I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 130



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EP.130 Pre- and Post-processing (2)

In July 1945, the Nuremberg Military War Crimes Trials were held in front of the world’s attention.

The judges and prosecutors were people recommended by the four great powers: Korea, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

The trial was conducted in the form of Allied prosecutors indicting the defendants and the war criminals’ defense attorneys refuting the charges.

Most of the criminals did not have lawyers, or if they did, they were incompetent lawyers, but some of them were unique in that they had lawyers.

Mainly, they were people who had legal dealings with Korea.

In particular, Walter Schellenberg, the head of the German Intelligence Service, had a large defense team attached to him.

“Walter Schellenberg. You are the head of the German intelligence service and a high-ranking official with the rank of SS Lieutenant General. You are accused of condoning and abetting Nazi crimes. Let me list your crimes.”

“I object!”

People like Walter Schellenberg didn’t even need to speak up themselves.

All attacks were blocked by the defense team, and even during the judges’ conference, a Korean judge actively defended the defendant.

“No, the author is a war criminal. He is a person who should serve at least five years in prison!”

“Oh, we can’t agree.”

Due to fierce opposition from the Korean side, some war criminals were able to escape trial without paying any price.

Nazi war criminals awaiting trial looked on with envy.

“Oh, how can that be? A guy like Schellenberg is innocent? He was Heydrich’s confidant!”

But that’s just how the world works.

It was the law of the world that if you stood in line properly, even a sinner could live.

Walter Schellenberg left the courtroom and greeted the central police officers who were waiting for him.

“Did the trial go well?”

“Thanks to you, I was relieved of my suffering. Now that I don’t have to go to prison, I feel relieved.”

“Haha. What are you going to do now?”

“Well, if it’s allowed, I’ll go to Switzerland and spend the rest of my life writing.”

“Then, let’s do this. Please take care of our central government’s work in Switzerland. I will pay you well.”

Korea still employs criminals who have made legal deals.

There was no reason not to use the people we traded for because we needed them.

Of course, Korea also did not reach out to war criminals who were attracting the world’s attention.

‘It’s not good to go against public opinion of the Allied Nations too much.’

With Korea’s tacit approval, leading Nazi war criminals were brutally beaten on trial.

“If I had known this would happen to me, I would have committed suicide like Himmler.”

Goering smiled bitterly.

In any case, the execution of Hermann Goering, the number one war criminal, was unavoidable.

But Goering defended himself as best he could.

Yet he did not place all the blame on Hitler.

“All the sins are borne by the German people. If they had not chosen us, how could we have fought against the world?”

It was a sharp point.

No matter how much the Allied Powers tried to portray the Nazis as the only evil, this was an undeniable fact.

The Nazis came to power legally and waged war with the full support of the German people.

These shameless remarks by the war criminals were relayed back to Korea in their entirety.

“Oh my, there are people like that.”

“They killed 6 million Jews and now they say it wasn’t them who was at fault, but the people. Who on earth are these people who want to form an alliance with such a bunch of unscrupulous people?”

The Korean government took the shameless excuses and self-defense logic of Nazi war criminals and put them on the front page of the newspaper every day.

The goal was simple.

What was the difference between these idiots and the militarists who endlessly demanded expansion? That was it.

When people feel embarrassed, they are quick to distort their memories.

“I only believed in and supported His Excellency Lee Seong-jun, but now the war-mongers who wanted war have run wild.”

“What would an innocent citizen know and go to war with? They just perked up their ears to the noise of those crazy people.”

The Korean government also aired a special broadcast during this time.

“It’s time for a special broadcast on the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Good morning, Professor. I heard that an important story came out of the Nuremberg Trials today.”

“Yes, there was some very important testimony this time. It was said that the German Armaments Minister Albert Speer planned to release gas into Hitler’s bunker to kill the Führer.”

“What does that mean?”

“If that is true, then the Nazis themselves knew that their Führer was crazy.”

“But Professor, since we’re talking about bunkers, I heard that Hitler had a lot of luxury items in the bunker he lived in?”

“Yes, it’s true. Even as Germany entered a war economy, Hitler was said to be producing luxury goods for his lover Eva Braun.”

Although the format was a story about the Nuremberg war crimes trials, in reality it was a satire on the ugly power struggles and extravagance within the Nazi regime.

Of course, there was a reason for telling this story.

Know how stable and excellent the Lee Seong-jun administration is as it runs without any noise.

And please know and respect the great integrity of His Excellency Lee Seong-jun, who leads the country without any extravagance.

That’s what it meant.

While the Korean government was having fun and enjoying the Nuremberg war crimes trials, Germany was being punished mercilessly according to the finalized post-war settlement agreement.

First, a military demarcation line was established along the border of each occupied territory.

Along this border, Western and Soviet forces faced each other.

Exceptionally, neither the West nor the Soviet Union sent troops to the Korean border.

It was an implicit expression of intent.

The Soviet Union thought this way.

“Whether we like it or not, we have to make Korea our ally. If we turn these guys into enemies, aren’t we going to be too inferior to the West?”

The Soviet Union did not rate the West’s land power very highly, but it was wary of its overwhelming naval and air power.

So, they desperately wanted to attract Korea as an ally who could make up for their shortcomings.

Britain and the United States also had similar positions.

“South Korea is not a true democracy, but that doesn’t mean we can’t communicate with each other. In order to fight against the communist bastards who have eaten up half of Europe, we need to win over the favor of the South Korean people, because Pyongyang’s support is essential.”

Thanks to this attitude on both sides, Korea was able to rule the occupied territories without much difficulty.

In any case, the West had no doubt that this military demarcation line was a temporary border that would soon disappear once Germany’s national status was restored.

Of course, the Soviet Union had no intention of agreeing to that.

Similar confrontations also took place in Austria, Italy and elsewhere.

In particular, the conflict in Italy was serious.

“We have no intention of going back under the fascists.”

The Italian People’s Republic, which had disarmed the Germans by its own hands and had secured control of the North in its own hands, refused to accept the rule of the Kingdom of Italy, which had returned to Rome.

The Allied governments wanted to restore Italy to a unified, sovereign state under a post-war settlement, but it was virtually impossible to remove the existing regime without war.

“No, we are the only official government in Italy. How can you do this?”

Although the Italian government protested strongly to the Allies, they were not without their own set of rules.

First of all, Korea,

“Well, I guess we are a little responsible, but I guess there’s nothing we can do about it. I’m sorry.”

Britain, which had a keen interest in the Mediterranean,

“Come to think of it, our life is full of holes. We have no influence. We don’t even have enough money to buy milk for the kids.”

The United States, which has the capacity,

“I’ll send you weapons and military advisors. I’ll help you, but don’t fight them.”

He urged Italy to maintain the status quo.

because.

“If you touch our northern Italian comrades, we will not stay still either.”

Because the Soviet Union, the leader of the communist reds, was growling.

As the West and the Soviet Union came into a standoff before post-war processing was even complete, the military demarcation line and various border lines drawn along Europe began to show signs of turning into de facto borders.

The Italians, Germans, and Austrians, who sensed a crisis in this situation, quickly grabbed the trouser legs of the great powers.

“No, isn’t it a bit much to tear the country apart like this? Yes?”

Their circumstances were probably good.

The great powers had no intention of giving up territory to the other side, even if it meant splitting a healthy country in two.

Amid the tense standoff between the two sides, this idea came from Germany.

“Instead of handing over the occupied territories in eastern Germany to the West, how about recognizing northern Italy as a Soviet sphere of influence?”

Naturally, the Italians hurled abuse at him.

“What the X are you talking about? In that case, give half of Western Germany to the Soviet Union and unify Italy!”

In the midst of this, a meeting was held at the suggestion of the U.S. government to discuss the issues of Italy, Austria, and Germany.

At this secret meeting, the Soviet Union displayed a passive stance on the unification issue.

‘If we try to unite Germany, they will come at us with revenge, so why should we?’

The Soviet Union had no intention of making concessions on the German question.

The same was true of the Austrian problem.

There was a previous discussion about Northern Italy, and although it was not very loud, it was said that the position of the actual regime must be acknowledged.

As an example, he cited the Wang Jingwei regime in China.

‘No, why the Republic of China all of a sudden?’

South Korea, which suddenly found itself in hot water, had to sweat to prevent attention from turning to the issue of the Republic of China.

The talks quickly derailed due to the unwillingness of the interested party, the Soviet Union, to participate in the negotiations.

With this, one thing becomes clear.

Neither the West nor the Soviet Union had any intention of making any concessions to the other on post-war issues.

The post-war settlement over the territories of the aggressor nations soon amplified the conflict between the two camps.

Now both camps are beginning to seriously consider each other as a threat at the regime level.

Although the conflict had not yet reached the level of a Cold War, the seeds of conflict had been sown in that the two sides recognized each other as potential enemies.

Now, humanity has passed through the dark and cruel tunnel of World War II and is walking into the cold and terrifying shadow of an ideology.

Whether it would end in a hot war that would lead to the destruction of humanity or a cold, chilling cold war depended on luck.