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May 13, 1942
Foreign Office building in London, UK
"Welcome to London, Minister Molotov."
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden first extended his hand to Molotov, head of the Soviet delegation, for a handshake as he entered the Foreign Ministry building.
"You worked very hard to come this far."
"No, hehe. "It was very comfortable to be able to travel leisurely for the first time in a while."
It was none other than the United States and Britain that brought color to the face of Stalin, who was uncomfortable with the German problem.
After receiving information that the Soviet Union's recent movements were unusual, Britain immediately attempted to contact the Soviet Union.
I want to meet each other and talk. The Soviet Union responded immediately to Britain's contact.
Stalin, who received a top secret message from the British government, sent Molotov to England without delay.
As war with Germany approaches, wouldn't it be beneficial to the war if we could bring Britain into our alliance?
"By the way, Prime Minister Churchill… .?"
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister went to Liverpool today to encourage workers at munitions factories."
"Is that so? "This is a shame."
Molotov didn't show it at Eden's answer, but he felt displeased inside.
What kind of situation is this, that the person who suggested meeting first is not actually here?
I thought that perhaps Churchill, who was known to be a hard-core anti-communist, was deliberately making a play to take the lead in the negotiations.
This was entirely possible for Churchill, who was good at calmly passing on his mistakes to others and scolding and slandering them as if they had committed a deadly crime.
"Instead, the Prime Minister entrusted me with all rights to negotiate with your country."
Eden added, perhaps sensing what Molotov was thinking.
Although Churchill was not present, Eden had the authority to reach an agreement with Molotov on Churchill's behalf.
This was a decision made by Churchill to avoid repeating the mistakes made by Chamberlain's cabinet during the meeting with France four years ago, and it was also evidence of how much trust Eden was placed in by Churchill.
The talks began immediately. The decision was made that Britain and the Soviet Union were both concerned about the big problem of Germany, so they could not afford to delay even a second.
"Please answer honestly. "Are you really going to go to war with Germany?"
Molotov hesitated for a moment in response to Eden's question. However, no matter what answer he gave here, it seemed unlikely that Churchill, who was anti-German, would tell him everything he had said at the meeting with Germany.
Molotov nodded quietly.
"When is the time?"
Should I even tell you this? Molotov thought again.
Since the Soviet Union had already informed Britain that it was planning to attack Germany, I wondered if there was any point in hiding other things.
"Comrade Secretary General is planning to attack Germany before June."
"Before June… . "So there are about two weeks left."
"Well, that's roughly what's left. So, what does Britain plan to do?"
This time, Ethan hesitated to answer. Molotov got the impression that Eden was deliberately delaying his answer.
"The British Empire plans to attack Germany's rear if your country enters a state of war with Germany."
At Eden's words, Molotov's face turned bright red without realizing it.
"Is that true, Minister?"
Molotov, who was only thinking about supplies and technical support, could not hide his joy when Eden mentioned joining the war.
There were many times when he had trouble sleeping due to the burden of having to deal with Germany alone with the Soviet Union, when unexpected reinforcements appeared.
It was also unexpected that the reinforcement was England, where anti-communist Churchill was prime minister.
"The Prime Minister is convinced that Hitler's Germany will bring greater disaster to Europe and the world. "Shouldn't the two countries join forces to defeat Germany?"
"You are right, but would the British people really accept war with Germany? "Aren't the Soviet Union and Britain different?"
Molotov was truly happy about Britain's participation in the war, but at the same time he had doubts about whether it was really possible.
In the Soviet Union, where Stalin's word is law, the people's opinions are not important.
But Britain is not a democratic country. If a war with Germany were to be waged without a valid reason, the British people would not remain silent.
Especially now that we are at war with Japan. Molotov wondered how Churchill would intervene in the Great German War.
"That's right. However, due to the Plymouth incident, our people have already begun to become wary of Germany. "Not all people will agree with the war against Germany, but as long as the people recognize that Germany threatens peace in Britain, there will be no difficulty in participating in the war."
"okay. "But Minister, I have one question."
"What is it?"
"The Plymouth incident. Was Germany really involved?"
Molotov hoped that Eden would tell the truth. But contrary to his expectations, Eden drew a line with him.
"of course. "Could it be possible that we manipulated it?"
Although they were in a position of cooperating with each other over a common enemy called Germany, they were not in a position to even share their country's secrets. It has been that way, and it will always be that way.
In response to Eden's firm reply, Molotov only licked his lips and retreated. However, even for a man who followed suit in the political arena, there were many questionable aspects of the Plymouth incident.
What is so regrettable about Germany, which is at odds with the Soviet Union, that it bothers Britain, which is still sleeping? What can you gain by messing with England for no reason?
"All right. "Then, let's first discuss how we can help each other."
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May 16, 1942
New Fuhrer's Residence in Berlin, Germany
From the Soviet Union to Britain.
I can't shake the feeling that the whole world is targeting only Germany.
If there really is a God, I would like to beg him to stop. Really.
Still, it hasn't been all bad news every day these past few days (although there was more bad news).
A prototype of the Me264 has already been completed and has begun testing, and mass production and deployment of the Do335 developed by Dornier has also begun.
The final mass production of 60mm rocket artillery and Tannenzafen (Pine Cone) anti-tank aviation bombs to be used by ground attack aircraft such as Hs123, Ju87, and Me410 has also been decided.
The Tiger II and Yakht Panther, developed by Guderian, have already entered prototype production.
The speed was unprecedentedly fast, perhaps because the production system had been streamlined in advance without any miscellaneous variations.
The Joffre-class aircraft carrier, which France had agreed to hand over to the Kriegsmarine, was also completed and officially handed over to the Kriegsmarine.
The name of the new aircraft carrier is Weser. This is the name actually given to the aircraft carrier that Nazi Germany wanted to build.
Like the Graf Zeppelin, this one was not completed until the end of the war and was handed over to the Soviet Union as compensation after the war, where it met its end by scuttling.
As a result, the number of aircraft carriers owned by the German Navy increased to two.
Compared to the United States, which built aircraft carriers every month, the number is very shabby, but compared to the history of not being able to launch a single aircraft carrier from the beginning of the war to the end of the war, it is much better.
Europa is also said to be completed next spring.
Also, it is somewhat ambiguous to call it good news, but people who claim to help Germany have asked to meet with me.
One of them was a man named Konstantin Rozaevsky, the head of the Russian Fascist Party.
When I heard from Krause that he wanted to meet me, I couldn't help but be surprised.
According to history, Rozaevsky's Russian Fascist Party should now be in Manchukuo.
What kind of situation is this, that a man who should be in Manchukuo appears in Germany?
"Do you really need to meet someone like that? He claims to be the head of the Russian Fascist Party, but is known to have hundreds of supporters and resides in an inn."
According to Krause, Rozaevsky was staying at an inn belonging to a White Russian living in Berlin.
Krause seriously questioned whether there was any reason for me, as the German Führer, to meet the leader of a weak political party who lived in an inn and supported himself with donations from his supporters.
"Doesn't saying that there is no need to meet mean that there is no need to not meet? The Soviet Union in particular is unusual, and there is no reason not to meet Russians who are hostile to the Soviet Union. "Bring him."
Rozaevsky, a 35-year-old young man, was almost 20 years older than me, but he looked like my age because of the beard that covered his lower face.
He was wearing the black uniform of the Russian Fascist Party, imitating the Italian Black Shirts, and the condition of the Russian Fascist Party was evident from the fact that it was torn and tearing in places.
The party leader, Rozaevsky, is also said to be living in an inn run by a white Russian, so it was obvious what the life of his supporters would be like.
"It is truly an honor to meet Mr. President."
"Nice to meet you too."
When I held out my hand, Rozaevsky trembled.
"Yes, Mr. Rozaevsky? How did you get from Manchuria to Germany?"
When the interpreter translated what I said into Russian and told him, Rozaevsky got excited and started saying something.
Even as the interpreter spoke, Rozaevsky showed no signs of stopping.
Originally, Rozaevsky's Russian Fascist Party maintained good relations with Japan, which ruled Manchukuo.
However, as Japan-German relations worsened, Japan's attitude toward the Russian fascist party that followed Germany gradually changed.
Japan expelled German diplomats and at the same time declared the Russian fascist party active in Manchukuo illegal and disbanded it.
From here, the Russian Fascist Party split into three factions.
There are pro-Japanese factions who want to follow Japan's instructions for the time being as Japan will not leave them alone to fight against the communist Soviet Union, pro-American factions who want to immigrate to the United States where many white Russians live, and pro-American factions who want to go to Germany, a fundamentally fascist country, to receive support from Germany. By Dokpa.
Anastasi Bonshatsky, who had lived in the United States and moved to Manchuria, and Vladimir Kislytsyn, a White Army general, returned to the United States, and Rozaevsky, who was pro-German, planned to lead his supporters to Germany.
Rozaevsky's plan was to go to Germany via the Philippines, Singapore, India, and Egypt.
However, while Rozaevsky and his group arrived in the Philippines and were waiting for a ship to go to Singapore, things started to go wrong when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Rozaevsky changed his plans and left for Australia first.
Anti-communist Russians who managed to arrive in Australia on a transport ship carrying refugees leaving the Philippines boarded a ship again and went to the United States.
Rozaevsky's plan was to go to Germany by ship via the United States, but things changed when the U.S. government detained them.
The United States paid attention to the fact that these Russian fascist party members came from Manchuria, a puppet state of Japan.
Japan is an enemy of the United States, so who knows what those who came from Japan's puppet state and were once supported by Japan might do in the United States?
For this reason, Rozaevsky was detained in the U.S. mainland for about three months and was finally released from detention with the help of White Russians living in the U.S.
However, when the U.S. government found out that their destination was Germany, they banned them from boarding ships bound for Europe.
The fascist party members had no choice but to turn to Mexico, which borders the United States, and arrived in Europe by taking a ship from Mexico to Spain.
They barely arrived in Germany, but they spent almost all the money they had on their way to Germany, so they were practically penniless.
Rozaevsky himself worked as a legal consultant to earn living expenses (Rozaevsky's original profession was a lawyer), and his supporters worked hard to cover their own living expenses and party expenses.
It's not some kind of Robinson Crusoe. Now that I look at it, Rozaevsky's appearance somehow reminds me of Robinson Crusoe.
"You worked very hard. "Anyway, why did you want to meet me?"
"This is to ask Mr. President to support the Russian Fascist Party."
Rozaevsky told me that if Germany supported him and the Russian fascist party, he would help Germany win the war if it broke out between Germany and the Soviet Union.
"While the German army fights the Bolsheviks, I and the Russian Fascist Party will incite the Russian people to revolt against the Bolsheviks. If that happens, the Bolsheviks will be beleaguered and commit suicide, and Germany will be able to win the war."
"What next?"
"Of course, wouldn't that mean establishing a fascist state in Russia? Russia, which abandoned communism and embraced anti-communism and fascism, will undoubtedly become Germany's strongest ally. Think about it. The sight of the Hakenkreuz flag flying from Brittany through the Ural Mountains to Vladivostok! "If Germany, with its strong military power and outstanding technological capabilities, joins forces with Russia, a vast country stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Bering Strait, no country in the world will dare to stand against it!"
The Hakenkreuz flag flying in Moscow and Vladivostok. Just imagining it makes my heart feel bigger.
Except that it's impossible to happen in reality.
If it were me a year ago, I would have heard Rozaevsky's words in one ear and let them go in the other.
I may have said something similar to what I said to Quisling to this friend.
However, now that we don't know when war with the Soviet Union will break out, Rozaevsky's words could not be dismissed as nonsense.
I know. Rozaevsky's plan is unrealistic.
However, it was undeniable that Rozaevsky's Russian Fascist Party would be of considerable help to Germany if war broke out with the Soviet Union.
Even if it could not push the Soviet Union into a corner by inciting the Russians to revolt as Rozaevsky claimed, I thought it might be useful for missions such as interpretation, propaganda, rear infiltration, and disruption.
In fact, Rozaevsky must have said that to me as well.
"I will be honest about my feelings. I don't believe your plan will become a reality. If the Russians really had the courage to revolt, they would have done it a long time ago. No, Russia would not have become communist before that."
Rozaevsky, who heard what I said, was embarrassed and tried to say something. But I raised my hand to stop him from speaking.
"But I like your courage more than your ideas. Yes, no matter how unrealistic the plan is, men should have this level of distribution. "Then you can do great things."
Rozaevsky's embarrassed face brightened again.
"That means... . "Can I consider this an acceptance of the request I made to the President?"
"exactly."
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