WI: France annexes Belgium after WWI

In OTL Belgium actually wanted to annex parts of the Netherlands after WW1.
they wanted Dutch Limburg and parts of Zeeland.

It seems that for a short time the dutch armed forced were placed on a higher level of alert due to this.

IN OTL the other countries brushed aside belgian claims.

What if the belgian government in a stroke of madness tries to go ahead and just take it, or pushes much much harder than they did in otl.

Notes:
1. the Flemish press & opionion seem to have been been fiercely opposed to it.
2. part of these political maneuvres was that belgium renounced parts of the treaty of 1839 (effectively cancelling all of it), so the british are no longer treaty bound to support.

So wondering if actions like this could result in the annexing of the french parts of belgium, and the flemish part being annexed or federated to the Netherlands.
 
The Belgians were surprised when the Germans presented them with the ultimatum - they had expected that the French would be the one's presenting it. As with Emperor Qianlong I've heard similar references.

They were no plans for annexation. However, a variant of the Plan XVII envisioned an advance into Belgian territory would the Belgian Government side with Ze Germans. I think I remember that a more insane variant included the seizure of Swiss Jura mountains, the Swiss General, Wille, being considered even more Prussophile that Von Moltke in Paris.
 
In OTL Belgium actually wanted to annex parts of the Netherlands after WW1.
they wanted Dutch Limburg and parts of Zeeland.

It seems that for a short time the dutch armed forced were placed on a higher level of alert due to this.

IN OTL the other countries brushed aside belgian claims.

What if the belgian government in a stroke of madness tries to go ahead and just take it, or pushes much much harder than they did in otl.

Notes:
1. the Flemish press & opionion seem to have been been fiercely opposed to it.
2. part of these political maneuvres was that belgium renounced parts of the treaty of 1839 (effectively cancelling all of it), so the british are no longer treaty bound to support.

So wondering if actions like this could result in the annexing of the french parts of belgium, and the flemish part being annexed or federated to the Netherlands.

more on this belgian government in a stroke of madness here:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=98370

and how it look like
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The Belgians were surprised when the Germans presented them with the ultimatum - they had expected that the French would be the one's presenting it. As with Emperor Qianlong I've heard similar references.

They were surprised, for sure, but as far as I've seen there were never any plans for a defense against France. The fact that prior to the war the King and the Prime Minister were fighting over who should be chief of staff based on their plans for defending against Germany is indicative of who the real threat was considered to be.
 
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