synarchy movement of empire book ii - Pierre Beaudry's Galactic ...

do about it. The Laval Beast-man was ushered in, as Langer put it, "as "a test
of strength between Germany and the United States." All of the anti-Vichy
groupings in the U.S. were jumping or joy, namely the Union for
Democratic Action, the Committee to Defend America, and the Fight for
Freedom, had all been clamoring to break with Vichy and to "deal only with
the Free French." Within six months of the return of Laval to power, the
United States invaded North Africa, and changed the entire world strategic
picture.
By May-June 1942, almost the entirety of the Mediterranean region
was under control of the Germans. The U.S. had just had a resounding
victory in the Pacific Battle of Midway, on June 3 rd . After Admiral Leahy
returned home for consultation with the President, it was decided not to
break off relations with the Vichy government yet, however, it was essential
to keep the communication with the three stooges, Petain-Laval-Darlan, at
the lowest level since the beginning of the war.
In Roosevelt's mind, there were always two crucial strategic factors:
the situation of the French Fleet, and the situation of North Africa. Up until
spring of 1942, the French Fleet had been uppermost on the mind of
Roosevelt, but by June, he had come to the conclusion that it was highly
improbable that Vichy would allow the fleet to fall into the hands of the
German, since it had become the best bargaining chip for the Vichy
government, and it was ascertained by all American intelligence reports that
no more than 10 percent of the crews and naval officers would obey German
orders. The American naval attaché was himself convinced that Vichy would
never turn over the fleet to the Axis power. All in all, it was the strategic
situation of North Africa, which had become the determinant factor in the
attitude of America toward France generally.
Leaving the respective problems of Vichy France and de Gaulle's Free
French as mere derivatives of the central strategic danger of the Synarchist-
Eurafrican-Axis domination of the world, North Africa had become the
dominant issue to flank and control. The danger was that with a German
conquest of this region of the world, followed by a takeover of West Africa,
and a Japanese coordinated offensive in the Pacific, constituted the most
serious strategic threat for the entire Western Hemisphere.
When Laval came back to power, de Gaulle saw this return as an
opportunity to break the logjam with the Allies. He was continuously
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