Rheinish Republic?

I was reading Wikipedia about the Rhenish Republic. Turns out it disslved after a couple of years.

Had the French supported this, as a way to keep the Germans divided, would it be enough to keep the Nazis from going as far as they did in terms of re arming themselves. Or considering if they never come to power, i would like to think Berlin would push for direct control of the western region, but the question is how.
Also it looks like Konrad Adenauer wanted a West German autonomous region. If the French were to support the Rhenish, I don' see why they wouldn' want to further dismantle the Germans.
 
I'm not sure there was enough support in the Rhineland for a Rhenish Republic.

The best that could be done, I think, is Adenaur's demand that western Prussia be carved off. Rhenish Free State inside the confines of Germany would be something.
 

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What happens when the last French troops leave in 1930? How d0 they support it then?
When the French leave the leadership is probably going to get toppled and assassinated. The Far Right was not kind.
 
When the French leave the leadership is probably going to get toppled and assassinated. The Black Reichswehr was not kind.


Iirc that happened to some of them even while French troops were still there. Some of the separatist leaders moved to France and at least one (per Wiki) became a French citizen - presumably because he knew he now had no future in Germany.
 

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Iirc that happened to some of them even while French troops were still there. Some of the separatist leaders moved to France and at least one (per Wiki) became a French citizen - presumably because he knew he now had no future in Germany.
Yes, multiple murders. Apparently the Black Reichswehr was dismantled in 1923 though, so by 1930 it would likely be Nazis doing it...but if there was a French puppet 'republic' in the Rheinland there would probably be a continued presence and assassinations by some military backed group.
 
So this would only build sympathy for the Nazis and far right. And if Adenauer got his way, he' probably be killed too
 
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