First of all, the four battlefields refer to the battlefields in Europe, North Africa and Asia-Pacific. We talked about these four battlefields in World War II.
According to four battlefields and four stages, the first stage is the outbreak stage of the great war. The time from 1 September 9391to194/June 22, 2000, from1September 939 to1June 2000, nearly two years, belonging to At the outbreak of the war, the first major event happened in the European battlefield. Nazi Germany attacked Poland, and Britain and France declared war on Germany, which marked the full-scale outbreak of World War II, that is, "World War II".
Signs of a full-scale outbreak.
1 September 19391day, fascist Germany, with10.6 million troops, pounced on sleeping Poland under the cover of 2,800 planes and 2,000 tanks. The time for the German attack was 3: 30 in the morning, which was exactly the time for people to sleep. You may not have slept when they hit you 12. You get up at 5 o'clock to walk the dog, and usually sleep there at 3: 30. Therefore, on the day when the Germans raided Poland, the Polish Air Force was wiped out at the ground airport, and no plane could go to heaven, so the Polish army lost its air superiority. 1 The war broke out on September 3rd. Britain and France declared war on Germany, just waiting and seeing, and announced it without fighting. On September 6, the organized resistance of the Polish army was shattered. /kloc-In September of 0/7, the Polish government went into exile in Romania, which actually marked the end of Poland.
When the Polish army resisted the German invasion, 600,000 Soviet Red Army crossed the Soviet-Polish border under Stalin's orders. According to the infamous Soviet-German non-aggression treaty, two fascist demons began to carve up Poland. As a result, Poland was unable to resist the attack of two fascist powers and was conquered. Hitler paid the price of 10600 soldiers killed in battle, and it took him 34 days to occupy Poland, which is known as the second army power in Europe.
After the fall of Poland, Germany did not attack the Soviet Union as Britain and France hoped, because the two fascist countries had reached cooperation. The Germans began to attack western Europe and northern Europe and occupied Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium in one breath. The Germans spent four hours fighting Denmark. At that time, the result of the war was that the German army killed 20 people and the Danish army killed 16 people, and then Denmark surrendered. Denmark knows that the country will perish if it continues to fight, so Denmark is a hero who will not suffer immediate losses and surrender.
On the day of the war with Norway, the Norwegian capital Oslo was occupied by German airborne troops. King Haakon X of Norway went into exile in the snowy area of Linhai in the north, persisted in resisting until June, and then went into exile in Britain by boat, so Norway was also occupied. Luxembourg has only 400 infantry and 12 cavalry. As soon as Germany declared war, he declared surrender. In these two world wars, as soon as Germany declared war, Luxembourg surrendered, avoiding the ravages of war. So, today you go to see Luxembourg, which is simply beautiful. Luxembourg is the richest country in the world, with a per capita gross national product of more than 60,000 US dollars, twice that of the United States, just because it surrendered as soon as it fought before and avoided being ravaged by war. The funniest thing is that there is also a war memorial in the center of his capital. When I went to see it, I asked the tour guide what he was commemorating. Probably to commemorate zero death.
As soon as Germany declared war, Luxembourg surrendered. The Netherlands resisted for five days and then surrendered. Queen Wilhelmina is in exile in England. Belgium resisted 12 days, and then King Leopold went into exile in England.
Enemy a country with a corner
The Germans occupied so many European countries in one breath. At that time, European leaders, especially the royal families of various countries, took refuge in succession, and Britain was the first choice. At the same time, Germany's ally, the fascist Soviet Union, began to invade and expand abroad, established what he called the Eastern Front, and carved up Europe. According to the secret agreement of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Treaty signed with Germany, the Soviet Union began to occupy the three Baltic countries, Bukovina and Pisalabia in northern Romania, and moved its borders to the west by 400 kilometers. Then the Stalin clique brazenly invaded Finland, and the Sino-Finnish War broke out.
In the Sino-Finnish war, the Soviet Union can now be said to have a big face and big eyes. Finland is a small country with a population of 2 million and only 30,000 troops. The Soviet Red Army finally dispatched a million troops, and Stalin changed coaches three times.
The heroic Finnish people fought bloody battles for more than half a year without foreign aid, killing more than 200,000 Soviet aggressors and killing two major generals, which dealt a heavy blow to Stalin. So, why did Hitler dare to attack the Soviet Union? Because even a small country Finland can't beat it, why not? The Finnish people know what they are fighting for. I am defending my democratic system and happy lifestyle. If our country is trampled by the Soviet Union, then our people will be as dark as the Soviet people. They have the motivation to fight bravely. The Soviet-Finnish War is a particularly successful case in the history of world wars in which small countries fought against the tyranny of powerful countries. Of course, Finland was defeated in the end. After all, in the end, the Soviet Union joined the army of 6.5438 million, and Finland's population was only 2 million, so Finland was finally forced to agree to cede territory. When World War II broke out, Finland joined Germany to fight and rightfully recovered its territory (but failed to seize the opportunity to occupy Soviet land). The result is that Britain and France are doomed.
Retreat like a gentleman
What is particularly funny is that when the Germans attacked Belgium, the British and French allied forces entered Belgium to help. As soon as hundreds of thousands of troops entered, Belgium announced its surrender. The hundreds of thousands of troops had to quickly retreat to Dunkirk on the edge of the English Channel, so hundreds of thousands of troops were desperate. The English channel is in front of them, followed by the vicious Nazi armored division, and hundreds of thousands of people are about to be wiped out. At this time, the miracle in the history of human war was staged, and the Dunkirk retreat was organized. Allied forces surrounded in Dunkirk are mainly British expeditionary forces. Britain is a typical country that implements the volunteer army system, and it is also the only country in continental Europe that does not implement the compulsory military service system. His soldiers are all professional soldiers, so they are all veterans in their twenties and thirties. If these people are wiped out in Dunkirk, it means that no one in Britain will fight. Churchill has long been prime minister, and he caught up with such disgusting things as soon as he took office. So Churchill said that if this army is finished, we have to rely on boy scouts to defend Britain. So at all costs, I brought the children back from the other side of the sea. The British navy has specially formulated a generator plan, which is commanded by Admiral Ramsey. More than 800 ships, including Ming ships during the first industrial revolution, were mobilized, and private yachts and private yachts along the British coast went. In nine days, Kuya, more than 330,000 allied soldiers were rescued back to Britain, including 206,000 British soldiers, which saved their effective strength for future counterattacks. It is these 206,000 professional soldiers who are expected to be squad leaders and platoon leaders after returning to China. If the army is expanded, the battle-hardened veterans are much more important than the lost weapons and equipment. When Dunkirk retreated, when the British faced death threats, they were all waiting in line. When it's my turn to quit, I will quit. The waist-high sea water was cold, and I stood in it for days and nights without complaining. At four o'clock in the afternoon, gentlemen are drinking tea on the beach. At this moment, German planes bombed, and a bomb splashed sand into the teacup. The first reaction of the British was Germany. This is called "Mount Tai collapses in front without changing color". The unique gentlemanly demeanor of the British people was vividly reflected in the war, and then everyone waited in line calmly and finally ran away.
When all units retreated, the division commander was the last to leave. General Montgomery was the teacher at that time, and he was the last one to leave. I made sure that every officer in the division boarded the ship before the teacher did. He didn't mean that if you call here, the officials will fly first, and the soldiers will stay there, and it will be over. Officers run last, and soldiers run first.
It is worth mentioning that the Duke of Gloucester in Scotland, who didn't know whether he was the king's cousin or cousin, drove his private yacht to the other side of the strait to meet farmers, miners, fishermen, salespeople and strangers. As a result, the Duke and his son rescued 300 British soldiers with their yacht. In nine days, kuya, the father and son, rescued a battalion of British soldiers. How many people can sit on that yacht? Nine days in kuya. If I remember correctly, the duke died, and then his son, Lord Gloucester Jr., set sail to save people. This is why Britain can dominate the world for 300 years.
Britain is surrounded by Germans. As soon as the ship went out to sea, it was sunk by a submarine. So Britain is in urgent need of sailors, and Britain is a country that produces sailors. From the king to the people, all are qualified sailors. So the country set up a conscription station and posted a notice. The country needs sailors now. Please sign up. At every recruitment point, there are endless queues, and in this long queue, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren often follow. Everyone knows that going to sea is a narrow escape. As soon as I went out to sea, I was sunk by a German ship and couldn't come back. However, everyone is waiting in line there, because the country needs our efforts and does not give money. You can't see the time to pay next month, and no one complains.
I don't think I live in the past.
Dunkirk retreated, the British escaped, and France was finished. France, known as the first army power in Europe, resisted for six weeks during the Second World War and was occupied by the Germans. The Germans achieved such brilliant results in the western front and occupied almost the whole of Europe at the cost of less than 40 thousand soldiers.
French Prime Minister Marshal Petain, a hero of Verdun in World War I, was ordered to surrender to the Germans. Three fifths of French territory was occupied by Germany, and the whole Atlantic coast was occupied by Germany. The annual military expenditure of the occupying forces of 7 billion francs is borne by France, and the remaining two-fifths of the residual water, headed by Petain, has established a puppet regime in the southern town of Vichy, which is known as Vichy France in history. The puppet regime was established by Marshal Petain, who decided that his beloved disciple, Charles de Gaulle, then French Deputy Minister of Defense and Deputy Minister of the Army, was the defense minister of the puppet regime. As a result, on the night when France announced its surrender, General De Gaulle went to the airport to send a British general home. After the two men shook hands and hugged, the British general boarded the plane. When the plane began to taxi, Charles de Gaulle suddenly began to chase the plane, because at that time the plane was also small, unlike today's Boeing 747, you couldn't catch it. At that time, the plane was very small, and Charles de Gaulle suddenly accelerated and began to chase. At that time, on the plane and on the runway, all the people who saw me off were stupid-the general was crazy. Why? General de Gaulle1.98m, with long legs. He caught up with him in a few steps. When the British general on the plane woke up, he leaned out and grabbed General Charles de Gaulle's arm and lifted him up with one hand. The plane has taken off and the general's legs are still kicking in the air. That night, General Charles de Gaulle flew to London, and immediately made a speech, announcing the establishment of a free French government, calling on all the unwilling people in France to form an army to resist, and then calling on all French overseas dominions, and those French soldiers who were not occupied by Germany, such as North Africa and Vietnam, to obey the free French government.
General de Gaulle was only a brigadier general at that time, and the brigadier general was the lowest rank among the generals. So that Prime Minister Churchill smiled and said, "Can you represent France?" But later, many people much higher than him stood under his banner to safeguard the dignity of the country. 1944 After the recovery of Paris, the general returned to Paris. His first act was to go to Notre Dame de Paris for mass and thank God for saving France. When he entered Notre Dame, there was a German sniper in the bell tower. The sniper aimed at General De Gaulle and put his head on the crosshairs of the sight. If this sniper pulls the trigger, the history of France will be rewritten. However, after aiming, the sniper was inspired by the great personality charm of General de Gaulle. Instead of shooting, he burst into tears and threw himself from the tower.
Next, General Charles de Gaulle began to preside over the affairs of the postwar French government. He organized a free France, tried Marshal Petain twice and sentenced him to death. After the recovery of the country, Charles de Gaulle retired and I resigned as interim chairman. The last order signed before stepping down was to pardon his teacher, Marshal Petain, who was 89 years old. It doesn't matter whether he is sentenced to death or not. Two years later, Marshal Petain died at the age of 9 1. At this time, General De Gaulle returned to China and stayed at home for 13 years. It was not until l958 that the Fourth Republic of France was in danger that he came out to lead the people to establish the Fifth Republic.
Today's France is a continuation of the Fifth Republic. Charles de Gaulle was the founding president. Resign after serving 10 years, and will not be re-elected. When he left, his only request was to take Elysee Fu with him and use the old bookcase that had been used for many years. He asked the secretary if he could take it, and asked the manager if he could take it. The manager cried, and you saved the whole of France. You can take two bookcases.
So General De Gaulle asked the secretary to pay for the new bookcase and move two old bookcases. After taking them away, the general refused to receive the president's pension, saying that he would use the money to give to the families of the fallen soldiers.
When France returned to the motherland, Congress wanted to confer the rank of Marshal de Gaulle, but he refused. The reason is that he thinks victory should belong to glorious soldiers, and I am a brigadier general, the lowest level. We see that all fascist dictators in the world, Hitler and Saddam Hussein, without exception, pretend to be marshals and doctors. You see, the difference between people in a democratic system and those fascist demons is that they absolutely don't want this thing. The salary of a retired brigadier general is extremely meager. His wife doesn't work, especially in European countries, especially in the upper class. When my daughter was three years old, she had to rely on him for support because of a medical accident and mental retardation. His salary is too small to support so many people. What should I do? Old people can only write memoirs for a living. He walked for two weeks before he turned 80, but actually he was exhausted.
People at this level don't have to write their own memoirs. They usually lie in rocking chairs, holding champagne and cigars, and the secretary is typing there ... he can't do it. He has given up smoking and drinking, because he can't afford it, so he typed it himself. Therefore, not counting ancient times, there are only three politicians worthy of my admiration in the modern history of the world, namely General Washington, Dr. Sun Yat-sen and General Charles de Gaulle. Because these three people are real politicians? They are really successful and great.
The next game of rotten chess
Anyway, no matter how to resist, this free France had little influence at that time. When France fell, the only country in Europe facing Germany at that time was Britain. In the words of Prime Minister Churchill, the British Empire is now naked in front of the whole world, and hundreds of thousands of troops have returned to the British Isles. The children came back naked. On some troop carriers, all the soldiers, wearing helmets above and underwear below, lost everything. You threw away hundreds of military uniforms, which is the weight of two people. So, throw away all the clothes, cover them under canvas and come back. When the Germans landed in Dunkirk, they found that the captured equipment could arm more than 30 divisions, 600 tanks, 2,400 cannons and 22,000 trucks. It was too late to destroy them, so everyone ran away, and everything was given to the Germans.
So it was difficult for Britain to face Germany alone at that time. However, Britain has an advantage that its navy is still the most powerful in the world. If we can't get through, Germany can only bomb Britain with the air force. This is the famous British air combat. British air combat is also a miracle in the history of world war. Germany invested more than 2,400 planes to bomb Britain, while the Royal Air Force had only 700 fighters. Frequent take-offs, pilots have to take off several times a day. When returning, the nose of the plane was aimed at the runway, and as soon as the landing gear was lowered, he fell asleep. The plane stopped on the runway completely by inertia, and then the ground crew went up and pulled the hatch cover and gently pulled him out. It won't matter if we delay any longer, and he won't wake up. Pull him out, throw him to the side of the plane and cover him with a blanket. You can sleep here. An hour later, kick it. It's your turn again. You have to go up. It was really bombed by the British at first. Airports, bridges, barracks, and the most critical aircraft manufacturing workshop have all been blown up, and the British can't hold on. At this moment, a very accidental phenomenon appeared and saved Britain. Two bombers of the German Air Force got lost and flew over London. At that time, the plane had no radar and relied on radio navigation. He may not have received it. He flew over London. When he saw it was quite bright, he thought it was something, so he dropped the bomb. He threw it here, and the British were anxious. Military targets can be bombed, but civilian targets cannot be bombed. Can't blow up the community! There are peaceful residents here.
Therefore, Prime Minister Churchill ordered that British bombers would have nothing to lose by bombing Berlin. He resisted fighter planes and 80 British bombers, who lined up to take off and bomb Berlin. Along the way, like nobody's business, German radio stations on the ground guided British planes. He thought it was his own plane. He thought the British could blow up Berlin by being beaten like this. When a British plane dropped a bomb in Berlin and a fire broke out, the Berlin natural gas company was the first to arrive at the scene. He thought the gas pipe burst and then repaired it. There is no problem anywhere. At this time, someone reminded that it would be an air strike. So when the searchlights in Berlin were turned on and the anti-aircraft guns were erected, the British plane had already flown out of the German border, and Germany symbolically fired several shots to see the British off.
Hitler and his successor, German Air Force Commander Goering, became angry from embarrassment. Green is a big fat man, weighing 400 Jin, and one Jin is 92,400 Jin. Mr. Green said that a plane would not fly to Germany. If a plane flies to Germany, my name won't be Hermann G?ring. You can call me anything, Herman cat or Herman dog. In this way, 80 planes can't fly. Green became angry from embarrassment, so he bombed London, giving everyone in Britain a taste of terror. One explosion and it's over. Aren't you a democracy in Britain? When democratic countries are bombed, people will take to the streets to oppose the government, Churchill will fall, and the new cabinet will make peace with us as soon as it comes to power, and the war will be over.
Goering thought better, but he didn't expect the British army to be an enemy in this bombing. You are too fascist to bomb peaceful residents. As a result, women and children were evacuated to the countryside. The queen should have gone to Canada, but she didn't leave. I am such an old woman. What am I afraid of? I am with my husband. The two princesses said I would be with my father. Princess royal is today's queen, Her Royal Highness Elizabeth, who was only 16 years old. How dangerous it is to turn on searchlights in the air force. This thing, at first glance, is very bright here. When the Germans hit it, the queen was finished. His Royal Highness Princess Margaret is only 12 years old. She went to the hospital to rescue the wounded and worked as a nurse. She just cut off her thigh and took it away. That's what she did. When people saw it, no member of the royal family ran away. What are you afraid of? All the people are in their posts, fighting fires and volunteering for rescue. Searchlights and anti-aircraft guns from all over Britain can be concentrated in London, and you won't blow them up anywhere else anyway. In this way, the pressure on aircraft factories, barracks and bridges will be relieved at once. It is most useless for you to bomb peaceful residents. What does it matter if ordinary people are killed? You have to fight his war resources. In this way, it is obviously a bad move. Often when the explosion stops and the building is still on fire and crumbling, a black royal car rushes to the front, and a thin man in military uniform, His Majesty King George VI, jumps down to direct everyone to put out the fire and then rescues.
Everyone saw His Majesty the King appear at the scene for the first time to save people and put out the fire. What is there to be afraid of? Prime Minister Churchill can't get out because he wants to direct the war, and the king is useless anyway. Now that the monarchy is constitutional, the king just encourages morale. If the king is killed, it will help the British people to improve their morale. If we all kill the king, I will play with you. The king is also very aware of his responsibilities, so he often rushes into the scene to March and speak at the front to boost morale.
So after fighting for more than four months, Germany lost 1733 and Britain lost 9 15. But the German pilots lost more than 2000, and the British pilots lost less than 700, because the British pilots were at home. After they fell, they got on another plane. German pilots will be miserable if they fall-it's ok to fall into the hands of soldiers, you can be treated humanely and you will become a prisoner of war; If it falls into the hands of farmers, our house has just been bombed by you, and you fall down. Think about it, a fork will make you feel cold; If you want to fall into the English Channel, you have to feed the fish. As we said, weapons and equipment are the least important things. If you destroy them, you can rebuild them. People are the most precious, especially pilots, captains and technical arms. So, the final result was that Hitler announced that he would postpone the attack on Britain indefinitely. It means that this British air battle is Nazi Germany, the first battle that failed to achieve its goal in World War II. The British fought bloody battles with the Royal Air Force to defend the British Isles from the fall.
By this time, Hitler had lost his mind. Under the condition that Britain did not yield, he brazenly attacked the country with the largest land area in the world, and the like-minded country was the Soviet Union, so he saved Stalin from the shame column of history. Otherwise, two fascist demons eat dogs and eat dogs, and history will not know how to evaluate this history. So, in this way, the scale of World War II began to expand.