The Rise of the Third Reich

Juan Peron has a famous saying: Do what Mussolini did, but don’t make the mistakes Mussolini made.

In this time and space, he should not think that Mussolini, the new Caesar of Rome, has made any mistakes. This is probably the reason why he is determined to be Mussolini in South America and does not hesitate to go to war with Brazil.

From this famous quote from Peron in history, we can basically see his essence - he is a South American Mussolini, a little more advanced than the traditional South American "Caudillo" leader, who knows how to care about the working people. life, but fundamentally still represents the interests of the bourgeoisie.

The reason why he later became the South American Hitler and raised the "half-red" flag was actually because of his wife Evita Peron, the world-famous Mrs. Peron.

Peron was a dictator who obeyed his wife very much. Many of his social reform policies and routes came from his second wife, Evita, who had climbed up from the bottom step by step. And his third wife Isabella simply became the Vice President of Argentina, and also became the President of Argentina after Peron's death... Historically, Evita almost became the Vice President, if she hadn't been there If she dies young due to a certain disease at the age of 33, the vice president and president of Argentina will be hers sooner or later.

However, Evita has such a status not because of her beauty and Peron's unprincipled promotion. She is indeed a very provocative female politician who can turn herself into the spokesperson of the working people of Argentina.

In a way, Peron was the Mussolini of South America, and Evita was the Hitler of South America—her lines and ability to incite were close to Hitler's. In addition to the two of them, South America also had a figure similar to Franco in this era. He is the current Brazilian President Getulio Vargas.

Vargas, like Franco, was not elected by the people. He came to power through a coup by the "column faction" (a colonel's coup in Argentina and a lieutenant's uprising in Brazil). However, he himself is not a warlord - Vargas also served as a lieutenant in his early years, but he was not a figure of the Weiguan faction. He had already been in politics for more than ten years when the Weiguan faction rose - but rather the Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil. of governor. The reason why he is said to resemble Franco is mainly because his political and diplomatic lines are relatively similar to Franco's.

Both were dictators, neither practiced democracy (Hitler was elected), both relied on the military (Mussolini and the Fascist Party), and both practiced elite governance (both Hitler and Mussolini represented to a certain extent The lower class) all follow independent economic nationalism (Franco’s Spain is now forced to join the European Customs Union, but it still exercises state control at home). They have little desire to participate in a world war and have little interest in aggression and expansion.

Basically, both Vargas and Franco are representatives of old-school elite politics who can get things done. It is not the same line as Nazism, fascism and communism.

Because it relies on the military and pursues elite rule, it happens that I am not a military leader, and its political and economic lines conflict with the interests of the great powers in Brazil.

Therefore, the foundation of Vargas' rule in Brazil is not solid. In this regard, he cannot be compared with Franco, who fought out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and he lacks the prestige to lead Brazil to participate in the world war.

For him, the most ideal choice is to remain neutral between virtue and virtue, reap benefits from both sides, and at the same time use pro-Americans and pro-Germans (pro-Germans are mainly Germans and Italian-Brazilians) to balance each other to maintain domestic stability.

Historically, although Vargas joined the Allied camp because of the prospect of the Axis powers' defeat and sent an expeditionary force to Europe, he still failed to win the support of the United States and domestic pro-American factions. In October 1945, just one month after the end of the world war, he was overthrown by a democratic military coup. In 1954 (he was elected president again in 1951), he committed suicide on August 24... His fate was comparable to that of listening to his wife. Peron's situation was much worse. Peron himself was a military leader and he won over the working people through land reform (Argentina's October land reform forced the distribution of 93% of the land in the territory) and increased wages and benefits. Therefore, Americans can support the coup to overthrow him, but they dare not kill him, otherwise it will definitely trigger an Argentine revolution.

In this time and space, the rule of Brazil's "Franco" Vargas reached a precarious stage in February 1944.

If it cannot gain broad support in a short period of time, Vargas's regime will face collapse!

But this does not mean that some Peron-style "German fans" officers will launch a coup to overthrow Vargas... Because the situation in Brazil is completely different from Argentina. Argentina is a country where white people oppress white people. "German fans" can Incite the bottom to expropriate the top.

Brazil is a country where white people oppress black people and Indo-European people. 3% of the people (all white people) own two-thirds of Brazil's land. The poor farmers who account for 60% of the population (most of them are Indians, blacks and Indo-Europeans) lack land and can only be reduced to farm laborers or renting land.

Therefore, the "Nazi and Fascist movements" in Argentina can solve social conflicts, but the "Nazis and Fascists" in Brazil (of course all white people) cannot deprive white people of their land and give it to people of color. This is too unfair. Nazi.

The Brazilian Nazis, who were unable to resolve the contradictions in Brazilian society, were naturally unable to become a political movement with a broad social base like the German Nazis, Argentinian Nazis, and Italian Fascists.

In Brazil, the lower class society is insulated from the Nazis, and it is the territory of the left.

If Vargas wants to maintain his rule now, he can only cooperate with the left!

Only with the support of the left can Brazil join the Axis powers. Otherwise, the day Brazil joins the Axis, civil war will be raging everywhere.

"Hahaha, this is ridiculous!"

At the same time that Colonel Peron was a guest in Berchtesgaden, in the presidential palace in Rio de Janeiro, a guest from prison was talking to President Vargas.

This guest led the Weiguan faction uprising in the 1920s and conducted the legendary Prestus Column March (which took place after the failure of the Weiguan faction uprising. This long march moved to 13 states and traveled more than 25,000 kilometers. After 28 months, he finally ran out of ammunition and food and retreated into Bolivia) Luis Carlos Priestes, leader of the Brazilian Communist Party and chairman of the Brazilian National Liberation Union.

He led another armed uprising in eastern Brazil at the end of 1935. After the failure, he was arrested and imprisoned to this day. However, his popularity among the Brazilian bottom people and the left is growing day by day.

"President," Priestes, who was a little thin and unkempt but still looked unruly, looked at the agitated Vargas with contempt and ridicule, "you want us to join you. Government, don’t you think it’s ridiculous to support your government but at the same time be unwilling to carry out land reform?”

"Mr. Prestes!" Vargas shook his head repeatedly, "Now the motherland is in crisis. Argentina's Vice President Peron is in Germany. He is very likely to get the support of Germany. You know what this means to Brazil... …”

"Wait, wait," Prestes waved his hand, interrupting Vargas, "Perón is going to defect to Germany, and you are also ready to defect to Germany, right?"

"Yes, it's necessary," Vargas said. He has actually made up his mind to enter the shaft!

"Peron has always claimed that he would raise wages and distribute land to the undressed men. What are you going to do?"

"No, no, no... This is not in line with Brazil's national conditions." Vargas looked embarrassed and said in his heart: If Brazil can divide land and carry out land reform, why should I ask you to do it? I can’t change myself?

"Same as joining the Axis powers, Argentina can carry out land reform, why can't Brazil?" Prestes asked.

"The national conditions are different..." Vargas looked a little angry, "You know this is impossible! Brazil is not Argentina. The two countries are completely different. Even the Nazis in Brazil have not made such ridiculous suggestions."

"Well, send me back to prison." The leader of the Brazilian Communist Party shrugged, "Or... you can also order me to be shot!"

It is also impossible to shoot him. Priestes is the recognized leader of the Lieutenant faction and has many sympathizers in the army (the radical faction of the Argentine army is the Right Pai, and the radical faction of the Brazilian army is the Left Pai). Vargas How dare you shoot him?

"Mr. Prestes, do you want to watch your beloved Brazilian motherland being torn apart because of the struggle between the United States and Germany?" Vargas also wanted to make a final effort, "Now there is only unity, left Only by uniting Pai, the center and the right can Brazil avoid disaster."

"Okay, unity, right?" Prestes smiled sarcastically, "No problem. Although I am a communist, I am not loyal to Moscow. As long as you can allocate two-thirds of Brazil's arable land By giving landless and landless farmers, Brazil can be united. This is also the purpose of my leadership of the revolution and the Long March.

If you can't do it... Then I would like to ask you, is Brazil a country loved by the 60% of poor people who have little land and live in dire straits? Don’t those 3% of big landowners and big capitalists have the obligation to love the country? Can't they contribute their land out of patriotism? "

"This is impossible!" Vargas patted the table and told the truth, "Because Brazil has never been a whole, it is divided. The upper-class white people and the lower-class Indo-European mixed race, Indians, and blacks have never been a whole. Not my compatriots! If I want to distribute the land of the superior white people to the inferior people, the country will still be divided!”