Titus_Pullo
Banned
I'm new here so I dont know if this scenario has been discussed before.
But how would Europe be different today if the Morgenthau Plan for a defeated Germany had been adopted? `The original plan called for completely stripping Germany of all industrial capacity forever, essentially turning it into an agricultural and pastoral country. This was to be achieved into three phases:
(i) The military forces immediately upon entry into the area shall destroy all plants and equipment which cannot be removed. (ii) Removal of plants and equipment by members of the United Nations as restitution and reparation (Paragraph 4). (iii) All plants and equipment not removed within a stated period of time, say 6 months, will be completely destroyed or reduced to scrap and allocated to the United Nations.
All Germans with technical skills were also to be relocated and dispursed as far away from each other as possible.
In addition Germany was to be divided into 3 independent countries North Germany, South Germany and an International Zone.
So what do you think the consequences would have been?
Do we get a more powerful France than in OTL?
Does the EU still get to exist?
But how would Europe be different today if the Morgenthau Plan for a defeated Germany had been adopted? `The original plan called for completely stripping Germany of all industrial capacity forever, essentially turning it into an agricultural and pastoral country. This was to be achieved into three phases:
(i) The military forces immediately upon entry into the area shall destroy all plants and equipment which cannot be removed. (ii) Removal of plants and equipment by members of the United Nations as restitution and reparation (Paragraph 4). (iii) All plants and equipment not removed within a stated period of time, say 6 months, will be completely destroyed or reduced to scrap and allocated to the United Nations.
All Germans with technical skills were also to be relocated and dispursed as far away from each other as possible.
In addition Germany was to be divided into 3 independent countries North Germany, South Germany and an International Zone.
So what do you think the consequences would have been?
Do we get a more powerful France than in OTL?
Does the EU still get to exist?