At the end WW1 Germany is divided into 5 nations

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True, eventual German reunification (at least without Prussia) is going to happen.
 
My guess is nationalists trying to reunify Germany would be hugely popular.

Rhineland would probably be dominated by France. East Prussia might not survive that long, the Poles might just annex it. Bavaria might try to find it's catholic roots an pursue an own identity, while Brandenburg and Lower Saxony would be the ones pressing for reunification.

I think this could lead to something similar to the territorial arrangement envisioned by the Morgenthau Plan with a north German state, a south German state, and western German being dominated by foreign power(s).
 
I can see this happening, but enforcing it is another matter altogether. Remember how pissed the Germans got about Austria and the Sudetenland? Now imagine how pissed they are gonna be if you suggest this kind of thing. Even if the government signs, would the German people even accept it? Remember that the Russians still fought even after the war was lost to them so is it entirely impossible for the Germans to do the same? This is going to be a blood bath, plan and simple.
 

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I think Lower Saxony could easily fall for a revolution, being a industrialized area and so on...

Brandenburg would probably be dominated by Prussian Junkers and nationalists. Then Lower Saxony and Brandenburg would present very different alternatives, both would seek to unite Germany. The Bavarians would first be upset, but could comet to like being "better Germans" and a Catholic Nation. They'd probably work together with the Austrians. The Rhine Germans would be pissed of and be divided in pro- French and anti- French camps. The pro- French camp would support French military presence and support the Rhineland as the democratic Germany, the ant- French faction would yell that French military presence stop reunification. The East Prussians would be pissed of since their nation didn't even last a year before the Poles conquered and annexed it.
 
Rhineland fares reasonably well compared to the others, but behind the curtain it remains a French puppet.

Watch out who you're calling a puppet.:D

Getting the UK and USA to support this idea would probably involve a continuation of the war and some kind of outright lie that Germany would not accept any peace deal after Versailles (perhaps the rejection of that treaty goes down very badly)

That's easy. Keep the U.S. out of the war. Just keep the German Foreign Ministry from being brainless idiots :p & offering to give Texas back to Mexico before the war's even over...:eek::confused:
 
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