The emergence of the French-occupied zone was something that Britain vigorously promoted. The war has not yet officially ended. The United States, currently the most powerful, is not as mentally prepared as the world hegemon of later generations.
It is still in the dark stage as to how much benefit it will gain from the world in the future. Even Alan Wilson can guess whether the United States is preparing for the British Empire, the former world hegemon, or is aiming to engulf Eastern Europe with the momentum of a great victory.
The book Soviet Union? This matter is difficult to talk about.
As both Britain and France still have a large number of colonies, it is very normal for this kind of hesitation within the U.S. decision-making circles. After all, no one can see the world a few decades from now, and policies must be made step by step.
This is also the reason why Churchill vigorously improved France's status and even urged France to enter the United Nations as a permanent member. To say that they are very optimistic about De Gaulle, neither the United Kingdom nor the United States has such thoughts. But as mentioned before, if they are not optimistic about De Gaulle, they will not be optimistic about it.
People can suppress the French Communist Party.
With nearly one million members, the French Communist Party can be found in every corner of society. It is the undisputed largest party. Together with their family and friends, their potential power is a huge force in France, which has a population of just over 40 million.
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As a representative of France, what I first discussed with Alan Wilson was the expected division of French-occupied areas and when exactly they would be able to enter the occupied areas.
"Pierre, we have to let Germany restore a certain post-war order, right? Otherwise there is no use going in. At present, what our two countries and the United States have to do is to maintain basic economic operations in the occupied areas."
Alan Wilson crossed his fingers and told his dilemma, "How about if we walk over and let everything go in, and the soldiers go in to eat grass? Martial law will also take time to restore order, and even the Prime Minister and President Roosevelt can't do anything."
"Well, while you were still at sea, President Roosevelt had already died of illness, and now the President of the United States is Truman." Alfall, who was beside Alan Wilson, coughed softly and reminded in a low voice.
"The principle is still the same." Alan Wilson proved with practical actions that as long as he didn't feel embarrassed, others would be embarrassed. He was still at sea and had not reached London at the time. He didn't know how normal it was for the United States to change its president.
The French representatives across the table did not pay attention to what was going on here. Instead, they whispered to each other and communicated. Apparently there were other problems. After a while, Pierre Le Mans carefully communicated, "In addition to the issue of the time of marching into the French-occupied areas,
, we have one more thing, and this is also a loud voice within the current government. If this matter can get the support of the United Kingdom, France will be very grateful."
"Pierre, please speak." Eiffle glanced at Alan Wilson and said to the Frenchman across the table in an encouraging voice.
"On the issue of the Saar Protectorate, there is a loud voice in the government that Germany's potential to launch a war should be completely destroyed. This is the opinion of most people. On the issue of the French-occupied territory, Britain is on our side and I believe
Our allies will not refuse this." Pierre Le Mans said while watching the reaction of the other party closely.
Alan Wilson looked at each other. This topic was unexpected. He didn't know where the Thrall Protectorate was at all. Aiful asked someone to bring in a map. The British representative here was
Found the place the other party mentioned.
Just after the end of World War II, France's attitude towards Germany was exactly the same as at the end of World War I. Simply put, it was: Germany must die! The main focus of France's post-war punishment on Germany was the German Saarland and Ruhr areas.
disposal issues. And he strongly opposed the establishment of a new German central government.
If we can find a suitable template from history, we can find it by chance, which is the state of Germany before its unification. The Holy Roman Empire was in the best interest of the French.
The Saarland region is located on the border of Germany and France, next to the famous Alsace-Lorraine. This place is very small, only less than 2,500 square kilometers, but it has a population of nearly one million, and more importantly, it has nearly
Once the coal reserves of tens of billions of tons and the annual output of tens of millions of tons are transferred to France, France's steel and coal production capacity will be comparable to that of pre-war Germany, and the two countries will be on an equal footing in terms of industrial scale.
Even France has prepared its rhetoric. When France was strong in history, Germany's predecessor, the Holy Roman Empire, suffered greatly. The Saarland was occupied by France many times. The rhetoric of occupying the Saarland has been since ancient times...
"Um, Mr. Pierre." Alan Wilson's mind raced and he quickly organized his words. "As we all know, although Britain and France have not always been allies, we have dealt with many wars together in the past hundred years.
threats, from the Far East to Crimea, not to mention the recent two world wars, so I don’t want to say anything more about the relationship between the two countries. It’s just that the issue of the Saarland area is beyond my current authority.
Foreigners must submit France’s opinions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then wait for a reply. This is a necessary process.”
"As Allen said, this is all necessary." Eiffel immediately took over and continued, "And this issue can be said to be very complicated. The main resistance at present is not London. London and Paris have blood.
The friendship formed, but we don’t know what the Americans mean. According to the negotiations at the Yalta Conference, the partition occupation, including Bavaria in southern Germany all the way to the German-French border, is under the control of the US military. Now the US military control
Even if we want to help, there is nothing we can do.”
"In the final analysis, we may need to communicate more with the Americans." Alan Wilson said in conclusion, which means that it is useless to tell us this. The Saarland is currently occupied by American soldiers.
The US military, not the British army, is responsible for the occupation of the Saarland, and political agitation in the area is strictly prohibited. On the other hand, France's status among the Allies after World War II is far inferior to France's position among the Allies at the end of World War I.
status.
Even if Britain is now trying hard to prove to the United States and the Soviet Union that France deserves the status of a victorious nation, it has achieved little success.
Of course, the matter is not completely unsolvable. The other party just wants to seek the understanding of the British. Alan Wilson said, "It depends on whether General de Gaulle can win over the Saarland during the establishment of the French-occupied area."
"I understand." Pierre Le Mans nodded. The French-occupied area was composed of the British-occupied area and the American-occupied area. The British asked France to fight for it in the process, and divided the French-occupied area into
The local area was divided into French-occupied areas.
For Alan Wilson and Effle, they were also happy to push this issue to the Americans to avoid the resentment of the Germans.