Chapter 810 Argentina (1)

"What should we do now?"

There are more than 500,000 American soldiers in the Soviet Union now. If Stalin really loses his mind and takes his anger out on them, this matter will be really tricky, and may even lead to irreversible consequences.

"What can we do? We can only wait and see." Marshall sighed helplessly. "But we must let our soldiers be vigilant. Even if something really happens, we can't just sit back and do nothing!"

"..." President Wilkie even regretted joining forces with the Soviet Union. Originally, they planned to join forces with the Soviet Union to fight back against the German army, but they didn't expect that the German army's combat effectiveness was simply amazing. They were beaten back step by step; and the German Navy's offensive against itself did not weaken at all; not only did it capture the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island, but it even reached out to the Aleutian Islands.

If we had known this earlier, we might as well use all those materials and personnel on the defense of the US mainland.

Speaking of homeland defense, President Wilkie remembered the "Pacific Defense Line" plan proposed by Nimitz, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet. Apart from those strategic areas where landing operations are impossible, a defense line of nearly 1,500 kilometers needs to be built in the Pacific direction.

After reading this plan, President Wilkie almost fainted. How much money is needed to build such a long defense line? 50 billion or 100 billion?

But if these defense lines are not built, the Germans can use their hovercraft and the technology of quickly building docks to launch landing operations on any coastline.

This is not good.

And it is not only necessary to build a defense line in the Pacific direction. A similar defense line needs to be built on the Atlantic side, and the length of the defense line in the Atlantic direction will exceed 2,000 kilometers.

God!

How much manpower, material resources and financial resources will be invested? !

Just as President Wilkie was sighing, Yannick in Berlin also received news that Stalin's youngest son Vasily had died. "Tsk tsk, this unlucky guy. Stalin fainted? It seems that he has a lot of feelings for his youngest son." Just as he was sighing, Anne walked in. "Your Highness, Mr. Pablo, the Argentine envoy, has arrived."

"Let him in."

After a while, Anne brought in a bald middle-aged man, who saluted respectfully to Yannick. "Greetings to you, respected Crown Prince."

Yannick smiled and nodded. "Mr. Pablo, it seems that Mr. Peron has agreed to our cooperation proposal?"

Argentina is located in the southernmost part of America, and Germany is located in the middle of Europe. The two countries are thousands of miles apart, and they are not related at all. But during World War II, Germany and Argentina were very close, and they were so close that they almost wore the same pants.

Argentina has deep roots with European countries such as Germany, Italy, and Spain. Spain was once Argentina's sovereign (Argentina gained independence in the early 19th century). Argentina is a rare white country in South America. 90% of the country's population comes from Spain, Italy, and Germany, which leads to a very obvious pro-axis tendency in Argentina. At that time, Juan Peron, the real power figure in Argentina, was an Italian descendant and had served as an officer in Italy.

Moreover, Argentina and Germany's mortal enemies, Britain and the United States, have always had conflicts.

The root of the conflict with Britain is the ownership of the Malvinas Islands.

The Malvinas Islands are called the Falkland Islands by the British. This small island is located in the southwest of the Atlantic Ocean, about 500 kilometers away from Argentina, but thousands of miles away from Britain.

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, during the period of geographical discovery, there was an unwritten rule that whoever discovered an uninhabited island would have the right to name and own the island.

Because Britain was the pioneer of the Industrial Revolution, British navigators first discovered the Falkland Islands in 1592. In 1690, Britain also conducted a six-day field survey of the island and made documentary records. With these, the British determined that the Falkland Islands should belong to Britain.

But the problem is that although the British discovered the Falkland Islands, they did not effectively manage the Falkland Islands in the following 100 years. In fact, the Falkland Islands are still an uninhabited island. As the Industrial Revolution blossomed in Europe, France, which had become stronger, also followed Britain in global colonization. In 1764, the panicked French navigators landed on the Falkland Islands and built settlements on the island.

Just when the French were confident about building on the island, the British came with news that the island should belong to them. Since Britain and France were mortal enemies at the time, France, knowing that its strength was not as good as Britain, did not want to cause disputes between the two countries for this small island, so it cleverly sold the island to Spain.

When the Falkland Islands were taken over by the Spanish, Britain made some secret deals with Spain on the issue of North American colonies. In fact, the Falkland Islands have always been under the management of Spain. After Argentina became independent, due to the issue of inheritance, it always believed that the Falkland Islands should belong to her.

This is the contradiction of the public saying that the public is right and the woman saying that the woman is right on the Falkland Islands issue.

As for the conflict with the United States, Argentina was the strongest country in South America at the time, one of the top ten industrial countries in the world, and one of the top ten rich countries in the world. Argentina has always tried to dominate South America, while the United States has always regarded South America as its own backyard, so conflicts between the two sides are inevitable. At the same time, the United States instigated Panama's independence and control of the Panama Canal, which aroused the concerns of South American countries, and Argentina felt a deep crisis.

Coincidentally, World War II broke out. The United States, which was involved in the war, continued to put pressure on South American countries, demanding that they sever their relations with the Axis powers. Naturally, all countries obeyed the order, but Argentina disagreed and even publicly and strongly opposed it at the Conference of the Americas, which made the United States very angry.

Finally, under international pressure, Argentina declared war on the Axis powers a month before Germany surrendered, but it was purely a soy sauce role, and even kept singing against Britain and the United States. The Argentine government secretly sent diplomatic and intelligence personnel to Europe to help SS officers and Nazi officials open up an escape route from Italy and Spain to South America. According to documents declassified by Brazil and Chile in later generations, the Argentine government sold more than 10,000 blank passports throughout World War II. This allowed hundreds of Nazi elements to find their second homeland in this South American country, and most of them escaped the trial of justice and died smoothly. It was not until 1997 that Argentine President Carlos Menem, under pressure from public opinion, established an Argentine Nazi Activities Investigation Committee. The investigation showed that Argentina had at least 180 Nazi criminals hidden, and the unofficial number was higher.

Now, Yannick has set his sights on South America. Although it is impossible to use Argentina as a springboard to attack the United States, establishing a solid military base in South America is also a good strategic preparation.

Pablo nodded. "Yes, Your Highness Yannick."