[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany":3,"chapter-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-175":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Don’t Need Nazis In My Germany",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1294752,1717,"Chapter 174","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-175",175,"\u003Cp>February 20, 1941\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tokyo, Capital of Japan – Imperial Palace\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Hirohito of Japan let out a sigh as he looked at the war plan before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prime Minister, I believe I just recently heard appeals that our military force is insufficient just to maintain the occupied territories and fronts in China and Indonesia.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, Hirohito looked at Prime Minister Tojo Hideki with distrustful eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this operation truly necessary?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Germany had revealed the secret proposal it received from the Empire of Japan, the Empire was thrown into disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empire of Japan expressed condemnation and regret to Germany through unofficial channels, calling the public disclosure of the secret proposal a diplomatic discourtesy, but Germany dismissed it, stating that the absurd demand from a nation officially at war was the real diplomatic discourtesy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japan was suffering from a severe shortage of military force, making it difficult to even maintain the status quo on the vast fronts spanning China and Asia, so it was about to reduce its front lines through an armistice with the Allied Powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, without an armistice with the Allied Powers as a premise, they had no spare capacity whatsoever to wage war against the Soviet Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, the Imperial General Headquarters, puffed up by a series of victories, believed that Germany and the Allied Powers, busy fighting the Soviet Union, would have no choice but to accept, and that such peace negotiations were actually possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when things turned out this way, the Imperial General Headquarters, which had insisted on the peace negotiations, backed out, and in the end, the Konoe Fumimaro Cabinet had to take responsibility and resign en masse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is necessary to prove to the Soviet Union that we are still their friends, Your Majesty the Emperor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tojo Hideki, who had become the new Prime Minister for the reason that he could at least communicate with the Imperial General Headquarters, answered Hirohito's question, sweating profusely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they managed to solve the oil and rubber problem by obtaining the Southern Resource Area, for the Empire of Japan, which was extremely short on steel due to America's embargo, the driving force to maintain its currently bloated front lines came from the Soviet Union's steel exports.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, to punish France, which had 'betrayed its ally,' and to prove that they were still an ally of the Soviet Union, Japan planned to once again divide its already insufficient military force to invade the Indochina Peninsula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even considering that this operation plan was hastily made, it didn't look normal at all to Hirohito's eyes, who had gone through his own military education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Hirohito narrowed his eyes and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is the author of this operation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Renya, Commander of the 15th Army, Your Majesty the Emperor. He is a talented individual who initiated the Second Sino-Japanese War, led the fall of Singapore, and opposed the India Invasion Plan on the grounds that operations in the jungle and mountains would be difficult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hirohito looked at the operation plan with suspicious eyes, but in the end, he let out a sigh and gave his signature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…If the Prime Minister says he is such a talented individual and all the cabinet ministers have approved, then I suppose I must follow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am most grateful, Your Majesty the Emperor! Please await good news!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hirohito watched the departing Prime Minister Tojo, who was joyfully carrying the operation plan, with very anxious eyes, but he soon turned his head away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed that the Great Japanese Empire had been victorious until now, and would continue to be, so this was nothing more than a groundless fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rampage of the Empire of Japan, which was escalating the war to maintain the ongoing one, had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>February 21, 1941\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brussels, Capital of Belgium – German Western Front Forces Headquarters\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The German Western Front Forces on the Belgian front were liberating the captured French prisoners of war, handing them over to the French side, and preparing for withdrawal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I visited the Western Front Forces Headquarters, which had performed so outstandingly, both to inspect the site and to pay my respects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome, Vice-Chancellor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to greet me was the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front Forces, Colonel General Erwin von Witzleben.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The battle against France was truly magnificent, General Witzleben.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, it's not like I'm not doing it for the military merit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witzleben, who had been in the predicament of staring down France from the Siegfried Line for a long time, smiled with satisfaction after finally commanding the Allied Forces on a front and leading them to a great victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already a senior officer, right behind Rundstedt, Leeb, and Bock, and thanks to his contributions since the early days of the New Government, he was the most likely candidate for promotion to Field Marshal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only other Field Marshals in the Army were Minister of Defense Ludwig Beck and Commander-in-Chief of the Army Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, so if he were promoted, he would effectively become the most senior officer in the Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Guderian, your breakthrough was also truly brilliant. As a key player in Operation Winter Storm, you showed more than we expected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Vice-Chancellor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General of the Panzer Troops Heinz Guderian also smiled, his face relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a Wehrmacht general officer who had a deep personal acquaintance with Hitler, and since we already had General Lutz, the father of German armored warfare, his position in the new Germany could have become precarious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But luckily, he surrendered along with Fedor von Bock's Army Group North, and thanks to the full support of his War College classmate, Manstein, he established himself as a representative master general in this history's German Army as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Model.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to receive my gaze, General of the Panzer Troops Walter Model smiled faintly, wearing his monocle as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What should I say to him? The role he had been given in this operation was clearly a disadvantageous one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was assigned the role of launching an offensive and then retreating, effectively sacrificing his subordinates, but in the midst of it all, he reorganized his unit and launched a counterattack timed with Guderian's offensive, which decisively annihilated the French Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…It's always the case, but you, General, always achieve the impossible. I don't know how to thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, you're buttering me up. As expected, you're better suited to be a politician than a soldier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone chuckled at Model's jest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Vice-Chancellor isn't saying something that isn't true. Even I wouldn't have shown such a great performance if I had General Model's role.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You praise me too highly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the conversation between Guderian and General Model, it seemed that their relationship was good, thankfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems to be more of General Model having performed a truly phenomenal feat, and Guderian paying him the respect he deserves, but as someone who was concerned about what would happen if there was discord between them due to their assigned roles, I'm relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And, General Tresckow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you cut back on the cigarettes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, in fact, my hands are shaking because I want to smoke right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When General Henning von Tresckow, who had served as the Chief of Staff of the Western Front Forces, raised his hands and made them tremble, whether in jest or seriousness, everyone burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around at them and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once again, thank you. Because you performed beyond the government's expectations, we were able to wrap up the Western Front quickly. Surely, this will reduce much of the blood that would have been shed on the battlefield.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the midst of the warm atmosphere, Witzleben chuckled and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, which party are you running for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pardon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll mobilize all my subordinates to vote for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Witzleben's words, even the other generals wore expressions that said they were thinking the same thing, and I felt a strange feeling, not knowing what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What should I say to this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should I work on the Fair Election Act as soon as the first Parliament is convened…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha… You should respect the individual's will, not command them with their right to vote.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witzleben didn't seem to pay much attention to my words, and asked again with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The CDU, as expected?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Christian Democratic Union. The successor to the Christian Centre Party, which was dissolved by the Nazis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The party leader is Konrad Adenauer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As you can tell from 'Christian,' it is a conservative, right-wing party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original history, it was the party that took power after the defeat, and its approval rating has risen even further with the addition of Austria, where Catholicism is strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the Chancellor is running for the CDU.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, thanks to my father declaring his candidacy for the CDU, it's almost certain to become the ruling party at this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's normal for a father and son to run for the same party, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, I haven't decided yet. There's still some time until the election.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After much deliberation, the Emperor officially declared that he would entrust the treatment of Wilhelm II to the first Parliament after the war and demanded an election after the end of the war with France.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, we decided to hold an election in mid-March, after the end of the war with France, during the forced lull with the Soviet Union due to the Rasputitsa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each party was already swiftly campaigning, but the finalization of the electoral roll was in March, so not all politicians had yet decided which party to run for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That included me, who had been busy running around managing front-line supplies and diplomatic battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, there's no rush for you. For you, no matter which party you go to, you're guaranteed to be elected without even campaigning once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave a bitter smile at Witzleben's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the reality is that I'm not worried about my own election, realistically speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gone this far, I have no intention of ignoring it all in the middle of a war and not running in the election itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not like others would let me be if I declared I wouldn't run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is which party I run for, and in what form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Constitution of the Weimar Republic, Germany has a parliamentary system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike in Korea, the leader is not elected by vote, but Members of Parliament and political parties are elected, and the Prime Minister is indirectly elected from the party that has secured a majority, or from a coalition that has secured a majority through a coalition government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I have to run as part of a party anyway, and the previous system where the Chancellor, my father, was in charge of only domestic affairs and left almost all foreign affairs to me, effectively having two prime ministers, is over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, my and my father Hjalmar's future course of action was a subject of everyone's interest, and my father had long since decided to run as Minister of Finance in Konrad Adenauer's CDU shadow cabinet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father, who had always been deeply interested only in domestic and financial affairs, seemed to want to do only the work he liked rather than the troublesome post of Prime Minister. His conservative disposition also fits well with the CDU.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I had been busy running around, it was so like my father to decide his own course of action without a single word of consultation with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to him, leaving aside the other minor political parties, all three leaders of the major parties—Konrad Adenauer of the Christian Democratic Union, Kurt Schumacher of the Social Democratic Party, and Theodor Heuss of the Free Democratic Party—have requested to meet me as soon as I return to the home country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The left-wing SPD is expected to be the second-largest party after the CDU, and the centrist FDP, while classified as a major party, is much weaker than the CDU and SPD as its colors are somewhat ambiguous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the CDU, Konrad Adenauer, my father, and Foreign Minister Weizsäcker from the existing War Cabinet have already announced their candidacy, so if I go there too, the CDU's victory is practically guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that's the problem. The first election, which is most important in establishing a democratic tradition, will end up being, in effect, an extension and approval of the War Cabinet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's a headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glanced at General Model, but then shook my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To take only General Model out from a place where I came to officially offer praise would feel like excessive favoritism, and above all, it would be troublesome to give the impression that I seek him out whenever I have a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I must be on my way. I'm counting on you for the withdrawal from the Western Front.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave it to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Witzleben's reply, I hesitated for a moment, then bowed my head to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you sincerely for trusting and helping a greenhorn who had not been verified, in the undeserved position of Vice-Chancellor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, words poured out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was an honor for me to be able to help you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erwin von Witzleben.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, the Vice-Chancellor was a man worth supporting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heinz Guderian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are a tiring type to help, though.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henning von Tresckow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are the ones who are grateful. I mean it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walter Model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how grand a strategy I drew, if they hadn't trusted me and supported me with their abilities, I would have been able to do nothing in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Thank you, everyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I came outside, election promotional flyers were rolling on the ground, as if they had been airlifted all the way to Belgium to make an impression in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked one up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With Adenauer, for Germany's peace, freedom, and the unification of the German-speaking world, therefore the CDU!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I skimmed the slogans on the back and let out a hollow laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The complete unification of the German-speaking world through the annexation of Elsass and Upper Silesia!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An end to the threat of Communism! Victory for Germany's peace and freedom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can you trust the Commies of the SPD during a holy war against Communism?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you are a true German, if you are a true Christian, then the CDU!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That person, Adenauer, was a fervent anti-communist. He had restrained himself a bit during the National War Cabinet, but this is just like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The complete unification of the German-speaking world is probably just a means to rally the conservative support base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, I read the SPD's flyer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With Schumacher, the true friend of the workers, the last conscience of Weimar, the adversary of the Nazis! The SPD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do not be deceived by the capitalists' slander that the SPD are Commies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The SPD stands with you to defend true German socialism against the evil hand of the Soviet Union!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember the Enabling Act! The CDU, who voted for the Nazis and just changed the Centre Party sign, should know shame!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a quick read, I got annoyed with it all and threw them back on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuing the National War Cabinet would have really led to a dictatorship, but democracy, in its own way, is also a chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I was about to walk away with a bitter smile, a corporal stood in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Corporal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I restrained my bodyguards and spoke, and he saluted and opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Corporal Otto Carius, of the 4th Corps, 46th Infantry Division, 431st Infantry Battalion, sir, Vice-Chancellor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost gaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, why is the mister from the Tiger Pharmacy, the Tiger ace of World War II, an infantryman? It's a relief that he's alive and well, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A pleasure to meet you, Corporal Carius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carius asked me with a cautious attitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it wouldn't be an imposition, may I ask a question?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing my answer, he hesitated slightly and then asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you remember Sergeant Kocher?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, we were in the same unit in Spain. Are you an acquaintance of his?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carius's eyes clouded over slightly at my words, and he answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He saved me during Operation Winter Storm and was killed in action.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4th Corps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be General Model's 10th Army. The sacrificial role, the one that had to launch an offensive without knowing anything and then retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to recall Kocher's face. What did he look like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I couldn't remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only remembered that he was a non-commissioned officer who ran around tirelessly, slapping the cheeks of his subordinates who were out of their minds with shell shock on the battlefield to bring them to their senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember him smiling, baring his teeth, his face full of dark stubble, but his actual face is a blank, as if it's been erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What should I say? That I'm sorry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What right do I have, having approved Manstein's operation knowing full well that there would be sacrifices?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I was at a loss for words, Carius looked at me with trembling eyes and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I enlisted of my own will after hearing your speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please tell me, Vice-Chancellor. Was the death of Sergeant Kocher, of my comrades, a necessary sacrifice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A necessary sacrifice. A number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An operation to include fewer people in the number called casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And our victory, achieved through that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could only manage a difficult nod. Even that felt so heavy that I thought my body would tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we really fighting to protect freedom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The complete unification of the German-speaking world, a holy war against communism, the defense of socialism against the evil hand of the Soviet Union. Victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blatant election slogans, the chants of politicians drunk on Germany's greatness, flashed through my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I was signing the Treaty of Amsterdam, what was I thinking as I tapped on my calculator, signing the peace negotiations and contemplating war with the Soviet Union and Japan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weight of all the lists of the fallen I had gathered so far, the weight that Claudia spoke of in anguish as she delivered obituaries every day, had I ever truly felt it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carius was shedding tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I, can we, trust the government and entrust our lives to it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They aren't numbers, but people.\u003C\u002Fp>",3071,"2026-06-05T17:48:35.001Z",1,"novelbin.me","3e7b709a48815e3066990984014f49de9fcc8aa7b9edfc5f19e18338512666ce","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-123","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-122",190,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-cover.jpg"]