CaliGuy
Banned
Would it have been plausible for France to keep the Rhineland after the Napoleonic Wars? For instance, if Napoleon decides to call it quits and seek peace sufficiently early?
If so, would the ethnic Germans in the Rhineland (as well as the ethnic Dutch people in our TL's Belgium and southern Netherlands) eventually become loyal, patriotic Frenchmen like the Alsatians became? Or would they become German (or Dutch) nationalists and thus create a perpetual headache for France?
Also, what would the other consequences of a French retention of the Rhineland be for France, Prussia, and other countries?
If so, would the ethnic Germans in the Rhineland (as well as the ethnic Dutch people in our TL's Belgium and southern Netherlands) eventually become loyal, patriotic Frenchmen like the Alsatians became? Or would they become German (or Dutch) nationalists and thus create a perpetual headache for France?
Also, what would the other consequences of a French retention of the Rhineland be for France, Prussia, and other countries?