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

extraordinary effort of arms manufacturing. Hitler was preparing a {levee en
masse}, a break with the Treaty of Versailles, and a strike at the heart of
Europe. De Gaulle knew that, and reports that Hitler gladly listened to the
advice of the group of officers who had been formed with General Von
Seeckt, who then advised him on the questions of maneuver, speed and
quality, i.e. the whole mechanized forces idea of de Gaulle. Hitler also
adopted the Goring theories for an Air Force that could be directly linked
with the battlefield on the ground. "I was soon told," wrote de Gaulle, "that
he, himself, had had my book read to him, since his advisors attached
importance to it."
In November 1934, the German Reich had created the first three
Panzer divisions. And de Gaulle noted that "a book published at that time,
by Colonel Nehring of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht, specified that
their three Panzer divisions composition would be, practically speaking,
identical to that which I was suggesting for our armored divisions of the
future." In March of 1935, Goring made the announcement that the Reich
was putting together a powerful force, which would include interceptors,
numerous bombers and a strong force of dive bombers.
De Gaulle was outraged at the apathy of the French military High
Command, and was moving everyone he could to bring the government
before its responsibility for national defense, and the defense of Europe and
the world as a whole. He attempted to organize journalists to write articles
and raise the alarm about what Germany was doing, but with no avail. He
knocked at Paul Reynaud door to get the government moving. He wrote: "M.
Paul Reynaud seemed to be pre-eminently marked out for this undertaking
(i.e. de Gaulle's mechanized army). His intelligence was fully capable of
absorbing the arguments; his talent, putting them effectively; his courage of
fighting them through. In addition, though already an established figure, M.
Paul Reynaud gave the impression of being a man who had his future in
front of him. I saw him, convinced him, and from then on worked with him."
(Ibidem. p.17)
In 1935 Reynaud argued and introduced bills for the immediate
creation of a specialized corps. He even wrote a book on the subject, {Le
probleme militaire francais}, (The French Military Problem). Other public
officials, who also joined de Gaulle in advocating a mechanized army, were
Le Cour Grandmaison, three left wing deputies, Philippe Serre, synarchist,
Marcel Deat, and Leo La Grange. De Gaulle said of Deat that he was "the
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