Dateline: 1936, a cabinet meeting in Berlin.
Gentlemen, this is indeed important enough to have dragged you away from the night's festivities. During the party this evening, I met some interesting people and came to some startling conclusions. Suffice to say that the state of our nation is about to take a left turn. We strike France this April.
Let me begin by introducing my new chief of staff. He is renowned for his generalship, and has led me to believe that we can indeed take on the rest of the world with little further preparation. Mr. Ghengis Khan brings to us what is called "Mongolian Horde Doctrine". By school of combat, we shall combine our total force into a single army group to strike a single, narrow front. We sweep anything out of our path.
With this revolution in military tactics, we will take the world by storm! With this situation, we will reorient the priority of our objectives.
First, we will launch an attack against western europe. Striking France, then Spain, we will gain the high ground of the continent: access to the Med and control of the English channel.
Taking out these potential English staging areas, we divide our force. We sweep the southern coast of the Med, exploiting our foothold in Ceuta. Province by province, we expel everyone else from there to Suez. Simultaneously, the army will sweep through every European state save Finland, Poland, and Romania. These will form a buffer between us and the Russians. I will discuss that problem in a moment.
Now, from there, we will decide whether to strike Russia or Britain based upon our expected speed of advance through to India. If we can end one war quickly and effectively before the next, so much the better.
In the meantime, action will be taken to prepare for the crusade against Bolshevism. I have created a new cabinet post, with an energetic bright young man to see this done. May I introduce my friend Werner Heisenberg, minister of Russian Affairs. He will work tirelessly to solve the Cossack question.
Does anyone have any questions?
As to the invasion of France, I have a masterstroke. We will strike the french swine in a way no one would ever suspect. Across the minefield, under the cover of daylight. The Maginot Line. As I expect the war to start on April Fool's day, the operation shall be known as Fool Gelb.
Gentlemen, this is indeed important enough to have dragged you away from the night's festivities. During the party this evening, I met some interesting people and came to some startling conclusions. Suffice to say that the state of our nation is about to take a left turn. We strike France this April.
Let me begin by introducing my new chief of staff. He is renowned for his generalship, and has led me to believe that we can indeed take on the rest of the world with little further preparation. Mr. Ghengis Khan brings to us what is called "Mongolian Horde Doctrine". By school of combat, we shall combine our total force into a single army group to strike a single, narrow front. We sweep anything out of our path.
With this revolution in military tactics, we will take the world by storm! With this situation, we will reorient the priority of our objectives.
First, we will launch an attack against western europe. Striking France, then Spain, we will gain the high ground of the continent: access to the Med and control of the English channel.
Taking out these potential English staging areas, we divide our force. We sweep the southern coast of the Med, exploiting our foothold in Ceuta. Province by province, we expel everyone else from there to Suez. Simultaneously, the army will sweep through every European state save Finland, Poland, and Romania. These will form a buffer between us and the Russians. I will discuss that problem in a moment.
Now, from there, we will decide whether to strike Russia or Britain based upon our expected speed of advance through to India. If we can end one war quickly and effectively before the next, so much the better.
In the meantime, action will be taken to prepare for the crusade against Bolshevism. I have created a new cabinet post, with an energetic bright young man to see this done. May I introduce my friend Werner Heisenberg, minister of Russian Affairs. He will work tirelessly to solve the Cossack question.
Does anyone have any questions?
As to the invasion of France, I have a masterstroke. We will strike the french swine in a way no one would ever suspect. Across the minefield, under the cover of daylight. The Maginot Line. As I expect the war to start on April Fool's day, the operation shall be known as Fool Gelb.
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