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498 Warsaw (Part 1)

This is a huge sum of money. In history, the money was returned to the original holder of this gold. Basically, the countries exploited by the Nazis were divided into one place, and more than a dozen countries were spread out to a large extent.

Of course, this is a historical situation. Li Xiaofeng is not going to pay back the money now, and of course it is not embezzled. After deducting the money, it can be returned to countries that are willing to follow the Soviet Union's baton in the situation of a loan.

However, this money is still too small, at least compared with the wealth plundered by the Germans, it may be only one-small part of it. The main reason is that the Germans hid a large amount of wealth when they were defeated, and the one found by the Allies was the one above.

In this time and space, Li Xiaofeng has been paying attention to this issue for a long time. After all, this money is very important to Europe after the war. With this money, not to mention completely solving the economic difficulties of Central and Eastern Europe, at least it will not make inflation so powerful.

So Li Xiaofeng has actually been staring at the wealth plundered by the Nazis, setting points and markings for these wealth, and following the map after occupying Germany in the future, it is enough to search for it.

However, when Li Xiaofeng really understood the trends of these wealth, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. Because a considerable part of these wealth flowed into Switzerland and Sweden. These two countries received a large number of orders from the Nazis, and these orders were paid by the Nazis with the gold they plundered. In other words, a considerable part of the wealth flowed into the pockets of Switzerland and Sweden.

Especially after the war entered its final stage, the loss of wealth showed an increasingly rapid trend. How many were the Nazis transported a large amount of gold to Switzerland? From 1939 to 1945 alone, the Swiss Central Bank obtained more than 300 tons of gold worth 1.7 billion Swiss francs from Germany, of which more than 100 tons of gold worth 500 million Swiss francs were plundered by the Nazis from the Belgian central bank.

With the "help" of the Swiss Bank, Hitler obtained valuable foreign exchange, thus purchasing important materials to maintain war in the world market, such as the precious metal chromium that is indispensable for the manufacturing of armor-piercing bombs, and tungsten that improves the strength of tank armor. In 1943, Nazi Minister of Economic Affairs, Funke, emphasized: "If Switzerland loses its foreign exchange channel, Germany will not be able to support the war for more than two months." The Deputy President of the Imperial Bank simply said explicitly: "Swiss allows free foreign exchange transactions to be of great political significance, which is a basic principle that we still keep it independent."

In addition to public transactions, the Swiss Bank was also responsible for helping Nazi officials preserve their private property. At the end of World War II, the Nazi leaders saw the prospect of the empire's declining and transferred the ill-gotten wealth to the Swiss bank's vault, trying to rely on the protection of the Swiss Bank's Bank Secrecy Act after the war to escape the pursuit of the allies. After the war, we can see that Hitler's Air Marshal Gorene, Minister of Economy, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ribbentrop all had anonymous accounts at the Swiss Bank. Of course, the Swiss Bank refused to take the initiative to explain these.

Let me put it this way, in the world, the US was the one who ate a big belly during World War II, but to be honest, the Americans paid a huge price to benefit from World War II. Needless to say, the importance of the arsenal of democratic countries. After the war, no matter what the United States aims, it still took out real money to save Western Europe.

Compared with the United States, Switzerland is nominally neutral, but in fact it is a secret conversation with the Nazis, standing on the side of the *******. After the war, it has no intention of repentance, and has used various rogue means to refuse to hand over immoral profits, thus earning huge economic benefits.

Why did Switzerland's welfare and per capita living standards in later generations be so high? A very important point was to act as Germany's right-hand man in World War II to make a fortune.

Some comrades may ask, since Switzerland is so hateful, why did the allies not hold them accountable after the war? It is very simple. First, although Switzerland's behavior is very bad, it was carried out within the scope permitted by the rules. Its bank protection law and its special neutral status make it difficult to get caught. Secondly, the Cold War broke out quickly after the end of World War II. In the special environment of East-West confrontation, neither the United States nor the Soviet Union had the energy to deal with Switzerland for the time being. This allowed Switzerland to eat a large piece of fat into its mouth safely.

However, Li Xiaofeng will not let Switzerland go. A considerable part of the wealth in Europe has been eaten by this girl. In the end, those of us who are fighting for justice have only one mess, so it is not that cheap!

Switzerland also wanted to pass the test easily with only 250 million Swiss francs as in history, which was simply impossible. In short, Switzerland had to spit out at least 1.5 billion Swiss francs of gold, and also hand over all the secret Nazi accounts and property that originally belonged to the Jews. If it did not hand over this money, Li Xiaofeng didn't mind directly capturing Switzerland with a Nazi hat and eating it alive!

You should know that in history, Americans let Switzerland go for their own interests. At that time, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries wanted to tear Switzerland apart, but the international voice of these democratic countries led by France decreased greatly, and the British were not concerned about their own affairs, which made the Americans fool Switzerland. Anyway, Li Xiaofeng didn't mind helping France, Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries to stand out. Even if they were strong, they had to squeeze out the money.

With this money, the financial situation in Europe will be much better, and the American financial stick is not that powerful. In other words, Europe will rise again earlier than in history. I believe that at that time, the nationalists led by Charles de Gaulle would be eager to get rid of the influence of the United States.

Independent Western Europe will greatly reduce the international influence of the Americans. It may not be so easy for Americans to tie Western Europe to their own chariots like history. In other words, under the overall situation of the United States and the Soviet Union's coherence, if the Soviet Union did not act so aggressively and released enough goodwill (financial aid), Western Europe would be more neutral. Without the flag-shaking of Western Europe, the United States' global strategy will not completely withdraw from Europe, at least it will not be as domineering as in history.

In this way, the dangers of cold confrontation and heat confrontation in the Western Europe direction will be greatly reduced. Without sharp confrontation, the entire European economy will not be as clear as in the Cold War period in history. Agricultural and sideline products from Eastern Europe and Central Europe can enter the Western European market, and industrial products from Western Europe can also flow into Central and Eastern Europe normally. When the economies of the two sides are closely connected, the Americans' ability to create conflicts and contradictions in this direction will plummetly.

Stabilizing this end will give the Soviet Union more energy to devote himself to the Middle East. Not to mention it will upset it, it will at least make it difficult for the oil bosses in the Middle East to make money with peace of mind. When the oil industry in the Middle East cannot be as strong as in history, then the energy consumed by the Western European economy must rely on the Soviet Union. After firmly grasping the lifeline of Europe's energy, are you still afraid that they will be in a mess?

Li Xiaofeng's plan is perfect, but whether it can be realized depends on the performance of the Red Army on the battlefield. So how is the performance of the Red Army on the battlefield? Let's talk about it one by one from north to south.

The northernmost point is not the Baltic Sea, but the Scandinavian Peninsula. The snow army under the Northern Front Army headed south from Narvik. The German army, which the soldiers pointed out, fled to the wind and could not escape. The little force deployed by Germany in Norway was really not the opponent of the Red Army, and it was almost flat and beaten up along the way. By mid-August 1944, the remaining German army had to be trapped in Oslo. It is optimistic that Norway would recover the entire territory in ten days and half a month.

Further south was the Jewish war. With the German Northern Army Group being drawn, the Jews and Red Army in East Prussia had already begun a limited-scale counterattack. Although not much progress has been made, this indicates that the Baltic War Zone, which had been passively defended for three years since the war started, can finally cause trouble for the Germans.

According to the plan of the Military Commission, the region will launch a comprehensive counterattack in September, which will force the Germans to draw troops from the central and southern lines to relieve the positive pressure for Rokosovsky, Zhukov, Huasilevsky and Konev.

Going south will talk about Warsaw. In early July, Rokosovsky and Zhukov's troops arrived at the Stupa River almost at the same time. The slight difference is that Rokosovsky's main forces are basically all, and Zhukov only comes by the vanguard troops. The competition between the two carriages seems to be that Rokosovsky won a little bit. It seems that Rokosovsky is about to become the liberator of Warsaw.

Of course, Zhukov was a little dissatisfied with this. Who doesn’t like honors and medals, especially a big city of great significance like Warsaw. Being able to liberate such a big city not only means military honor, but also political status. Who doesn’t want reputation and status?

So at one time, Zhukov lobbled everywhere, not saying that he completely dominated the title of Warsaw Liberator, but at least he got a share, right? But what made Zhukov and Rokosovsky both disappointed and depressed was that Li Xiaofeng rejected their proposal, and a certain immortal suggested that he would not fight against Warsaw! He would siege him for a few months first.

Why did Li Xiaofeng make such a mixed suggestion? There are several reasons. First, although Warsaw was the first big city on the way to the Red Army to advance into Germany, it has strong symbolic significance, to be honest, this is just a little symbolic significance. Behind it is Berlin and Amsterdam, there are a large number of more symbolic cities such as Berlin and Amsterdam. What is a mere Warsaw?

The second reason is very practical. A large city like Warsaw with a population of one million is definitely a huge logistical burden. Once this city is liberated, millions of people have to eat and dress, which is a huge burden. The Red Army's logistics support is originally done with all their efforts, so how can they be driven by such a burden?

In Li Xiaofeng's view, a big city like Warsaw is a losing deal. Taking it off is just a good deal, but it is a clean and clean one. It is better to bypass it and continue to develop in depth towards Poland to capture cities and land faster.

As for the last reason why Li Xiaofeng did not plan to take down Warsaw, it was that he knew very well that the Poles would soon revolt and die. It was a very pleasant thing to watch the Polish foot cloth being killed by the Germans. In history, the Germans killed 200,000 foot cloth in Warsaw. It could save a little trouble and reduce the burden, which was a little bit. The materials after the war were very tight!

Some comrades may say that you are inhumane and you are cruel. No matter what, Poland is also a victim of World War II and has contributed to World War II. Is it too unkind to do this?

Are you kind? The Poles were not kind. A year ago, on April 19, 1943, the Jews in Warsaw launched an uprising. How did the Poles choose at that time? Not only did they serve as soy-sauspicious onlookers, but they also helped the evildoers to be inferior. Why can't Li Xiaofeng be the first day of the 1st year of the lunar calendar?

Anyway, he couldn't stand the Poles' morals. When it comes to World War II, he would snot and tears. He said that Hitler was not a good thing, and that the Soviet Union also cheated them (Katin Massacre). I won't talk about the Kaatin Massacre. How did you treat the Red Army in 1921? Some of the debts you have to pay back, so you can't always selectively forget them, right?

Besides, when Hitler enslaved Poland, are the Poles really that miserable? It seems to be quite miserable. According to the data, Poland lost about 5.6 million to 5.8 million people. But we cannot just look at the data, but we have to carefully analyze. Are all of these 5.8 million people "Poles"? In terms of nationality, they are indeed "Poles", but in terms of ethnicity, a considerable number of these 5.8 million people are Jews!

During World War II, a total of 5.7 million Jews in the Netherlands, Hungary and Poland died. Although there is no specific data to show how many Jews died in Poland. However, we calculate from the death data of Hungary and the Netherlands how many Jews died in Poland. In the entire World War II, the Netherlands suffered 300,000 soldiers and civilians, and 580,000 soldiers and civilians were killed and injured in Hungary. In other words, the two people, the common people (including Jews) had a total of less than one million casualties. It can be imagined how many Jews account for.

We even use the biggest malicious estimate that the deaths of Jews in the Netherlands and Hungary are all Jews. Then, the data on the casualties of Jews in the Three Kingdoms is 5.7 million. How many are left after the loss? 4.82 million! Looking at the casualties of Polish military and civilians, the total is only 5.6 million to 5.8 million, which means that less than one million people died, and the rest are all Jewish souls.

What's more, we have the data from the Netherlands and Hungary that we have estimated with the greatest maliciousness. In fact, it is impossible for all the deaths of these two countries to be Jewish. You can imagine how many casualties of the real Poles can be?

So were the Poles very good to the Jews during World War II? Did they really treat the Jews as their compatriots? The answer is no. In the large concentration camps in Poland, the Poles were the ones who do the most evil. When they massacred the Jews, they really didn't think that these pitiful people were their compatriots. Looking at the Poles' attitude towards the Jews after the war, they were still shouting and killing. After the war, Poland launched a wave of expelling and persecuting the Jews. From July to September 1946 alone, more than 63,000 Jews were driven out of Poland.

So the Poles are really not worthy of sympathy, and the true heart is very fake. Naturally, Li Xiaofeng is not interested in saving them, so you can continue to die, the more you die, the better!

In Li Xiaofeng's plan, Poland can just crush it directly, and it really doesn't require much energy. Anyway, even if you have too many benefits to wipe the foot cloths, they will be ungrateful in the future. Back then, the Soviet Union was truly the first among Eastern European countries to Poland. What about it? Let's see who the most powerful anti-Russian person in later generations is Poland!

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng exerted influence to let Zhukov and Rokosovsky attack the two major attacks bypass Warsaw and move straight forward. As for the German army in Warsaw, there is not a central frontier with a second-line acting as a reserve team behind it? The second-line troops are almost fighting tough battles, and it is still quite relaxing to surround a city.

Continue to go south, Czechoslovakia is Huasilevsky's dish. I believe that no matter Bratislava or Prague, he will be satisfied. As for Konev, there are also Budapest and Vienna on the offensive route, he should be satisfied. As for whom Berlin is in the end, it depends on who Rokosovsky or Zhukov's moves faster, and this goal will make them full of energy. As for the losers among these two, Li Xiaofeng has also prepared a means of comfort. Constantinople may have greater significance for the Slavs than Berlin!

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng has distributed his post-war interests. Not to mention that he satisfied the Red Army generals, but everyone must have one, which is a happy one!

On August 25, just as Rokosovsky and Zhukov received the order from Li Xiaofeng to hand over the work of surrounding Warsaw to the Central Front that had just caught up to prepare for the entire army to advance westward, the Warsaw Uprising broke out.

According to the meaning of Bor Komorowsky, the leader of the Warsaw uprising, Germany is about to collapse. If the Poles do not rise up quickly, the Polish regime will fall into the hands of the Soviet Union in the future. Isn’t this the First World War in vain?

Bor Komorowsky believed that the uprising must be launched first. As long as the uprising is successful, the exiled government in London will be returned. In this way, Britain and the United States will inevitably support Poland, and Poland can drive away the annoying Russians at that time.

To be honest, this idea is naive, because the Soviet Union would never sit idly by and watch Poland break out of its control, and it would not be possible to make Poland fall into the arms of Britain and the United States. It can only be said that Bor Komorowsky thought it too simply, of course, it also contains the contributions of Britain, especially Learwin and MI6... (To be continued.)
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