Between January and early September 1944, Henry Morgenthau, US Secretary of the Treasury, wrote a memorandum describing his plans for post-war Germany. To give you an idea of the scale of the proposal, let me just say this: It makes the 'humiliation' by the Treaty of Versailles look like child's play by comparison.
In short, Morgenthau proposed disarming Germany by destroying it's key military industries, cutting Germany up into two independent states, dismantling industrial areas in the Ruhr and banning any industrial activity in said area.
The plan received no considerable support and instead, the Allies initiated the Marshall Plan, a plan to 'restore a stable and productive Germany'.
But what if the Allies implemented the Morgenthau Plan?
By the way, the PDF of the memorandum is below, just in case you want a more in depth explanation of it by Morgenthau himself.
http://smsjm.vse.cz/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sp27.pdf
In short, Morgenthau proposed disarming Germany by destroying it's key military industries, cutting Germany up into two independent states, dismantling industrial areas in the Ruhr and banning any industrial activity in said area.
The plan received no considerable support and instead, the Allies initiated the Marshall Plan, a plan to 'restore a stable and productive Germany'.
But what if the Allies implemented the Morgenthau Plan?
By the way, the PDF of the memorandum is below, just in case you want a more in depth explanation of it by Morgenthau himself.
http://smsjm.vse.cz/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sp27.pdf