Chapter 71 Leadership

Although the British-occupied zone was not the largest of the four occupied zones in terms of area, there was no doubt that the British-occupied zone was the best part of Germany. Otherwise, it would not have been mentioned frequently by the United States to replace the occupation zone with Britain, and finally it was hard to fight for an enclave port.

From this, it was clear that the British and Americans of 1945 also had limited trust, and only shared more common language when facing the Soviet Union.

“Honorable Lieutenant General Ronald, it looks like the situation here is a little worse than expected.” Alan Wilson arrived at the British command, then state what he saw, to be honest the mental state of the German citizens here in Hamburg, and the city of Greater Berlin is completely different, if you compare it, has been not far from the people in British India.

“As you can see, the work has only been done to clear the harbor, and as for the ruins in the midst of the city there has been no clearing at all.” Lieutenant General Ronald Weeks didn’t show a lighthearted look just because Alan Wilson was a liaison officer.

The war should be said to have already ended for Britain, and a soldier like him naturally wouldn’t be like Prime Minister Churchill, thinking about maintaining world peace. Since the war was over, Lt. General Ronald Weeks started working on other issues, and Field Marshal Montgomery ran straight to Berlin to receive flowers and applause, leaving him to deal with the mess.

Lieutenant General Ronald Weeks then asked Alan Wilson about the purpose of his visit from Berlin, to which Alan Wilson had nothing to hide, “The restoration of order in the British-occupied territories as soon as possible is worrying a lot of ministers, and since I myself am at the same time a liaison officer to British India and happen to be right in Germany, the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested to the Foreign Secretary that we see if we could think of something to do about it. It so happened that I knew that a freighter carrying grain had reached Europe, and so came here to deal with the matter.”

“The matter is truly gratifying.” Lieutenant General Ronald Weeks nodded knowingly as he listened, and replied dryly, “The stabilization of order in the British-occupied territories is not the responsibility of the military alone, and the British Command would very much welcome the combined efforts of all services.”

“I’m flattered, General!” Alan Wilson nodded politely, “If possible, the cleanup of the British-occupied zone should be activated with soldiers from the original German army, it is their duty in the first place, isn’t it?”

“Of course, we’re already doing that.” Lt. General Ronald Weeks pointed out of his office, “You’ll see the German staff when you go out and turn left. But then again, regarding the food arriving to Hamburg, we really need these German staff officers to distribute it, after all, we are not local, and there may be oversights in distribution.”

“General, I would like to meet the Germans and see if I can help.” Allen Wilson took the initiative and spoke up.

He then received the approval of Lieutenant General Ronald Weeks, Germany had officially surrendered, and these surrendered German soldiers, Britain did not treat them as brutally as the United States and the Soviet Union.

In fact, when it comes to this issue, Allen Wilson, if he has the opportunity, he really wants to go around the Rhine camp to see if the Americans have left any handles, but unfortunately, the difficulty of wanting to do so is also very high.

At present, the British Occupation Zone surrendered to the British Canadian Allied Forces more than two million German soldiers, British Occupation Zone is divided into four military districts responsible for the occupation affairs: in addition to the formation of the Berlin Military District, the rest of the British Occupation Zone is divided into three parts, Schleswig-Holstein Military District: by General Barker is responsible for the command of the Eighth Army, two divisions and an armored brigade.

Hanover Military District: headed by General Horrocks, commanding the Thirtieth Army, three divisions and an armored brigade. Westphalian Military District: in charge of General Croker, commanding the First Army, four divisions and an armored brigade.

The other forces were placed under his own unified management and formed a general reserve in case of emergency. The purpose of the British Command in this way was to use the organization of military commands of armies, divisions, brigades and regiments for the orderly re-establishment of local government in the British-occupied territories.

These commands have jurisdiction over the corresponding districts, towns, townships, etc., and everything works through the corresponding civil affairs organizations.

As to where the British commander Montgomery is at present, according to the British command, Field Marshal Montgomery is in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, receiving the title of honorary citizen of Copenhagen.

“To be honest, the current situation where Germany is in shambles shouldn’t be cleaned up by our soldiers, it should be cleaned up by German soldiers, won’t these two million soldiers contribute to rebuilding their own homes?” Before preparing to leave the British command, Alan Wilson shattered, “German soldiers surrendered to us is considered their good luck, the soldiers who surrendered to the Americans are still locked up in the Rheinland camp, the soldiers who were captured by the Soviets, Siberia digging potatoes is their only fate. But we, the British Army, manage the occupied territories with high professionalism, but we can’t be their babysitters, the Germans themselves should make a small contribution.”

“Command is also dealing with this.” The staff officer who sent Allen Wilson out shrugged his shoulders after hearing this, “It is most important to solve the problem of food first, as for the restoration of transportation, it is all a matter for the future, and it is certainly not short of Germans.”

“These are free labor, did not treat them as war criminals are good, the use of the use do not be polite, two million people, when the construction of the Siegfried line of strength out, I believe that half a year time British-occupied areas will be a new look.” Alan Wilson gave sincere advice, to be honest he wanted to write the plan for the British Command.

In that case he would know the British Occupied Area among the German Ruhr inside, in the end where to find gold in the dung.

Alim’s freighter arrived a few hours later than expected, but considering the current condition of the Hamburg port, this is not much of a delay, just after disembarking from the ship he found Alan Wilson and expressed his apologies, “The port is badly damaged, and there has been a delay in order to enter the port safely.”

“That’s okay, food is most valuable within Germany right now, and not just in Germany either, the gardens in the center of Vienna are now being used to grow potatoes, you get the idea here.” Alan Wilson turned to look at the freighter, “The willingness of the monarch of Hyderabad, British India, the Honorable Maharaja Ali Khan, to help Europeans in trouble with all unseen kindness, all unselfishness, is something that deserves to be written about. It deserves a front page headline. This will also give a lead to the Viceroyalty of British India.”

Even in the de facto independent state of Ali Khan, are able to help the British Empire, British Indian civil servants have this example in the first, how can not work hard to scrape the ground it, this is a positive leadership role.

The world’s richest man first to make a sample, followed by the British Indian civil servants in order to keep up is not it?