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Chapter 379 De Gaulle

On the night of May 6, 1940, at 10 Downing Street, London, small dining room.

British Prime Minister Churchill is having dinner with French Army Deputy Minister Charles de Gaulle, and British Foreign Office Executive Deputy Robert Van Hittat.

Later, the free French leader Charles de Gaulle has not defected yet, but has been sent by French Prime Minister Renault to the UK to discuss the matter of the United Kingdom-France Union Reno has not given up on the idea of ​​moving the government to North Africa. To lead the French navy and overseas empires to continue to resist, it is necessary to get the strong support of Britain. The United Kingdom-France Union is obviously the most secure means.

Churchill is now very interested in the matter of the United Nations. This is the best way for Britain to legally obtain French overseas colonies and fleets. If the United Nations fails and the French government is unwilling to move away from its homeland, then Britain can only use force to seize the French colonies and destroy the French fleet.

Therefore, Churchill appointed one of his confidants, Robert Van Hitt, Executive Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Charles de Gaulle to discuss the specific terms of the United Nations.

"We must fight. We will fight. We ask our friends to continue fighting too... Regardless of the situation, the British government is ready to continue the war of resistance."

At dinner, Churchill gushed and inspiring words to Charles de Gaulle: "We believe that we will crush Emperor William and his evil empire. We will not change our purpose of war. We will destroy this evil empire forever, and we will never accept any peace suggestions from it. Otherwise, this will be a disaster for the whole of Europe. No, the war will continue. This evil empire can only end with us being destroyed or we are victorious."

After saying that, he was silent for a while, then looked at De Gaulle and said to him: "This is our position. But I still hope that someone can fight with us in France, and the truly brave Frenchmen will never be intimidated by the evil empire!"

The tall General Charles de Gaulle looked at the short and fat Churchill and said coldly: "We French people will not be scared by any enemy. We will do anything for the benefit of the French motherland. Of course, we will resist to the end! Even if the local area is occupied, there will definitely be someone who will lead the resistance."

The man de Gaulle was referring to at this time was not himself, but Paul Renault. In fact, he already knew that Renault's position as prime minister was in danger, but he still hoped that Renault could leave the noisy parliament, useless political parties and the constitution of the Third Republic that made the country weak, and stand up and lead those who are willing to sacrifice for the French motherland to continue fighting.

"But we all know this fact," Charles de Gaulle's eyes suddenly became cold. "Emperor William is not evil. He is a Napoleonian emperor. If he were French, we would love him and fight against you Britain for him. Unfortunately, he is not French, he is German. This is the only reason we oppose Emperor William and his European Community!"

"Yes!" Churchill nodded, "This is also the reason why we oppose Germany's domination of Europe!" He raised his wine glass and was about to say a few words to wish for success. A secretary at No. 10 Downing Street quickly walked in and muttered a few words in Churchill's ear. The British Prime Minister's brows immediately frowned and looked at De Gaulle, "Mr. Renault resigned as prime minister this evening. Now Marshal Betton is the prime minister of France."

De Gaulle did not show any surprise expression, but just smiled and said, "Martin Betan will seek a truce soon, but there will be someone in France to continue fighting."

Churchill nodded in praise and said, "Whoever it is, the British Empire is willing to support him and regard him as the leader of France!"

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"I am very happy that you can come to Berlin when justice is about to come back to Europe. Because the justice that will be achieved does not only belong to Germany, but also to the land and people represented by the Crown of St. Stephen. Otto, I will support your request for the Crown of St. Stephen, and will also allow Hungary to restore its territory before 1918 as much as possible... That is the result of the evolution of hundreds of years and thousands of years of history, and should not be easily dismembered by the wrong view of the cowboys of a new world using the wrong view of national self-determination!"

At the same time, in the brilliant and magnificent Charlottemberg Palace, Emperor William was talking to the chief of the Habsburg family, Crown Prince Otto, the chief of the Habsburg family. Otto von Habsburg-Lorraine was the eldest son of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl I. He was only 7 years old when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was destroyed. His father, Karl I, had sought restoration in Hungary after the empire (Karl I was also the king of Hungary), but was sent by the Allies to Madeira Island (in the Atlantic Ocean), where he lived an extremely poor life. He died of pneumonia in 1922 at the age of 34. Since then, Crown Prince Otto became the patriarch of the Habsburg family.

However, because he opposed the merger of Germany and Austria (he was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne), the crown prince of Otto has been living in Belgium in the past few years. When the German army invaded Belgium, he once wanted to take refuge in the United States. However, the peace conditions proposed by Germany included the abolition of the Treaty of Saint-Germain and the Treaty of Trianon, which made him very moved. In particular, the latter means that Hungary can recover most of the lost land! This will definitely make every Hungarian excited and regard Emperor William as the savior.

So with just one word from William, Crown Prince Otto will be able to wear the St. Stephen's crown immediately. Even the Hungarian Regent Holtie Micklos dare not say a word.

When Prince Otto heard that Emperor William was willing to support himself as the king of Hungary, he burst into tears in his eyes when he stood up and bowed deeply at William.

"My Majesty, the Habsburgs, will always appreciate your justice, and for this we will voluntarily renounce all rights to the Kingdom of Austria and other royal territories."

Emperor William nodded. In fact, he was not worried about the Habsburg family's demand for Austrian crown territory. Because the Austrians now regard themselves as Germans, no one wants to establish a dual empire with the Hungarians.

Then he looked at the acting Chief of Staff Marshal Hessman. The suggestion for restructuring the Balkan political territory actually Hessman proposed that he did not have any feelings for the Habsburg dynasty (Chloe had a good impression of the Habsburg dynasty), but knew that Hungary in history was a German iron rod. In 44, 45 years, a Hungarian Arrow Cross Party came to power to follow Germany to fight to the death (but if you think about how the Allies rectified Hungary, you can understand Arrow Cross Party). Since he was a hardcore, of course, he should grow up well, as the watchdog of the German Empire and the future European community in the Balkans.

In addition, Croatia under the Kingdom of Yugoslavia also followed Germany very strongly during World War II. So Hessman wanted to take Croatia, Slovakia (Slovakia is the Austrian crown territory) and Westbanat (now belonging to Serbia) from Yugoslavia, and then let Croatia and Hungary form a federation, and Westbanat also return it to Serbia.

After his idea was proposed, Emperor William rarely interfered in government affairs, believing that the Crown Prince of Otto of the Habsburg dynasty should be allowed to be the King of Hungary and Croatia. Because the positions of these two kings were originally from the Habsburg dynasty, and the Crown Prince of Otto was both legal heirs.

The Hungarian king's seat is now empty, and Crown Prince Otto is just going to inherit it. As long as Germany supports it, there will be no problem.

Croatia was incorporated into Yugoslavia and had no king of its own. Peter II of the Obrenovic dynasty of the Yugoslavia Kingdom was considered a Croatian king.

However, the king had no basis for the throne of Croatia. He had no blood support. His ancestors were a shepherd who led the rebellion and had no relationship with the ancient Croatian royal family. The Croatian throne of the Habsburg family was inherited from blood. There was no religious support for Peter II as an Orthodox, and the Croatians believed in Catholicism, but the Habsburg royal family always believed in Catholicism.

Therefore, no one in Croatia supports Peter II, and no one wants to be a Yugoslav. Since 1102, Croatia formed a Communist Alliance with Hungary until the end of World War I. Then the just US President Wilson took the principle of national self-determination, negated the history of the Croatian-Hungarian alliance for more than 800 years, and turned the Croatians into Yugoslavs.

This international law rule that disrespects history and the current situation and changes the territory of a country at will should of course be abolished.

"His Royal Highness," said Marshal Hessman, who was sitting on the fourth seat of Emperor William's left head, and said to the Crown Prince Otto with a smile, "We think the Hungarian-Croatian joint system before 1860 is very reasonable and should be restored. And we also think that Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia also have the right to form a federation. The Serbs should have their own country, not ruled by foreigners."

Of course, Hessman knew that the Balkans were a powder keg, and if they were not handled properly, they would cause fire. So he did not want to completely demolish the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He only asked the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to spit out something that did not belong to them. After solving the problems of Croatia and Banat, the European Community should also give Yugoslavia a place.
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