Chapter 1633 Medal Top
However, putting aside these objective factors, if we really want to discuss Adolf's hatred for East Africa, there is one issue that must be traced back, and that is the end of the next war in this time and space.
There is no doubt that Germany achieved a relatively decent result in World War I through its intervention in East Africa. However, this was completely different in the eyes of German war fanatics like Adolf.
He always believed that the intervention in East Africa was one of the main reasons why Germany did not win the First World War. From this perspective, the Jews in Germany were internal traitors, and East Africa was an external enemy, and the degree of hatefulness of the two was equal.
It's no wonder Adolf had such thoughts, because he was more extreme in his previous life. As we all know, Adolf himself participated in World War I. In his previous life, when Germany was completely at a disadvantage at the end of World War I, Adolf still believed that Germany's failure was not a military failure, but a betrayal by Germany's minority economic oligarchs and senior government officials.
Therefore, in Adolf's previous life, as long as Germany persisted in the war, it would definitely defeat Britain and France, even if the United States had already been defeated at that time.
In this time and space, Adolf's idea was further strengthened because Germany did achieve more prominent military and strategic advantages than in its previous life.
First of all, the collapse of Tsarist Russia has not changed, so the pressure on the German army on the Eastern Front has completely disappeared. Secondly, Germany's allies, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, have also gained huge advantages on the southern front.
Therefore, Adolf was more convinced than in his previous life that Germany could win the First World War, especially in defeating France and gaining complete European hegemony.
As a result, Adolf regarded East Africa's mediation as "East Africa does not want Germany to succeed", and East Africa also became one of the "traitors".
Although Adolf looked down on East Africa all day long and belittled it as "mixed blood", there was indeed "German element" in the mixed blood. Therefore, East Africa's prevention of Germany from winning the First World War was a "betrayal" of Germany and the German nation.
Amidst new and old grudges, Adolf gave instructions.
"At this Berlin Olympics, the Reich's athletes must show no mercy when facing East Africans, showing the world the vast difference between the Aryans and the inferior races!"
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When Adolf issued the order against East African athletes, in the newly built Olympic Village in Berlin, Watt, director of the East African National Sports Bureau, was also conducting pre-war mobilization for East African athletes.
"Our trip to Germany is not just to participate in an international sports event, but also to let the Germans and the world see the perseverance, courage, fighting spirit and organizational discipline of our East African athletes."
"This Games is also a good opportunity to showcase East Africa's development in sports and represent East Africa as a world power."
"So, you must always have a sense of mission and honor, strive for first place, and be competitive. This is the hallmark of competitive sports..."
Director Watt gave the East African athletes a spiritual baptism with personal honor, national honor and sportsmanship.
He also brought up the issue of "honor and disgrace" of this Olympics.
"I think everyone knows that Germany now has a huge misunderstanding of the Reich. Some of Germany's erroneous and extreme ideas have appeared openly in official news and media, causing unpleasantness between the two countries."
"Especially now that extreme nationalism is prevalent in Germany, some Germans and media have openly used malicious terms like 'inferior,' 'mixed-blood,' and 'polluted' to describe us East Africans, which has greatly damaged the feelings of the people of both countries."
"The old saying goes, 'Repay evil with kindness.' How do you repay kindness? Repay evil with justice, and repay kindness with kindness. Although East Africa and Germany belong to the same German country, we clearly distinguish between gratitude and resentment."
"In order to crush the conspiracy of the German extreme nationalists and to change the minds of the innocent German people who have been misled by this extreme ideology, our East African delegation will defeat them in the areas they claim to be good at. Do you understand?"
In response to Director Watt's inquiry, everyone in the East African delegation made an indignant assurance.
"We will show the Germans that we Rhinelanders are strong and muscular. We are not inferior to those fictional Aryans, but even stronger..."
"Germany has always claimed the superiority of the Aryan race. We are using sports, an area of their pride, to shatter their illusions and delusions..."
"The Germans..."
The situation on the scene became a little complicated. Most East African athletes now have no good feelings towards Germany's racial superiority theory.
Director Watt was very satisfied with the performance of the delegation members. He emphasized: "To defeat Germany in the Olympics is our goal."
"But don't underestimate the enemy. Germany is also a sports powerhouse. It has a population of over 100 million, a developed economy, and outstanding industrial strength."
"Add to that the fact that Adolf's government attached great importance to the development of sports. These factors have determined that Germany's conditions for the development of sports are not much worse than those in East Africa."
There is no doubt that Germany's sports are definitely not weak. Excluding the Soviet Union, Germany's sports level would definitely rank among the top three in the world, even surpassing the United States.
After all, today's Germany is a combination of the former Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire continued to exist and participated in the Olympics, its results would probably be among the best in the world.
For example, in the previous Berlin Olympics, the country ranked third in the gold medal list was Hungary. In the previous life, Hungary was just a country separated from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it was a severely weakened country. Many territories and populations were divided to other countries.
At the same time, in the previous life, Austria had four gold medals and Czechoslovakia had three. The three main components of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a total of seventeen gold medals. Therefore, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire had not disintegrated in the previous life, it would definitely be the third most powerful sports country in the world.
In this time and space, if we ignore East Africa, Germany, the host of this Olympics, has an absolute advantage. The United States will most likely not be able to compete with Germany. In the past, the United States could only rank behind Germany. Now, with the support of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany is even more incomparable to the United States.
The strength of the Soviet Union is difficult to figure out. The Soviet Union is not interested in the Olympics and even rejects it, so it will not participate in the Olympics, so it is difficult to figure out the strength of Soviet sports.
Director Watt said: "Our opponent this time is not just Germany, but a combination of Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and other regions. These regions have strong sports capabilities."
"In addition to Germany, other countries' rivals must also be taken seriously, especially the United States, Britain, France, Italy and other countries..."
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Time flies and it is July 31st, when the Berlin Olympics officially begins.
This was a very counterintuitive situation, because the opening ceremony of the Olympics had not yet been held. The opening day of the 1936 Berlin Olympics was clearly set on August 1st.
However, some competitions actually start one day earlier, on July 31st, such as the men's decathlon, football qualifiers, handball, hockey and other competitions.
The first event was football, with participants from Sweden and Japan. Japan eventually advanced with a score of 3 to 2.
The final champion of the football tournament will obviously come from East Africa, European countries and South American countries. These three regions are also where football is most popular.
Then comes the men's decathlon, which requires athletes to complete ten different track and field events within two days, including the 100-meter run, long jump, shot put, hurdles, etc.
The confrontational nature of this game is also the most competitive and entertaining game on July 31, and it is very eye-catching.
The men's decathlon quickly became a show for athletes from East Africa, the United States, and Germany, leaving athletes from other countries far behind.
This competition is very different from the previous life. In the previous life, the United States had an advantage in the men's decathlon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and took the top three places.
Among the top six, in addition to the United States, there are two German athletes and one Norwegian athlete.
However, judging from the current progress of the competition, the competition among East Africa, the United States and Germany is very fierce, and it is difficult to determine who will win the championship in advance.
Director Watt personally visited the competition and said to those around him, "This sport has turned into a three-way battle. Several of our athletes performed well, but Germany and the United States also performed well."
"I hope our athletes can beat many opponents and win our first gold medal."
The men's decathlon is completed over two days, after all, it is an event that integrates many track and field events.
At this time, the athlete next to Watt asked: "Commissioner, why don't you go to watch football and other games?"
Watt said: "I think there should be no country stronger than East Africa in the field of football. After all, football is our national sport. We in East Africa are the world's largest football country. It would be great if we could meet Germany in this competition and let the Germans see the level of imperial football."
In this time and space, Germany's football level has been greatly improved. After all, Austria, the runner-up in the previous Berlin Olympics football game, has now become a part of Germany, so Germany can mobilize more top football players.
Watt went on to say: "We in East Africa have an absolute talent for football. For example, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany were both football powerhouses, and the Far Eastern Empire was also the football hegemon in the Far East. Combining the genes of both, East Africa can only be stronger in this field."
If someone who is familiar with the level of football in the Far East Empire in the 21st century in another time and space heard what Director Watt said, he would probably burst out laughing.
But in the early 20th century, the football level of the Far Eastern Empire was indeed not to be underestimated. Of course, this was only in the Far East. Due to the living conditions of the people and the corruption and incompetence of the government, the development of sports in the Far Eastern Empire certainly could not be compared with that of Western countries.
But in the field of football, the Far Eastern Empire is now the absolute overlord in the Far East. The Far Eastern Empire has won the Far Eastern Games football championship for nine consecutive times.
The so-called Far Eastern Games is a sporting event jointly held by East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. Its value is not very high, but there is no doubt that Japan, as the only powerful country among them, has a sports development that is not bad in the world.
In its previous life, Japan achieved remarkable results in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, ranking eighth in the world and winning 18 medals, including six gold medals, surpassing European countries such as the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Therefore, Japan in the early 20th century could be considered a sports powerhouse even in the world.
However, this sports powerhouse has been unable to break the shadow cast by the Far Eastern Empire in the field of football in the past decade or so...
Soon, the first day of competition was over. Of course, due to the competition system, the results of most of these competitions have not yet been released, but the strong pressure from the three countries of East Africa, the United States and Germany can already be clearly felt.
But by the next day, everyone's attention had been diverted to the opening ceremony.
At the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the Olympic flame brought from Greece lit the main torch. This was the first time in Olympic history that the Olympic flame was brought from Greece.
Then peace doves were released into the stadium to show the Germans' strong "expectation" for "peace".
...The previous work was done very well, but when the delegations entered the venue, some "subtle" things happened. When the delegations from Germany, Italy, Poland and other countries entered the venue, they saluted the stands with the ancient Roman military salute, and the audience in the stadium gave warm support.
When the French delegation passed the viewing stand, they unexpectedly imitated the actions of the German and other delegations, and also won enthusiastic responses from the German audience.
Later, while watching a replay in East Africa, Ernst quipped, "As expected of you, France! It's starting now. That's considered early adaptation."
Other countries obviously did not follow France's example, so when delegations from countries including East Africa and the United Kingdom appeared, the audience was very indifferent.
The main spectators of the Berlin Olympics were from extreme nationalist countries led by Germany, while there were not many spectators from East Africa.
Even East Africa will mark Germany as a "dangerous" area when its citizens travel abroad and does not recommend going there. This also shows the tension and deterioration of relations between the two countries.
Director Watt was one of the few East Africans who watched the games and attended the opening ceremony. He muttered to those around him, "Adolf has been completely deified now. The Germans see him as if he were God. They're extremely fanatical. This country is not much different from the Soviet Union. I wonder who holds a higher status in the hearts of their own people, Adolf or Joseph..."
The opening ceremony was just a small episode for the East African delegation. They had been mentally prepared for the Germans' reaction. At the same time, they were also holding back their energy and ready to show it on the field.
This was soon fully verified in the next half month.
The scale of the current Olympic Games is far less mature than that of later generations. It only lasts for half a month, that is, a total of 16 days from the opening ceremony to the closing ceremony, and only 17 days including July 31.
During these 17 days, athletes from East Africa and the United States were like chickens with their blood pumped up, competing with countries like Germany.
Adolf's expression became worse and worse as the game progressed, especially when he saw East African, American Jewish... and black athletes winning the championship, his smile shifted to the faces of the East African delegation.
By the end of the Olympics, Adolf's face became even uglier, because East Africa finally took the top spot with an amazing result of 102 medals and 31 gold medals, while Germany ranked second with 22 gold medals and 67 medals, and the United States ranked third with 17 gold medals and a total of 63 medals.
The number of medals won by a country in East Africa alone accounts for nearly a quarter of the total number of medals, and the number of gold medals has widened the gap with countries such as Germany and the United States.
(End of this chapter)
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