The Early Death of the Reich

This is a timeline I thought of but I really didn't know where to go with, and if parts seems sloppy, disjointed and out of place it's most likely because I didn't know how to organize it either.

Since this is my first post here I would really like some criticism and comments.

Context of this timeline: Firstly, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact is never signed between Germany and the USSR with the inability to get over the fact they are competing ideologies in which seek to eradicate the other. Second, the Phoney War is not a thing and rather the British and French actively participate. Jodl said himself during the Nuremberg trials, "But we were never, either in 1938 or 1939 actually in a position to withstand a concentrated attack by these states together. And if we did not collapse already in the year 1939 that was due only to the fact that during the Polish campaign, the approximately 110 French and British divisions in the West were held completely inactive against the 23 German divisions."

On September 1st, just as in our timeline, the war against Poland is declared. The same would happen with the British and French declarations of war following on September 3rd, however this time there was an even larger response than they had originally wanted. 80 Divisions out of the approximate 110 are put towards the large scale Saar Offensive. Within 1 to 2 weeks the Siegfried line is decimated and the Allies swarm through en masse. Due to this a chunks of the German army are drawn away from the Polish Front and sent to the West, resulting in the eventual Polish captured of Eastern Prussia and eventual breakthrough. With the initial war effort being a failure leading to a general unrest, eventually leading to the assassination of Adolf Hitler and Operation Valkyrie being set into motion however with the new German government calling for peace with the allies. This would spark the German Civil War. This would have the new German government, supported by the Wehrmacht and indirectly by the Allies, pit against the SS. After nearly two years of fighting the war would end, with the Treaty of Kraków on August the 27th, 1941. Some territorial concessions would be made with Poland, with southern parts of East Prussia, parts of the Greater Poland region and the entirety of Upper Silesia. Because Germany was crushed by the allies and Poland the Soviet Union was discouraged from territorial gains in Eastern Europe, now focusing it's efforts in East Asia. This would lead to the eventual push out of Japan from mainland Asia, resulting with a communist China, Korea and Japan. This would lead to what was essentially a cold war with what had been the allies and either democratic states in Europe threatened by the Soviets, pitted against The USSR and it's satellite states in the East. This war would never arrive, though were nearly sparked by the Karelia Crisis, Latvian civil war and the Czech May Riots. However, even without an actual war, the staredown would remain even into the 2000s. Today the modern USSR is plagued by terrorist attacks by Ukrainian nationalist organizations, resulting in the 2011 Ukrainian referendum in which the populace decided to secede. This landmark moment for the Soviet states lead to mass calls for independence, resulting in several states breaking away. It was not perfect for the allied powers either however. With the creation of an independent Saarland, the re-creation of Czechslovakia and ceding of territory to Poland leading German right-wing terrorism. This included bombings in several Polish cities, as well as shootings in Czech churches. This terror would eventually end in it's majority in the late 1980s with major liberalization within Germany under pressure from France and Poland.
 
.... And if we did not collapse already in the year 1939 that was due only to the fact that during the Polish campaign, the approximately 110 French and British divisions in the West were held completely inactive against the 23 German divisions."

On September 1st, just as in our timeline, the war against Poland is declared. The same would happen with the British and French declarations of war following on September 3rd, however this time there was an even larger response than they had originally wanted. 80 Divisions out of the approximate 110 are put towards the large scale Saar Offensive. Within 1 to 2 weeks the Siegfried line is decimated and the Allies swarm through en masse. ...

This requires a massive PoD for the French, politically and with the military. The training and mobilization plans meant less than 60 divisions and proportionate corps/army support were available at the end on two weeks. Possibly as few as 40 divisions. Neither is it possible to have any significant force from the Commonwealth in France at the end of two weeks. For the French only the 'Active' divisions were ready for combat after a week. The next echelon the Series A came to ready status after two weeks, tho they had less recent training and had equipment shortages. The Series B units completed assembly later & had major problems in personnel and equipment. Any offensive undertaken would be limited to the Active' series units in September, with some Series A units joining in October.
 
Sorry, but this is an old red herring. It's significant that it was launched by guys under trial - they were trying to unload part of their responsibility for the length of the war and the excesses of the later years of it onto someone else, anyone else.

As to your proposed TL, it's not true that there were only 23 German divisions in the West. Nor there were 110 French divisions that could be actually used, as per the previous post. It also is impossible that the French could actually channel 80 divisions, even if they had them ready to use in an offensive role, into the Saar offensive, that would make something like one division per 500 meters of front. Not to speak of the impossibility of keeping them in supply. The SS are a non-factor in 1939, given their size, experience as combat units, equipment, and presence of seconded Heer officers in technical roles. And we could continue. Sorry.

If you want an early death of the Third Reich (there were two previous incarnations), your best bet is to work on a TL in which the French and British do oppose the remilitarization of the Rhineland.
 
Another change would be waiving away the break in the Belgian/French alliance in the 1930s. A Belgian DoW 3 Sept 1939 & a French mobilization into Belgium alters so much the situation is near unrecognizable.
 
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