Three Germanies

In the Morgenthau Proposal, Roosevelt Proposal, and Churchill Proposal for partitioning Germany, the idea of establishing a South Germany separate from the rest came up frequently.

OTL, one could semi-argue that this happened via the separation of Austria I suppose. Bavaria looked at breaking off of Germany post-WWII as well.

What if following WWII, it was decided that it would be best for Southern Germany to be an Austria-like neutral state?

The main theater of war was always going to be along the North European Plain, so a neutral South Germany could be a plus as far as military procurement goes for both sides.
 
That is a better (if somewhat less attainable) solution to the OTL situation. Bear in mind that the bulk of Bavarian territory was assigned to the French in the initial dismemberment plan. How is CDG going to respond in such a situation? Granted, the French had a minimal military presence to back up any territorial claims in the period.
Regardless, CDG is going to want his piece of the pie in such a situation and I'm not sure that Truman would have the balls to stand up to him.
Ike would, but that's another election away.
 
Here is a very interesting map that fits the parameters of the OP:

So I'm somewhat likely to do some funky East Germany border stuff, but here's another one I thought of:

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We have the NATO-aligned Federal Republic of Germany and then the Warsaw Pact-aligned German People's Republic and the South German Democratic Republic. I guess you could say it's kind of a German wank, but in a weird sense
 
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