[The OKW discuss attacking the former Japanese Pacific States with a full combined ground and air assault]
[in German, details animation in map] The conquest of the North American West will unfold in stages. First, the Luftwaffe will disable critical command-and-control infrastructure and carpet-bomb population centers. San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and so on.
Forgive me, General how much value to the Reich will these cities have if they're reduced to rubble?
[in English] The aerial assault will break the will of the population. Next, our Panzer divisions will cross the border from the Neutral Zone in a blitzkrieg strike. Supported by our Wehrmacht battalions, we will have control of the West Coast within a week.
Smith. You are a skeptic?
Invading the West is one thing, [to Himmler, nodding respectfully] Mein Fuhrer. Holding it is another.
The BCR are crude savages. They rely on animal instinct.
That's what the Japanese thought.
We use different methods, Reichsmarschall, and they have never failed to achieve results, as you know.
Yes.
The question is not whether or how or when, Smith. For that is our destiny. The question is who. Who will lead the conquest of North America? A prize second only to Europa herself. Do you really believe that you deserve it, Smith? Or should I bestow it on someone else? [points] Eichmann, perhaps? Or Goertzmann?
Mein Fuhrer, perhaps this duty can only be entrusted to a member of the German Herrenvolk.
What do you say to that, Smith?
I disagree.
That is all?
[stands up] America is a rebel nation, [nods] mein Fuhrer. A German commander might - if you'll forgive me - promote unrest in the military. Only an American can truly control it.
But you do not control America, Smith. Rebellion is rampant, and I have a bullet wound to prove it!
Is the problem that he can't control America? Or is it that he won't?
What are you insinuating, Eichmann?
He is asking where your true loyalties lie, Smith. And I have been wondering the same thing myself. But tonight, at last, we are all going to learn the truth about John Smith.
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