Chapter 150 Israel’s “National Society”
The "weakness" of the British was beyond Hessman's expectations, but it was reasonable.
The current Germany is much stronger than the Germany that Hitler ruled after he came to power in history! Facing the weaker Germany in history, the MacDonald government of Britain and the Laval government of France at that time also gave in blindly. Now the same "combination" (Britain and France are both controlled by the Virgin Mary) encounters a stronger Germany. What else can they do except give in?
However, Britain's concession is not without a bottom line. The naval tonnage owned by Germany could not exceed 35% of that of Britain in history, and it is estimated that the proportion is about the same now. Considering the climate of the North Sea, Germany cannot expect to win with a "cut corners" Pacific aircraft carrier like the "Karl Marx" class.
In history, Germany's 33,000-ton "Count Zeppelin" had only 42 carriers, which was more than a dozen less than the 15,900-ton "Soryu". It can be seen how much impact the wind and waves of the North Sea and the North Atlantic have on aircraft carriers!
Since there are only 42 aircraft carriers on a 33,000-ton large aircraft carrier, and there are often sea conditions where the carriers cannot be deployed due to weather reasons (there are also such sea conditions in the Pacific Ocean, but the probability of encountering them is relatively small). In the future battles in the North Sea and the North Atlantic, it is impossible to rely on aircraft carriers to conquer the world like the Pacific War in history - if you move close to the Arctic Circle, you will encounter polar night and polar day, and the former will make it difficult for carrier-based aircraft to be deployed!
Therefore, in the wars in the North Sea and the North Atlantic, aircraft carriers are not very useful, and battleships are indispensable weapons.
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement to be signed in history and this time and space will control the total tonnage of German battleships to less than 35% of that of the United Kingdom.
According to the Washington Naval Treaty, the tonnage limit of the British battleship is 525,000 tons (British tons), 35% is 183,750 tons (British tons), and the maximum tonnage of a single battleship cannot exceed 35,000 tons (British tons). But Britain can keep a Hood with a displacement of up to 41,200 tons...
That is to say, if the "default" ship is not built and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement is not obviously violated, the 180,000 tons allocated to Germany can only be 5 to 6 "Scharnhorst" class ships at most.
Even the Scharnhorst class is not something that can be obtained by just opening a mouth. Germany has no experience in building battleships and battlecruisers after 1918. It only started construction of a 10,000-ton armored ship A in 1929, which is the "Germany" class in history. However, it has not been launched yet, so it has not been named.
According to the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, Germany's aircraft carrier is at most a "Count Zeppelin". Although Germany has accumulated a lot of experience in building and using aircraft carriers through Soviet-German cooperation, German-Japanese cooperation and German-Italian cooperation, the sea conditions in the North Sea and the Atlantic are not the same as those in the Mediterranean and the Pacific. There are still many difficulties to overcome.
Therefore, this "unexpected" concession by the British gave Germany an opportunity to surpass Britain in naval strength.
Because the "naval holiday" era in history will end in 1936. At that time, Germany can legitimately get rid of the control of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. However, the accumulation of technology and the construction of naval shipbuilding capabilities need to be completed before 1936.
From this perspective, the value of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which was signed several years in advance, is still very great.
While thinking about how to plan the development of the navy, Hersman has returned to the Langham Hotel.
"Ah, dear," Chloe opened the door, "there are guests visiting, brought by Professor Einstein."
Then Einstein and two other men appeared in front of Hersman. Both of them were bald, but one of them was very elegant and looked like a professor. Hersman had seen this person in the files of the intelligence agency. He was Chaim Weizmann, the chairman of the Zionist Organization and the leader of the Zionist movement. He was born in Russia but finished college in Germany and Switzerland. He was also a very outstanding chemist.
The other one looked a bit weird, a bit like a clown in a circus. Hersman had also seen him in the report submitted by the Stasi Foreign Intelligence Service. He was David Ben-Gurion. In the report written by Canaris himself, he was called the Adolf Hitler of the Jews!
Comparing Ben-Gurion to Hitler may be an "offense" to future generations. The two of them should be completely different. But in the eyes of people in 1931, they still had a lot in common.
Hitler was determined to expand the living space for the Germans and pursued the supremacy of German nationalism. Ben-Gurion was determined to obtain living space for the Jews and took the route of Israeli nationalism supremacy.
Hitler wanted to suppress or expel (he had not yet proposed the Holocaust) the Jews in Germany. Ben-Gurion pointed out that there was a real conflict in Palestine, a political conflict between us and the Arabs. We (referring to Jews and Arabs) both wanted to be the majority - at that time in Palestine, there were hundreds of thousands of Arabs and only tens of thousands of Jews.
Hitler's Nazi Party was a workers' party that took an extreme right line. Ben-Gurion was also an outlier among Zionists. He did not rely on Jewish capitalists and financial oligarchs to establish the State of Israel. Instead, he relied on Jewish workers and the middle and lower classes of the Jews to unite them, constantly migrate to Palestine to settle down, and finally defeat the Arabs by force.
Finally, Hitler and Ben-Gurion did not envision the establishment of a Marxist or liberal state. Their "socialism" or "workers' interests" are reflected in perfect social welfare, not public ownership and state-owned enterprises.
Therefore, it is not too strange that Canaris confuses Hitler and Ben-Gurion.
"I think you must have been moved by my proposal, right?" After introducing each other and greeting each other, Hersman went straight to the point.
He knew that true Zionists could not refuse Hersman's "good intentions", even if those Jewish financial oligarchs hated Germany's "economic anti-Semitism".
"Lieutenant General, your proposal is indeed feasible." Ben Gurion said in a steady tone, "Your proposal may make Britain retreat from its current position... The British may consider using the method of partition to establish an Arab state and a Jewish state in Palestine. I think we will not need you to provide islands to establish a 'temporary state' in the end."
Ben Gurion's political sense and foresight are comparable to Hitler's. He was not in London, but in Prague. After receiving the telegram from Weizmann, he immediately seized the opportunity. So he took the first flight of Lufthansa Airlines to London.
"Yes, I think so too." Hersman smiled and said, "Although the Jewish people have no country, they are very powerful and worth winning over. You could only hope for Britain, but now you have a second choice, and Britain will naturally give you more benefits. But you must help us solve a problem first, so that there is a possibility of cooperation."
If Zionism and Germany cooperate - this sounds like a fantasy, but in fact this kind of cooperation has existed in history! Hitler did not think of solving the Jewish problem in Germany by massacre at the beginning. Because although the German Jews have too much economic benefits (mainly in the financial industry), their population is very small, only more than 500,000, less than 1% of the total population of Germany.
Just restrict them, deprive some, integrate a group, and then drive away some - this level of anti-Semitism is not new in Europe, and it is not fierce.
In contrast, Piłsudski's Poland treated Jews more harshly! Because there are too many Polish Jews, more than 4.3 million (historically 3.5 million, but Poland occupied the right bank Ukrainians and obtained hundreds of thousands of Russian Jews), accounting for 8.6% of the population of the Polish Federation.
And the vast majority of Polish Jews live on the land of the Polish state, accounting for more than 10% of the population of the Polish state. In fact, Jews are not a big problem for Germany, but a big problem for Poland! Hitler massacred 2.5 million Polish Jews in history, but helped the Poles solve a huge hidden danger... Post-war Poland was established without Jews (most of the remaining went to Israel)!
But Hersman was not so kind as to help the Poles solve the Jewish problem - in his imagination, the more than 4 million Polish Jews could exist as allies.
"Lieutenant General, what is your problem?" Ben-Gurion asked.
"The Jewish Restriction Law..." Hersman said, "This is not a pleasant law for Jews, and I don't expect Zionism to make a statement of support. But I hope that most German Jews and European Jewish scientific elites understand that Germany's Jewish Restriction Law is not aimed at them. We still welcome Jewish scientists to Germany. So, I hope Professor Einstein can go to Germany and serve as the chairman of a Jewish Scientists Union."
"I can go to Germany," Einstein said, "as an Israeli!"
"Okay," Hersman paused and continued, "In addition, I hope that Germany and Zionism can form an open alliance... The whole world should know that the Jewish Restriction Law is only to protect Germany's economic security. Germany is still very friendly to Jews and Zionism." He looked at Ben Gurion and Weizmann, "Can it be done?"
The two leaders of the Zionist movement exchanged glances with each other, Weizmann nodded, and Ben Gurion said: "Zionism is not walking on a strong rope, but on a hair! So we can't refuse friends like Germany!"