"Hope for a peaceful solution really doesn't exist anymore" At the official residence of the royal city of Berlin, the German Emperor Wilhelm tried to hide his inner worries, and asked questions in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, the Poles have begun to expel their compatriots from Posen, West Prussia and Silesia, with great cruelty, and many have been killed by them.
According to the citizenship law of the German Reich, the deceased were all citizens of the Reich. ” Adolf Hitler replied in an extremely exasperated tone.
On 10 August, the Poles rejected Mussolini's offer of peace and also began to expel the German population from the cities of the Free Danzig, including the western lands of Poznań and Pomerania and West Prussia.
According to the new citizenship law passed after the Kaiser's restoration, all Germanic ethnic groups outside Germany or those of Germanic descent could apply for German citizenship while retaining the nationality of the country in which they resided, and the German Empire recognized dual citizenship.
As a result, almost all ethnic Germans living in Poland applied for German citizenship.
And these people with German nationality are a hidden danger to national security in the eyes of the Poles.
So while rejecting the "Mussolini plan", the Polish government began to implement the "German expulsion plan".
Hundreds of thousands of Germans, forced to leave their homes by Polish soldiers, could only carry very little luggage.
Their possessions on Polish soil will be confiscated, and those who resist will be killed In addition, Poland has imposed an embargo on Germany since August 10, prohibiting the export of agricultural products to Germany, and at the same time cutting off land transportation between Germany proper, East Prussia and the Baltic states.
All Soviet and German trade through Polish territory, territorial waters, and airspace was also cut off And these acts, in particular the deportation and killing of the German population of Poland, were absolutely intolerable to the National Socialist Workers' Party, which flaunted racism.
So Hitler, at a cabinet meeting on August 12, announced the final solution: war against Poland "But both Britain and France announced their support for Poland."
The German emperor hesitated for a moment, and then glanced at the three major leaders of the German military, Field Marshal Schleicher, Minister of Defense, Senior General Hameststein, Chief of the General Staff, and Senior General Hersmann, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, who had entered the palace with Hitler.
"Your Majesty, if England and France dare to support Polish sinners," Hersmann replied in a calm tone, "then at this time next year you will be the master of Versailles" "Ah, is it?"
said Hersmann more than once the German Emperor, and Hitler was almost calloused, along with Schleicher and Hamstein.
But they all have deep skepticism.
"Your Majesty, although Britain and France support Poland, we also have the Soviet Union on our side."
Adolf Hitler was full of confidence, "Germany plus the Soviet Union, both in terms of population and industrial strength, is several times that of Britain and France, so it is impossible for Britain and France to win."
They can only choose to recognize our fourth partition of Poland" "Admitted" the German emperor somewhat did not understand.
"Your Majesty, the Italian leader has promised that he can intercede again after our defeat of Poland."
Hitler replied.
The Italian leader was not so confused as to follow the British and French against the Soviet Union, but chose to continue to be a beloved dove of peace in Europe, and in fact the German General Staff also drew up a plan to defeat Italy with five divisions "That's good."
Kaiser Wilhelm has not asked about military and politics for many years, and he doesn't know how awesome Germany and the Soviet Union are now, but he still understands the calculation.
The five major European powers are Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union and Italy, and now Italy is a peacemaker, so it is impossible for Britain and France to be defeated against the Soviet Union, and it is impossible for Britain and France to win, so peace is the only option.
"We must avoid an irretrievable state of war with Britain and France."
The German Emperor commanded earnestly.
"Your Majesty, the government's opinion is exactly the same as yours."
Hitler said, "I have given an order to the Ministry of Defense to prohibit the bombing of British land, nor of Paris." ” According to the constitution, the emperor was the supreme commander of the German army, but the chancellor of the government had the "power to formulate" military policy, the Reichstag had the "right to question" on major decision-making issues such as the declaration of war, and the General Staff had the "right to advise" on military policy.
Theoretically, the General Staff should put forward feasible proposals for the implementation according to the requirements of the Prime Minister, and then the Prime Minister should make the choice, and finally submit it to the Emperor for approval.
Therefore, there is a lot of room for maneuvering as the soul of the General Staff like Hersmann.
For example, the original version of Hitler's order "not to bomb British land and Paris" was "not to bomb Britain and Paris".
In order to carry out the "plan for an air raid on Scapa Bay," Hersman put forward the idea of "differential treatment of territorial waters and territory," and he successfully got through the test.
"In that case, I agree to go to war against the Polish Commonwealth, and I will formally approve it as soon as the Reichstag passes a resolution declaring war."
The German emperor, having received Hitler's assurances, granted the request for war, and at this moment he never dreamed that he had agreed to start a new world war.
The leader of Ukrainian nationalism, Simon Vasilyevich Peliura, was alive and well in August 1939 of this time and space.
Because of his defection to Poland and his outstanding performance during the Soviet-Polish war in the Battle of Kiev, he became the prime minister of the Ukrainian Free State supported by Pilsudski.
Now he has once again put on his military uniform and arrived at the Belvedel Palace in Warsaw in the capacity of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Forces of the Free State of Ukraine and his deputy, Stepan Bandera, who looks a bit like a mouse.
In a large room, which was decorated like a war room, Petliura reported to the Polish Minister of Defense and Chief of the Armed Forces Rezshmigvi on the preparations for the Vostok Project at the map desk.
The Eastern Plan was a military plan used by Poland in response to the Soviet attack, while there was also a Western plan used against Germany.
According to the assumptions of the Polish, British and French military strategists, the war that would take place would be a "protracted war".
Poland, on the other hand, could be at a disadvantage within two or three months of the outbreak of war, so a strategy of defense was necessary.
Of course, being defensive doesn't mean just defending.
In fact, in the Western plan, a plan of operation was drawn up to attack north to seize East Prussia in order to eliminate the threat from the north.
However, on the western and southwestern borders, the Polish army would still take a firm defensive position, and fearing that Germany might seek an armistice after occupying the "lost territory", the Polish army was determined to implement a strategy of "every inch of territory" in the Western plan.
To this end, the Polish Ministry of Defense is ready to use the vast majority of the 44 divisions and 22 brigades already mobilized for the implementation of Western plans.
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These armies have already formed 7 army groups and 1 tactical group, and another 2 army group tactical groups are being formed, which are: 1 Primorsky Army defending the Danzig corridor; 2 Army Group Modlin on the border of East Prussia, Poland, directly north of Warsaw; 3 Army Group Poznan deployed in the Greater Poland region on the western border; 4 Army Group Lodz, deployed on the left flank of Army Group Poznan; 5 Army Group Krakow, deployed on the right flank of Army Group Poznan in the region of Upper Silesia; 6 The southern border deployed east of Army Group Krakow included the border of Poland and Slovakia, primarily Army Group Krakow in the Carpathian Mountains; 7 As the general reserve of the whole army, it was mainly deployed in the second line positions of the three army groups west of Warsaw, south of Poznań, Lodz, and Krakow; 8 On the right flank of the Modlin Army, the Narev tactical group, which was responsible for operations in the southeastern border area of East Prussia.
These seven army groups and one tactical cluster are equipped with a total of 33 infantry divisions, 13 cavalry brigades, including one motorized brigade, three mountain brigades, three civil defense brigades and one civil defense semi-brigade.
In addition, seven divisions with one armored group and one brigade were deployed in Weshkov, north of Warsaw, and Lublin, on the border of the southeastern Polish Free State and the Ukrainian Free State, in preparation for the formation of two new tactical group army groups.
The remaining 4 divisions and 1 brigade were assigned to the Ukrainian Defense Forces as the backbone of the Eastern Plan.
"Marshal, we formed the Pinsk Army Group with the 45th Reserve Infantry Division as the backbone; With the 46th Reserve Infantry Division and the Brest Fortress Brigade as the backbone, the Brest Army Group was formed; The Kiev Army Group was formed with the Kiev Fortress Division as the backbone; The Lviv Army Group was formed with the Lviv Fortress Division as the backbone.
In addition to the regular army, each army group is equipped with at least 30 or more urban defense battalions, of which 65 urban defense infantry battalions and 15 urban defense artillery battalions in Lviv and Kiev are the backbone of the Ukrainian defense army and are quite combat-effective" Petliura, with a very gloomy and desperate mood, reports on the composition and deployment of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which are in charge of Ukraine and Western Belarus as part of the Polish state, but the strength of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which are predominantly Belarusian, can only be described as insignificant.
There are only 4 "regular divisions" and 1 "regular brigade" and 140 urban defense battalions, including 30 artillery battalions and 36 battalions, with a total of less than 200,000 border protection troops, and two of those four divisions are reserve divisions that have just been formed.
In addition, 80 of the 140 city defense battalions are made up of Ukrainians, and they will certainly be quite effective in defending their homeland.
However, the total strength of 200,000 troops is still too small.
"Don't worry, Mr.
Admiral Peliula has the rank of General."
Rezhimigvi's expression was relaxed, he had already received assurances from Britain and France that once the Soviets and Germans declared war on Poland, the British and French bombers would blow up the large oil fields in Baku, so that the Soviet and German mechanized armies would soon be paralyzed by lack of fuel.
The Polish Minister of Defense smiled and said: "We will soon be able to defeat Germany in the West, and then go back to the Soviets, and you will only need to hold out for 3 months."
Moreover, I will order the transfer of another 300,000 rifles, 5,000 machine guns, 500 cannons, 300 million rounds of ammunition and 1 million shells from warehouses to the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
This will allow you to raise more troops to defend the city. ” t1706231537: