The only slight hope to end WW2 after the fall of France would be Hitler suffering a stroke or heart attack and dying from it in June 1940 and some saner heads coming to power in Germany and making the following offer:
Retreat from France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Norway. All those countries keep their colonies. Alsace-Lorraine falls under german administration for 15 years, thereafter a plebiscite is to be held there to determine whether the population wants to stay german or become french once again. In might be a smart idea to hold 2 seperate plebiscites for Alsace and Lorraine respectively, where Alsace would most likely prefer staying german and Lorraine to be returned to France.
And even that might not be enough, as there still would be demands that Germany retreats from Poland as well. But there, Germany could play the card that they are willing to do so if only the USSR would do it as well, knowing, that Stalin will never accept.
Retreat from France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Norway. All those countries keep their colonies. Alsace-Lorraine falls under german administration for 15 years, thereafter a plebiscite is to be held there to determine whether the population wants to stay german or become french once again. In might be a smart idea to hold 2 seperate plebiscites for Alsace and Lorraine respectively, where Alsace would most likely prefer staying german and Lorraine to be returned to France.
And even that might not be enough, as there still would be demands that Germany retreats from Poland as well. But there, Germany could play the card that they are willing to do so if only the USSR would do it as well, knowing, that Stalin will never accept.
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