Let's say things go even worse for Britain at the start of world war 2. No miracle at Dunkirk, the Germans destroy the British expeditionary force there. I once heard that if the Germans hadn't started to bomb London and other cities during the battle of Britain, they would have won the battle. I am not certain if that would be true, but it would have at least been bad for Britain. So we let that happen too. Britain is in bad shape and fears an invasion. We know operation sealion will fail, but the British do not.
Next we have someone in the German army, who realises that operation sealion will fail and he manages to convince the rest of the army and Hitler that it can't be done. So the Germans decide to make peace, telling the British they rather want to fight the sovjet union then tham. So what kind of peace would be acceptable to both parties?
Could this be:
Restoration of the pre-1914 borders of Germany (return of E-L, etc)
Annexation of Luxembourg
End of the occupation of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway
Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium aren't allowed to remillitaries for 10-15 years (with the exception of the colonies)
a (large) demillitariced zone at the border of France and Germany
The creation of a rump Poland (existing mainly out of Sovjet occupied Poland) which is a vasal country of Germany.
Would this be acceptable to both parties (Germany would get all it wanted in the west)? What kind of peace would be possible?
Next we have someone in the German army, who realises that operation sealion will fail and he manages to convince the rest of the army and Hitler that it can't be done. So the Germans decide to make peace, telling the British they rather want to fight the sovjet union then tham. So what kind of peace would be acceptable to both parties?
Could this be:
Restoration of the pre-1914 borders of Germany (return of E-L, etc)
Annexation of Luxembourg
End of the occupation of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway
Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium aren't allowed to remillitaries for 10-15 years (with the exception of the colonies)
a (large) demillitariced zone at the border of France and Germany
The creation of a rump Poland (existing mainly out of Sovjet occupied Poland) which is a vasal country of Germany.
Would this be acceptable to both parties (Germany would get all it wanted in the west)? What kind of peace would be possible?