The Nazis kind of funded their economy by looting the countries they defeated, but aside from that... I think the least Germany would want to do is to utterly demolish the Maginot line, to make a second invasion easier if the French decide to reenter, as well as a reminder that they can't just invade Germany for free. Oh, and a bit of reparations, of course. I don't think Hitler could resist the opportunity to play pan-German and restore the 1914 German-French border, either, but that's another question...
Could we perhaps see the idea of a Franco-Soviet alliance being dusted off? I mean, ideological differences aside, a Nazi Germany now enlarged with Poland would be a scary enemy for France and there's no reason for the French to believe that Germany wouldn't just pull a second Czechoslovakia and go for France again anyway. Especially if the UK seems unreliable to the French (e.g. if they think the UK might want to pull out of the war), even a center-right French government might be willing to strike a deal with the devil and enlist the Soviets to get an ally against the Germans, no?
Could we perhaps see the idea of a Franco-Soviet alliance being dusted off? I mean, ideological differences aside, a Nazi Germany now enlarged with Poland would be a scary enemy for France and there's no reason for the French to believe that Germany wouldn't just pull a second Czechoslovakia and go for France again anyway. Especially if the UK seems unreliable to the French (e.g. if they think the UK might want to pull out of the war), even a center-right French government might be willing to strike a deal with the devil and enlist the Soviets to get an ally against the Germans, no?
