Germany hopes that Finland can hold back the Soviet Union as much as possible, so why does Britain send an expeditionary force to assist the Germans?
After clarifying his thoughts, Chamberlain looked at Churchill in confusion and said: "Since you have analyzed it to this point, why do you still advocate sending an expeditionary force to support Finland? Isn't this contrary to the interests of the British Empire?"
"That's why I said, don't always think about what I think, try your best to analyze what the Germans want." Churchill spread his hands, and somewhat helplessly reminded Chamberlain, who was belatedly thinking: "Of course we won't
The blood of British soldiers will be used to satisfy German interests. On the contrary, we will try our best to obstruct the Germans!"
Obstructing the Germans? Chamberlain became more and more confused the more Churchill reminded him. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that sending the expeditionary force was helping Germany. How to stop it?
Looking at Chamberlain who looked confused, Churchill finally understood why he had been tricked by Reinhardt before. With such an IQ, how could he be the evil, sinister, cunning and insidious opponent of Reinhardt in his mind?
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"Didn't you say it yourself before? Norway and Sweden will not allow the expeditionary force to enter their territory." Churchill did not bother to talk to a person with a low IQ, so he simply recounted his plan in one breath: "Finland, we will naturally
We will not actually rescue them, but will use this name to send troops to occupy the ports and iron mines in Norway, and use this to deter Sweden and prohibit them from exporting iron ore to Germany."
Germany is a resource-poor country. The main sources of iron ore are the Ruhr Industrial Area and Sweden. Although Reinhardt imported a large amount of iron ore reserves before the war, sooner or later he would be left empty-handed if he relied solely on the pre-war reserves.
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Historically, of the 15 million tons of iron ore consumed annually by Germany during the war, 11 million tons were imported from Sweden.
Therefore, Swedish iron ore is crucial to Germany. Without Swedish iron ore, there would be no German armored forces.
In the winter, the iron ore will be transported by rail to the Norwegian port of Narvik, and then shipped to Germany. The entire route happens to be within the territorial waters of Norway. Once the war breaks out, German merchant ships need to stay in the territorial waters of neutral Norway.
You can get important supplies by sailing freely.
From this point of view, Norway's neutrality is actually a disguised support for Germany.
Because he saw through this, Churchill and the admiralty generals made a plan to mine Narvik to prevent German ships from moving, and then send troops to seize Narvik. Finally, use it as a base to seize German iron ore transportation.
Plan for a one-channel Lulea port.
"No! Absolutely not!" Chamberlain, who had always stood in the dovish camp, shook his head violently: "The cost of rashly launching a war against a neutral country is too high. Especially since we are still a permanent member of the League of Nations, we must not do such a violation of the League of Nations.
The purpose comes."
The majestic Prime Minister of the British Empire is actually so rigid about trivial matters, so scheming and undecided, and does great things without sacrificing his own life!
Churchill simply couldn't believe that a man like Chamberlain could sit in the position of Prime Minister for so many years. Is he really worthy?
"This is not difficult to do." After all, the other party is still the Prime Minister, and the official level is overwhelming. Churchill can only follow the temptation: "We responded to Finland's request and sent troops to defend Finland's independence as a representative of the League of Nations. If the Norwegian government does not agree,
We can hold high the banner of rescuing Finland and forcibly 'borrow'. And this process of forcibly borrowing is the process of our occupation of Norway!"
"But we can't form a strong expeditionary force in a short time. What if our final army fails to occupy Norway? Then we will be in vain for being accused of invading neutral countries!" Chamberlain still couldn't feel relieved.
After all, Norway and Sweden form a corner, adhering to the principle of neutrality and always guarding against enemies outside the Navia Peninsula. In other words, the defense center of the Norwegian army is only along the coast. As for the border with Sweden on the road, it only needs
A small token number of Border Patrol troops are retained.
So, if they want to capture Norway, the British army must win at least one landing battle and gain a foothold in a coastal area of Norway. However, the risk of a landing battle is too great, and the British army cannot provide an elite force to carry out a landing battle.
, tell him how Chamberlain is relieved.
"It won't be like that!" Churchill encouraged the prime minister who only knew how to defend himself and had no ambition to be a four-party leader: "It's not just our army! France, they are also known as the strongest army in Europe.
With their help, Norway's incompetent army alone will definitely not be able to compete with us."
The Norwegian army ranks among the last in Europe in terms of soldier training time. Even the Italians, who are content to enjoy themselves, feel that the Norwegian soldiers have it too easy and do not look like a soldier at all.
In order to impress Chamberlain, an appeaser, Churchill glanced at several war-fighting generals behind him, gesturing for everyone to make suggestions together to increase his influence.
Soon, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the British Empire, William Edmund Ironside, took two steps forward and echoed Churchill: "For the Army, there is absolutely no problem in providing two full divisions. As long as France
If someone sends another detachment to join us, it will be easy to defeat the so-called 6 infantry divisions of the Norwegian Defense Forces."
Clearing his throat, Ironside smiled and said: "The Norwegians' one division is equivalent to the size of a short regiment if they are to survive here. Their entire army combined is only about 10,000 people."
In terms of numbers, they are no more than one division of ours. In terms of quality... Even though the troops we sent are not elite, they are still much better than the Norwegian soldiers.
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In the end, Chamberlain couldn't withstand the pressure exerted by the warring factions headed by Churchill. In addition, he was also said to be a little moved, so he began to relax his position and said: "Are you sure that this local war is guaranteed to win?"
Asking questions with assumptions is a sign of psychological default!
Discovering that Chamberlain was seeking a final verbal guarantee for his proposal, Churchill immediately emphasized: "As long as we act in time, with the cover of the British Empire's navy, and the coordinated landing of the French Republic's army, I can conclude that success is the inevitable outcome."
"Okay! Since you gave me a guarantee, I will take a risk according to your suggestion." Chamberlain replied with a hint of words.
Old fox! Churchill thought with disdain, why are you taking risks according to my suggestions? If you win, it will be you Chamberlain who is determined to take risks, but if you lose, you will call me Churchill for suggesting nonsense?
"Okay, if this is true, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill guarantees on his reputation that this battle will be won!" Churchill responded to Chamberlain calmly.
Do you think there is something in your words? I just said that we must act in time to succeed. As for what constitutes timely action, I will prepare different words when the results come out.
If you lose, it will be your fault for poor execution, indecisiveness, slow action, and wasting the opportunity to fight!
