JJohnson
Banned
For a Weimar Germany, which states would you see existing by 2012? Would all those microstates still exist? Would Prussia still be the monster-sized state it was, or could it have broken off a few provinces into independent states?
Adler,
As for Germany, France, Czech, and Poland, let's say Danzig votes to rejoin, it joins East Prussia. Lithuania sees Polish agitation about this, and Germany signs a treaty in exchange for Memelland, which also rejoins East Prussia. The Poles see this as the re-emergence of the German Empire, and start agitating. France, which already has treaties with both, sends arms to Poland, which Germany asks them 'diplomatically' not to do. They do it anyway. By 1939, Weimar Germany has also unified with Austria without much word from Great Britain, while France starts prepping its forces in Alsace-Lorraine. Germans send the Landswehr to Posen-Westpreußen as a defensive measure but never cross the border. By mid-year, the Polish believe they have the upper hand with what come out as paper-thin assurances from France of support, and attack Germany. The German forces in Weimar are nowhere near OTL's level of preparation, but are more well off than they informed the allies. Czechoslovakia draws in, while France drags its feet for a few months before declaring war on Germany. Does this sound like a plausible series of events? Would you change or amend anything? How do you see such a war turning out?
Adler,
As for Germany, France, Czech, and Poland, let's say Danzig votes to rejoin, it joins East Prussia. Lithuania sees Polish agitation about this, and Germany signs a treaty in exchange for Memelland, which also rejoins East Prussia. The Poles see this as the re-emergence of the German Empire, and start agitating. France, which already has treaties with both, sends arms to Poland, which Germany asks them 'diplomatically' not to do. They do it anyway. By 1939, Weimar Germany has also unified with Austria without much word from Great Britain, while France starts prepping its forces in Alsace-Lorraine. Germans send the Landswehr to Posen-Westpreußen as a defensive measure but never cross the border. By mid-year, the Polish believe they have the upper hand with what come out as paper-thin assurances from France of support, and attack Germany. The German forces in Weimar are nowhere near OTL's level of preparation, but are more well off than they informed the allies. Czechoslovakia draws in, while France drags its feet for a few months before declaring war on Germany. Does this sound like a plausible series of events? Would you change or amend anything? How do you see such a war turning out?