Worst possible result for Germany Post WW2?

I'm surprised the most obvious anwser hasn't appeared yet.

The Germans are found universally guilty and sentenced to death. Their death camps are filled with their former owners and Germans are eradicated as a nation in a few years. Germany no longer exists.

Can't get worse than that.

I really doubt that could've happened.

Also I really thought I was clear in that POST WW2. As in after the War in Europe is already over.
 
Also I really thought I was clear in that POST WW2. As in after the War in Europe is already over.
Well all you really said was what would be worst for them post WW2, you didn't give a specific point of departure date limit to rule out any changes before VE day. Even if the point of departure was 1943 it wouldn't affect how Germany was governed until post-war, sticking to the post WW2 stipulation, if you see what I mean.
 
This wouldn't be as drastic as some have mentioned, but what about an even bigger loss of territory to Poland, say a Polish border at the Elbe, in conjunction with a greater Czechoslovakia and French setting up a Rhenish Republic.
 
Radiation I suppose.
Reasons why it wouldn't matter to Soviets:
1. Fall back because of 1-2 cities poisoned? Nope.
2. At that time Soviets didn't know about aftereffects of nuclear detonation.
3. Even if they did, radiation sharply falls in short time - after 1 week there won't be much problem.
3. I doubt Soviets would care anyway about higher losses.
 
Hmm...other than reducing Germany to an uninhabitable wasteland...


Perhaps the USSR occupies all of Germany and implements a Morgenthau plan on steroids? Basically, they loot the entire country and move German factories to Russia, while purging as much of the intelligista as possible. The Hyper-DDR is now completely reliant on Russia for manufactured goods, and all of their Teachers, Doctors, Etc. come from the USSR. (For an extra bitter peace, have the USSR annex the Rhineland as an SSR and deport all the Germans from it to be replaced with Russian settlers, ensuring that all the coal, iron, etc. doesn't fall into German or Western hands) Considering what the Nazi's had planned for Russia, this is still nicer than what Dolfy planned on doing.
 
Reasons why it wouldn't matter to Soviets:
1. Fall back because of 1-2 cities poisoned? Nope.
2. At that time Soviets didn't know about aftereffects of nuclear detonation.
3. Even if they did, radiation sharply falls in short time - after 1 week there won't be much problem.
3. I doubt Soviets would care anyway about higher losses.

I didn't claim to know the answer, I was just guessing.
 
- Germany somehow knocks Britain out of the war/occupies it.
- US continues with the B-36 as top priority (started out as such IOTL, changed after the Battle of Britain when it became clear that European bases would be available) rather than switching to the B-29 - the B-36 is actually a lower technology aircraft. Manhattan project proceeds as IOTL.
- Germany still invades Russia on schedule, does a bit better and achieves some sort of stalemate.
- US gets dragged into the war.
- Debate between those favouring a limited strike with a couple of nukes and waiting to throw the kitchen sink at the Germans in one big strike goes the other way.
- US destroys Germany from the air in ~1947 - the layout of the country is such that only a handful of small towns survive and the overwhelming majority of the population is dead within a few weeks.
 
I'm surprised the most obvious anwser hasn't appeared yet.

The Germans are found universally guilty and sentenced to death. Their death camps are filled with their former owners and Germans are eradicated as a nation in a few years. Germany no longer exists.

Can't get worse than that.

Well if we're going to be silly yeah, I mean we may as well just make the population dig giant holes across the country too, flood it and create the German sea. Western Poland probably deserves a nice sea view after all they've been through.
 
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