Rheinland Republic: 1919-???

What if after WWI instead of the Allies simply occupying the Rheinland they split it off entirely as its own republic?

How long will this Republic last?
 
Well does it have to pay the same reparations as Germany? If it doesn't then it most likely will be annexed by Hitler when he rises to power, they would probably go willingly too being ethnic Germans and all.

If they don't, they enjoy prosperity until they decide they want to be annexed by Germany. So probably 1933-1938.
 

Dialga

Banned
Hitler would still invade and conquer it in 1940 or thereabouts. Don't know what would happen after the war.
 
Hitler would still invade and conquer it in 1940 or thereabouts. Don't know what would happen after the war.

Let's say that the Rhineland doesn't have to pay the repatriations.

I think Hitler was very hesitant to reoccupy the Rhineland in OTL. He said:

The forty-eight hours after the march into the Rhineland were the most nerve-racking in my life. If the French had then marched into the Rhineland we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs, for the military resources at our disposal would have been wholly inadequate for even a moderate resistance.

The Rheinlanders might want to join up with germany eventually but I am not sure if hitler would rise or act the same way he did OTL. The POD is 1919 and the reaction to this in the rest of Germany will change how German politics go down.
 
Well he could claim that the Rhinelanders are ethnic Germans and if the Rhineland proclaims it wants a union with Germany I dont think Great Britain or France would go to war about Germans being with Germans.
 

Markus

Banned
IIRC the separatist groups existing in OTL had very, very little public support. If that is correct any Rhineland-Republic would cease to exist the moment the French Bayonets no longer support her(by suppressing the Republic´s population).
 
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