The Rise of the Third Reich

On the afternoon of January 10, the area around King Charles Street, Whitehall Street and Downing Street seemed to have turned into a battlefield for street fighting!

Troops loyal to the British War Cabinet set up roadblocks and barricades at the entrances to several important streets, mounted machine guns on tall buildings, and deployed snipers.

What was blocked by these defense facilities and gunmen were not the ferocious Nazis who were armed to the teeth in the legend, but the countless London citizens who came to protest, filling all the surrounding streets, as if there were millions of them!

The marchers seemed to be controlled by the Bolshevik Party. They sang the majestic "Internationale" near the center of British power, and occasionally shouted slogans such as "Bread and milk" and "Down with Churchill's dictatorial government."

The singing and slogans were so loud that they penetrated the thick reinforced concrete and reached the castle where Churchill was located.

In the conference room, an emergency meeting was being held at this time, involving not only some cabinet members, but also some military generals, and even General Eisenhower, the commander of the US military stationed in London.

Everyone had the same expression - dumbfounded!

Everything is fine, why is there a revolution? Moreover, this revolution seemed to be controlled by the Soviet Union. What did Stalin want to do? Do you want to take advantage of the fact that the British Empire is standing on the edge of the cliff and give it another push so that Britain will be completely finished?

How did this benefit the Soviet Union? Did Stalin still fantasize about establishing a Soviet republic in Britain? Did he think that the German Nazis who had landed were all in vain?

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and then a lost Foreign Minister Ayden was seen walking in.

As soon as he entered the door, he said to Churchill: "Mr. Prime Minister, President Roosevelt said that things in London probably have nothing to do with the Soviet Union..."

"It has nothing to do with the Soviet Union? Who is singing "The Internationale" outside? Is it the German Nazis?" Churchill asked in a hoarse voice.

"Well..." Eden shook his head, and then said, "The President of the United States is saying that he will put pressure on the Soviet Union, but the United States cannot support our war cabinet unreservedly."

The British ambassador to the United States, Viscount Halifax, had just visited the White House, hoping that Roosevelt could put pressure on Stalin to instruct the British Bolsheviks to cease confrontation.

At the same time, Viscount Halifax also hopes that the U.S. government can support the British War Cabinet "without reservation" - this "without reservation" actually means using the "Riflemen" stationed in London to help the British War Cabinet Crackdown!

Because the British War Cabinet was now losing control of the military! The London Yeomanry have dug in, many have sided with the protesters, the London County Division has lost control, and the soldiers refuse to shoot to suppress it!

The Royal Guards had an ambiguous attitude. They only deployed defenses at Buckingham Palace and refused to help Fatty Qiu quell the chaos.

As for the other troops stationed in London, except for a small number, they were also shaken. Many army commanders said they needed a parliamentary resolution before they could carry out the crackdown.

But with the current situation like this, how could the parliament pass a resolution to suppress it? Not bad enough to pass a motion of no confidence in the war cabinet!

So Churchill wanted to mobilize the US military in London to help maintain order, but Roosevelt did not dare to issue such an order - the US military went to Europe to fight the Nazis, not to suppress the British people!

There is now great controversy in the United States over the Roosevelt administration's policy of intervening in the European war. Many people believe that this was a huge mistake, and the United States, which could have stayed out of the matter, faced a huge crisis. And seeing that Britain is about to fail, many politicians who support intervention in Europe are busy shirking responsibility. They could not admit that the intervention policy was wrong, because the United States still needed to continue to assist the Soviet Union, and could only shift all the responsibility to the British Churchill government.

Public opinion suddenly arose that the Churchill government was corrupt, that the Churchill government was corrupt, that the Churchill government was incompetent, that the Churchill government had lost people's support, and that the Churchill government stubbornly adhered to colonialist policies.

In short, starting from the end of 1942, Churchill's image in the United States plummeted. He was no longer an anti-fascist and anti-Nazi hero, nor a staunch guardian of European democracy. Instead, he began to become a reactionary, stubborn, greedy, incompetent and A cut, unpopular politician!

Under such circumstances, Roosevelt certainly did not dare to give instructions to the British troops stationed in the United States to suppress the British people. That would make Roosevelt an accomplice of Churchill, a villain who betrayed the trust and assistance of the United States.

Facing the crisis now facing Churchill's regime, Roosevelt was not only unable to stand up, but also had to show a correct political stance.

"In addition..." Foreign Secretary Eden said hesitantly, "In addition, President Roosevelt hopes that we can negotiate with the opposition and resolve the current crisis through negotiations, while giving the War Cabinet a broader basis."

"Negotiations?" Churchill roared angrily, "This damn cripple, does he think Britain is a third-rate country in Latin America? Does he think I am a third-rate dictator who relies on the support of the United States to have power?"

At this point, he turned around and glared at Eisenhower, who was bewildered, and said: "General, now you have two choices, either send troops immediately to arrest all the troubled Bolsheviks, or take your Get out! Get out now!”

After hearing Churchill's words, Eisenhower's expression suddenly changed. This is how he understood Churchill's words - if the United States did not help Churchill suppress it, then Churchill would surrender to the Germans and become a traitor to the British!

…

"Mr. President, urgent message from General Eisenhower!"

An emergency meeting with a depressing atmosphere was also being held in the Oval Office of the White House. General Marshall, who came to attend the meeting, took a copy of the telegram from one of his adjutants. After reading it once, his expression changed drastically.

"He said that Churchill asked the US military to help him suppress the protests launched by the Bolsheviks, otherwise Churchill's government would surrender to Germany!"

"Damn fat man!" Roosevelt's face was gloomy. After cursing in a low voice, he asked coldly: "Gentlemen, what should we do?"

"We cannot help Churchill's government suppress the people," Hopkins said immediately. "This will meet with widespread opposition! And Churchill's request for help from us shows that he is losing the support of the British army. If our expeditionary force sends troops to suppress, then it will also It is to put the US military on the opposite side of all British people who oppose Churchill's regime, including some British troops! We... are very likely to be involved in the British Civil War!"

The US military was to help the European people resist Nazi and fascist tyranny, not to help Churchill fight the civil war. Moreover, once Britain falls into civil war, it will naturally be unable to resist the German invasion, and the Battle of Britain will inevitably fail miserably!

So what the US government needs to consider now is how to withdraw from the UK, instead of getting deeper and deeper into it.

"Should our troops withdraw from London immediately?" Roosevelt asked hesitantly.

"We must withdraw and retreat to a port in northern Scotland." Hopkins said, "The Battle of Britain has been lost. There is no need for hundreds of thousands of Americans to be buried with the fall of Britain."

"Is it just like this, doing nothing, handing over Britain to the Germans?" President Roosevelt seemed unwilling.

"No," Hopkins shook his head, "Actually, we can still do some things. For example... we can leave some of the weapons of the US military stationed in London and give them to the British who need them!"

"The British who need them?" Roosevelt tilted his head, "Who is it?"

Hopkins shrugged, "It doesn't matter who it is, what matters is whether the people who get these weapons can tear Britain apart!"

"Falling apart?"

"Yes!" Hopkins nodded heavily, "Mr. President, Britain is a big country. Its industrial strength is second only to the United States, Germany and the Soviet Union. In many cutting-edge technological fields, Britain's strength exceeds both ours and Germany! If Germany gets If the United Kingdom is a complete and stable one, then its strength in industrial production may exceed ours, and it will have a considerable lead in technology!”

Hopkins is right. Britain is a world leader in electronics, aviation, shipbuilding and other fields. Among them, the radar technology in the electronic field is ahead of Germany and the United States. The piston and jet aircraft engines in the aviation industry are different from Germany. The shipbuilding industry, especially in the technology of surface ship construction, is still ahead of Germany.

If Germany gets a complete Britain, then Germany will soon catch up with the United States in industrial output and crush the United States in cutting-edge technology.

Then the United States will be in big trouble!

The President of the United States sighed softly, "Harry, go see the Soviet Ambassador Litvinov, go immediately!"

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"Against G-Fate! Maisky and Pollitt are anti-G-Faction, Nazis, not Bolsheviks!"

In the Kremlin, when the urgent telegram from Litvinov, the Soviet ambassador to the United States, was sent to Stalin's office, the great communist leader was gritting his teeth and scolding the leader of the British Bolshevik Party and the Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom.

If they hadn't been caught, Maisky and Pollitt would probably have been sentenced to the highest security measures by now!

"I asked them to launch an armed uprising when Churchill's wartime cabinet collapsed or surrendered to Germany. How could they launch it in advance? The British were still resisting and were fighting the Germans in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough. It’s hard to explain why they rioted in London?”

Stalin walked quickly around the office, talking as he walked. The more he talked, the more annoyed he became. In anger, he threw his pipe against the wall. However, he still noticed that Molotov had just received a copy of the telegram from a staff member and was now looking at it carefully.

"Comrade Molotov!" Stalin asked, "Is this a protest from the Americans?"

Molotov shook his head and said: "No, it is not an American protest, but a suggestion..."

"What advice?"

"The Americans suggest that the British Bolsheviks assume the great responsibility of leading the British war against Germany!"