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From its very inception this fascist camp found itself on the coalition contained irremediable or­ brink of disaster. ganic deffcts. As the unreality of the The defects inherent in the Ger­ mad plans of the Hitlerite imperial­ man-Italian coalition had developed ists to win world domination re­ into a deadly disease. The first de­ vealed itself in the course of the fect was that this coalition was war, these defects had to lead and formed as robber-alliance which actually did lead to grave conse­ calculated on easy gains in the hope quences which could not but upset of a speedy victory for Hitlerite the further "normal" functioning of Germany in the war. But the mo­ the coalition and make its very ex­ ment it became increasingly clear istence questionable. that the war would be neither short The heroic struggle of the Red nor easy; that aggression, plunder, Army was of decisive significance in and crimes would not go unpun­ disrupting the plans of the Hitler­ ished; and that Germany was going ites. The foundation of the military to lose the war, rifts and cracks in might of Hitlerite Germany was un­ the fascist camp were unavoidable. dermined as a result of the crushir{g And this -is precisely what hap­ blows dealt by the Red Army to the pened. German, Italian, Rumanian and Another defect of the German­ Hungarian troops. The struggle Italian coalition was the fact that waged by the Red Army against from the very outset there was not Germany and her allies gave Eng­ a semblance of equality among the land and the United States the op­ component states. Hitlerite Germany portunity to develop a mighty war openly declared herself the "su­ industry, to build up an army many preme power" in Europe. The Hit­ million strong, and to win air su­ lerite coalition thus revived the periority in the West and South of medieval feudal dependence which Europe. Thus there were prepared had existed at one time in the Ger­ the necessary conditions for the man [Holy] Roman Empire. And al­ armed forces of the U.S.S.R., Eng­ though Hitler's first vassal-Italy­ land and the United States to strike was formally announced to be on a level of equality with fascist Ger­ • Arr editorial in W aT ami the Working Class, many, this equality always remained fortnightly magazine issued by the newspaper very illusory. It could not be other­ TruJ, central organ of the Soviet trade unions, in Moscow. wise, for the simple reason that 675 676 AXIS REVERSES AND CONFLICTS Italy, not possessing its own base of against other nations. The reaction­ raw materials and cut off from im­ ary rulers sacrificed the real na­ ports from other countries, was eco­ tional interests of their countries nomically wholly given over by for the sake of the aims o:f this plot. Mussolini and his fascist clique to It is easy to understand that· as the mercy of Hitlerite Germany. soon as the power of Hitlerite Ger­ But apart from the fact that from many was seriously shaken the arch­ the very beginning there was no reactionary coalition was _affected in equality between the participants in a like manner. This is exactly what the German-Italian fascist coalition, is happening. the reactionary rulers of the states The third inherent defect in the forming the coalition renounced in German-Italian coalition was the advance the sovereignty of their fact that Hitler thrust into it just countries in favor of Hitlerite Ger­ those very states of Europe whose in­ many. Thus, the Rumanian and Bul­ terests were divided by the sharpest garian rulers went so far as to per­ and most crying contradictions. It mit the Hitlerite troops under the suffices to cite but a few examples guise of "friendship" oc "assistance" to illustrate this. Who, for instance, to enter their countries and actually could deny that had Hitler succeeded to occupy them. This partly hap­ in realizing his "New Europe" there pened in Italy too. The reactionary would have been no place in it for . rulers of the countries of Hitler's Italy as a big independent state? It vassals agreed to play the role of is a fact that in all the European lackey assigned to them by the Ger­ countries captured by them the Hit­ man fascists, primarily because they lerites hastened to remove practi­ feared their own people more than cally all Italian influence. The Ital­ the subordination of their countries ian fascist press has on more than to robber German imperialism. In one occasion bitterly complained their political shortsightedness they that Italy, which, prior to the war, reckoned that they would get some carried on a very lively trade with of the booty which they thought France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, would be bagged by Hitlerite Ger­ and Norway, has now lost all these many. Hoping thereby to partici­ commercial ties. pate in the division of future spoils, Take the instance of Hungaro-'Ru­ the reactionary rulers of the vassal manian relations. It was none other states, upon the· demand of fascist than Hitler who, on the eve of war, Germany bent on monopolizing cut off the northern part of Transyl­ Europe, were prepared to reject the vania from Rumania and ~nded it economic ties with England and the over to Hungary, 'thus turning Ru­ U.S.A. which had been advantage­ mania and Hungary into two ever­ ous to their countries. lastingly hostile and irreconcilable The German-Italian coalition enemies. Only after this did he make arose as a plot of the most reaction­ the two countries allies of Germany ary rulers of the European states in its robber war.