Chapter 1304： Turkey (1/2)
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Up to now, Germany's main enemy is the Soviet Union. Before the Soviet Union was defeated, Germany had no need to divide its energy.
Therefore, although Germany seems to be competing with the Americans in the Atlantic, in fact, there is no real fight at all. On the European land, there are also some problems that Germany has not had time to deal with.
For example, the gunpowder barrels of the Balkans during the First World War. Germany has not intervened. For example, in Africa, although there is some freedom, France continues to expand there, and Germany does not take care of it. For example, Turkey, a country that spans Asia and Europe, controls this. The most important countries in the Black Sea Strait are now not dealt with by Germany.
Turkey's geographical location is very important. It borders the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Syria and Iraq to the southeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, Greece and Bulgaria to the east, and Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east.
It can be said that Turkey's geographical location and geopolitical strategic significance are extremely important, and it is a crossroad connecting Europe and Asia.
In history, there used to be the most powerful Ottoman Empire here. After the defeat of World War I, Turkey established a republic until now.
The Turks are contradictory, they now declare neutrality, in fact, they also have their own small abacus.
The Black Sea is basically the inner sea of the Soviet Union, but the mouth of the sea is controlled by Turkey. Therefore, Turkey has almost always been a thorn in the eyes of the Soviets. The Soviets want to capture Turkey's Black Sea Strait and Transcaucasus all the time.
Therefore, from this point of view, Turkey has always been guarding against the Soviets. After all, since the establishment of the Soviet Union, it has almost inherited the Russian style and continued to expand abroad. When it was the Ottoman Empire, Turkey had been constantly expanding. To deal with this kind of external expansion of Lao Maozi.
Therefore, Turkey has no favor with the Soviet Union, even if it has signed a friendship treaty with the Soviet Union.
At the same time, Turkey does not have much trust in Germany.
It is not easy for Turkey. Since the Kemal revolution, they have experienced countless hardships and pains in establishing a modern country on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. Therefore, they do not trust any power politics, and at the same time, they have the nationality of the eastern Mediterranean. That kind of ability: good at long-term bargaining, good at finding some reasonable excuses to avoid taking inappropriate actions, and good at eloquently persuading the opponents to think about their own self-conceived interests, so as to transfer disputes that cause strong pressure on them.
This is a very cunning nation, rebellious and unbelieving, and can do anything for the sake of profit. It is best to just use your mouth to get the benefit.
But Germany has brought greater pressure to them, of course because of Italy.
Italy and Germany are allies, and Italy’s hand has reached Greece. As a country bordering Greece, Turkey is also in danger of being invaded by Italy. In the Eastern Caucasus, Germany’s hand has reached Iraq and can reach the Caucasus at any time. go with.
Turkey is afraid of Germany, especially now that Germany has become the most terrifying existence on this continent. Turkey still maintains their traditional ”virtue”, which is neutrality and non-intervention.
At the same time, when the Second World War just broke out, the Turks also smashed Germany.
Turkey has a vast territory and is naturally rich in minerals. The most coveted one is chrome ore.
With a little understanding, you will know how important this thing is.