Chapter 586 Trial
The last person to appear was Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the British Empire. At this time, he was sitting in a wheelchair with an oxygen tube attached to his nose. He was so haggard that he seemed ready to collapse at any time.
Somewhat ironically, the witnesses for the prosecution were the Admiralty, War, Air and Foreign Secretary of the former British war cabinet; I don’t know if Mr. Churchill, who was about to become the former Prime Minister, ever thought that one day he would be fought alongside his colleagues. , comrades complained.
During the entire trial, Churchill remained silent with a look of disdain on his face, and only sneered from time to time; as if he had no regard for life or death.
Yannick in the spectator seats couldn't help but sigh. "What a backbone." Compared with the witnesses who were speaking nonsense and accusing Churchill of war crimes, Yannick admired Churchill even more. Even in such a situation, he could still regard death as if he were at home. Look at the other members of the war cabinet, they would go to any lengths to save their own lives and status.
Of course, from another perspective, the behavior of these people can also be called "people who understand current affairs are heroes." Yannick hopes that there will be more heroes in the enemy camp who understand current affairs, and fewer stubborn donkeys and die-hards like Churchill.
But despite admiration, Yannick doesn't like Churchill. Although Churchill made contributions to the anti-Fascist war, in fact, Churchill also did basically all the things the Fascists did.
In Ireland, Churchill advocated direct use of "airborne machine guns or bombs" to disperse protesters.
In the face of peasant uprisings in Mesopotamia, Churchill, as Colonial Secretary, was as irritable as a mustache: "I strongly support the use of poison gas bombs against uncivilized tribes, which will have the effect of spreading fear. "He also ordered a large-scale bombing in Mesopotamia, completely erasing a large village from the face of the earth within a few dozen minutes.
In Afghanistan, Churchill declared that "the Pashtuns must realize that the British race is superior to themselves. Opponents must be killed immediately and without mercy." "We systematically advance from village to village, punishing destruction : Destroy houses, fill up wells, blow down towers, cut down dense forests, burn crops, destroy reservoirs, and any tribesman caught should be stabbed or hacked to death immediately.”
In India, Churchill transferred rations from starving Indians to well-fed British soldiers, and even allocated them to replenish storage warehouses in Greece and other European areas, causing nearly 4 million Bengalis to die from famine in 1943. When someone mentioned the suffering Indian victims, Churchill responded that the Indians themselves were responsible for the famine because "they breed like rabbits." In addition, Churchill once advocated the use of chemical weapons against the Indians.
In the Middle East, Churchill compared Mustache's Mein Kampf to the Koran. Churchill's hatred of Mustaches is well known, and it is not difficult to think of his hatred of Arabs.
Although he lashed out against Mustache's racism and anti-Semitism, Churchill himself was a racist and anti-Semitic. He refused to recognize that people of color had the same rights as himself. In the eyes of some of Churchill's colleagues, Churchill and Mustache The difference between the views is actually not that big.
If Britain had been defeated in World War I and had been restricted for many years, the identities of Churchill and Mustache might have been interchanged.
Regarding this point, Hermann, a German war criminal in World War II, had an account during the Nuremberg Trial. "If it weren't for Mustache's brutal persecution of the Jews, the Jews would never have had the slightest sympathy from Mr. Churchill."
Churchill said nothing throughout the whole process, not even a word of defense for himself (perhaps he already knew that it would be useless to defend himself here, and the outcome was already doomed). In the end, the court declared Prime Minister Churchill guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
The long trial lasted for three days. When it was finally over, Yannick stood up, stretched and asked casually. "Where is de Gaulle?"
Reinhard replied respectfully. "De Gaulle now occupies French Guyana and becomes the emperor of Turkey. From time to time he makes remarks about counterattacking France."
"French Guyana?" Yannick was somewhat impressed by this place.
French Guyana has a territory of 650,000 square kilometers and a population of less than 200,000. It is bounded by Brazil to the south and Suriname to the east. It has a very typical tropical rainforest climate.
In fact, this colony was separated from the large colony of Guyana in South America. Because it was colonized by France, it was called French Guyana. Of course, there are also British Guyana and Dutch Guyana. .
After World War II, British Guyana and Dutch Guyana successively established independent sovereign states. France very much hopes that French Guyana will become independent, because under the wave of world independence, France cannot regard it as a colony and can only treat it as a colony. Treated as a province, but as a province, French Guyana is too poor, and France often gives them high subsidies.
In 2009, France finally couldn't stand it any longer and approached Guyana politicians and asked them to hold an independence referendum, hoping to accept reforms from the grassroots and become an independent country. As a result, 70% of people were unwilling to vote against independence.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Although French Guyana is not small in area, they do not have many resources to utilize. It did not establish an industrial system and only relied on agriculture and forestry to develop its economy, so its economy was very backward. In addition, the local residents are very lazy and do not want to lose French assistance.
Although de Gaulle, who was cowering there, could not cause any big troubles, Yannick planned to eradicate the roots to avoid future troubles. "A reward of 500,000 yuan is offered for the capture of de Gaulle." Just as he said this, he suddenly thought of an interesting rumor from later generations.
When Paris was liberated in 1944, General de Gaulle returned to Paris. His first move was to go to Notre Dame to say mass to thank God for saving France.
When de Gaulle entered Notre Dame de Paris, there were German snipers hidden in the bell tower. The sniper aimed at General de Gaulle and had already put his head on the crosshairs of the scope.
If this sniper pulls the trigger, French history will definitely be rewritten. However, after taking aim, the sniper was inspired by the great charisma of General de Gaulle. Instead of firing, he burst into tears and burst into tears. He came down from the tower and surrendered.
Yannick didn't know whether this rumor was true or not, so he changed his words. "A reward of one million is offered, regardless of life or death."
Reinhard nodded in response. "Yes, I will arrange it immediately."
After thinking about it, Yannick added. "We can pay for it, but it has to be released in the name of Vichy France. Prime Minister Pétain must be happy to take the blame."
"clear."