The Rise of the Third Reich

Chapter 172 London Economic Conference

Because two great leaders of peace-loving countries emerged in Europe - German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and General Secretary of the Bolshevik Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin, in this time and space of 1933, the clouds of war seemed to have dissipated.

After the Germans basically tore up the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Locarno, they once again gained recognition from the international community by signing the Treaty of Locarno Oriental and confirming the legality and validity of the Franco-German and Franco-Belgian borders. French Prime Minister Courpin and British Prime Minister Macdonald issued statements successively: recognizing Germany's right to deploy defenses in the Rhineland and implementing compulsory military service.

At the same time, the leaders of the two world empires expressed their appreciation for German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's efforts to maintain peace in Europe - they truly believed that it was the Juncker military group, not the democratically elected Chancellor Hitler, who undermined the peace. .

Now that peace in Europe has been guaranteed, the severe economic situation has once again become the topic of greatest concern in Europe and even the world.

The core of economic problems naturally revolves around the four major problems of currency, debt, trade and employment. The core of these four major problems is undoubtedly currency!

It is still a cliché of currency war, but during the interwar period, the right to issue world currency was basically the top priority in the world power struggle - whoever controls the right to issue world currency will be the master of the future world!

On March 4, 1933, the American people on the other side of the Atlantic finally welcomed their savior, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This country that is "planned" to dominate the world will recover from chaos and depression and is ready to seize the right to issue the world's currency.

After experiencing a long and painful economic turmoil and downturn, the US dollar has long replaced the pound and has become the strongest time currency. However, it is also linked to gold, and it does not mean that you can spend as much money as you want. More than a month after taking office, on April 19, 1933, US President Roosevelt announced the abolition of the US gold standard.

Now, the United States can start printing money like Germany and create demand by printing dollars. But unlike the status of the mark, the US dollar is a world currency, and the US government has no intention of giving up the US dollar's world currency status, because President Roosevelt still holds the trump card in his hand that can maintain the status of the US dollar while arbitrarily issuing US dollars - Europe The nation’s dollar debt and America’s strong productivity!

"The U.S. dollar depreciates, the U.S. presses for debt, haha, Britain and France can't resist it, and turn around to ask for compensation from Germany... This Roosevelt is really extraordinary. Prime Minister, this London Economic Conference is crucial to Germany and Europe. of."

In Hitler's Prime Minister's Office at 77 William Street, Hersmann was discussing countermeasures with Hitler, who was about to leave for London to attend the economic conference - Germany's countermeasures at the economic conference.

"The Treaty of Versailles no longer exists, and Germany does not need to fulfill its reparation obligations." Hitler said, "The purpose of the Americans in forcing debt from Britain and France should be just to undermine the market's confidence in the pound and franc when the dollar depreciates... The depreciation of the dollar is just to expand exports and push up inflation in order to save the U.S. economy.”

Hitler, who had now accepted many of the "currency war" ideas, saw through Roosevelt's intentions at a glance.

Hitler paused and then said: "But what can we do? Apart from devaluing the mark internationally and continuing to promote barter trade, we seem to be unable to do anything... If it were not for the issue of the Jewish state of Palestine, I would not Won’t go to London.”

The establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine is now finally starting to take shape. This is probably also a side effect of the signing of the "Oriental Locarno Convention" - the relationship between Germany and Poland has also been further improved because of this treaty.

Although Piłsudski was still unwilling to make concessions on the "Danze issue" and the "Polish Corridor" issue, he also expressed concerns about the merger of Germany and the Baltic Republic. But Poland and Germany rarely agree on the "Jewish question."

By the way, the merger of the Baltic Republic and Germany has now encountered some obstacles. The British took out the treaty signed with the Baltic Republic that year to oppose its merger with Germany. Poland and the Soviet Union also expressed opposition.

Therefore, the merger of Germany and the Baltic Republics could only be temporarily postponed until Hitler and Stalin met in Oslo, Norway, in November 1933. They went to Oslo, Norway to win the Dynamite H-level award. The final results of the 1933 H-Ping Award have not yet come out, but Hersman knows that this award has been determined to be awarded to Hitler and Stalin.

The two may discuss how to carve up Poland after receiving the dynamite H-level prize. However, before the partition is actually realized, Germany and Poland can still cooperate where they have common interests - this is the reality of European politics, they can cooperate for common interests while preparing to completely wipe each other off the map. To - and the Jewish state of Palestine is one of the common goals pursued by the two countries.

Under the joint lobbying of Germany and Poland, the British, who have wavered back and forth on the issue of a Jewish state in Palestine, may once again turn to support the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine and agree to establish a Jewish state centered on the Jewish city of Tel Aviv that does not have full sovereignty and is controlled by the United Kingdom. Jewish state. The significance of this "Jewish state" is not only to receive European Jewish immigrants, but also to allow European Jews to have Jewish nationality and live as expatriates in Europe even if they are excluded by the host country. In fact, Hersman does not want to Drive them all away from Europe. In the future world war, it is very irrational to drive away millions of laborers who can engage in skilled work. But Hirschmann doesn't want a "Jewish Europe" or a "Green Europe" either. Christianizing the Jews or converting them into expatriates was his real purpose.

"Mr. Prime Minister, in addition to establishing the Jewish state, you have two other things to do in London." Hersman said, taking out two documents from a black leather-covered folder he brought and placing them in front of Hitler. on the desk.

Hitler took the document and glanced at it. One of them is "A Feasibility Study on International Public Works"; the other is "Analysis of the National Socialist Movement in Britain".

“Building international public works to boost demand is something the French government will propose at the London Economic Conference.”

Hersman analyzed: "This is beneficial to us. We can take the opportunity to expand the influence of the European Basic Investment Bank... This bank can provide loans for international public works. I estimate that the 'international public works' that the French refer to Projects should be built in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, and there may be investments in North Africa and the Middle East. We can even propose our own plans."

"International public works" has been proposed by the French in history, and they hope to use this method to stimulate demand. In the original history, the French plan came to an end because there was no such tool as the European Basic Investment Bank.

Now, Hirschmann hopes the German government can fully support the plan. Not only to expand the EIB's influence, but also for future wars.

"What plan can we come up with?" Hitler asked.

"The first is the European road network plan," Hersman said. "Now that cars have begun to become popular, roads that allow cars to travel at high speeds will definitely have a great boost to the future economy."

"You can also make the German tanks run faster on the enemy's land!" Hitler glanced at Hessmann, "Is that so?"

Hersman nodded, "There are also gas stations. When there are highways, there will be cars. When there are cars, there will be gas stations and oil storage depots... If funds from the European Basic Investment Bank are used to build such toll highways, Then we have access to all the drawings and technical information.”

Autobahns are still a new thing now - there was such a thing in Hitler's New Deal, and Germany is currently building highways, but other countries have not yet. Hersmann now hopes to build a highway network that can connect the capitals of Europe (excluding the Soviet Union) and run it by a highway administration.

"In addition, there should be an international railway plan connecting Europe with the Near and Middle East. The capitals of Turkey, Syria, Israel, Iraq, Iran and other countries can be connected to Europe by railway."

"Do we need these railways?" Hitler asked.

"It will come in handy." Hessmann replied firmly. The Mediterranean and the Middle East are the focus of his planned military deployment. In the future world war, as long as Germany controls the Middle East and the Mediterranean, not only will the oil problem be completely solved. And it can also threaten the Soviet Union's oil town Baku to the north, and contact Germany's ally Japan to the east!

"It may be useful in the future, so we should try it now." Hitler nodded, "Then the British National Socialist Movement must also be useful in the future?"

"Yes," Hessmann smiled at the pro-British Hitler, "our common interests with Britain can only be based on national socialism. If the British people in power only consider Britain, not the international The interests of the financial elite. Then a European Union led by Germany and the British Empire could coexist.

I thought the London Economic Conference would be an opportunity to sell National Socialism to the British people. Britain should be committed to turning their colonial empire into a truly unified nation, and this should be the first goal pursued by British National Socialists. Rather than getting caught up in the disputes on the European continent. "

"Yes!" Hitler nodded heavily, "I think so too! We and the British are almost the same race. We should join hands to lead the world instead of killing each other!"

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