Battle of the Third Reich

Actually, when I was allowed to enter Serbia at the beginning, I refused, because I can’t say you let me in, I entered immediately, I will investigate the first time, because I don’t want to add some false propaganda after entering, just like Yugoslavia [DUANG] becomes stable in a moment, so everyone will feel very fake, there is no such country at all.

Later, I also confirmed that they are really serious. We have investigated for about a month, and it feels good, so when we really entered there later, Goebbels did not deliberately promote anything. Our Did the soldiers take a lot of photos?-Excerpt from the BBC's interview with Reinhardt von Steide, the head of the empire, on February 19, 1941.

In fact, things are as simple as Xu Jun said, but one thing is true. At first, he did very much resist the involvement of Yugoslav affairs.

The Yugoslav region was originally the worst, most chaotic and disgusting theater in the entire World War II history of space and time, so that the history of World War II wars and even the atlas of battles in the later generations all excluded him from the European battlefield.

In addition to the fact that the local forces’ role in World War II was not very glorious, it was also because during most of the war, the Yugoslav tribes were not resisting the German aggression, but fighting each other with full of enthusiasm. In the civil war.

Yugoslavia’s history of World War II is full of conspiracy, betrayal, betrayal, enslavement and crushing, and ubiquitous **** massacres, and no country more chaotic than him can be found throughout the Balkans.

This is a big pit. Xu Jun once said bluntly to the generals of the headquarters that he would like to transfer his troops to the Arctic Circle without letting his soldiers close to this evil land.

How much scum in this country is, perhaps most Chinese people will not know, because they belonged to the same camp at that time, of course, they were embarrassed to expose the friendly allies.

Hitler hated Yugoslavia extremely because he also belonged to a "shameless Versailles country". The Treaty of Versailles ceded part of the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Serbia, and on the basis of these newly added territories, the [Serbian, Croat and Slovenian Kingdoms] were established. It is simple and clear, and the main body of this country can be seen from the name The nation is made up.

But if you think that putting the names together, all the nations will live in harmony, then you are really naive.

The newly born [Serbian, Croat, and Slovenian Kingdom] (the Yugoslavs must have collapsed when filling in the nationality column at that time) had buried the hidden trouble of civil strife at the beginning, and the problem was still with the Serbs. At that time, ethnic groups with an illiteracy rate of up to 80% occupied the dominant position in the country’s political arena. At the same time, most senior positions in the military, police, and legal systems were also in the hands of Serbs.

Serbian nationalists also divided the various nationalities in the country into three levels. The Serbs who originally lived on Serbian land belonged to the first class. The Macedonians and Montenegros were regarded as second-class Serbs because of their language and blood relationship. , And Croatians and Bosniacs are considered third-class, belonging to the "Serbians waiting for assimilation."

At the same time, Albanians, Austrians, Hungarian Magyars, and Romanians living in this territory have been suppressed and persecuted to varying degrees because of their inability to assimilate. Many people are forced to escape from the country, although they will be confiscated by the government. I lost all the property, but my life was finally saved.

In this harsh social environment, how can the opposition between ethnic groups not be produced.

Serbian bureaucrats promoted national national activities in the country through political naive thoughts, which eventually led to the First World War. Instead of being punished, Serbia has not only been punished, but also got rich oil and water after escaping the disaster. These short-sighted national fanatics have a taste for this.

Throughout the 1920s, Serbian politicians spared no effort to incite nationalist sentiment, and at this time their minds were more arrogant. They tried to build a large Serbia equivalent to one-quarter of Europe, claiming that all Serbs Wherever you live, you should fall into this country. This sounds like a fantasy like a fantasy, and it won a big market among the Serbs.

The relationship between Germany and this country is historically quite complicated, but in the recent period the relationship between the two countries has been quite harmonious. As early as the era of the Weimar Republic, Germany signed a series of trade contracts with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

At that time, the [Serbian, Croat and Slovenian Kingdoms] had been renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, ostensibly because King Alexander I at that time expressed concern about the national opposition in the country. In order to avoid ethnic divisions, the latest order was issued and deliberately removed The names of all nationalities in the country are used to show that all nationalities are treated equally. In fact, the inside of the government is still old bottles of new wine, and the old shirt is still under the gorgeous coat. In this national reform led by the royal family, except for the concentration of the royal power, no other problems have been changed.

Yugoslavia was hit hard by the world financial crisis. They finally tasted the bitter wine they had brewed, because in the previous dozen years, they had offended all the countries and nations around them.

Eventually, I relied on Alexander I to go out in person, lobbying countries to recover some influence, and Yugoslavia was finally able to escape a disaster.

It was during this time that the Nazi government and Yugoslavia established a close relationship. Germany relied on a trade plan specially designed for Yugoslavia and won the favor of the other party. In the following days, transactions with Germany occupied Half of Yugoslavia's total import and export trade.

However, after the relief, the Serbs started to blame again, and domestic nationalism rose again. At the same time, the elite class in the government followed the tradition and once again fell into the arms of Britain and France. It was not bad to give Hitler gas.

The Serbs believe that there are sufficient reasons to choose this, not only because of the support and promoters behind the establishment of the country, but also because of the alliance between Germany and Italy, which made them lack sufficient trust in the steel alliance.

Mussolini in Italy has been fighting the doctrine of the Croatian region. In his view, this land should be ruled by the Romans.

The Italian government has secretly supported Croatian nationalists for many years, and it has continuously tried to incite the Croats to stand up against the Serbian rule. The ultimate goal is to split Croatia from Yugoslavia, so that Italy can reasonably intervene and annex this piece. territory.

Yugoslavia regards Italy as the most insidious enemy, but there is no way to take that big chin. The situation in Yugoslavia has reached a very dangerous edge. If it cannot be improved, civil strife will erupt sooner or later.

Because of the long-term oppression of the Serbs, Croatian extreme nationalism has spread rapidly among the Croats. At this moment, a considerable strength has been accumulated, but the Serbian government is in a state of weakness due to internal consumption for many years. Suppressed the other party's appeal with administrative means.

The use of force to suppress is even more unrealistic. It is not that the Serbs dare not fight a civil war. If you know that this group of people is crazy, even their own people will be cut, just because although most of the officer class is Serbian, they are regarded as cannon fodder below. More than half of the soldiers are Croats, which is equivalent to cutting off the opponent's spear with the other's sword. This is obviously an unreliable solution.

Yugoslavia once wanted to get political help from Britain and France, but some of the previous cases of ethnic persecution have reached the international community. The Serbian ethnic policy has become notorious. How could Britain and France give them open support on this sensitive issue.

After Germany annexed the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia was completely dumbfounded.

At this time, Alexander I had already died of a poor assassination operation five years ago. At that time, he was on a state visit to France and was also accompanied by the French Foreign Minister who accompanied him. It is believed that the blackhands who manipulated the whole thing behind them were Italians. They were murderers recruited from a Bulgarian ethnic extremist organization whose political appeal was to support Macedonia’s independence. The chaos and evil of Yugoslav domestic problems were here. You can see it.

Now the monarch of Yugoslavia is Peter II. He was only 11 years old when he succeeded to the throne. It is impossible for him to shoulder the affairs of the state. After age, he abdicated to let Xian return to the state.

Germany has now merged with Austria and officially borders Yugoslavia on its territory. Hitler unabashedly showed his attempts to intervene in the internal affairs of Yugoslavia. In this respect, obviously affected by the big chin, Hitler also has a strong interest in instigating the independence of the Croats. In his opinion, if the nail of the British and French broke into the Balkans, it can guarantee the safety of Germany on the European flank.

Hitler's performance made Prince Paul deeply uneasy. He kept the prince down quickly and began to negotiate with the Croatian forces in the country. He made a very good decision on this issue. In the end, the Serbs gave up part of their powers, and a large area was demarcated, agreeing to the Croatians’ self-government under the framework of the country, and at the same time forming a coalition government, the Yugoslav nationalities. The contradiction seems to have been partially alleviated.

What Mrs. Yugoslavia had never imagined was that the Anglo-French alliance, which seemed extremely powerful to them, had suffered a terrible defeat.

Yugoslavia has completely lost its backstage, so the question that they would not have considered at all was placed in front of Prince Paul and officials of the United Cabinet. Is the Kingdom of Yugoslavia going to join Germany?