The news that the German, French and Norwegian coalition forces had attacked the city of London had an impact that was far more than a star.

For example, in several countries in the Balkans, all of them are like chicken blood, and they have completely lost their previous cautiousness.

Bulgaria has been cautious about taking on too many obligations, although its pro-German Chancellor Bogdan Filov had signed a letter of agreement for Bulgaria to formally join the steel alliance formed by Germany and Italy.

Contrary to its neighbor in the Balkans, Romania, which immediately followed Germany in declaring war on Britain and the Soviet Union, Bulgaria had been reluctant to declare war on Britain and the Soviet Union in an attempt to get by.

But now, with the Germans with their loyal allies Norway and Pétain's Vichy France, they are galloping across the land of the British Isles. Bulgaria, which had not spoken out for a long time, finally became anxious.

There is no doubt that after the end of the British campaign, France and Norway, which directly sent troops to participate in it, will definitely share huge post-war dividends. Although the forces of these two countries were not very large, they did bear the great importance and followed the Germans all the way to the city of London.

The war of annihilation launched against the empire on which the sun never sets, this is such a big cake.

Iceland, India, these could become spoils of war for Norway and France in the future.

At present, Bulgaria did not send troops to participate in joint operations, nor did it follow Germany in declaring war on the Soviet Union and Britain in the first place, as Italy and Romania did.

If they had not hurried to show their loyalty, the Germans, who had always been shrewd, might not even have given the soup to Bulgaria.

In that case, there would be no practical benefit for Bulgaria in joining the alliance of the Allies.

It must be said now!

Bulgarian Prime Minister Bogdan, under the instructions of King Boris III, held a press conference as soon as the Allied army had already been forced under the city of London, and solemnly declared that Bulgaria had officially declared war on Britain.

Boris III hoped that Bulgaria's symbolic war against Britain would allow Bulgaria to find some identification with the Central Powers. However, he did not want to join the war between Germany and the Soviet Union for a piece of cake that had not yet arrived.

In short, Boris III found various reasons, such as the fact that the Bulgarians had a deep affection for the Russians and were not suitable to fight against the Soviet Union. There is also the fact that the equipment of his army is not suitable for modern mechanized warfare, and even if he goes to the Soviet-German battlefield, it will not be of much use.

However, under the influence of Reinhardt, the style of political diplomacy became more and more biased towards Ribbentrop, the former British foreign minister of Germany, but did not accept the words of the Bulgarian king at all.

The Third Reich, which has become more and more fond of inciting its allies and mobilizing the forces of the Allies to share the pressure on its own side, has long since lost the slightest idea of single-handedly taking on the whole world. On the contrary, what Germany is now seeking is to use as much of the power of its allies as possible in every possible way.

Germany will no longer acquiesce to Bulgaria's desire to preserve its own property, but not to take any responsibility for the Allies' camp, as it has historically been.

Ribbentrop's request to Bulgaria was very clear, asking for the main force of three divisions to assist the small number of German troops remaining in the rear to control the Soviet-occupied zone after a massive advance of the German forces facing the Soviets.

It's a speculative request. Because, if the Germans were unable to achieve a large-scale advance, or even defeat the Soviet army, then Bulgaria would not have to bear any obligations.

But once the Germans achieved a large-scale advance and counterattacked into the territory of the Soviet Union, it showed that the Germans had a military advantage. In this way, if Bulgaria sends troops to participate, the risk will be much smaller.

And for Bulgaria, which has a total strength of more than 400,000 troops, it is not difficult to provide the alliance with 3 divisions. However, Ribbentrop demanded that the Bulgarians make up the logistics vehicles of these three divisions themselves, because the German side did not have enough logistics vehicles and did not have the wealth to help transport supplies for the Bulgarian army.

Of course, this is also the maximum capacity that Bulgaria can give to the expeditionary force. If they really want to pull all 400,000 troops to the Soviet battlefield, in addition to giving away heads, it will also cause great logistical pressure on the Allied camp.

For the Bulgarians, Reinhardt did not dare to give him a heavy responsibility. The Bulgarian troops could be small minions of the Third Reich, but they were absolutely impossible to take on the task of fighting alongside the German army, as Romania and even the Italian army did.

Even if they were asked to help control the occupied territories, Reinhardt would not allow the Bulgarian forces to be solely responsible for the administration of any occupied territories.

In order to ensure control of the occupied areas and suppress the future Soviet partisans, Reinhardt prepared to divide the three divisions provided by Bulgaria into three parts, one Bulgarian division in each part, and another one Italian division and two German battalions would be formed into a regional garrison army.

The occupation forces in these areas will give the Germans control of the rear and free up more troops for front-line operations.

Of course, the occupying forces are more than that.

In Reinhardt's plan, the south would provide the Allies with a rear occupation force, as well as another part of Romanian and Italian troops. In the north, an additional part of the rear occupation forces will be provided by Finnish and Norwegian troops.

Norway and Romania, Germany's loyal allies, expressed their undisputed support for the request for an occupying force almost immediately after receiving Ribbentrop's secret briefing.

Norwegian Prime Minister Quislein, who controls more armies than in history and has more support, is eager to send all the remaining four newly rebuilt and small-sized divisions in Norway to fight on the Soviet-German battlefield.

Although Norway is a small country, Quisling does not care about the shortcomings of his own national strength, but puts on a desperate posture to serve the allies.

Many people may think that Quisling is a German lackey without brains, but many more politicians know that this is the unique political wisdom of Quisling.

Norway's geography meant that if it could help Germany defeat Britain and the Soviet Union, there would be no potential enemies around it that could threaten its national security. Once you win, you don't have to think about defense at all. Even if there is not a single soldier left in the country, Norway's national security will be guaranteed.

On the contrary, if the German army was defeated, the Norwegian Wehrmacht alone, whether British or Soviet, could easily destroy the Norwegian Army.

The most important thing is that since Norway is a weak country, it should strive for extra points in its political attitude. Quisling put on a posture of doing his best to support the Allies in the war, but also to let the other countries in the alliance see that although Norway may not be able to participate in the battle of the entire alliance, Norway will unconditionally support any request of the alliance leader Germany, and it is the most loyal minions of the alliance and the Third Reich.

No one hates an obedient little brother, so Germany after victory will certainly not treat Norway badly.

As for the Romanian dictator, General Antonescu, not only supported the German army like the Norwegian Quisling, but also prepared an army of more than 800,000 in order to fight against the Soviet Union with the German allies!