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I remember seeing a thread on here debating the merits of the Morgenthau Plan that was designed at the end of WWII. My opinion is that the Morgenthau Plan as a whole is too brutal for the Germans, but I'm intrigued by one facet of the plan. That is, the partition of Germany into three different entities: an International Zone, a Northern Germany, and a Southern Germany.

I'm aware that one of the main reasons the Western Allies were interested in getting Germany back up on its feet as soon as possible was the fear of a Soviet attack, but I do wonder what the world would have been like if the partition of Germany had actually went through.

Therefore, WI Germany was partitioned into three sovereign states at the end of the war: an International Zone, a Southern Germany (renamed Baden?), and a Northern Germany (renamed Hanover?)? How would this have affected post-WWII politics, including those of the Cold War? How different would history be, namely the creation of the EU, Cold War tensions in Europe, and the resurgence of the European economy?
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