Just before Germany signed the EVG and Detuschland treaties on 26.03.1952 the Sovietunion offered Germany the unification if they accepted the loss of the eastern territories and would remain neutral.
So what would have happened if Germany accepted this proposal? Let's say Stalin was honest and the unification is done.
- Would both emerging blocks support the neutral Germany financially (to prevent them becoming more neutral to one of the blocks than to the other)?
- Would the isolated Germany stagnate or prosper?
- And even if this could work, if one of the blocks wants to start WWIII how much would be German neutrality hinder their troops to still use Germany as one of the main battlegrounds?
So what would have happened if Germany accepted this proposal? Let's say Stalin was honest and the unification is done.
- Would both emerging blocks support the neutral Germany financially (to prevent them becoming more neutral to one of the blocks than to the other)?
- Would the isolated Germany stagnate or prosper?
- And even if this could work, if one of the blocks wants to start WWIII how much would be German neutrality hinder their troops to still use Germany as one of the main battlegrounds?