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28 June 1919

As Germany did after the last war with France in 1870/71 it celebrated its victory in the war from 1914-1918 in the palace of Versailles.

The Central powers of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria and the Ottomans wanted to make sure that the war started by Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States was the last one they had to fight against those warmongers.

In order to do so severe sanctions were put into action.

Britain was allowed to keep its fleets but it was not allowed to build any new warships or U-Boats until 1940. A few colonies in Africa and southeast Asia had to be handed over to Germany and Britain had to pay 5 Billion pounds as reparation for the war it started. The Ottomans got all of the Middle East parts of Iran and Aegypt.

Even with the civil war going on the sanctions against Russia were still severe. Germany and the AH Empire expanded east by some 200 kilometers and the newly formed Baltic states, Byelorussia and the Ukraine became an array of sattelites to form a buffer against Russia should it become dangerous in the future. The Ottomans annected large parts of the Cacasus.

Italy lost its colony of Lybia to the Ottomans and large parts of Northern Italy had to be handed over the the Austrians.

The United States were expelled from the European market and from all European colonies. Germany planned for Europe to reach a level of autarky anyway while the denial of the markets of Europe, Africa and large parts of Asia were devastating for the american economy.

France as the most dangerous and nearest of Germanys enemies was punished the hardest. France had to pay 32 Billion Marks was not allowed to have a Navy, Airforce or armoured units and its armies were limited to a maximum of 100 000 men in France and 100 000 in the colonies.
After all the French had nearly two times succeded in conquering the continent. The first time with Napoleon, and now in this war. It had to be made sure that the French wouldnt try to conqeur the continent a third time.

January 1933

It had been a hard decade for the French and the former Allies. First the defeat in the war, then the payments and finally the economic crysis in 1929. These hard times had helped Philippe Pétain and his National Socialist French Workers Party to seize power in France. The Nazis using the stab in the back legend claimed that it was the Jews, Africans and Asians in the french armies that caused France to loose the war.

In order to restore France to its former glory the Nazis begun to clense France from all Jews, Africans and Asians. At the same time France started to rearm. Germany felt guilty because of the harsh treaty of Versailles so it didnt protest.

By 1938 France was demanding the annexation of Belgium territory populated by French-speaking people. This was agreed upon in the treaty of Munich. Unfortunately the words of the German Prime Minister Konrad Adenauer "Peace in our time" ment little to the Nazis.

August 1939

The world holds its breath as the French - Soviet alliance is born. Stalin and Pétain know they need each other. Both want their old territories robbed by Germany and both know that they cant do it by themselfes.

By October 1939 France is at war with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire after having attacked and conquered the rest of Belgium and the Netherlands.

In Mai 1940 France attacks Germany, Britain,Italy and Spain join France and declare war on Germany. Germany has 4000 tanks and 3000 aircraft but many of them had to be kept in the east in case Stalin made his move.
Also most of them were old tipes not really a match for the 1500 Somua S 35 with their 47 mm guns and the 500 Char tanks with their 75 mm guns.

Also the German Fokker 109 was no match for the Dewoitine D.520.
Within two weeks after their attack French forces were standing at the Rhine. Could the Germans stop the seemingly unstoppable armies of the Nazis and their fascist British, Italian, Spanish and communist and Russian allies? once the Nazis would defeat Germany and the Austro Hungarian Empire?

What horrors would the coalition of fascist leaders Pétain, Franco, Mussolini, Mosley and their communist ally Stalin unleash upon Europe once the Nazis would defeat Germany and the Austro Hungarian Empire?
What fait awaited all the Jews, Africans and Asians in Europe?
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