Just a few days ago, the German army's offensive on the British fronts such as Dover and Portsmouth went smoothly, advancing with great success and occupying many cities in Great Britain.
But seeing that London was in danger, Churchill and his troops were about to be overwhelmed, and when fear and darkness gradually enveloped the British Isles and the entire British people, things began to take a turn for the better.
Just the day before, Churchill was still dreaming about heavenly troops descending to earth. God bless him, and he sent super powerful troops to attack Germany on behalf of the British Empire.
But no one expected that the next day, the Soviet Union would launch a fierce attack on the German defensive positions on the eastern front. The Soviet troops on the Soviet-German border moved in three directions, from the northern, central and southern lines.
Launched a large-scale attack on Germany.
Moreover, the attack was so rapid, it was obvious that the Soviets had planned it for a long time!
At this moment, people all over the world were dumbfounded.
Immediately afterwards, the "myth of invincibility" of the German army was broken on the African battlefield by the British Army, which the Germans had always looked down upon. This shocked countless people.
What's going on? A few days ago, public opinion was still overwhelmingly promoting the "British Empire in desperate situation", but the atmosphere suddenly changed to something like "The Third Reich in desperate situation".
Finally, when British Prime Minister Churchill learned the news, he almost jumped up from his desk with joy.
"Hahaha...! The good days of the Germans are not long, and we finally waited for a turning point!" Churchill roared in the office, the voice was so loud that people passing by within 20 steps inside and outside,
You can hear his laughter clearly.
Indeed, Churchill had been waiting for this news for too long. Although only 6 days had passed since the German landing, these 6 days were a painful period in his life.
Days are like years, this word is not an exaggeration at all when applied to Churchill.
Fortunately, Churchill finally got the good news he wanted.
Although the German army concentrated most of its forces on the Eastern Front from the beginning, only a small part was invested in Britain. Furthermore, Reinhardt did not even send a single famous German general under his command to the British battlefield.
As for the Allied Powers, the only famous general was General Weygand sent by the French.
Moreover, under the general circumstances, Germany would definitely not let go of Britain, which was almost collapsing. Originally, the German army only used about 10% of its troops to fight the British, and they were almost completed.
At this time, the German army would have to give up the hard-fought landing results and the excellent situation and withdraw its troops, unless the entire German high command became collectively demented.
So to put it bluntly, Churchill was actually a bit overjoyed. Some British generals with far-sighted ideas also saw the clues, but they couldn't bear to break the chubby Prime Minister's dream.
Originally, before World War II and at the beginning of World War II, Churchill had always taken a firm anti-Soviet stance.
After all, the social system of the Soviet Union was different from that of the United Kingdom. European countries, including the United Kingdom, were unanimously wary of the sudden rise of this "beast" and even used appeasement policies to condone Reinhardt in raising a second beast.
confrontation.
But now that the Soviets are attacking Germany, it can be said that they are on the same front as the British in the general direction.
And Churchill is the kind of person who most believes in "there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."
Therefore, Churchill publicly announced almost the day after receiving the news of the Soviet attack: "Let alone the Soviet Union, even if hell comes to invade Germany, I will say a few good words for the devil in the House of Commons."
As soon as these words came out, Churchill's position was basically made clear.
The enemies of my enemies are all my friends!
Originally, Churchill planned to deliver a tough and optimistic speech to boost morale.
However, when he was preparing his speech, he discovered that many of the essential lines he had come up with in his mind had actually been said by Reinhardt!
It was the classic speech delivered by Reinhardt when Germany was aiding Norway. Surprisingly, except for the different names of the countries in the speech, the rest of the content was all conceived in Churchill's mind!
He suddenly felt desperate. What was going on? The original content that he had worked so hard to create had actually been published by others a long time ago?!
There was no way, the speech still had to be released. In order to cater to the Soviets, and also to convince the British people, Churchill immediately delivered a speech to the people across the country, saying that it was now necessary to cooperate with the former enemy, the Soviet Union: "In the past 25 years, there has been no
A man who was as consistent as I was against the Communist Party. I don't want to take back what I said, but it all pales in comparison to what is unfolding before our eyes... Any person or country who fought against Germany,
They will all receive our assistance."
Although Churchill tried his best to avoid repetitions in this speech, the last sentence, "Any individual or country that fights against Germany will receive our assistance." However, he unintentionally "plagiarized" Reinhardt's original speech.
It was said in the Battle of Norway that "any individual or country that fights against Britain will receive our assistance."
But there was nothing he could say. The most inspiring quotes that Churchill could think of were all said by Reinhardt. He didn't know what was going on, but it had indeed begun to frighten him.
Of course, Churchill also had a famous saying: "We would like to see Germans lying in their graves, but we would rather see Russians lying on the operating table."
But these words are okay to talk about in private, but can’t they be brought to the table?
The passionate and positive words he brought to the table turned out to be plagiarism from someone else's speech by Reinhardt, the head of state of Germany.
The dignified prime minister of a country even plagiarized other people's speeches, and even plagiarized the speeches of leaders of hostile countries. Churchill really couldn't afford to shame this person. Although, he was really not the one who committed the plagiarism.
Originally, even if Churchill could not become an excellent politician, he would still be an excellent speaker, and his speeches would also be very appealing.
If Reinhard had not used it in advance, Churchill really wanted to shout: "We will fight on, we will fight in the cities, we will fight in the fields and villages, and we will never surrender!"
Of course, all the above have been said before, so Churchill had to make up a new paragraph: "Although Britain is an island country, our island has vast land and ridges. We must use the opportunities given to us by the Soviets to drag down
Germany is under attack from both sides! Reinhardt and the Germans are both paper tigers. As long as we persevere, we will definitely win the war!"
This time, Churchill used his beautiful fantasy to weave a new speech: "Reinhardt has begun to fail. He will definitely be abandoned by the Germans and assassinated by German radicals. His approach will never win.
The hearts and minds of the people, and justice and hope will always belong to our British Empire!"
"In the near future, after we defeat the Germans who invaded us, we will also help French General de Gaulle and their troops to counterattack France, capture Paris, and restore the French Republic. Then we will also capture Germany and win the French Republic.
Berlin, join forces with the armies that oppose Germany in Berlin. By then, we will completely defeat Reinhardt and his German puppets! Victory will definitely belong to us and to the British Empire!"
However, this speech, apart from Churchill's consistent optimism, is not so convincing.
