The Rise of the Third Reich

In the luxurious and art-filled lobby café of the Hotel de la Fence in Geneva, Hirschmann was drinking coffee with two amateur painters who spoke with Austrian accents. One of the two amateur painters was Adolf Hitler, now Chancellor of the German Empire. Another amateur painter went further than Hitler on the road of painting. He graduated from the Art Department of the University of Krakow. He was good at painting figures and landscapes. He was slightly famous for a time, but in the end he gave up his career in art - it was really not a good job. Delicious - and changed his career to become a dictator-in-waiting. He is Eduard Rez Himigwi, the successor of the Polish dictator Piłsudski, and the Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland (Poland has the biggest gun, Piłsudski Key is not the president, but the Minister of Defense, the General Review Officer and the Chairman of the War Council).

He went to Geneva to participate in the international disarmament conference as the head of the Polish Federation delegation. He also "happened" to live in the same hotel as Hitler, and both of them were "fellows from the Austro-Hungarian Empire" and considered themselves painters, so they had a lot in common.

"I am different from him," Hitler, who was chatting happily with the Polish dictator-elect, suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Hersmann and said half-jokingly, "He is a Count Juncker, born in Ras, East Prussia. Fort, which is close to Russia, has a cold climate and little scenery, and I was born in Austria, which has a pleasant scenery. Therefore, Lieutenant General Hessmann and I are different in our approach to art and the Polish Federation.”

Contrary to what many people thought in later generations, Hitler was not the German who hated Poland the most. In fact, he did not hate Poland very much. In Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, the people who hated the Poles most were Junkers like Hersmann. . Because the hometowns of these people are East Prussia, West Prussia and Posen. Now, West Prussia and Posen are both occupied by Poland. Many Junker nobles' lands have been seized by the Poles, and some of their compatriots and relatives are being bullied by the Poles.

Therefore, the Junkers officer corps hates Poland extremely, and is even willing to unite with the Soviet Union in order to destroy Poland. The great success of the Soviet Union presided over by Hersman was inseparable from the support of the Junkers who hated Poland.

Of course, the same is true in the Soviet Union. Comrade Lenin's will "must destroy White Poland" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

After Hitler's Nazi Party came to power, Germany's diplomatic line began a series of adjustments.

First, relations with the Soviet Union began to gradually cool down. Although many economic and military cooperation projects between the two sides continue, the two sides have not reached any new agreements on aviation technology cooperation and technology transfer since the Nazis came to power. Aviation technology cooperation has always been the focus of Soviet-German cooperation in the past. In the past few years, both parties have signed several large orders related to the aviation industry in the first quarter of each year, which has almost become a routine.

Secondly, the German government began to work hard to improve relations with Britain. Although previous German governments were doing the same thing, it was just a tactical arrangement to improve Germany's situation. No matter how loudly the slogans of "European Community" and "European Bank" were shouted, the successive Weimar Republic governments before Hitler's government did not regard alliance with Britain as a strategy. But Adolf Hitler obviously wanted to replace "Union of the Soviet Union" with "Union of Britain" - Hersman knew that Hitler's friendship with Britain must be sincere!

Finally, relations between Germany and Poland are quietly improving. There are actually two reasons for this. On the one hand, Hitler, who was born and raised in Austria, did not have as deep feelings for West Prussia and Posen as the Junkers officers did - on the contrary, he had "very deep feelings for the Czech Republic, the Austro-Hungarian industrial center." "In Hitler's plan, a unified German Empire must include the Czech Republic, and Poland was not necessarily destroyed.

On the other hand, after Germany successfully broke through the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles and restored the compulsory military service system, Polish dictator Piłsudski had realized that Poland could not rely on the "Iron Triangle" alliance formed with France and Czechoslovakia to fight against the Soviet Union. Therefore, he began to seek opportunities to improve relations with Germany. This led to today's "coffee shop meeting" between Himigwe and Hitler.

"Mr. Chancellor, most German people will never forget West Prussia!" Hessmann gently put down the coffee cup in his hand and said in a very serious tone, "I think most Soviet people will never forget Right Bank Ukraine!"

Hersmann and Hitler had differences on the Polish issue, but now they are working together in a division of labor, with Hersmann playing the villain and Hitler pretending to be the good guy.

"I think most German people will not forget the painful lessons brought by the world war, right?" The tone of the Polish Deputy Minister of Defense instantly became cold and gloomy.

"Soviet and Germany faced off against Poland, France and the Czech Republic..." Hessman smiled, "What a good combination!"

If we can really fight according to this combination, Britain and the United States will not win anyway. But Hersmann doubted how long the Soviet-German friendship could last - Stalin had not yet recognized Germany as a socialist country!

It seems that Natalie's point of view still makes some sense. If Stalin was the pope, German National Socialism would probably be the Church of Constantinople or Lutheranism. Although they are all followers of Jesus Christ, they are not in harmony with each other.

"But most of the German people are not willing to fight," Hitler waved his arms vigorously. "No one wants a world war. The lessons from 1914 to 1918 are too profound, and no one wants to do it again. So Germany will not ally with the Soviet Union. I won’t deal with Poland as long as I am German Chancellor!”

He stared at the Polish Deputy Minister of Defense for a while, and then said solemnly: "Of course, we must reach an agreement on the border issue that is acceptable to both parties. Only in this way can we permanently prevent Poland and Germany from becoming enemies."

Hitler probably really wanted to avoid a world war!

Hersmann knew that Hitler was also sincere towards Poland. As long as the Free City of Danzig can join Germany - which is a matter of course, the vast majority of the more than 300,000 residents of the Free City of Danzig are Germans - and at the same time, the small "small" link connecting Danzig and Germany itself will be added. If the "Polish Corridor" is assigned to Germany, or as the "common territory" of Poland and Germany, then he is willing to ally with Poland!

"My demands are not high!" Adolf Hitler glanced at Hersmann, and then said to Himigwe, "Danze City is returned to Germany. According to the principle of 'national self-determination', it belongs to Germany no matter what. And it is not the territory of the Polish Federation now! Then the Polish Corridor can exist as a common territory of Poland and Germany.”

Hitler's demands were really not excessive, and the Polish Federation had very little to lose. But you can get a strong ally, and you can rest easy in terms of national security in the future.

Edward Rez Himigwe was silent, with no expression on his baby face that did not look majestic. After a while, he nodded and said: "Mr. Hitler, I can tell you the terms." His Excellency the First Marshal (referring to Piłsudski). In addition, His Excellency the First Marshal also has a request. He hopes that Poland and Germany can jointly issue a non-aggression declaration before resolving the Danze issue. "

"We can consider that there should be such a declaration between our two countries!" Hitler gave a satisfactory reply, and the "coffee shop meeting" ended here.

After bidding farewell to the Poles, Hitler looked at Hersmann with a somewhat relaxed expression. "Do you think there will definitely be a world war in the future?"

"Adolf, I don't believe that Britain will watch our rise and remain indifferent, otherwise the last world war would not have been fought."

"Well, let's see." Hitler stood up and walked to his suite with Hersmann. "Although you don't believe it, I am still confident that I can complete the merger with Austria and the Baltic States and take back Bohemia and Danze without a war, at least without a world war!"

Germany now has about 480,000 square kilometers, the Baltic Republic has about 110,000 square kilometers, the Republic of Austria has more than 80,000 square kilometers, and Czechoslovakia has more than 120,000 and almost 130,000 square kilometers—if only the Czech Republic was taken, it would be nearly 130,000 square kilometers. 80,000 square kilometers, plus the Free City of Danzig, Germany’s territory is almost 800,000 square kilometers. The population should be more than 80 million and close to 90 million.

In Europe, where there are many small countries, such a Germany can definitely be considered a behemoth. If a Germany of this size can exist into the 21st century and still possess national socialist ideas, it is difficult to imagine what the European Union will look like. .

"Of course, I hope so," Hessman said. "After all, fighting a world war is risky, and people like me won't end well if we lose."

While the two were talking, they had already climbed up from a special elevator to the third floor of the De La White Crane Hotel - the entire third floor had been booked by the German government. Chloe was standing outside the elevator door at this time. When she saw Hersmann and Hitler coming out, she smiled and walked up to them and told them, "Mr. Einstein, Mr. Weizmann and Mr. Gurian have arrived, at 308 "

The three Zionists had arrived in Geneva a week earlier. At the Zionist Congress held not long ago, a resolution was adopted to establish the "Provisional State of Israel."

This means that Zionism has agreed to cooperate with Germany - as Ben Gurion said, Zionism is walking on a hairline and does not have many choices, any force that can support them, even the Nazis We must also strive for it.

However, the three Zionist bosses who arrived in Geneva did not immediately go to see Hitler and Hersmann. They were still waiting and watching. After learning about the meeting between Hitler and Arthur Henderson, he decided to formally meet with Hitler.