This must be sth done 100 times before, but I haven't found all the answers I was looking for in other threads, so here it goes again...
I'm trying to think up a TL in which Germany is victorious in WW1, and then evolves in a roughly similar way to OTL ending up fighting and losing WW2.
Some of the main points, partially inspired by the link below>
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/ifgermany.htm
> US does not enter the war on the side of the Entente
> German victory is late and not thorough; France is overrun either in 1918 or next year but Germany itself nearly collapses
> The peace treaty is much less harsh, as Britain is still able to enforce some of its ideas; as Britain continues to rule the seas Germany makes no massive colonial gains
> On the territory awarded to Germany by the treaty of Brest-Litovsk a chain of buffer states are formed: the Baltic States, Bielorussia and Ukraine; Poland becomes incorporated into Germany
> Russia becomes communist, just as in OTL
> Austro-Hungary disintegrates, with Greater Hungary, the Czech lands, Croatia and Austria becoming independent
> A combination of feeling betrayed by the Peace Accords and the Great Depression brings to power sth like the Nazi Party in Germany in a more or less analogous way to OTL Italy
> WW2 goes on in a roughly parallel way to OTL with Bielorussia and Ukraine playing the part of Poland
> At the end Germany is defeated and the maps are redrawn sth like OTL
Ok, so I realise there are tons of problems with this TL, it might well be ASB; still I am very curious which parts do you find most unlikely and why.
Some of the problems I see:
> A Soviet Union without Ukraine and Bielorussia might not be able to resist a German attack coming from even closer as in OTL; Moscow would probably be taken and if Germany wins in the East, the war is basically over
> A defeated France without reparation payments from Germany would probably be too weak to even consider a second round with Germany; without an invasion of France the US might not intervine and again, Germany wins
> So, HOW can I make Germany strong enough to win WW1 but weak enough to lose WW2?
Thanks,