The Rise of Australia - Chapter 981

c962 United Nations

For the war at this time, the speed of the war is no longer determined by the national strength alone.

If we really want to compare the comprehensive strength of the country, Germany is obviously weaker than Britain, not to mention facing the siege of the four great powers of Britain, France, Australia and Russia.

The reason why Germany held on for such a long time and even had a certain advantage in the early stage of the war was actually the mutual fear and layout between the four countries of Britain, France, Australia and Russia.

If the four countries of Britain, France, Australia and Russia were united a little, Germany might not even last a year and would be wiped out in the siege of the four countries.

But unfortunately, if you want to see Britain, France, Australia and Russia unite desperately, unless Germany’s strength has exceeded the union of the four countries, this is impossible.

So in the early days of World War II, you can see a scene that reflects the rift between countries. That is, when the German army attacked the French army, the British army would often watch the show on the sidelines, and only come forward to support the French army when it was about to collapse.

The same is true for the French army. The two sides did not do their best to support each other, and even seemed like the 996 employees in later generations, most of the time they were slacking off to deal with their jobs.

All countries do want to defeat Germany, but compared with defeating Germany, how to defeat Germany is the most important.

Although it will not destroy the attack of the allies, it can still be done by delaying a little. The reason why Paris was quickly captured by the Germans was largely because Britain and Australasia did not do their best in the war.

The reason why France was able to hold the Tours Line was also related to the actions of Britain and Australasia after the defeat of France.

Since the surrender of Italy, those countries that had to form exile governments because their territories were occupied by Germany have been anxious to meet with representatives of Britain and Australasia.

Although their exile governments are recognized by various countries, the actual order of their countries is in the hands of the Germans.

If they are not prepared in advance, even if they defeat the Germans in the future, they may not be the ones who regain control of the country’s power.

You must know that Germany has occupied nearly half of Europe at this time, and fully controlled Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria and other countries.

If the governments in exile of these countries wanted to restore their control over their countries after the war, they had to seek help from the two countries with the highest voice in the world at that time, Britain and Australasia.

On this basis, it became necessary to establish an organization similar to the World Alliance of World War I, and it became the development trend of national conferences.

In June 1938, through the vote of representatives of more than 30 countries, a resolution was established with a 100% approval rate, which was about the establishment of a united country.

This new organization was named the United Nations, which means the union of all countries that oppose the German war.

The headquarters of the newly established United Nations was temporarily established in Hawaii, which is also one of the places least likely to be affected by the war.

Regarding the establishment of the United Nations, Britain, France and Australia reached a certain compromise. The most noteworthy of these is to exclude Russia and win over most regions and countries in the world.

Regarding the establishment and deployment of various United Nations agencies, the relevant meetings were carried out quickly.

The United Nations established three permanent members, namely Britain, France and Australasia. Like the previous World Alliance, the permanent members have extraordinary rights, the most important of which is the veto power that can veto everything.

If the number of permanent members is to be increased, more than 75% of the votes of all UN countries must be approved, plus the nod of all permanent members.

Once any permanent member casts a veto, it means that the progress of any country to become a permanent member will be directly terminated.

Obviously, such a mechanism is to exclude Russia and reduce Russia’s influence on the world as much as possible.

In some mechanisms of the United Nations, Arthur also borrowed from later world organizations and strived to turn the new United Nations into a more perfect world alliance.

Although the three permanent members have high power, they basically do not deal with the affairs of the United Nations.

The committee and a member elected by all UN members are responsible for handling the affairs of the United Nations.

Although it seems that this election method is very fair and just, those who know the world situation and pattern know that the so-called fair election is actually not fair at all.

In terms of voting alone, those small countries will not risk offending big countries. In particular, Britain, France and Australasia, as the three permanent members of the Security Council, will play a crucial role in the election of the Council and the UN Committee.

Arthur is still relatively important to the newly established United Nations. Through the experience of later generations, it can be seen that such an organization will become an important institution for all countries in the world to compete for the right to speak.

Although the United Nations does not represent the truth, it does represent the actual votes of most countries.

The resolutions voted by the United Nations are just in the eyes of most people. This is a natural advantage in public opinion. Whoever has the advantage of discourse power in the United Nations will have the advantage of global public opinion.

It goes without saying how powerful public opinion is. Whether now or in the next hundred years, whichever country has the advantage of global public opinion will be able to completely reverse black and white, which is quite terrifying.

As for the establishment of the headquarters of the United Nations in Hawaii, it is the result of Australasia’s efforts.

After all, Europe is still at war at this time, and it is somewhat unreasonable to place the headquarters of such an organization seeking world peace in Europe.

Originally, Australasia requested to establish the headquarters in Australia, but it was jointly opposed by Britain and France.

After all, establishing the headquarters in Australia, doesn’t it mean handing over this world United Organization to Australasia?

After many heated discussions among the three countries, the headquarters was finally placed in Hawaii.

First of all, Hawaii is located in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Although it is the land of Australasia, it is far away from the homeland of each great power, which is also within the acceptable range of Britain and France at present.

Secondly, establishing the headquarters in Hawaii is conducive to provoke conflicts between Australasia and Russia.

If Russia wants to join the United Nations, or wants to establish an organization similar to the United Nations, it will inevitably conflict with Australasia, which seems to control the United Nations.

After all, Russia also has ports in the Far East, and Russia is also a Pacific coastal country. It is impossible for the two Pacific coastal powers not to have conflicts. This is also one of the strategies that the British had thought of before, that is, to promote the conflict between Russia and Australasia.

There is no way around it. After all, the area of ​​Europe is not that large, and it also accommodates several powers. It is impossible not to conflict with each other.

If Russia and Australasia are allowed to develop, it will be Britain and France that will suffer in the end.

After all, the land area of ​​Britain and France is not large. Compared with the exaggerated territorial area of ​​Russia and Australasia, they are already at a natural disadvantage in this regard.

If the Russians are not allowed to focus on the Far East and the Pacific, if they continue to make trouble in Europe, it is inevitable that they will spread the war to Western Europe like Germany, and burn Britain and France themselves.

Although Britain has a large number of colonies to recover, large-scale wars are extremely costly, and even the British cannot afford it.

If a conflict breaks out between Britain and Russia after the end of this world war, I am afraid that the British will not be able to maintain their position as the world hegemon, and even the top three in the world may fall.

This is unimaginable in the minds of the British government and the people. The British hegemony has been maintained for too long, and the British have become accustomed to their country being the most powerful country in the world.

If they suddenly hear that Britain has weakened and even fallen out of the top three in the world, it will definitely be a huge shock to the people in Britain.

Arthur also understands the little plans behind the British. However, these little tricks are no longer important to Arthur.

As long as the headquarters of the United Nations can be established in Hawaii, Australasia can ensure that it has a considerable voice in the United Nations.

This is very beneficial to Australasia’s future competition for world hegemony.

More importantly, if Australasia competes for the throne of world hegemony, it will inevitably conflict with the Russians.

In this case, it doesn’t matter if it’s earlier or later.

Since the headquarters of the United Nations has been decided to be in Hawaii, the peace agreement that will completely end World War II will definitely be signed in Hawaii in the future.

Not to mention, whether it is the headquarters of the United Nations or the signing of the World War II peace agreement, it is enough to make Hawaii a world-famous tourist attraction.

Coupled with Hawaii’s original seaside scenery, Australasia can completely make Hawaii one of the most famous scenic spots in the world, and the income from tourism alone is definitely a huge number.

In mid-June 1938, Arthur saw his sister Patricia again after many years.

Since his sister married Sweden and became the Crown Princess of Sweden, Arthur rarely saw his sister. The last time he saw her was when Princess Louise died, and it has been a long time since then.

“Patricia!” Arthur’s tone was a little surprised. Looking at his sister whose face had long changed, he said with emotion: “It’s been a long time since we last met. Are Carl and Ingrid okay?”

Carl and Ingrid are Patricia’s children. From the perspective of blood relationship, they are Arthur’s nephews and nieces.

“They are good, but the respected King Gustav V is not.” Patricia smiled, and she was not depressed at all because Sweden was controlled by Germany.

“That’s what he deserves.” Arthur chuckled and shook his head, saying unhappily: “With his way of being close to Germany, I’m not surprised that he was liquidated after the war.”

At this point, Arthur also understood the reason why his sister Patricia came to Australasia.

At least the future Gustav VI has seen the problems of the Swedish royal family. To maintain the status of the Swedish royal family, it is necessary to at least strive for the unification of either Britain or Australasia.

Obviously, Crown Prince Gustav chose Australasia, and I believe that a large part of the reason is that his Crown Princess Patricia is Arthur’s biological sister.

“Oscar (Gustav VI) is also having a headache.” Patricia still kept a smile on her face, and naturally understood that her brother would not leave her alone: ​​”But unfortunately, he seems unable to persuade the respected Majesty Gustav V.”

Speaking of King Gustav V of Sweden, Arthur actually doesn’t have much good feelings.

This guy is not a wise monarch, and he is not even a qualified monarch.

In the two world wars, Gustav V clearly chose to support Germany, which eventually brought a considerable crisis to the Swedish royal family.

Especially this time, supporting Germany not only made him lose the power of the commander-in-chief of the Swedish armed forces, but also almost caused the biggest crisis of the royal family.

It is precisely because of the loss of the last military power that the Swedish king has become a mascot in later generations and can no longer participate in various decisions of the Swedish government.

Of course, such an ending is already a blessing in disguise.

At least Sweden still retains the monarchy in later generations, and Gustav V’s son Gustav VI also experienced the feeling of a king.

It’s just that such a king’s career came a little too late.

By the time Gustav VI succeeded to the throne in history, it was already 1950, several years after the end of World War II.

At that time, Gustav VI was already 68 years old, which was the age of retirement even in later generations, but Gustav’s career as king had just begun.

Of course, perhaps it was the longevity gene of the Swedish royal family that allowed Gustav VI to experience this hard-won position of king for 22 years, and finally ended his life at the age of 90.

In terms of the length of waiting for the position of crown prince, Gustav VI definitely had a lot to communicate with Prince Charles in later generations.

However, Queen Elizabeth at that time was at least the mainstay of the British royal family, while Gustav V at this time became the troublemaker who messed up the order of the royal family.

But all this was not important to Arthur. As long as Arthur was willing, the status of the Swedish royal family would be very stable, and the small fights in Sweden would not affect the royal family at all.

Patricia and Gustav VI also understood this, so they chose to seek Arthur’s support and let Arthur protect the already crumbling Swedish royal family for the sake of family ties.