Valparaiso, located next to the Pacific Ocean, is a mountain town with many beautiful European-style buildings built along the hillside, and from a distance it looks like a port city in Western Europe.
If you take a closer look at the architecture here, it is not difficult to see that the architecture of different areas of the city is different, some areas are full of British, others smell of Germany, and others have French romance and Italian laid-back.
This very different style of architecture was of course brought about by immigrants who moved here from different European countries.
The golden age of Valparaiso in 1848 and 1914 was the golden age of the city, and then the opening of the Panama Canal, the city became increasingly depressed, attracting a large number of immigrants from Europe, who established one after another European neighborhoods according to their home countries, and also built churches and schools in their own communities.
As a result, they retain their respective national identities and have not been assimilated by Hispanics here in Chile.
It is for this reason that most Chileans in the Valparaiso region still identify with their European homeland.
Riding in the car, Eisenhower felt a deep hostility as he entered the somewhat depressed city of Valparaiso at dawn.
Especially when the car passed through the "German Zone", Eisenhower almost had the illusion of entering the German mainland.
Some of the blond, blue-eyed residents, mostly the elderly, children and women, threw hateful glances at the American convoy.
Many of the boys wore brown clothes that resembled SA uniforms, which were the boys' uniforms of the German School in Valparaíso.
Eisenhower even saw a couple of older boys with swastika armbands on their arms Nazi Party and German symbols are everywhere, many buildings have swastikas, and some are engraved with the German Iron Cross.
Most of the walls facing the street are painted with black paint, which looks extremely incongruous.
Eisenhower knew that it was used to cover up the German slogans, which were naturally all slogans promoting Nazi and fascist ideas "It looks like it's in Berlin," muttered Eisenhower, who was sitting in the car.
"Admiral, in a little while we will be in Little London," said Weidemeyer, who sat beside Eisenhower, "and it is much friendlier there, so the headquarters of the 10th Army is in Little London." ” "Little London" refers to the British settler settlement in Valparaiso, and is one of the most beautiful and luxurious areas in the city, with many bank and trading company buildings.
The headquarters of the 10th Army of the United States Army was located in the building of a British-owned bank.
Because they all speak English, and because there is a strange alliance between Britain and the United States, the inhabitants of "Little London" are relatively friendly to the American troops stationed there.
Still, Eisenhower felt a lot of twisting.
For example, he saw a portrait of a girl in military uniform in the lobby of the bank building, where the headquarters of the 10th Army was located.
"Who is she?"
Eisenhower asked.
"It looks so fierce."
"She is Queen Elizabeth II."
"Elizabeth that traitor" "Admiral, she's not the one here, she's the Queen of England."
Listening to Weidemeyer's explanation, Eisenhower realized that the British expatriates in Valparaiso recognized Elizabeth II as their monarch.
The same situation exists in the French district of Valparaíso, where the inhabitants also disagree with Free France.
The U.S. troops who occupied Valparaiso were also a little unconfident and did not dare to make drastic changes to the chaos, but only slightly rectified the German quarter, and turned a blind eye to the political orientation of the British, French, and Romans living in the city.
"And what about the Chileans," Eisenhower asked, "what is their attitude?"
"Of course it's against us."
Weidemeyer, as he led Eisenhower to the floor occupied by the headquarters of the 10th Army, said truthfully, "They want to build an America in South America, and we are here to prevent them from realizing their dreams."
So the Chileans are on the opposite side of us, and Santiago is turning into a Vladivostok" Vladivostok is now turning into a nightmare for the Japanese, with hundreds of thousands of attacking troops being held back in the snow and ice beyond the Amur Peninsula.
They braved the freezing cold of more than 10 degrees below zero and the shells and bullets of the Soviets launched a continuous strong attack, but they could not make a breakthrough.
Weidemeyer actually compared Santiago to Vladivostok, obviously extremely unoptimistic about the offensive battle that was about to begin.
When Eisenhower entered Valparaiso, his number one man, Lieutenant General Omar Nelson, was inspecting the San Diego periphery.
He is one of the few "famous generals" in the U.S.
Army who has fought with the German army in Europe.
Although in the end, he left his troops in the clothes of ordinary people and fled to Edinburgh, from where he took a plane back to China.
But he was still reused, and he at least knew how good the blonde supermen in Germany were, which was a remarkable experience After returning to the United States, Lieutenant General Bradley was first sent to defend the island of Newfoundland, and single-handedly developed a plan for the defense of the island.
Then he was sent to Brazil as a military adviser to help the Brazilian army defend Rio de Janeiro, and it was even successful.
At least the new Asbanian army has not captured the capital of Brazil until now.
Because of his command skills in Rio de Janeiro, he was appointed commander of the U.S.
Army's 10th Army, and was ordered to command all ground forces, including the Marine Corps, attacking Chile.
As of 20 December, he had 14 divisions under his command, including 12 infantry, 1 armored and 1 marine.
The total strength is as high as 220,000, and it has more than 1,000 tanks and tank destroyers, and the old American infantry division has 76 tank battalions.
However, more than 200,000 troops and more than 1,000 tanks still did not give Bradley confidence in victory, because after several days of inspection on the outskirts of Santiago and talking to a large number of battalion commanders and company commanders, he found a very worrying situation that the Chileans were defending their homeland, New Asbania, with great enthusiasm The Chilean army that had been expected to welcome the United States Liberation Army did not take place, but a large number of Chilean youths enthusiastically joined the Chilean Army of the New Asbanian Army, so that the number of troops defending Santiago increased every day, and if it was simply outnumbered, it was probably more than the United States 10th Army, which was preparing to attack Santiago.
In addition, the equipment and training of the Chilean Corps of the New Asbanian Army were not as bad as expected.
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In fact, the training level of the Chilean Army is somewhat higher than that of the American army, they completely imitate the German army, the training, tactics and equipment are German, and even the military uniform is similar to the German army Moreover, Chile is still a relatively rich country, Chile and Argentina were rich countries before World War II, with national incomes similar to those of Britain, Germany and France, and they have accumulated a large amount of gold and foreign exchange by exporting guano, saltpeter and copper.
Therefore, around the time of the establishment of the new Asbanian Federation, the Chilean government purchased a large amount of weapons and ammunition from Germany and stored them in Santiago in case of an invasion by the United States from the Pacific Ocean.
I didn't expect it to come in handy now As a result, the ever-expanding Chilean Legion was not badly equipped, with no tanks or self-propelled guns, but a sufficient number of small arms and a wide range of artillery.
In the confrontation on the outskirts of Santiago, the Chilean legion did not make the American GIs suffer.
"Admiral, we cannot rely on less than 300,000 ground troops to occupy the Chilean capital."
Ridley, who returned to Valparaiso from the front, gave Eisenhower a disappointing reply, "The Chilean Army alone is not easy to deal with, and there are about 20.25 million heavily armed Chilean soldiers in Santiago, completely Germanized Army, even the uniforms are identical."
In addition, there are at least 3 German divisions in the city of San Diego, as well as 50,100 Tiger heavy tanks."
The Tiger tank in San Diego belongs to the German Marine Corps and is a heavy tank battalion equipped with 66 of the latest Tiger K tanks, which is extremely combat-ready.
"There is a Tiger Tank" Eisenhower also felt that the problem was somewhat serious when he heard about the famous Tiger tank.
Because he knew that the Tiger tank belonged to the German heavy divisions, and usually only elite units such as Panzer Divisions, Panzergrenadier Divisions and Marine Divisions would have them.
Moreover, the troops with Tiger tanks will definitely be equipped with a considerable number of No. 4 tanks and Stalker tank destroyers, and the anti-tank capabilities should not be underestimated. 36 are not necessarily their opponents.
"How many troops do you need?"
Eisenhower asked, frowning.
"At least 500,000," Bradley said, shaking his head, "there will be a real hard battle to be fought According to the experience of the European theater, a city like San Diego, with its mountain cover and a large number of strong buildings, is very difficult to fight, and the losses will be very heavy."
And we cannot underestimate the will of South Americans to fight when it comes to defending their homeland.
In fact, the Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro, with similar terrain, also suffered the invading forces of New Asbania. ” Eisenhower thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, 500,000 is 500,000 Omar, you continue to prepare for the siege, and I will go to Washington to ask for reinforcements."
They will definitely give it, because they can't afford to lose, and only by taking Santiago and then blowing up Buenos Aires will the United States have the possibility of withdrawing from the war with dignity. ” t1706231537: