Not to mention, in the Battle of Budapest that just ended, Russia wiped out about 150,000 German and Hungarian servants at the cost of 320,000 casualties.
The Vienna Offensive that just ended last week resulted in a total of 130,000 German casualties and prisoners. Russia did not announce the number of casualties. It is estimated that the number of casualties is around 300,000.
Just a few days after the Battle of Berlin began, the casualties of the Russian army had reached more than 50,000. This is why Roque was inclined to agree to hand over Berlin to the Russians.
Southern Africa has estimated that if the Southern African Expeditionary Force participates in the Battle of Berlin, the final loss may reach more than 100,000 people.
Never mind that Germany is at the end of its rope.
Never underestimate the fighting power of the Germans when they are forced into a desperate situation.
"No, the Southern African Expeditionary Force has the ability to protect the property of the Southern African federal government and Southern African enterprises." Roque rejected Molotov's proposal. Property and other things are just excuses. Roque's real purpose is German talents and technology.
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Property is actually not worth much. Even the Southern African embassy in Germany, its value is more reflected in the national symbol. Even if it is completely pushed to reconstruction, it must be done by the federal government of Southern Africa.
"This is not a question of ability. Russia has paid the heaviest price in this war and deserves the greatest glory." Molotov refused to give in. The Russians are indeed confident now.
Putting aside the comparison of strength, Russia has indeed paid a high price in this war, and it has every reason to make this request.
No matter how high-sounding Roque speaks, he cannot change the reality that Southern Africa followed Britain and France in adopting the policy of appeasement in the early stages of the war.
Not to mention the United States. At that time, the United States was still doing business with the Germans and making money from Germany.
But Roark also had reasons why he couldn't give in.
Although southern Africa suffered small losses in this war, its contribution was considerable.
What Russia loses is population, and what Southern Africa pays is money. Russia is also a beneficiary in this regard.
Molotov may suffer misfortune, but it cannot change the fact that Russia has received a large amount of assistance from Southern Africa. Without assistance from Southern Africa, most of the battle lines would still be in Russia, and the price Russia would pay would be even heavier than it is now.
Rock did not quarrel with Molotov. He had already expressed his attitude to the bearded man. The only thing Molotov could do was to convey it.
Before that, de Gaulle was still ahead of Molotov in laying a wreath to Roosevelt.
Roosevelt's funeral was grand, with hundreds of thousands of people attending. The road to Hyde Park was crowded with people coming to see him off, and many people burst into tears.
The honor guard at the funeral was composed of cadets from West Point Military Academy, and the hearse was a Sayers Scoville Cadillac hearse instead of the gun carriage that Roosevelt himself requested.
The tradition of using cannon carriages as hearses began with Queen Victoria, the "grandmother of Europe". At her funeral, the hearse that carried the coffin was no longer a luxurious hearse, but a cannon carriage, and the entourage accompanying the coffin was also changed from aristocrats to
Cavalry officers, in order to demonstrate the military merit of the empire on which the sun never sets, this tradition was followed by successive British kings, and then affected royal funerals and state funeral ceremonies in European countries.
Roosevelt also had a will regarding his own funeral. He wrote a suicide note as early as 1937 at the beginning of his second term, indicating that after his death, a simple funeral could be held in the East Room of the White House and no viewing of the body would be held.
In addition to the gun carriages, Roosevelt also had clear requirements for his coffin and cemetery, but these requirements were not adopted because they were not consistent with his identity.
Roosevelt's body was placed in a copper coffin with copper veneer. The tomb was sealed with cement. Three staff members spent five hours dressing up Roosevelt's makeup and taking a series of protective measures on Roosevelt's body.
Roque, Winston and de Gaulle took cars and arrived in Hyde Park in batches.
There are many armed military police on both sides of the road performing security tasks. Even before Rock and Winston arrived in the United States, there were rumors that supporters of the Axis Group would take advantage of Rock and Winston's time in the United States.
Make news.
The biggest news is undoubtedly the assassination. If someone like Rock or Winston is assassinated during this period in the United States, it will be an even bigger blow to the Allied Powers.
Of course, this may also arouse stronger hatred from the Allies.
But this is not what those extremists are worried about.
Fortunately, none of this happened. Rock's car arrived at Hyde Park smoothly. Everyone looked serious. The ladies wore black veils. Even Molotov, who had always been dissatisfied with the funeral order, was low-key and quiet.
, after all, this is not a place for haggling.
Although Britain was in decline, Winston was the first to lay a wreath at Roosevelt's grave.
Truman finally appeared at the funeral, his brows furrowed and he seemed to be in a bad mood.
Rock had reason to believe that Truman was in a bad mood, not so much about Roosevelt, but more about his relationship with Congress.
When Roosevelt was alive, Truman was very low-key. There was a huge gap between him and Roosevelt in terms of personal influence and ability. As long as Roosevelt was in office, Truman would be the most low-key vice president in American history.
Roosevelt's death was a gift from heaven. He immediately succeeded Roosevelt as president of the United States in accordance with the provisions of the U.S. Constitution, and ambitiously hoped to inherit all of Roosevelt's political legacy.
This also includes Roosevelt's influence on the U.S. Congress.
Roosevelt may be the president with the greatest influence on the U.S. Congress in history, otherwise he would not have been reelected for four terms.
It was an accident that Truman succeeded Roosevelt, and it was a delusion to want to replace Roosevelt.
Just after Roosevelt's death, not to mention the Allies, even Japanese radio broadcast a few minutes of mourning, which was unprecedented in Japan.
Of course it can be explained.
Thirty-one years later, under the call of Southern Africa, almost all countries in the world have cut off trade with Japan. Only the United States is still providing a steady stream of blood transfusions to Japan.
Therefore, Roosevelt was the most friendly foreign leader to Japan in the past ten years.
The first thing Truman did after taking office was to hope that Congress would increase aid to Europe in order to increase the United States' influence on Europe.
In 1945, the United States' influence on Europe had not yet reached its peak. People all over the world saw what the United States did during the two world wars. It can be said that without the Americans' fueling, the world war might not have happened at all.
I can't fight.
In another time and space, Europe has no choice but to embrace the lap of the United States.
In this time and space, southern Africa contributes more to Europe, and Russia is rising powerfully. Therefore, the United States needs to increase its investment in Europe to gain Europe's trust.
The above are just Truman's reasons.
But that's not what members of Congress want.
The United States has plans to assist Europe, and it also has plans for southern Africa. France and Italy have even requested to station troops in southern Africa. Compared with the United States, they are obviously more inclined to cooperate with southern Africa.
Britain is the most important ally of the United States in Europe, but that old fox, Winston, has a good and bad relationship with the United States. He travels between the United States and southern Africa to make money. Truman is actually not sure whether his investment in Europe will be successful.
Unable to achieve the desired results.
The best-case scenario is that Europe gets reconstruction funds from the United States and gets protection from the United States at the expense of some national interests.
There is a huge variable in this, which comes from southern Africa.
Southern Africa is no less short of money than the United States, and is equally capable and willing to provide reconstruction funds to European countries.
Therefore, the United States needs to offer better conditions than those in southern Africa, such as interest-free loans, or even free aid, or even no conditions at all, in order for European countries to accept it.
Here comes the problem.
If there is no reward for their efforts, then American capitalists have no motivation at all. They would rather return to the Monroe Doctrine after the end of World War I than be taken advantage of.
During this period, Truman had been busy persuading Congress, hoping that Congress would pass his European revival plan so that he could truly surpass Roosevelt and become the most popular American president in Europe.
Roque and Truman did not communicate much at the funeral. They would meet later. When leaving Hyde Park, de Gaulle got into Roque's car.
"I really miss my time in North Africa now. At least at that time we had a united and free France." It can be seen that de Gaulle was also mentally and physically exhausted, and his position as interim president was not going well.
Roque could understand de Gaulle.
While in North Africa, de Gaulle devoted all his energy to regaining France, and the Germans were his only enemies.
Now the situation has changed. De Gaulle's enemies - or opponents, not only include the Germans, but also the British, Americans, Russians, and the French with different domestic political views.
French politics has always been relatively complicated, and now there are multiple countries behind the scenes promoting competition among French political groups. De Gaulle sometimes cannot tell whether some people's suggestions are for France or for some mysterious country.
This also includes southern Africa.
"Charles, don't you think there's something wrong with the word unity being used in France?" Roque laughed dumbly. Expecting the French to be united is just as unreliable as expecting the British to be peace-loving.
"Perhaps there won't be no grudges, at least we have the same goal, unlike now -" De Gaulle felt deeply.
France, which seems to be facing many difficulties, still has only a handful of positions in the world.
"Interests are the core of all conflicts. As long as economic problems can be solved, then all other problems are not problems." Rock gave a solution to the problem from the perspective of southern Africa.
When southern Africa first gained autonomy, the difficulties were no less than those in France today.
Now France at least has colonies in North and West Africa that it can exploit. At that time, southern Africa could only tap its own potential.
Fortunately, the successive leaders of Southern Africa, although some problems occurred during their administration, have always been in the right direction, thus leading to a period of rapid development in Southern Africa that has lasted for 40 years.
Does Southern Africa have internal problems now?
There are, and there are many of them. If you lay them all out, Southern Africa is also in a state of subjugation.
So why are the problems not concentrated in southern Africa?
Because everything is covered up by the rapid development of the economy, people have expectations for future life and can tolerate some dissatisfaction with the real society.
"Yes, all problems can be solved with money. The problem is that we don't have money -" De Gaulle smiled bitterly, Roque was a full man and didn't know a hungry man was hungry.
Some time ago, the French interim government had just received one billion rand in reconstruction funds from southern Africa. De Gaulle originally hoped to use this money to disband the army and reduce the burden on the interim government.
Unexpectedly, after this money arrived in France, it was quickly divided up by various departments that were desperate for support. The funds used to disband the army did not even amount to 100 million rand, and the rest was used for disaster relief.
Yes, it is disaster relief, and it is not even used for reconstruction and recovery.
There are too many twists and turns in disaster relief. The list of disaster relief materials in Paris actually includes fine steaks and high-end red wine. Those victims who are about to die of cold and starvation do not need cotton-padded clothes and bread. De Gaulle even
I dare not say anything against it.
Think about it, those fine steaks and high-end red wines will definitely not reach those who really want them.
This is not true either. Prime steaks and high-end red wines were not originally prepared for real disaster victims. Those items were transported thousands of miles from southern Africa to Paris and will soon appear on the dinner tables of high society.
If de Gaulle opposed it, he would be an enemy of the entire upper class in France. Without waiting for the general election, de Gaulle would be exiled to St. Helena like the little man.
"What you need is not money, but the determination to tear down everything and rebuild the entire country on the ruins." Roque made a pun. If France wants to rise again, it needs to tear down more than just the ruins.
The cancer in France is not Germany or the Communist International, but the various vested interest groups that are sucking blood from France. If this group is not removed, France's rise can only rely on the mercy of other major powers.
"No, no, no, France has not yet reached the point where it needs to overthrow everything. It is not incurable." De Gaulle was startled by Roque's words. He came to ask for financial assistance, not to ask for advice on how to rebel.
Rock could only let out a long sigh.
Even as smart as de Gaulle, he failed to see the real problem in France.
It may be that they have seen it, but they do not have the courage and courage to change the sun and the moon. To put it bluntly, it is still the limitations of their thinking. De Gaulle and the so-called elites are still playing the same style of political governance as the elites of European and American countries. They have never been
Trust ordinary people.
This is also true. In the eyes of the European and American elites, ordinary people are just worthless consumables. They can just live happily or live in ignorance.
