CP intentions re Belgium?

BooNZ

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Not really. A Germany that dominates the continent and with France and Russia gone, Germany would dominate the continent is a mortal threat to the British

If anything, the continent makes peace at the expense of Britain- a rather easy affair given the overwhelming naval superiority the Continent possesses
over an isolated Britain

A nice little chart that explains just what a pickle Britain would find herself in in a German dominated Europe

https://warandsecurity.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/naval-strength-19141.jpg

And control over the continental fleets Germany would have given the armistice terms that were demanded during the war

Lets work on the assumption things reassemble OTL with Russia collapsing, but the USA keeping out and the French morale folding in 1917-1918. IMHO the most plausible CP victory scenario. In this scenario, nobody wants to continue hostilities, the Royal Navy is largely untouched and the German navy largely discredited.

The Germans have traditionally more in common with the UK than their immediate neighbours. Suggesting Germany would suddenly align itself with a collapsed republic and communist state to continue hostilities is absurd. The UK would seek to reconcile its relationship with Germany and can facilitate with extensive colonial gains.

Germany never seriously expressed a policy to dominate Britain militarily, except in trash British paperbacks published during the naval race. The floating debris you listed for France, Russia, Italy etc is scarcely an asset to the Germans... More likely Germany would get those secondary powers to sign 'harmless' economic treaties...
 
I find the idea that Britain fights for any significant amount of time after the French have concluded an armistice to be implausible at best. The BEF would be ejected from the Continent, perhaps even pursued by the German Army free from fighting the French depending on the timelines proposed in the terms and the particular situation on the front at the time. German uboats will be operating from French channel and Atlantic bases within weeks and long range artillery will dominate the French side of the Dover strait allowing some movement of German light surface units to the channel.

Britain's main aim will be to reorient itself to home defence after a French armistice, she will be otherwise impotent anywhere the German army can deploy including to places such as the Ottoman empire. Britain will have to show it can hold what it has before coming t a white peace with Germany itself, this would take a couple of months perhaps but not much longer.
 
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