When the capital of the British Empire was finally surrounded by the Allied forces of Germany, France and Norway, Churchill and his entourage had to face their inevitable fate - a shameful defeat.
Although the British leadership under Churchill's control still maintains the appearance of harsh steely strength, defiantly repeating Churchill's most famous motto: "We will never give up." However, only a few die-hards really believe that Britain can still win this battle.
war, or negotiate an acceptable peace.
More people believe that Churchill will really use the British troops overseas to continue fighting after the British island or most of this island is conquered and starved.
The Allies have made it clear that they will not negotiate with Churchill and his followers. German Head of State Reinhard made it clear that he hopes that Britain will surrender unconditionally. If the British side is not willing, Germany and its allies will not.
I would like to fight until the British government is willing.
At this time, even Canada, Australia and other countries in the Commonwealth were unwilling to stand up for Britain, and there was even a great hope of clearing up the suspicion of relations.
Any discerning person can see that the ship of the British Empire is about to sink.
In London, Churchill collected all available troops. In addition to a total of less than 200 tanks, there were only 140,000 troops under the command of Lord Gott. Most of these troops were composed of the National Guard, police,
Factory security regiments and other improvised troops.
Gott broke up the few regular troops he had and organized them into patchwork troops, hoping to use them to defend London and use street fighting to hold back the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces for a long time.
In addition, there is a 7,000-strong Free Law Corps in London led by Charles de Gaulle.
De Gaulle's troops were mainly deployed on the banks of the Thames. While joining the defense sequence of the Thames, they were also defending his headquarters building on the banks of the Thames.
This Free French government, which is only recognized by the British government, may be the most "foreign government" in the world that supports Churchill's regime. Of course, they have no other choice but to support Churchill.
France (Vichy France), which followed the Allied Powers, recently invaded London with the German army. It can be said that it is in chaos within the Allied Powers. And the seat of the original French Third Republic in the League of Nations has now become the seat of the French Republic.
The seat of France under its leadership.
For de Gaulle, any regime does not need to support the United Kingdom, but his Free French regime must support Churchill's British government. Because without the support of the United Kingdom, his Free French government would be in vain.
For his own political power, de Gaulle must join forces with Churchill.
However, de Gaulle also clearly saw that London was in a dead end and there was no future for him to stay.
Therefore, he planned to make some well-intentioned suggestions to Churchill for better resistance in the future.
For example, temporarily moving the capital to the island of Ireland, using the strait as a barrier, to re-establish a line of defense.
De Gaulle was also a general, and he learned a lot during the Battle of France and the subsequent defense of the English Channel.
In his view, from a military perspective, moving the capital to Northern Ireland, uniting with the Republic of Ireland, which is also a Commonwealth country, and jointly relying on the Channel fortifications to counter the Allied forces on the other side of the Irish Sea would have a much higher chance of success.
Ever since the Allied Forces of the Three Powers successfully landed on the island of Great Britain, De Gaulle had already begun to consider his next retreat.
As a former French general, De Gaulle was well aware of the combat effectiveness and breakthrough power of the German army on land. Moreover, the German army also had General Weygand, whom even De Gaulle admired immensely, commanding the French army to assist.
The French army, once known as the world's largest army, and the German army, the emerging world's strongest army. The two armies joined forces to fight on land against the British Army, the weakest army in Europe. The outcome was basically no suspense.
In addition, the British government did not even have a large local army, so it could only rely on even more unreliable militias such as the National Guard to fight against the experienced German and French armies.
If the English Channel is lost, London will actually be unable to hold on to it.
Fortunately, Britain's geographical situation is special after all.
As a country established within the British Isles, the UK mainland not only includes Scotland, England, and Wales on the island of Great Britain. In addition, it also includes Northern Ireland in the northern part of the island of Ireland.
As for the Republic of Ireland in the southern part of the island of Ireland, which happens to be a Commonwealth country, although its relationship with the United Kingdom has not been very good, it is not completely without hope of union.
For example, all the remaining small air forces in the UK could be mobilized to Northern Ireland, and the remaining warships of the Royal Navy's home fleet could be sent to the Irish Sea to surround the island of Ireland.
Then, while using the city of London to resist desperately, the under-trained National Guards were transported from the north of Great Britain to Northern Ireland, where military training was carried out in an effort to turn these militiamen into real soldiers.
It doesn’t take much, as long as it can train 100,000 National Guardsmen, plus about 10,000 British Army troops who have withdrawn to the island of Ireland. With the assistance of the remaining Royal Air Force and the remaining Royal Navy, defend the small island of Ireland and prevent
The Allied Powers' landing was far easier than a land confrontation with the Allied Three Powers that had already landed on the island of Great Britain.
Moreover, De Gaulle can also provide 7,000 well-trained Free French soldiers for the future defense war on the island of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland in the southern part of the island can assume most of the defense tasks for the entire island.
What really needs defense is the northeastern area, which accounts for a small half of the island of Ireland.
Then, tens of thousands of new soldiers were recruited from the six counties of Northern Ireland, 14,000 square kilometers of land, and a population of 1.7 million, and the Northern Ireland police and local garrisons were reorganized into tens of thousands of troops.
In this way, even at this point, Churchill and de Gaulle can go to Northern Ireland and raise an army of more than 150,000 people. Make good use of the remaining air force and navy to do a good job in coastal defense and prevent
Once the Allied ** troops land, they will have the capital to defend themselves.
Of course, de Gaulle would be happier if Churchill was willing to flee to Canada with the Free French government and form a government-in-exile there as a fellow sufferer.
In short, no matter what, de Gaulle would never be willing to stay in London and wait for death. Even if they and the German army were separated by the Thames River across London and the London area on the other side of the Thames River, that would not give people any peace of mind.
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Compared with the wider Irish River, de Gaulle was really unwilling to guard the narrow Thames River.
