Chapter 47 Heading South to Vienna
This report, because Alan Wilson knew the existence of the Cambridge Five, had long been prepared to leak it.
For now, after thinking about it, he feels that no matter what happens, it has nothing to do with the British Empire. The United States and the United Kingdom in 1945 are still qualified to say no.
In fact, it can be seen from the division of Germany occupied by the divisions of the Yalta Conference that the Soviet Union occupied more than 40% of the German land, and the Soviet Union occupied the largest area. The British-occupied area occupies the most industrially powerful Ruhr area in Germany, as well as the excellent coastline and ports in the northwest, and the American-occupied area is Bavaria in southern Germany.
The area occupied by the United States is not as large as that of the Soviet Union, and it is not an industrial area. It is not as densely populated and industrially developed as the British-occupied area. The Soviet Union occupied the largest land, and the United Kingdom occupied the best resources and population. On the contrary, the United States seemed very embarrassed. Now, together with the United Kingdom, part of the land will be allocated to France.
As a result of this division, the United States is of course at a disadvantage, and the United States has great opinions on this plan. On the one hand, it believed that the area occupied by the Soviet Union was too large; on the other hand, the Ruhr area it was interested in fell into British hands. As a result, the United States formulated a new occupation plan.
The new plan put forward by the Americans is simply to reverse the American-occupied area and the British-occupied area. The British occupied southern Germany, and the American-occupied area became the current British-occupied area, which of course included the Ruhr area.
The diplomatic confrontation between Britain and the United States to exchange occupied areas, from the Cairo meeting to the Yalta meeting, the United Kingdom has not made any concessions. As the Soviet Red Army is getting stronger and stronger, the United States has no choice but to accept the reality and accept the current division honestly.
As for the origin of the French-occupied area, Britain pushed the United States to the front line of confrontation with the Soviet Union. For the purpose of wooing France, the original intention of Britain and France to contain the United States after the war was the strategy of wooing France.
Among them, how many verbal battles between the British Foreign Office and the Americans, and the assistance of the Soviet Red Army caused the United States to suffer a dull loss. It is not something Alan Wilson can guess. He is still bathing in the glory of the holy cow in British India among.
However, this division of occupied areas has brought about a problem. The British-occupied areas have nothing to do with the Balkans. The opponents of Tito in Yugoslavia have actually been unable to reach the British.
This is actually an illusion, because Austria is also occupied by partitions. Austria's partitions are similar to Germany. The Soviet Union occupies the largest area, and the United Kingdom occupies the best location and population. The British-occupied area just happened to face these opponents of Tito.
But Austria is currently occupied by divisions in name, but in fact, the occupied areas of the United States, Britain and France are pitifully small, similar to undefended areas. The occupied areas in name are completely restrained by the Soviet Red Army.
In the eyes of the anti-German factions supported by Britain for the reason of fighting against Germany before the war, Britain is still the world's number one colonial empire. They don't know that Britain is exhausted internally and can no longer suppress it. Both the United States and the Soviet Union should consider uniting with France to protect themselves.
So the Fatherland Army of Yugoslavia, as well as other organizations opposed to Tito, still sought to surrender to Britain.
Two days after the surrender ceremony of Germany, Allen Wilson was thinking about whether to use a pack of cigarettes to find a German dragoon to clean the apartment where he lived temporarily, and save the German women who had stumbled, and help the other party when they just needed it.
The British representative office in Vienna sent a telegram, and there were still Tito opponents gathered on the border, including the Yugoslav Homeland Army, the Croatian Ustasha, and the Slovenian Home Defense Army. There are many people who cannot be named, and there may be real refugees among them. Liquidated by Tito.
These organizations are very complicated. Chetnik is mainly composed of Serbs who support the Yugoslav Kingdom government. It is an anti-German armed force active in Yugoslavia during World War II. Its official name is the Yugoslav Fatherland Army. The name "Chetnik" is derived from the Serbian word, along with the king of Yugoslavia,
Early British support.
Croatian Ustasa Bulgarian capital Sofia is formed with the goal of making Croatia independent from Yugoslavia, supported by Germany and Italy. As for the Slovenian Home Defense Force, it is another German-backed organization.
Now these anti-Tito forces belong to different organizations, because the Yugoslav Communist Party led by Tito has controlled Yugoslavia. Driven by the instinct of survival, they began to flee Yugoslavia and went to the borders of Austria and Germany to pray for asylum.
Smoking a cigarette and resting in his room, Alan Wilson heard footsteps outside the door, and immediately picked up the telegram from Vienna again, making a sad face, looking very embarrassed.
"Alan, what's the matter?" Ai Fuer saw Alan Wilson's constipated expression as soon as he entered the door, and he almost felt uncomfortable, so he couldn't help asking.
"It's a matter in the direction of the Balkans. The Yugoslav Fatherland Army has gathered on the Austrian border. The number has exceeded 100,000. If you don't deal with it, something may happen." Allen Wilson said worriedly, "There may be something wrong. We should consider persuasion immediately, let These people went back to Yugoslavia."
"One hundred thousand?" Eifel frowned, "The number is quite a lot. We have almost no troops in Austria. The divisional occupation in name is actually just the Soviet Red Army occupying eastern Austria. Outside the zone, the occupied areas of the other three countries in Austria do not have many troops and cannot be defended at all."
"Yeah, if these Yugoslavs break through the border, will we let the Austrian army intercept it?" Alan Wilson, the best actor, also looked worried. Small omissions just after World War II can lead to big problems.
The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant's nest. Unlike Germany's sub-occupation, Austria's sub-occupation only exists in name. If these Yugoslav opponents are determined to cross the border at all costs, Britain, France and the United States will not have many troops to intercept them. It's really embarrassing.
Now we just need someone to help these people make up their minds, to cross the border in an organized, planned and premeditated manner, rather than a mess of scattered sand.
"The Austrian representative office has been persuading these people in good faith with the purpose of avoiding the hostility of the Soviet Union. But the number of people is increasing, and we still need to pay more attention." Alan Wilson said, "How about I go It would be the best thing if Vienna can persuade these people to return to Yugoslavia.”
"I hope so, even if it's to trick them." Eifel nodded solemnly, agreeing with Alan Wilson's idea very much. As long as these Yugoslavs go back, it will be Tito's business and has nothing to do with Britain.
"Okay! I hope everything goes well." Alan Wilson agreed, coaxing? How could someone as honest as him do that kind of thing?