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Chapter 73 The Munich Conference

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"Reporting to the Head of State, the United Kingdom has sent a telegram to inform us that British Prime Minister Chamberlain will pay a state visit to our country on September 1938, 9."

"understood."

Hitler had no interest in Chamberlain's visit, but since Chamberlain was coming to Berlin, Hitler would not object. He just used Chamberlain's appeasement policy to create conditions for Germany to take back Sudeten without bloodshed.

Today is September 1938, 9. Hitler summoned Zhang Jun to inquire about the equipment and training of the First Panzer Army of the SS. An army that is completely loyal to itself, the self-righteous guys of the German Wehrmacht are not so completely trustworthy, and there is a small group of them who oppose the great head of state.

You must know that Hitler came to power through elections, and then ruthlessly suppressed the opposition. They were either shot or sent to prison. These opponents cannot be wiped out. Some of them are still hidden in the crowd, waiting for an opportunity to plot to overthrow or assassinate Hitler. Hitler In later generations, there were 44 assassinations.If it wasn't for Zhang Jun and the SS Guards Banner Corps in the Goering conspiracy last time, the situation would be very critical.Therefore, Hitler now is more eager to have a completely loyal elite army than Hitler in history. The direction of his finger is the direction of their attack.

Hitler's little radish-Zhang Jun's loyalty is beyond doubt, and his command ability has also been tested in the war. What reason does Hitler have for not making this completely loyal army strong?There is no reason to vigorously support the First SS Panzer Army, which is completely loyal to itself.They would be an armed force under Hitler's own command, independent of the Wehrmacht.

The weapons and equipment of the [-]st Panzer Army of the SS have been fully assembled. Of course, they are the weapons and equipment in active service in Germany. Some new weapons and equipment ordered by Zhang Jun are stored in Krupp’s secret warehouse by Zhang Jun. , Now is not the time for them to come out, Zhang Jun needs them when Germany needs them most, suddenly appear to catch the enemy by surprise, and gain the strategic and tactical advantage in the early stage of the war in the first battle.

Early the next morning, Zhang Jun followed Hitler's order and set off to the Sudeten border with the First SS Armored Army. This time it was not an exercise. Hitler formulated a series of strategic plans for this purpose. On September 60, 1938, the team set off towards the Czech border, and the torrent of steel rolled forward.

And Hitler also presided over a military conference on Sudeten that day, but the German Wehrmacht fully opposed Hitler's military adventures. Hitler now basically transferred all the active German elite troops to the Sudeten border, and the reserve forces did not mobilize and assemble at all. If Britain and France jointly send troops to Germany, the rest of Germany will be unable to defend.Therefore, the Wehrmacht's consideration is also reasonable, but the great head of state is determined to recover Taiwan and Germany. Regardless of the opposition of the Wehrmacht, he forcibly issued an order to send troops. Because of the opposition of the Wehrmacht, this military transfer did not even have a commander in chief. It turned out that the secretary of the secretariat of the Führer's Office was responsible for coordinating the relevant matters, and the commander-in-chief was Hitler himself.

What kind of battles have these people directed there? They completely found out the order of the last exercise and issued it, so the troops who set off for the Sudeten border have not made mistakes yet.

Germany mobilized troops to the German-Czech border on a large scale and drew up a "green plan", preparing for October 10st as the day to attack the Czech Republic.Seeing that the soldiers were approaching the city, the Czech government naturally did not want to be slaughtered, and also strengthened the combat forces on the border.The two armies confront each other, and the war seems to be imminent.At this critical moment, the leaders of Britain, France and other countries were the most troublesome. British Prime Minister Chamberlain stayed up all night.

On the night of September 1938, 9, Hitler received a very urgent telegram from Chamberlain. The telegram read: "As the situation is getting worse, I intend to come to you to find a peaceful solution. I want to come by air, And prepare to leave tomorrow.” Why did the dignified Prime Minister of the British Empire want to see Hitler so eagerly?

It turned out that after the First World War, the Czech Republic restored its sovereignty under the protection of Britain and France, and both Britain and France had a treaty of mutual assistance and alliance. If Germany and the Czech Republic went to war, Britain and France would inevitably be involved in the war according to the treaty, and the flames of war in Western Europe would spread.Due to consideration of his own interests, Chamberlain was extremely nervous, and French Prime Minister Daladier was also frightened. Daladier sent a telegram to Chamberlain, urging him to see Hitler, asking him to "get the best results possible."

On September 9, Chamberlain hurried on his way, taking a 15-hour plane for the first time in his life, and landed in Munich.Afterwards, another 7-hour train ride.Came to Sgaden, Germany to meet Hitler.

Hitler was overjoyed, and he was having a hard time invading the Czech Republic.Because Germany's strength was limited at that time, there were only 60 people preparing to attack the Czech Republic, but the Czech Republic had 35 well-equipped divisions and 30 new divisions with a total strength of more than 110 million (Germany only dispatched 12 divisions in history, and now the strength of both sides Both have increased), the German Wehrmacht Staff opposed the military adventure of aggression against the Czech Republic; if Britain and France firmly sided with the Czech Republic, Hitler's wishful thinking would come to naught.Now that Chamberlain came to the door to ask for peace, isn't this a ready-made blackmail opportunity?The negotiations between Hitler and Chamberlain were conducted in secret in a back room.According to the notes of the translator at the time seized after the war, Hitler talked about his "contributions" to the German people, to international peace, and to the goodwill between Germany and Britain.Finally, he frowned murderously and threatened:

"No matter what method is used, this time we must solve the problem of the 300 million Germans in the Czech Republic. Even if we fight a world war for this, I will not hesitate." , then what need do we have to negotiate?"

Hitler suddenly asked: "Does Britain agree to cede the Sudetenland?" At this time, Hitler was no longer talking about the autonomy of the Sudeten Germans, but blatantly demanded that the region be ceded to Germany.

This issue did not surprise Chamberlain. Before he came to negotiate, he had agreed with France that the two countries would never help the Czechs in fighting, and decided to sacrifice Czechoslovakia's interests in order to compromise with Hitler.Chamberlain said slowly: "In principle, it doesn't matter to me whether the Germans in the Sudetenland are inside or outside Germany." This implied that he agreed to cede Sudetenland to Germany.

On September 9, Chamberlain returned to London and held a cabinet meeting that night, advocating that only by ceding the Sudetenland to Germany could Hitler prevent Hitler from invading the entire Czech Republic. On September 16, Daladier also rushed to London with a sad face.After some secret planning, Britain and France concocted a plan to sell the Czech Republic: "All the territories in the Sudeten area with more than 9% of the Germanic residents are directly transferred to the German Empire."

The next day, Britain and France put forward a "suggestion" to the Czech government to cede the Sudetenland to Germany.Under pressure from the people, the Czech government initially rejected this "suggestion".Britain and France threatened to terminate the covenant and warned that the Czech Republic would be fully responsible if a war was launched and the interests of Europe were threatened.In desperation, the Czech government had no choice but to succumb to the interests of Britain and France and agreed to cede the territory.

On September 1938, 9, Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier held talks in the "Führer Palace" in Munich.In fact, there is nothing new in this meeting, it is just a follow-up procedure for the deal that has already been reached.

At 1:10 a.m. the next day, the four countries signed the "Munich Agreement." According to the agreement, the Czech Republic must hand over all the Sudetenland and its affiliated equipment to Germany free of charge within 1 days starting from October 10.Two representatives of the Czech Republic had arrived before the talks, but they were not allowed to participate in the talks. They could only wait for the judgment of the four major powers in the next room outside the meeting room.Hitler said at the Munich Conference that the occupation of the Sudetenland was his last territorial claim to the West.Chamberlain had no doubts about this. When he returned to London and got off the plane, he happily claimed that he had brought back "the peace of a generation." He said to the British: "This is the peace of our time. I suggest you sleep peacefully." go!".

The Munich conspiracy pushed the appeasement policy implemented by Britain, France and other countries to the peak. The essence of the appeasement policy is that the western powers sacrificed the interests of small countries to appease Hitler's desire for expansion. This method can only increase Hitler's prestige in the hearts of the entire German people. Hailing their great head of state.

The benefits of Germany's acquisition of the Sudetenland area are very huge. The Sudetenland area has a dangerous terrain and complete defense facilities (originally aimed at Germany). Recovering this area provides a strategic barrier for the west of the Third Reich.At the same time get a perfect military factory.Enriched the strength of Germany.Economically, the Sudetenland region is the most developed area of ​​heavy industry in Czechoslovakia, and Germany has obtained these economic facilities intact.These things cannot be obtained by means of war. Now the German Wehrmacht is completely convinced by Hitler's personal charm, and of course there are dissidents hiding in the crowd.But 90.00% of the people in Germany worship and support Hitler, and these dissidents are just a drop in the ocean.

On October 1938, 10, Adolf Hitler's troops were fanning into the Sudetenland, occupying the bitterly disputed Czech border region.Hitler himself arrived in Eger today to a hero's welcome.

The scene when the German army entered Austria not long ago is repeated here.Huge crowds waved Nazi flags and threw flowers into the streets in salute to the Führer.

Local Nazi officials, Konrad Henlein, who had assisted Hitler in overthrowing Eduard Benes' government, came to welcome the German leader.He said: "We are happy that we are no longer forced to accept a regime that is foreign and hostile to us, but a regime that is part of ourselves." part of your own country."

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