Chapter 319: Supporting North Africa

If you want to defend the Suez Canal, you can only defeat the German army in North Africa. But it is simply a fantasy to rely on the colonial army in those colonies to defeat the German army. "I suggest that a corps be formed immediately to support North Africa and protect our colonies."

There was an uproar in the audience. The domestic troops were already stretched to the limit to deal with the possible cross-sea landing of the Germans. They also needed to organize a corps to support North Africa? Where can we get enough troops to defend?

Someone below shouted dissatisfiedly. "Can you guarantee that you can defeat the Germans in North Africa? I think it's better to sign a peace agreement with Germany."

The reason why Britain in the original time and space resolutely resisted Germany was that the biggest reliance was the 80,000 coalition forces and the powerful navy withdrawn from Dunkirk.

Some people say that the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Dunkirk evacuation were actually nothing. In World War II, there were hundreds of thousands of casualties and hundreds of thousands of prisoners.

But in the subsequent battles, these veterans who had experienced the German blitzkrieg played a decisive role because of their rich experience. For example, General Tennant, who later organized the "Normandy Landing", was also a member of the Dunkirk evacuation.

It is worth emphasizing that the escape of these troops from different countries to Britain is extremely important in a sense, because they represent a country and symbolize a cohesive force. The focus is on Charles de Gaulle, who was unwilling to surrender in France. After he fled to Britain, he was responsible for leading the French troops retreating from Dunkirk.

And this time, except for less than 10,000 people who escaped back to their homeland by chance, the remaining hundreds of thousands of coalition soldiers all became prisoners of the German army; and the navy that the British Empire was proud of was also hit hard. In this situation, it seems that there is no hope of victory if we continue to fight.

It is better to sign a peace agreement with Germany while there is still the strength to fight!

The prevalence of pacifism in Britain after World War I is not much weaker than the isolationism of the United States. From top to bottom, no one wants to be involved in another world war.

For civilians, as long as there is no war and no deaths, it is better than anything else, so those who advocate war are unpopular. This is why Britain allowed Germany's fleet tonnage to reach 30% of Britain's, and this is why Britain was unwilling to even compete for air superiority during Prime Minister Baldwin's tenure.

Many people who are accused of appeasement can actually be said to be forced to appease. Britain wants to intervene in the European continent with 300,000 expeditionary forces, which must be supported by the Allies, but what can the Allies help in Munich? Daladier said that without Poland's help, only Czechoslovakia and France could not deal with Germany. What can Chamberlain do? Many things in Europe have been scattered under the impact of the First World War and the economic crisis. Launching a war to stop the war sounds very ideal, but the fact is who can guarantee that Germany's obsession goes beyond the scope of unifying Germany.

When everyone realized that Germany's appetite would not be satisfied with just unifying Germany; that is, after Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain's attitude began to become tough around the Polish incident. When Germany launched a massive attack on Libya, Chamberlain's appeasement policy was completely bankrupt, and he had to give way to the war-loving Churchill as prime minister.

Churchill's cabinet was called the Wartime Coalition Cabinet. What is the Wartime Coalition Cabinet?

First of all, this cabinet was established for the purpose of war. Chamberlain recommended Churchill to establish this cabinet for the purpose of fighting.

Secondly, this cabinet was a coalition cabinet, formed by the Labour Party and the Conservative Party. This shows that the Labour Party and the Conservative Party have the same attitude on the issue of fighting against Germany. Both the Labour Party and the Conservative Party support fighting Germany to the end.

Therefore, it is impossible for Churchill to negotiate with Germany; killing Germany is the unanimous opinion of the British government and the opposition.

Now, when Churchill heard such a cowardly remark, he was furious and scolded loudly. "What is a peace agreement?! Our British Empire has been dragged down by this so-called peace until now! Proposing peace talks at this stage is treason and surrender!

Back then, facing the invincible Spanish fleet, our ancestors never surrendered!

Facing the Sun King Louis XIV, who was in his heyday, our ancestors did not surrender!

Facing the arrogant European No. 1 General Napoleon, our ancestors did not surrender!

Facing the powerful William II, we did not surrender!

Now, the war has not yet been decided, and there are people who can't wait to sell out their country for glory?!"

Although there is a lot of noise here, the people sitting here are a group of people representing the interests of Britain after all, and they are all British gentlemen. For a gentleman, face issues are above all else, especially this is a face issue for the British Empire!

The cowardly French can surrender humiliatingly, but the powerful Britain must never surrender!

"Why should we surrender? What will we get? Half of the country? Like France, like Austria, etc., become their puppets? No! If so, we will be ashamed of our ancestors!" Churchill's words inspired everyone present. Yes, why should we surrender? Today's Britain still has a positive and indomitable spirit; as the British gentlemen of the Empire on which the sun never sets, they have a strong sense of imperial honor and national self-confidence. They will not surrender!

More importantly, even if most people surrendered, Churchill would never surrender. In the original time and space, the reason why the British refused to negotiate many times was also closely related to Churchill. Although Churchill's contribution to Britain was very huge, he was also a very stubborn and arrogant person. It was because of his arrogance that Turkey was forced into the hostile camp during World War I, causing a lot of trouble for the Allies.

During World War II, it was still because of his arrogance that he completely ignored the already shaky Britain and was determined to fight Germany. As a result, after fighting for several years, although Germany was defeated, they themselves were also crippled, and finally the Americans who watched the excitement were in vain.

The congressman who proposed to negotiate with Germany was despised by his companions and blushed. He lowered his head and dared not say anything. However, Churchill did not intend to let go of this guy who disturbed the morale of the army at a critical moment so easily. He decided to let the intelligence department keep a close eye on his every move. Even if he found a little handle, he could get him out of the parliament in disgrace!

Everyone continued to discuss supporting North Africa, and most people agreed to this proposal. After all, at this stage, defending the British mainland requires the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force more than the Army, and the Suez Canal in Egypt in North Africa is the lifeline of the British Empire, so they decided to "squeeze" a group of soldiers to support North Africa.

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