this time and space will control the total tonnage of German battleships to less than 35% of that of the United Kingdom.

According to the "Washington Naval Treaty", the upper limit of British capital ship tonnage is 525,000 tons (British tons), 35% is 183,750 tons (British tons), and the maximum tonnage of a single battleship cannot exceed 35,000 tons (British tons). But the UK can retain a Hood with a displacement of up to 41,200 tons...

In other words, if "breaching" ships are not built and there is no obvious violation of the "Anglo-German Naval Agreement", the 180,000 tons allocated to Germany will only last 5 to 6 "Scharnhorst" class ships.

Even if it's Scharnhorst level, you can't just open your mouth and get it. Germany had no experience in building battleships and battlecruisers after 1918. Only in 1929 was the construction of a 10,000-ton armored ship A, which was the historical "Deutschland" class. However, it has not been launched yet, so it has not been named yet.

According to the "Anglo-German Naval Agreement", the top of Germany's aircraft carrier is the "Graf Zeppelin". Although Germany has accumulated a lot of experience in building and operating aircraft carriers through Soviet-German cooperation, German-Japanese cooperation, and German-Italian cooperation, the sea conditions in the North Sea and the Atlantic are not the same thing as those in the Mediterranean and the Pacific. There are still many difficulties to overcome.

Therefore, this "unexpected" concession by the British gave Germany an opportunity to catch up with Britain in terms of naval strength.

Because the historical "Navy Holiday" era will come to an end in 1936. By then, Germany will be able to get rid of the control of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. However, the accumulation of technology and the construction of naval shipbuilding capabilities needed to be completed before 1936.

From this perspective, the value of this "British-German Naval Agreement" that was advanced several years ago is still very great.

While thinking about how to plan the development of the navy, Hersman had already returned to the Langham Hotel.

"Ah, dear," Chloe opened the door, "We have a visitor, brought by Professor Einstein."

Then Einstein and two other men appeared in front of Herschmann. Both are bald, but the bald one is handsome and looks like a professor. Hersman has seen this person in the files of the Intelligence Bureau. He is the chairman of the Zionist Organization, the leader of the Zionist movement, and his family background. Chaim Weizmann, who studied in Germany and Switzerland in Russia, was also a very outstanding chemist.

There was another character who looked a little weird, a bit like a clown in a circus. Hessmann had also seen it in the report submitted by the Stasi Foreign Intelligence Service. He is David Ben-Gurion - in the report written by Canaris himself, he is called the Adolf Hitler of the Jews!

Comparing Ben-Gurion to Hitler may be "offensive" in the eyes of future generations. The two are supposed to be completely different. But in the eyes of people in 1931, they still had a lot in common.

Hitler was determined to expand the living space for the German people and pursued the supremacy of German nationalism. Ben-Gurion was determined to gain living space for the Jews, and he followed the path of Israeli nationalism.

Hitler wanted to suppress or expel (no massacre was proposed at this time) Germany's Jews. And Ben-Gurion pointedly pointed out: There is a real conflict in Palestine, a political conflict between us and the Arabs. We (meaning Jews and Arabs) both wanted to be in the majority—there were hundreds of thousands of Arabs in Palestine at that time, and only tens of thousands of Jews.

Hitler's Nazi Party was a far-right workers' party. Ben-Gurion was also an alternative among Zionists. He did not rely on Jewish capitalists and financial oligarchs to establish the state of Israel. Instead, they relied on Jewish workers and the middle and lower classes of Jews to unite them, continue to migrate to Palestine and settle there, and finally defeat the Arabs with force.

Finally, Hitler and Ben-Gurion did not envision the establishment of a Marxist or liberal state. Their "socialism" or "workers' interests" are all reflected in the improvement of social welfare, rather than public ownership and state-owned enterprises.

Therefore, it is not too strange that Canaris confuses Hitler and Ben-Gurion.

"I think you must have been moved by my proposal, right?" After introducing each other and greeting each other, Hersman went straight to the point.

He knew that true Zionists could not refuse Hersman's "good intentions", even if those Jewish financial oligarchs hated Germany's "economic anti-Semitism".

"Lieutenant General, your proposal is indeed feasible." Ben-Gurion said in a steady tone, "Your proposal may make Britain retreat from its current position... The British may consider using the method of partition to establish an Arab state and a Jewish state in Palestine. I think we will not need you to provide islands to establish a 'temporary state' in the end."

Ben-Gurion's political sense and foresight are comparable to Hitler's. He was not in London, but in Prague. After receiving the telegram from Weizmann, he immediately seized the opportunity. So he took the first flight of Lufthansa Airlines to London.

"Yes, I think so too." Hersman said with a smile, "Although the Jewish people have no country, they are very powerful and worth winning over. You could only hope for Britain, but now you have a second choice, Britain will naturally give you more benefits. But you must help us solve a problem first, so that there is a possibility of cooperation."

If Zionism and Germany cooperate - this sounds like a fantasy, but in fact this kind of cooperation has existed in history! Hitler did not think of using massacres to solve the Jewish problem in Germany at first. Because although the German Jews have too much economic benefits (mainly in the financial industry), their population is very small, only more than 500,000, less than 1% of the total population of Germany.

Restrict, deprive some, integrate a group, and then drive away some - this level of anti-Semitism is not new in Europe, and it is not fierce.

In contrast, Piłsudski's Poland treated Jews more harshly! Because there are too many Polish Jews, more than 4.3 million (historically 3.5 million, but Poland occupied the right bank Ukrainians and obtained hundreds of thousands of Russian Jews), accounting for 8.6% of the population of the Polish Federation.

And the vast majority of Polish Jews live on the land of the Polish state, accounting for more than 10% of the population of the Polish state. In fact, Jews are not a big problem for Germany, but a big problem for Poland! Hitler massacred 2.5 million Polish Jews in history, but helped the Poles solve a huge hidden danger... Post-war Poland was established without Jews (most of the remaining went to Israel)!

But Hersman was not so kind to solve the Jewish problem for the Poles - in his vision, more than 4 million Polish Jews could exist as allies.

"Lieutenant General, what is your problem?" Ben-Gurion asked.

"The Jewish Restriction Law..." Hersman said, "This is not a pleasant law for Jews, and I don't expect Zionism to make a statement of support. But I hope that most German Jews and European Jewish scientific elites understand that Germany's Jewish Restriction Law is not aimed at them. We still welcome Jewish scientists to Germany. So, I hope Professor Einstein can go to Germany and serve as the chairman of a Jewish Scientists Union." "I can go to Germany," Einstein said, "as an Israeli!" "Okay," Hersman paused and continued, "In addition, I hope that Germany and Zionism can form an open alliance... The whole world should know that the Jewish Restriction Law is only to protect Germany's economic security. Germany is still very friendly to Jews and Zionism." He looked at Ben Gurion and Weizmann, "Can it be done?" The two leaders of the Zionist movement exchanged glances, Weizmann nodded, and Ben Gurion said: "Zionism is not walking on a strong rope, but on a hair! So we can't refuse a friend like Germany!"