Chapter six hundred and tenth forcing Germany to declare war
According to the road map, the German army first launched an attack on the now isolated British Army in Iceland. Due to the blockade of German aircraft fleets on the Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands, the British Army in Iceland, which had gradually increased its troops to 15,000 people after successfully seizing the islands, was cut off from supplies.
For many days, the morale of the German army was getting lower and lower because of the previous aggressive actions of forcibly occupying Iceland, which had not received the support of the local people.
It quickly collapsed under the unexpected attack. An elite German infantry regiment that landed, with the cooperation of the German navy and air force, basically took control of the entire Iceland in just one day. More than 10,000 British remnants abandoned their weapons and surrendered. And Germany
The Air Force immediately dispatched a large number of transport aircraft and sent an airborne regiment to Iceland within one day, thus quickly consolidating the occupation of Iceland.
In the next few days, the German army continued to increase its troops on Iceland, increasing the total strength of the German Army on the island to 15,000 people, and dispatched hundreds of aircraft to Iceland, thus greatly increasing Iceland's defense strength.
But what Mustache did not expect was that the German army's move not only dealt a heavy blow to the British, but also directly stimulated the Americans on the other side of the Atlantic...
Although isolationism was prevalent in the United States during this period, Americans still attached great importance to their own security. After Germany occupied Iceland, it might directly threaten the United States, which was intolerable to most Americans.
Iceland is nearly 4,000 kilometers away from the mainland of the United States, which exceeds the maximum range of any aircraft currently in service in Germany. However, with the rapid development of world technology in recent years, the U.S. government believes that it is entirely possible for Germany to produce an aircraft with a maximum range of more than 5,000 kilometers in the next few years.
Kilometer long-range bomber (Historically, Germany has not been able to develop it. But in this time and space, Germany has solved the material problem. They
The engines developed are not much worse than those of the United States and Britain, and it is not a bad thing to think about the strength of the imaginary enemy.) By then, if the crazy head of Germany orders a crazy one-way bombing of the United States, it will exceed 150
Native American residents who have not been directly involved in the war may fall into widespread panic and cause huge losses.
Even if Germany cannot produce strategic bombers with a long enough range in this world war, or that mustache is not so crazy, the German occupation of Iceland will still be a huge security risk to the national security of the United States. Because after the German occupation of Iceland, it can
Easily send troops to occupy Greenland (due to harsh
Due to the environment, it is impossible to station too many troops on Greenland. It is an easy-to-attack but difficult-to-defend place.). It used it as a base to launch air strikes against the United States, and Greenland is a Danish territory, and the Danish government has surrendered to Germany and joined
into the Axis camp, so the German army had every reason to send troops...
In fact, as early as when Britain suffered a series of major defeats, and after Spain and other countries that originally claimed to be neutral had joined the Axis camp, Roosevelt had the idea of not continuing to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. However, he still counted on Germany and Germany to fight.
The Soviet Union's dog-eat-dog situation gave the American fisherman an opportunity to profit. Therefore, he still had some hesitation in his heart. Who knew that during the Sino-British War, the Chinese government actually used India as a bait to bait the Soviet government, which resulted in a series of situations that he and the U.S. government did not want to see.
change......
First, in order to open a channel with India, the Soviet Union took advantage of the situation and marched into Afghanistan in the name of "liberating the colony" and established a pro-Soviet puppet government. Afghanistan was a British protectorate and a barrier to India.
We couldn't see it falling into the hands of the Soviet Union. Churchill had a stubborn temper and immediately declared war on the Soviet Union...
Although the United Kingdom cannot spare the power to directly fight the Soviet Union, it still supports the anti-Soviet armed forces in Afghanistan by providing weapons and other methods to resist.
However, the operation to "recover the lost territory" was obstructed and resisted by the armed forces of the Communist Party of India. To some extent,
Said that Britain and the Soviet Union were actually at war now, not to mention that once war was officially declared, it would not be so easy to reconcile. So Roosevelt was depressed to find that the British had made a new enemy before the Germans, and it was a new enemy.
It is so powerful that even the United States is reluctant to directly confront a powerful enemy...
At first, Roosevelt hoped that Mustache would continue his tradition of treacherous sneak attacks, temporarily put aside Britain, which was not easy to chew, and took advantage of the Soviet Union's fall into the quagmire in Afghanistan to tear up the Soviet-German non-aggression pact and launch a surprise attack.
When Britain lost it first
The Faroe Islands, and then lost all the battleships in the naval battle, resulting in a very bad situation. Naturally, the Germans wanted to kill Britain first. At this time, the Soviet Union fell into a quagmire, which relieved their worries.
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Under such circumstances, no matter how indecisive Roosevelt's personality was, he finally made up his mind to join the alliance and join the war. As long as the United States joins the alliance, it can legitimately send troops to India to help Britain; and as long as Britain can quickly eliminate the armed forces of the Indian Communist Party, India will
"Recovery", the Soviet Union faced anti-Soviet violence again
Pretending to be a resolute resistance, the determination to control Afghanistan will no longer be as firm as before. By then, the Soviet Union and Britain will have the possibility of shaking hands and making peace. And as long as the Soviet Union can free its hands, even if Mustache does not launch a surprise attack on the Soviet Union, Stalin will sooner or later
Will stab Germany in the back...
In addition, the formal admission of the United States to the alliance will also be conducive to mediating the Sino-British peace talks. In today's world situation where the Nazis are at their peak, Roosevelt has to temporarily put aside the idea of containing China and try to win over this big country with amazing war potential, even if he cannot persuade it.
To join the alliance, we must also strive for its neutrality in the war. Concentrating our efforts to defeat the Germans first is the most correct choice...
However, although Germany's occupation of Iceland caused a significant change in the United States' domestic attitude towards participating in the war, it does not take a day or two for Congress to pass a resolution declaring war when it is not imminent. Therefore, it is best for Germany to go first.
Declaring war on the United States. And Roosevelt was very good at this kind of thing
Historically, Japan was forced to declare war on the United States because it had no choice but to attack the United States. Although the Japanese would directly attack Pearl Harbor beyond Roosevelt's expectation, from a strategic perspective, Roosevelt's move was still very powerful. Of course,
If the President of the United States had not had the power to declare war, there would be no need to go to such trouble...
Two or three days later, Roosevelt announced in a high-profile manner that the scope of U.S. warship escorts would be expanded from arms trade with Britain to all trade with Britain. There may not be many escort warships, and sometimes there may even be just one, but as long as the escort fleet is attacked
Attack (Note 1), the United States had an excuse to declare war on Germany. In this way, Germany's strategy of blocking the British Isles was completely ineffective, and Mustache finally couldn't bear it anymore...
Note 1: No matter who is responsible for the attack, the Axis powers are always the most suspected of motive. With this as a basis, the US government said that it was Germany who attacked. If communications had not been developed now, keeping secrets would not be as easy as it was in the past. Roosevelt
I even want to copy the "Maine incident", sink a warship myself and then frame it for Germany... (To be continued...)