If nothing else happens, the Labor Party will surprise Churchill, who gave guidance at the Potsdam Conference. Alan Wilson has no doubt about this, and this does not mean that if the Labor Party comes to power, the British Empire will be sold down to its underpants.
The relationship between the Labor Party and the Conservative Party is very similar to the relationship between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party in the United States. One is implicit and the other is direct, and both do the same thing. Especially on the colonial issue, Attlee and Churchill only focused on the details.
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The changes in the attitudes of the two parties towards the extensive colonies of the British Empire are actually the same: resolute maintenance, focused support, limited persistence, partial abandonment, and comprehensive withdrawal.
In fact, except for British India, Attlee did not give up any colony when he came to power. In the case of British India, it was really beyond the British national power that it had to give up.
Moreover, the great disarmament in the UK in the 1950s actually occurred after the Conservative Party regained power.
On the streets of London, supporters of the Labor Party chanted in support of Attlee the Labor Party's ideas: "a high and increasing standard of living, lifting all people out of poverty, and establishing an education system that makes it possible for every boy and girl to develop their talents."
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"A vote for Labor is the beginning of the decline of the British Empire. Only Churchill can make Britain great again."
If Alan Wilson hears this in China, as a die-hard fan who understands the king, he will definitely punch the opponent and plagiarize blatantly. Where is the gentleman's face?
It is a pity that he is not in the country, but is accompanying Fortseva to count the fleet left behind by Germany in major ports in Germany. Having adjusted his mentality, he is doing his best to complete his task.
"I originally thought that you would be reluctant. After all, the German fleet is in the hands of you British people." Fortseva was in a good mood, but coughing from time to time was a bit disturbing.
"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. A fleet of this size is not even in the eyes of the British Empire." Alan Wilson said sternly, "As a continental country, the Soviet Union still doesn't understand anything.
It’s called a century-old navy. In less than twenty years, the Soviet Union will not be able to compete with Britain on the sea.”
"Well, you can't tell." Fortseva covered her mouth and chuckled, "Then why did you listen to the Americans and give us the German fleet in your hands?"
The Americans will pay the price for this, Alan Wilson thought silently in his heart, took a deep look at Fortseva and walked away.
Although the Braston Woods system is a good help to stabilize hegemony, it also has certain limitations. Under this system, although the United States is the leader of capitalist countries, Britain and France also have the ability to prevent the United States from going too far. He remembered that in the 1960s
In the decade from the 1970s to the 1970s, Britain, France, and Germany took advantage of the United States' quagmire in the Vietnam War and launched successive financial attacks on the United States.
The United States really has its say in the West, or it has tied up the U.S. dollar with oil and kidnapped the entire Europe at the same time.
"This is the British-occupied area!" Alan Wilson suddenly turned around and muttered after taking two steps, "What are you Soviets so proud of?"
Although Germany's commercial fleet has grown from 5 million before the war to 800,000 tons today, it is still a huge gain for the Soviet Union, a purely continental country. The Soviet Union's shipping is indeed stretched.
Woolen cloth.
It is only slightly stronger than the three defeated Germany, Italy and Japan, not even the leader of Britain and the United States, and even not as good as France who just threw away his rifle.
From Fortseva's careful actions, Alan Wilson could also tell that the Soviet Union should attach great importance to the batch of German fleets to be transferred.
While the handover was taking place here, a series of confrontations between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union were still ongoing at the Potsdam Conference. Regarding the border issues between Germany and Poland, as well as the part of East Prussia and the former Danzig Free Zone that were not under the jurisdiction of the Soviet Union, they were all under the jurisdiction of the Polish government
.Britain and the United States agreed to establish diplomatic relations with the Provisional Government of National Unity in Poland.
Britain and the United States also agreed to cede Königsberg and nearby areas to the Soviet Union as punishment for Germany's initiation of the war. In this way, through the Potsdam Conference, Germany's borders were officially changed to what later generations would be familiar with.
Poland lost its original Western Belarus and Western Ukraine, which were merged into Soviet territory.
Regarding the issue of German compensation, it was determined that "the Soviet Union's compensation demands will be met by confiscating assets in the Soviet-occupied areas in Germany and corresponding German foreign investments." In addition, the Soviet Union can also obtain free compensation from industrial facilities demolished in the Western-occupied areas.
Received 10% and 15% paid in goods as compensation.
In other words, the British-occupied areas could not escape the blood-drawing treatment of the Soviet Union. The British delegation stated that although it agreed to the Soviet Union's proposal for Poland, the Polish government-in-exile must return to Poland and participate fairly in the Polish war on the basis of democracy.
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This was a behind-the-scenes operation. Alan Wilson and Fortseva had already made plans. The British would use reasonable and legal excuses to allow the Polish government-in-exile and its supporters to return to Poland. As for how the Soviet Union was willing to deal with it and what it would use.
How to deal with it is a matter for the Soviets themselves.
Stalin had even thought of a solution and was preparing to send Marshal Rokossovsky to Poland to wait for the return of the Polish government-in-exile. Marshal Rokossovsky was a Polish man.
During the process of handing over the fleet, Alan Wilson suddenly said, "In fact, the Soviet Union can use the Yugoslavia issue to put pressure on the Americans to see if they can exchange the four-nation occupation issue of Berlin."
After the refugee incident from Yugoslavia, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, the Soviet Red Army had blocked the Austrian border and spoke for Yugoslavia at the Potsdam Conference, which made Truman very embarrassed.
This move was very reasonable. More than 200,000 people in Yugoslavia did go to the US-occupied area. The Soviet Union took advantage of the situation and turned the four-nation occupation in name only into the Soviet occupation of Austria.
The Potsdam Conference reached another deadlock on the Austrian issue. Stalin said that Austria's current status quo should not be changed for the time being, which made Prime Minister Churchill very dissatisfied. What made Churchill even more uncomfortable was that he seemed to be becoming a former prime minister.
Riding on the lingering power of his victory over Germany, Churchill, who is attending the Potsdam Conference, is lagging behind the Labor Party in the elections that have already been opened. If this trend continues, the Conservative Party will lose the election, and the situation in some regions where the votes have been delayed is not optimistic.
Two days later, the results of the general election were announced, and Churchill became the glorious former Prime Minister of the British Empire.
"Whose side are you civil servants on?" Fortseva asked in a provocative tone after hearing the British discussion about the election results and meeting Alan Wilson.
"The winning side." Alan Wilson straightened his back and replied with a quote from Stalin, "The winner is not blamed."