Chapter 183: Poland's Aftermath

Yannick came to the meeting room on the other side. Goebbels, Speer, Reinhard and others had been waiting here for a long time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Polish campaign is over. Let's talk about how to deal with Poland."

Reinhard asked respectfully. "Your Highness, do you plan to colonize them or assimilate them?"

Yannick sighed helplessly. "Of course I will assimilate them. Thanks to that damn America, it is becoming more and more difficult to play colonization these days. Slaves will always cause constant resistance. They are more than 30 million people, not pigs, and we can't kill them all. So I decided to implement a conciliatory policy towards Poland and slowly assimilate them."

It is well known that the United States became the biggest winner in the First World War. The inflated United States believes that it is the world's largest economy, the first industrial power, and the victor of the First World War. It also played a pivotal role in the First World War, and Britain and France are in serious decline, so Americans believe that after the First World War, they can become the makers of the world order like Britain and France, and even replace Britain's hegemony. But it was unexpected that although the Americans emerged as a new force after World War I, they were still no match for the British. Not only were they squeezed out of the League of Nations they advocated by Britain and France, but they were also suppressed by Britain many times.

Although the United States has surpassed Britain in the economic and industrial fields, it is still far behind Britain in political influence. In addition to the comparison of strength, political influence is also related to national prestige, which requires time to accumulate. The United States has too shallow a foundation. Although its economic level exceeds that of Britain, its political influence is far less than that of Britain. This is the difference between nouveau riche and capitalists. They are business families that have accumulated for decades or even hundreds of years. Their connections and influence far exceed yours. You can't just buy a luxury car and squeeze into other people's circles. The same was true for the United States at that time. It's not that you can replace others just because your economy has improved. This requires time accumulation and opportunities.

As the world's old colonial hegemon, Britain's means of struggle and diplomatic wisdom are far superior to those of Americans. Britain has been trying to suppress the United States with sophisticated diplomatic skills and various means. In several confrontations, the United States has been defeated by the British.

For example, in the economic field, although the United States has become an economic hegemon, and its economic and industrial strength is far superior to that of the United Kingdom, the British did not give up, and almost defeated the United States with just one killer move. In order to deal with the United States, Britain introduced the "Imperial Preference System", requiring its colonies to use the pound as the base currency for trade, and to conduct free trade with low tariffs between regions within the empire, while imposing high tariffs of more than 30% on foreign countries.

This policy has pitted the United States. In 1924, the industrial output value of the United States accounted for 48% of the world's total at that time, but as soon as the British big move came out, American products immediately lost their market, and could not obtain raw materials from British colonies. The United States could only digest its excess industrial capacity by itself, which was also an important reason for the Great Depression in the United States.

If World War II had not broken out, the days of the United States might not have improved much, at least it would have been seriously injured by the British.

Of course, the Americans saw the tricks and began to lay out secretly.

First, the "Fourteen Points" principle was proposed by US President Wilson. On the surface, this thing advocates "national self-determination", opposes "secret diplomacy", and advocates the establishment of world peace; in fact, it is a declaration that the United States intends to use the power it has grown in the war to weaken the power of Britain and France, isolate the newly born Soviet Russia, and prepare to re-divide the world.

First, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire were tricked and split into countless small countries; and the status and influence of Britain and France gradually began to waver and weaken. Although Britain, France and other countries used this principle to derive a new political system to expand their sphere of influence - the mandate system, unfortunately, World War II broke out soon after.

As a result, everyone knows that through the seemingly generous "Lend-Lease Act", the United States has completed the economic exploitation of Britain.

Exploiting Britain's actual economic interests cannot satisfy the appetite of the United States. Roosevelt and Stalin jointly advocated the principle of national self-determination and made it one of the basic principles of international law. The purpose of the United States and the Soviet Union doing this is also to weaken traditional colonial empires such as Britain and France that rely on colonies to dominate.

Roosevelt emphasized: "The United States and the Soviet Union are not colonial powers, so it is easier for us to discuss these issues. I think colonial empires will not exist for a long time after the war is over." De Gaulle also saw it clearly at the time. Roosevelt supported the independence of colonies in the world, and these newly independent, fledgling countries would definitely rely on the generosity of the United States. The personnel and decision-making of the governments of these countries would also be remotely controlled by Washington and Roosevelt.

Yannick did not think that they could land on the US mainland across the ocean and defeat it. After all, due to its special geographical location, the United States does not have to worry about other countries invading its territory. Canada and Mexico can serve as natural barriers, and the United States does not have to worry about these two countries attacking itself. It only needs to defend the east and west sides. And these two sides are extremely wide oceans. If you want to attack the US mainland, you can only do it by sea or air transportation.

In this case, if he colonizes everywhere, even if the European war is over, the United States will not stop, and will definitely fan the flames everywhere. Instead of being busy putting out fires everywhere, it is better not to do it at all.

"It takes a total of 12 years from the time a child enters elementary school to the time he graduates from middle school. It should be almost complete in three to four years." Waving her hand, Anne behind her distributed several pamphlets to everyone. "This is a brief summary of the assimilation policies and regulations that I have compiled. The specific details will be written out in a few days when I have time."

"Reinhard, the GSP has fully penetrated Poland and is closely monitoring Poland's elite. Teachers, pastors, scholars, celebrities, and those in the cultural industry." The original plan was to use the Soviets to clean out a group of Polish elites. Yes, now I can only do it myself. "Anyone who opposes Germany, is dissatisfied or even hostile to the empire will be thrown into the concentration camp by me. The empire has no bottom line in this matter and must be merciless. For those civilians who keep their peace and are used by me The elite class must do nothing wrong and add some comfort measures.”

After giving these instructions, Yannick looked at Goebbels. "Dr. Goebbels, integrate Poland's propaganda departments as soon as possible."

"Understood, Your Highness." Propaganda warfare was Goebbels's specialty. Yannick knew what to do without saying anything. He has a famous saying. "The secret of propaganda is that the target of the propaganda gets close to the theme of the propaganda before he realizes that he has been penetrated. Of course, propaganda has a purpose, but this purpose must be concealed cleverly and superbly, so that the target of the propaganda is not aware of it at all."

"Dr. Speer, resume production in Poland as soon as possible. Clean out all industrial and commercial giants. As for how to distribute the benefits, you can just write a report to me. The wages of local workers will be paid according to the standards of German citizens, and other aspects will be coordinated. Welfare policies motivate them to work.”

After occupying Poland, Germany in the original time and space carried out bandit-style plunder. According to Mustache's orders: all raw materials, scrap iron, machinery, etc. that can be used in the German wartime economy must be transported from this place, and enterprises that are not absolutely necessary to maintain a low standard of living that is only enough to survive must be relocated to Germany. go. In the first four years of occupying Poland, L also transported 80,000 tons of grain from Poland, reducing the Polish economy to the minimum necessary to maintain the survival needs of local residents;

Dr. Frank, the German Governor in Poland, even issued a proclamation: All property in Poland, whether owned by Jews or Poles, would be confiscated without compensation.

In Yanik's view, the effort to dismantle Polish industrial equipment and transport it to Germany was simply a trap. Could it be that these factories couldn't make anything without drinking water from the Rhine? Would it be convenient for the Allies to blow up all the enterprises together? By taking away all the property of the Poles, doesn’t this mean forcing others to rebel?

In order to prevent possible strategic bombing in the future, Yannick strictly prohibited the transportation of machinery and equipment from these Polish factories and continued production on site. The German entrepreneurs who were assigned this piece of cake immediately sent out their capable engineers and managers to start taking advantage of Polish industry, and at the same time improved the treatment of those workers.