The Rise of Australia - Chapter 985

c966 United Nations Conference

The Christmas of 1938 best reflects the losses of countries around the world in the war.

Logically speaking, Christmas, as one of the most important festivals in the West, is equivalent to the Spring Festival in the East.

On such an important festival, Western countries should be full of laughter and joy, and people should enjoy rich food and celebrate together to celebrate this beautiful festival.

But now, in most parts of the countries involved in the war, the laughter and joy of the past are no longer there.

Even the food that Europeans are accustomed to has become rare on the tables of people in the countries involved in the war.

Britain and France are better off. Although the losses are not small, they all have the supply of materials from the colonies, plus the continuous export of food and meat from Australasia. Although the supply of people’s lives is tight, it is not to the point of desperation.

But except for Britain and France, the situation of other European countries at this time is not so bright and beautiful.

Needless to say, countries that have just surrendered, such as Italy and Spain, are naturally not worth mentioning. After the unconditional surrender, a considerable part of the materials produced by Italy and Spain were transported to the battlefield by Britain, France and Australia, which greatly reduced the living materials of the Italian and Spanish people, and even had to implement a material rationing system.

However, the Spanish and Italians had no choice. As the defeated countries in the war, the future fate of the entire country was in the hands of the victorious countries.

However, Spain and Italy at this time were not the worst countries in the war. The really tragic countries should be those areas occupied by Germany.

After Spain and Italy surrendered successively, and the Nordic regions were successively recovered by Britain, France and Australia, the materials that the German government could collect from abroad had been greatly reduced.

But Germany has a population of more than 80 million, and the material consumption of these people is a huge number. In order to maintain domestic material consumption, the interests of the people in the occupied areas must be sacrificed.

Whether it is Poland, Hungary or the Benelux region, a large amount of materials are continuously transported to Germany every day, and then produced and processed, and finally distributed to the front-line troops and the German people at home.

Because of the large amount of supplies from the occupied areas, Germany can still hold on at this time, and the domestic situation has not reached the point where it can no longer hold on.

On the contrary, Russia, which has been occupied by most of its territory, has reached an emergency red line state at this time.

Although Russia has a very large land area, it also has a population of more than 100 million, and the daily food consumption is extremely large.

In addition, after the large tracts of land in Eastern Europe, especially the heavy grain-producing areas such as Ukraine, were occupied by Germany, the domestic grain production in Russia has been greatly reduced.

If the Russians in the occupied areas did not need the Russian government to manage them, I am afraid that Russia would face collapse due to the food crisis.

As the saying goes, food is the first necessity of the people. If there is no food, the most basic survival material, let alone how important it is to defend the country, the people cannot even guarantee their own safety.

Russia should be the worst among the European powers that participated in the war, that is, the four countries of Britain, France, Germany and Russia. Meat can still be seen on the tables of the British and French people. No matter what kind of meat it is, it is meat.

Most people in Germany can also eat their fill on Christmas Day, and even the army has a part of meat supply.

On the Russian side, the army’s food supply was very tight, and the supply of the people at home was strictly rationed.

Even on Christmas Day, the supplies that each Russian citizen could get were limited, and it was even difficult to get enough to eat.

Let alone meat, a piece of rough and hard bread, a cup of rice paste made of unknown things, and an apple that was about to rot were basically the Christmas dinner of the Russian people.

In fact, in theory, although the situation in Russia was bad, it should not be as serious as it is now.

After all, Britain and Australasia also assisted Russia with some supplies on the surface, among which Australasia assisted 500 tons of canned rabbit meat, which is more than one million canned rabbit meat.

But what Arthur didn’t expect was that the Russians did receive this material aid and did transport this material to the front line.

But the Russians’ poor logistics did more harm than good, and because of the heavy snow on the front line a few days before Christmas, most of the supplies were not successfully delivered to the front line.

But the good news is that the logistics of the Germans on the front line were also very bad.

The cruelty of winter in Russia is well-known. Coupled with the poor logistics in Russia, no matter which powerful army, it will suffer in Russia in winter.

The last one to suffer was the famous Napoleon, and now, it is naturally the turn of the equally famous German Prime Minister and the German army.

Fortunately, the place where the war was fought was Sudalingrad. Although it is also in the hinterland of Russia, it is already in the south of Russia, and the winter is not as hard as Moscow.

In addition, the Germans have suffered enough in Moscow in winter. Before winter came, they had already produced a large number of cotton clothes and other cold-resistant materials in advance and rushed them to the front line.

It can be said that this winter is very hard for both the Russian and German armies. Whoever can hold on longer will win the war.

With the arrival of winter, the offensive of Britain, France and Australia in Northern Europe has long stopped, and the soldiers have entered a long rest period in the positions.

Neither Britain nor Australasia would be willing to launch an attack in the cold winter. What’s more, the location of the attack is still Northern Europe, which makes the winter even colder, and the attack is equal to torture for the soldiers.

With the two big countries of Britain and Australasia, the treatment of the British, French and Australian armies is relatively good.

Before the arrival of winter, Australasia exported a large amount of beef, mutton, food and medical supplies to Britain and France, helping the British and French troops who had fought hard for a year to take a short rest and prepare for the next attack.

The French were anxious to recapture Paris and counterattack into the German homeland. But Britain and Australasia were not in a hurry at this time.

The longer the time dragged on, the more manpower and materials Germany consumed on Russia. Russia also consumed more manpower and materials on Germany.

This is good news for Britain and Australasia. After all, compared with the hidden struggle between Britain and Australasia, the relationship between Britain, Australia and Russia is more hostile.

A few days after Christmas, the new year quietly arrived.

On the first day of the new year, January 1, 1939, a grand meeting was held in Hawaii.

That’s right, the United Nations, which was to be established in 1938, was finally ready, the headquarters was built, and it officially started to operate.

Because of this, January 1, in addition to New Year’s Day, is also called the World United Nations Day, or United Nations Day, by many people in Europe.

As a very special world organization, all countries need to send ambassadors to the United Nations, even Australasia is no exception.

Of course, the benefits of doing so are also obvious, that is, when the United Nations holds a meeting, it can ensure that representatives of most countries have enough time to participate.

After all, the headquarters of the United Nations is in Hawaii, which is quite far away from many European countries.

If diplomatic ambassadors are sent from these countries to Hawaii, the time required on the road will be very long, which will add unnecessary time burden to the United Nations meeting.

The first meeting of the United Nations was held quite grandly.

The three permanent members of the United Nations Security Council all sent important senior officials at the level of foreign ministers, and the rest of the member states also sent senior officials from their own countries, without any perfunctory intentions.

After all, the three major countries have sent ministerial officials. If these small countries send the first-level officials, doesn’t it mean that their status is higher than the three major countries?

And this meeting is indeed important. As the first meeting of the United Nations, this meeting will elect the committee to manage the United Nations, and elect important positions such as the chairman of the United Nations and the main members of the United Nations.

Although the chairman and members of the United Nations also need to look at the faces of Britain, France and Australia, it is undeniable that such a status can indeed bring some convenience to their own countries and effectively improve their own countries’ international influence.

And it is the first chairman and member of the United Nations since its establishment, and the importance of it is naturally self-evident.

In order to ensure the safety of the United Nations meeting room, the Australasian Navy will cruise around Hawaii for a long time, and a large number of aircraft will take off during the meeting to make full preparations.

Although it is impossible for the German planes to cross the ocean to the Pacific Ocean, it is still necessary to take precautions.

After a half-day election, the three diplomatic representatives nominated by Britain, France and Australia and the four representatives elected by the United Nations General Assembly jointly formed the United Nations Committee to manage the affairs of the United Nations in the next four years.

Among them, the chairman of the United Nations Committee was taken by Wally Hardinge, the British representative to the United Nations, who will also become the individual with the highest power and status in theory in the United Nations.

The British representative’s rise to the top of the United Nations power was the result of negotiations between Britain and Australasia. In exchange, Finland, recommended by Australasia, also became the first member of the United Nations.

As for France, the only one of the three major powers of Britain, France and Australia that did not gain anything, the opinions of the French were no longer important at this time.

Because the headquarters of the United Nations is in Hawaii, where the French have no influence at all. Even the British cannot confront Australasia in Hawaii unless the two countries really tear their faces apart.

In addition to the election of the committee and the council members, this meeting also established several departments of the United Nations to improve the organization of this world organization.

Under the joint witness of all national representatives, the countries signed a document called the “Global Trade Convention”, witnessing the birth of the first organization under the United Nations, the United Nations Trade Association.

The purpose of this organization is very simple, that is, to control trade between all countries and promote economic exchanges between countries.

In addition, there are many different organizations, and their purpose is similar to that of the trade association, which is to promote exchanges between member countries and to ensure nominal fairness as much as possible.

The last item of the meeting is about the formation of a united national army and fighting against Germany together.

Currently, the members of the United Nations Organization are basically the younger brothers of Britain, France and Australia or the participating countries in Europe. All countries are enemies of Germany.

This also means that the entire United Nations has a common goal, which is to defeat Germany.

Although these member states of the United Nations do not seem to be that powerful individually, and even the combined strength of several countries is average.

But if all the member states are added together, even if the three powers of Britain, France and Australia are not counted, the combined strength of these member states is quite strong.

The strength of these countries will also help Britain, France and Australia to help Britain and Australasia defeat the Germans more effectively and quickly.

However, it takes a long time to form a united national army, and some of the countries are still in a state of exile, and they obviously cannot provide troops.

This is also easy to do. The amount of contribution of each country in the united army can also be seen as an important factor in the distribution of interests after the war, which can ensure that powerful countries can voluntarily provide more troops.

The more troops are sent, the more benefits will be distributed after the war, and the less troops will be sent, the less benefits will be distributed after the war. As for countries like Russia that are not in the United Nations at all, it is inevitable that they will be targeted by Britain, France and Australia during the distribution of interests after the war.

If Russia obtains some of Germany’s industrial equipment and technology, there will be no limit to Russia’s improvement.

Britain and Australasia will naturally not allow Russia to become strong. Russia can obtain certain reparations and land after the war, but Russia can’t even think about the industrial heritage left by the Germans.

Even if the Russians can get a large amount of reparations, Britain and Australasia can also use other means to continuously reduce the proportion of German reparations.

Anyway, compared with Russia, Britain and Australasia do not rely solely on German reparations to rebuild the country. On the contrary, Russia, a country with a large area of ​​land occupied and domestic industry and agriculture severely damaged, will slow down the reconstruction of various industries and the recovery of the country if it lacks Germany’s war reparations.

After a vote by all member states, the United Nations Army was officially established and joined the war against Germany.

The first half of 1939 will be the time to officially launch a counterattack against Germany. If the war goes smoothly, the joint forces of various countries may even enter Germany’s homeland in the second half of the year and take the German capital Berlin, ending the war as quickly as possible.