AHC: German military controlled directly by NATO

[Jape]

Been reading up abit on the foundation of NATO and the European Union and in all the discussions leading up to the establishment of some form of anti-communist alliance, the idea that any future West German military would be directly under Allied control (as opposed to the WG government) as a sop to anti-German fears in the wake of WWII was popular.

Can anyone tell my why this didn't happen and how could it of, given a POD?

 

[Albidoom]

Well, with the partition of the Bundeswehr into the 'Feldheer' (which was embedded in the NATO command structure) and the 'Territorialheer' (mainly for logistics and other non-frontline stuff) it was somewhat controlled by the NATO otl.
Maybe get France not leaving the NATO command structure so that the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces Central won't be german officers for 34 years straight (or at least setup some kind of rotation system with GB and France, probably US, too, given their contribution)

 

[Intosh]

Been reading up abit on the foundation of NATO and the European Union and in all the discussions leading up to the establishment of some form of anti-communist alliance, the idea that any future West German military would be directly under Allied control (as opposed to the WG government) as a sop to anti-German fears in the wake of WWII was popular.

Can anyone tell my why this didn't happen and how could it of, given a POD?

Best POD will be the creation of the European Defense Community (EDC) in 1954.

A link to Wikipedia to better explain this french plan when the USA call for the rearmament of West Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Defence_Community

The EDC would have established a pan-European military, divided into national components. In this military, the French, Italian, Belgium, Dutch and Luxembourg components would report to their national governments, whereas the German component would report to the EDC. This was due to the fear of a return of German militarism, so it was desired that the German government would not have control over the German military. However, in the event of its rejection, it was agreed to let the German government control its own military in any case (something which the treaty would not have provided). The EDC also provided for centralised military procurement. The EDC would have had a common budget, arms and institutions.

At the end, French National Assembly don't ratified the treaty. The Communists and the Gaullists were allied to vote against the Treaty.

The common budget, arms and institutions will be good ideas as european arms industry will be integrated quicker.

Of course, NATO will still exist as a bigger structure and probably France will never left the unified command of NATO. And if every generation of conscripted recruits will serve part of their military service alongside theirs europeans brothers in arms, european integration will be quicker in the mind. Of course, you will have some languages problems but if everybody accepted to speak French , it will be better...