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What could Germany have accomplished in terms of rearmament while remaining within the limits of the Treaty of Versailles?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles#Military_restrictionsWhat could Germany have accomplished in terms of rearmament while remaining within the limits of the Treaty of Versailles?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles#Military_restrictions
No armored cars, tanks and military aircraft. Article 198 prohibited Germany from having an air force.
So, not much.
There is a source that states that the German military wasn't allowed to have submachine guns but the police were. Could Germany do something in the vein of the Japan Self Defense Forces and classify the military as a civilian force where everyone is free to leave when they want, and then simply have a very powerful police force?
For example:
It's not an armored car, it's a special purpose vehicle.
It's not a tank, it's a heavy duty tractor.
It's not a military aircraft, it's a sport aircraft.
There is a source that states that the German military wasn't allowed to have submachine guns but the police were. Could Germany do something in the vein of the Japan Self Defense Forces and classify the military as a civilian force where everyone is free to leave when they want, and then simply have a very powerful police force?
Once Stalin begins moving westward, France, Britain and the others may be asking Germany to rearm.
It took 17 years for him to go do that, and then only in concert with Germany, whom he allied with only after his attempts to ally with France and Britain fell through for petty and honestly rather stupid reasons. I think people really overestimate Stalin's willingness to be the Big Bad that everyone would rally against.
Fair enough. But the Poles and Czechs may see their own strengthening militaries as a means to take land from a neutered Germany.
Poland maybe, but what claims did the Czechs have against Germany?
That's the Israeli model, where everyone's a soldier. But for what purpose - who is invading Germany? The best thing the Germans should have done is let their industrialists takeover Europe. Do it through economics.How many troops can Germany train and then out back into civilians and have then ready for anything
That's the Israeli model, where everyone's a soldier. But for what purpose - who is invading Germany? The best thing the Germans should have done is let their industrialists takeover Europe. Do it through economics.
Once Stalin begins moving westward, France, Britain and the others may be asking Germany to rearm.
Well yes, and I answered that question as well; SFA.I thought the original question was what Germany could do within the Versailles restrictions, *not* whether the Allies would relax the restrictions.
Well yes, and I answered that question as well; SFA.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...he-limits-of-versailles.402511/#post-13507407
Poland maybe, but what claims did the Czechs have against Germany?