Chapter 902 The Balkan War

It is worth mentioning that although Paris has fallen, the fall of Paris did not dampen the French's confidence in resisting the Germans at all.

After moving the government to Tours, French Chief of Staff Charles de Gaulle issued a "Message to the French People" to all French people.

In this important document, de Gaulle mentioned: "France is not fighting alone, we also have allies such as the British Empire, the Austrian Empire, and the Australasian Empire.

Although we lost Paris, it did not mean that we lost hope of defeating the Germans.

Whether you are an ordinary French citizen, an engineer or technician in an arms factory, or a soldier who has been injured and retired on the battlefield, please heed my call and devote yourself to wherever the country needs you.

No matter what happens, France's flame of resistance will never go out, and the French will never surrender.

In response to the British attitude, the German Prime Minister also made his own speech in the new Congress. This time the speech changed from the hysterical style of the past and became gentle and elegant.

Before Romania entered the war, the three Balkan countries only had to face Italy and Bulgaria.

On October 30, Bulgaria declared war on Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece, and the Balkan War officially began.

I will always sit here, in this chair. Either the Germans surrender, or the Germans take my body out of here! "

Because the land occupied by Bulgaria was divided among other Balkan countries, Bulgaria's population is not large among the Balkan countries.

But a word of not being a slave to the subjugation of the country is enough for more French people to stand up, actively join the army, and join the resistance against the Germans.

The unprepared Yugoslav army was directly attacked by the Italian army, with more than a thousand casualties.

Such a bombing was not only a response to the German bombing of London, but also a response to Germany's threatening speeches.

After Italy made preparations, it directly launched a larger-scale attack, which was no smaller than a battle.

This was tantamount to an undeclared war, and such a loss was naturally unacceptable to Mussolini.

Not only did the British government not have the slightest fear about Germany's threatening speech, but it also pushed the situation to prepare the entire British people to be prepared for Germany and prepare them for the continuation of the war. On October 17, 1936, in a new round of negotiations between the British and German governments, the British Lord Halifax officially mentioned in the radio: "Unless the Germans are willing to maintain the pre-war borders, the British will never May agree to peace.”

In fact, at the beginning of the war, the German Empire did not have the crazy idea of ​​attacking Britain in its plan.

Under such circumstances, Britain still insists on persisting in the war. Isn't this just waiting to be defeated and then carve up its colonies?

Now Bulgaria naturally wants to regain its own land.

The new British Prime Minister Churchill even publicly announced in a speech to the British people: "I will always be in London and direct the entire war here. If the Germans want to attack us, then let them come.

But unexpectedly, not only did the British fail to accept the peace talks, but with the help of the British, even France gave up the plan of peace talks with Germany.

On the afternoon of October 28, Germany declared war on Yugoslavia.

From the morning to the evening of that day, more than 2,000 aircraft carried out very large-scale bombings on the German-occupied areas of the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and carried out carpet bombing in some important areas.

While Germany was anxiously launching an attack on the three Nordic countries, the Balkans finally slowly united together.

The German bombing of Britain not only did not make the British retreat, but instead aroused the British desire to fight.

What the Germans didn't expect was that long before they dropped the speech leaflets in large numbers, the German Prime Minister's speech had already been broadcast to all parts of the UK.

The total number of these armies is almost 1.7 million, and they will not suffer a loss against Italy and Bulgaria.

On October 29, Yugoslavia declared war on Germany, and Greece and Albania declared war on Italy and Germany.

This is not the voice of the British, it is the voice of British politicians. From a conscience, I feel it is my duty to once again appeal to the UK and other countries to show their sense and common sense.

With all due respect, you guys have no confidence to continue this war. Apart from increasing casualties, this is a completely unnecessary thing to do, but you still do it. "

Do these young French people approve of the current military government? I'm afraid not necessarily. After all, the government was established only after a military coup, and it only controlled France for a short period of time. It is difficult for it to be recognized by all French people.

The conflict that day resulted in hundreds of Yugoslav soldiers being injured, and more than 10 of them died on the spot.

You know, in the previous Balkan War, most of the land occupied by Bulgaria was divided up, and even its original homeland was forced to cede part of it to Romania.

This is not over yet. Large-scale bombings were also carried out in Frankfurt, Dortmund, Bremen and Hannover in Germany, and at least tens of thousands of bombs were dropped.

On this leaflet, there is also a striking sentence printed: "Surrender, this is a war between politicians, and ordinary people should not be affected."

Such an attack would naturally not be tolerated by the Greek army.

This is not over yet. Bulgaria, which had boarded the German tank, also had extraordinary ambitions at this time.

The German Prime Minister even naively believed that if Germany could quickly defeat France, Britain would also accept peace talks.

Although the German people did not understand it, Britain's attitude at this time was indeed very firm.

It has to be admitted that although France's performance in the war was far inferior to that of Germany, France was not short of real patriots.

This time Yugoslavia could not bear it at all.

On October 23, Bulgaria and Greece also clashed on the border. The Bulgarian army in Haskovo attacked the Greek army in Alexandrospolis and occupied the Greek outpost on the border.

Although the German government contacted Britain many times and tried to resolve the war with Britain in a more peaceful way. But the news that the German government repeatedly heard was only one word, that is, a big "no!".

Soldiers, behind us is not only Tours, but also the vast French people and our families.

Although Greece has a small population, it is still no problem to barely gather 500,000 troops. As for Albania, which has the smallest population, the role it can play is relatively small, and it is already very good to have an army of 150,000.

In two consecutive conflicts, neither the German camp in Italy and Bulgaria nor the British camp in Yugoslavia and Greece was very satisfied.

For our families and compatriots, for the last glory of France, for the survival of France, please let us forget all the previous failures, stand together with one heart, and shout to our enemies: France is invincible! The French will never surrender! "

On the night of the German Prime Minister's speech, hundreds of German planes dropped a large number of leaflets printed with the full text of the speech in major cities in the UK.

Latvia and Estonia were also declared war on, which created a great spectacle. Germany was fighting with most of Europe at the same time, which was a crazier move than World War I.

On October 28, Italy declared war on Yugoslavia.

Britain's firm attitude surprised Germany, and some German people even laughed at the British as fools.

Currently, the army that Bulgaria can mobilize is basically at the same level as Greece, which is about 500,000 people.

"Unfortunately, I only heard one voice from Britain, that is, the war must go on. Is this the voice of the British? I'm afraid not.

On October 27, 1936, Yugoslavia directly occupied Zara in Dalmatia controlled by Italy, and hung the Yugoslav flag in the Zara City Government.

Although there was no direct declaration of war, the Greek army also organized an attack on the Bulgarian army in Haskovo on the next day, October 24, resulting in the death of dozens of Bulgarian soldiers on the spot.

Among the three Balkan countries, Yugoslavia has the largest population and can mobilize about one million troops.

Although the war in the Balkan Peninsula has already started, the current situation is obviously still favorable for the British side.

On October 21, a large-scale conflict broke out between Yugoslavia and Italy on the border, and the armies of both sides even opened fire on each other, like a war.

Because of France's 500,000 troops, Italy can mobilize less than one million troops.

With Charles de Gaulle's call, a large number of French aspiring young people quickly gathered and completed the mobilization of up to 500,000 soldiers in a short period of time.

I think I am qualified to make such an appeal because I am not a defeated person who prays for grace, but a winner who speaks in the name of reason.

While France was mobilizing a large number of troops, Germany declared war on many countries in succession.

In addition to attacking these small Nordic countries, Germany also began to bomb Britain in large quantities and sent a large number of letters of persuasion to Britain.

As mentioned before, Germany is in great need of iron ore and other minerals from the three Nordic countries.

The so-called gunpowder keg is naturally explosive.

After all, Germany has already occupied an absolute advantage in the war at this time, and has even occupied a large amount of French land.

This is also the patriotism that cannot be explained or seen. When a country is in crisis, if countless heroes stand up, then the country will never perish.

Wherever the German army goes, any country can only defend, and even defense is difficult to do.

On October 19, 1936, Britain, France and Australia gathered more than 2,000 aircraft in Britain, and the purpose is self-evident.

After capturing Paris, Germany could not wait to declare war on the three Nordic countries, and the army landed in Norway and Sweden in a mighty manner.

Although we can barely gather 1 million, this is likely to hurt Bulgaria, which has a small population.

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