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As I'm quite new here I haven't searched all the forums – yet. I wonder, if there has already been an AH like what came to my mind lately :

Germany rejects the treaty of Versailles

What I've seen and read about this yet, some biographies, some citations of biographies but mainly the protocols of the Reichs-chancellory, National assambly and the Reichstag, it was a very close call, that they accepted the treaty within the given ultimatum after handing it over to Brockdorff-Rantzau.
After becoming public it embarresed almost everyone in germany. Even many socialists and other leftishes rendered it a no-go to sign. Not only the „rights“ but also many „lefts“ called for rejecting it and keep on/restart fighting.
Noske was already on the brink to give in to the pledges of several generals as well as admirals to take power for a fight for freedom.
It seems that especially Matthias Erzberger was one of the key personal pushing for signing and accepting the treaty.

So, if there has already been such a AH project, I would be pleased, if someone could show me, where i can find it.




Otherwise I would like to ask you guys on your opinions :

  1. would have germany been able with the Freikorps and troops still in the east transferred back to germany to keep Poland, already in engagement with bolshivic russia, at bay ?
  2. would have germany been able to establish a line of defense against the entente lets say roughly on a line from Hamburg to the Lake Contace and (probably/perhaps) keep the Czechs out of Saxony ?
And especially

  1. would Wilson and USA go with a the french and brits, especially for how long and how far ?

There have been plans to keep on the fighting, to „establish“ a „Rest-germany“ about the size of prussia after its defeat by Napoleon and draw the Entente into guerilla-warfare all over germany until the Entente and esp. the USA would come back to terms more in the line of Wilsons 14 points.
There were still millions of soldiers and a fleet – though much out of date – maybe enought ot keep on at least some power and traffic of goods over the baltic sea. And the reds – at that time – would have been to a quite some extend been willing to form kind a united peoples front.
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