The Act of Tilsit

In my opinion, a missed opportunity in many AH scenarios which detail an alternate Treaty of Versailles.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Tilsit

Upon the capitulation of Germany in November of 1918, disorder ensued both in Germany proper and in East Prussia, and among other things, this disorder was seen by the Lithuanian minority in East Prussia as an opportunity to reunite with their brethren to the east, which had already declared independence as the Republic of Lithuania. A similar path as was done in Lithuania itself began - representatives from the Prussian Lithuanians appointed their representative organ, the Prussian Lithuanian National Council, which released the Act of Tilsit in November 30, 1918:

Reviewing that all that exists has a right to life, and that we, Lithuanians, living in Prussian Lithuania, make up the majority of the population of this region, according to the Wilsonian right to self-determination, demand the unification of Lithuania Minor to Lithuania Major. We all with our signatures promise to to help reach this goal with all of our capabilities.

The region that was supposed to be included is colored red here.

However, this act really didn't go anywhere because of a number of reasons - the Western Powers didn't pay attention to it and only cut off Klaipėda Region, and many of the Prussian Lithuanians themselves saw no reason to join their eastern compatriots - that's what 700 years of separation does to a nation.

However, in an alternative Versailles, especially one where the Entente, or whoever is dividing up Germany, are much more harsh on their terms, I imagine that this Act would probably be brought up, perhaps alongside with giving southern East Prussia to Poland or something like that.

Thoughts?
 
Wouldn't this put too many Germans inside of Lithuania and causing a large amount of internal strife in the country in the interwar period . I imagine the soviet union would give the all of Kaliningrad to Lithuania following the first world war
 
Wouldn't this put too many Germans inside of Lithuania and causing a large amount of internal strife in the country in the interwar period . I imagine the soviet union would give the all of Kaliningrad to Lithuania following the first world war
I'd imagine that with the borders in the map above, Germans would make up somewhere around 10% of the population of Lithuania, at least in the beginning - many would quickly repatriate back to Germany, I'd imagine.
 
The region that was supposed to be included is colored red here.
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perhaps alongside with giving southern East Prussia to Poland or something like that

Are you implying and referencing what I think you are?

If we are talking seriously, this is an interesting idea. If this proposed unification was successful, this could possibly lead to quite a different political situation in Eastern and Northeastern Europe.
 
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