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The Buenos Aires air raid left indelible scars and shock on Argentines.
In the first airstrike alone, more than 1,000 people were killed. There were even more casualties, and property damage was indescribably large.
Argentines were angry at the Allied airstrike. Citizens of Buenos Aires who lost their families in the airstrike cried out for bloody revenge.
Peron also urged the people to be patient and united in his speech to the nation.
However, that did not change the situation of the war.
The Argentine army on the front line had already lost its morale and was only busy with defense, and the Falkland Islands had been completely taken over by the Allies.
A few days later, a second airstrike was launched on Buenos Aires. The subject of this airstrike was the US Air Force.
The second airstrike was larger than the first.
The Argentine army rushed in with all its might to prevent their capital from becoming a sea of fire again, but they were outnumbered.
And the fighter planes that escorted the bombers had no intention of taking it easy.
The bombs dropped by B-47 bombers brightened up Buenos Aires again.
The Argentines howled when they tore the wound and even sprinkled salt on it even though the bleeding had not stopped.
Regardless, the Allied air raids did not stop. In addition to Buenos Aires, several cities including Rosario, Mar del Plata, and Córdoba were subject to airstrikes.
People who were angry about the air raids also slowly changed as the air raids continued. People no longer cried out for revenge.
I just hope the war ends as soon as possible.
Support for the regime fell day by day. Argentines are now beginning to look within, rather than outside, for the cause of their suffering.
The military accurately caught these complaints of the people.
The war was lost. This is an obvious fact.
It is important to end the war quickly, but it is also important to find someone to blame for the defeat.
If the war suddenly ended like this, they could not be free from the responsibility of defeat.
"We can no longer watch our country fall into ruin! "It's a revolution!"
Seeing the consensus, the military staged a coup.
The target is incumbent President Juan Peron and his associates.
However, the military was unable to catch Peron's group due to a narrow margin.
Peron, who did not completely trust the military, planted a spy in the military to receive real-time reports of the military's movements. Before the coup, the military's plans also reached Peron.
But Perón could not order the arrest of the ringleaders. Who could arrest the ringleaders when the entire military had turned against him?
The police? Against a military that has armored vehicles and fighter jets?
Peron, who concluded that it was impossible to stop the military even if he knew its plans, fled without hesitation.
"Peron, find Peron!"
"Isn't it there too?"
"It's not even here!"
"It looks like he ran away."
"What a rat…" … ."
When the coup forces stormed into the presidential residence, Peron was nowhere to be found.
The official residence was empty.
The leader of the coup, General Pedro Aramburu, took over all power in Argentina in place of Peron, who fled.
What Aramburu, who emerged as Argentina's new leader, did was to form a new government and end the war.
"Argentina's new government has requested a ceasefire."
"I say I will accept all of our demands."
"It will come out like that a long time ago. Still, he's smarter than Peron."
The United States accepted the ceasefire request from the new Argentine government. The Allied forces stopped shelling the Argentine army positions, and the Argentine army also laid down its weapons and waited at its current location.
September 4, 1953
That is how the 'Argentine War' ended.
***
Aramburu was at least a more intelligent person than Peron.
He quickly admitted defeat. Although there are troops and supplies left, the military's morale is low and the people do not want war anymore.
Fighting further here will not change the situation of the war and will only increase the anger of the Allies.
In this case, the country called Argentina itself might disappear.
"We have only one request."
"The integrity of the Argentine territory."
"That's all. I will accept any request as long as you accept these conditions."
MacArthur showed mercy and agreed to the Aramburo regime's request. Since he was not interested in Argentine territory anyway.
As the Aramburu regime's demand was territorial preservation, if the promise was not kept, there was concern that angry Argentines would continue to resist, and it was not desirable for the United States to incur more resentment from Argentina than necessary.
It did not make it impossible to maintain an army like Japan. However, like Germany under the Treaty of Versailles, various restrictions were to be placed on the army.
"Battleships, cruisers, and aircraft carriers are all prohibited."
"Development and purchase of new weapons also require our permission."
"Less than 50,000 soldiers, navy, and air force combined."
"Of course, we should also receive compensation."
The Argentine army was completely castrated so that it could never start a war again.
It was better than Japan, which had no military at all, but the Argentine army, which was called the strongest army in South America, had no such humiliation.
A huge amount of reparations was a bonus, and Allied forces were scheduled to be permanently stationed on Argentine territory to prevent Argentina from starting a war.
Argentina also had to bear the costs incurred accordingly.
One last thing.
The Argentine government accepts the US government's 'advice'.
MacArthur promised Aramburu that he would allow him to keep his current position if he listened to him carefully, and Aramburu, who had an extraordinary greed for power, happily accepted MacArthur's offer.
"With this, Argentina will not be able to make a noise against the United States for the next 40 years."
MacArthur smiled slightly after receiving Aramburu's oath of loyalty. In return for promising Aramburu power, he makes Argentina a loyal hound of the United States.
No matter what Aramburu does in Argentina, the United States will not touch a single hair of his head as long as he maintains a pro-American stance.
Aramburu will also try not to offend the United States in order to maintain his power for a long time.
"Isn't this just like being good to a sister and being good to a brother-in-law? Hahaha!!!"
"Argentines may think differently."
Still, Eisenhower was in full agreement with MacArthur's idea. To put it bluntly, it is none of our business what happens to Aramburu.
The important thing is to prevent Argentina from rebelling against the United States again.
As he achieved power through a coup, Aramburu will endlessly suppress opposition and eliminate political opponents to protect his power.
Those who gained power through guns and swords tend to be even more obsessed with guns and swords.
The United States, which had completely subdued Argentina, took this opportunity to establish new discipline in South America.
Countries that were friendly with Germany, such as Chile, Uruguay, and Bolivia, quickly took notice and bowed down.
The military advisory group in the country was withdrawn, new equipment scheduled to be purchased was replaced with American equipment, and pro-Nazi forces were also suppressed.
Having seen with your own eyes what kind of situation Argentina is in, you wouldn't even dream of joining hands with Germany unless you had a very strong heart.
Even if the trend of joining hands with Germany flows, America's spicy fist will be waiting.
***
September 9, 1953
New Fuhrer's Residence in Berlin, Germany
Peron, whom I saw after a long time, looked 20 years older than when I saw him before.
Wrinkles on the forehead, saggy cheeks, sparse gray hairs, and even slightly trembling hands.
The difference was so great that I almost thought it was a different person. This wasn't even a living corpse.
Not only did he lose the war, but he also ended up being reduced to an exile from the presidency, so the physical and physical hardships must have been immense.
"I am truly grateful to His Excellency the President for his hospitality. How can I repay this favor?"
"What is grace? Okay, get some rest. "You must have gone through quite a bit of trouble."
Well, why did we start a war? Even though I warned them not to do so, they still started a war and the result is like this.
Even if you don't say it, you probably regret it by now. Even though it was necessary to stick a dagger in the chest of a sick person, he didn't say anything.
I've already lost everything, so what more can I say here?
Peron, who was kicked out of power in a coup, took his family and associates into exile in Germany.
Officially, Peron was the president of the Argentine government in exile, but the word is the government and the word is the president. In reality, there is nothing Peron can do.
We have to do something if we can. Argentina has already surrendered and a new government has come into power, so what can we do?
All Peron can do is gather a few reporters and protest that he is the only legitimate president of Argentina and that the current Argentine government is an illegal puppet government.
The Allied powers, including the United States, had already long ago recognized the Aramburu regime as the legitimate government of Argentina, so Peron's claims were nothing more than empty cries.
In history, the person who accepted Nazi remnants as asylum in his own country is now in exile in Germany. This is why things in the world were truly unknown.
It may be no consolation, but Peron was scheduled to be kicked out of office in real history anyway.
Due to the economic downturn and the legalization of divorce and prostitution, he came into conflict with the Catholic Church, and public support plummeted. The military staged a coup, forcing Peron to wander abroad.
Still, he returned to Argentina in the 1970s, ran for president, was elected, and became Argentina's president again, but died of old age less than a year later.
But from here, I don't even know if I can go back to Argentina. The United States is watching with open eyes, but will it allow Peron, who started the war, to enter the country?
Peron himself would be upset to hear this, but there were issues that were many times more important and urgent than accepting Peron's asylum.
From the joint Axis military exercises that will soon be held in Hungary to the launch of the satellite Wagner 1. There were too many things to take care of.
One of them was the Serbia issue.
I think there is no one who does not know that Serbia has an anger control disorder and is a trouble maker as much as Germany.
In the end, the country was torn apart because of that damn Serbianism.
They seem to have been living quietly since the country fell into disrepair, but there has been an uneasy trend going on lately as they say they can't treat others like dogs.
Pavle I, who was crowned as the new king of the Kingdom of Serbia in place of his nephew who had run away abroad, has been ruling Serbia well.
But have we slowly become full after more than 10 years of peace? A new group of Black Hands, claiming to be the descendants of the Black Hands (黑手團, Црна рука), which caused World War I, was formed and began to raise its head.
Black Sudan's goal is Serbia's Axis power, withdrawal from the European Union and return to 1940 borders.
By the 1940 border, Serbia was still called Yugoslavia.
In other words, these guys are shouting that Serbia should go back to the days of Yugoslavia.
Do you have any special beliefs? Could it be possible? Even though no one is behind them, they are talking amongst themselves.
Originally, the world was large and there were many assholes, so if it had stopped here, it would have been dismissed as just common assholes, but the problem was that these people were the public opinion in Serbia.
As the voices of the powerful Black Sudan grew louder, King Pavle I, feeling threatened, strengthened the oppression of the Black Sudan.
However, rather than disappearing, these would-be warmongers began to raise their voices even more and oppose the government.
"The current Serbian government is making all-out efforts to eradicate black Sudan."
"However, it seems that there are many followers of the Black Sudan within the Serbian military and police, so there are many difficulties in exterminating them."
"You still can't come to your senses after being beaten like that. I don't know what's going on with these guys' heads. Do their memories get deleted at regular intervals?"
What are you going to do if they come back to power? Are you going to start a war again? Against all European countries?
Normally, people who act in a way that is incomprehensible to the normal judgment of normal people are called idiots, but this is the first time I have seen crazy people like these people. These are not people who are crazy about war.
Still, even if Serbia goes crazy and starts war against its neighbors again, I'm not that worried because I can just crush it like it did in 1941.
It's just annoying to do the same thing over and over again.
To put it bluntly, even if we drop a nuclear bomb on Belgrade, neighboring countries will not be able to do anything.
No matter what the United States would criticize, it was obvious that it would stop at just verbal criticism, and there was a high possibility that the Soviet Union would not pay any attention as it was too busy protecting its own lives.
"If it doesn't work out, tell King Pavle I that Germany will help. "What's the next news?"
"It is said that Marshal Pétain is expected to express his gratitude soon."
Petain, who was over 80 when France was defeated, is now 97 years old.
Even by the standards of the 21st century, he is quite old, but by the standards of the 20th century, when the average lifespan was short, he was no different from a 110-year-old man.
Without exaggerating, I am at an age where it would be no wonder if I die at any time.
Because of his age, Pétain was thinking about retirement.
"Well, even if you retire at 97, no one will say anything. "When Pétain retires, will Laval become Marshal of France?"
If Pétain had anything to say to Germany until the attempted coup, Laval has been an active pro-German to the extent that one wonders whether he was the former French prime minister.
Now, Pétain also listens to what we say, but considering that this is not because he wanted to collaborate with Germany but because he was in a state of desperation, from Germany's perspective, Laval was a much more 'reliable partner' than Pétain.
"It may be unfortunate for the French, but it's not a bad thing for us, so it doesn't matter. "Hehehehe."
While we were discussing what to send to Laval as an inauguration gift, Weizsäcker came in with some news.
"They say Pétain has just died."
I heard you can catch people.
That was exactly the situation.