Be ready to enforce the treaty, don't let French butthurt dictate anything.

>>1282813
No Frenchfags allowed, then a reasonable conclusion can probably be reached.

break germany into four states

break france into four states

Stop with these retarded alt history threads

Massacre all of Germany for being such evil bastards

>>1282813
>Germany keeps colonies but pays war rep, can no long keep a navy
>Britian and France enforce Sudentenland DMZ
>USA gets dibs on reconstruction efforts
>Austria-Hungary dissolved, pays war rep
>Balkans reorganized, unmannexed, encouraged to form a coalition
>Ottomans pay war rep, dissolve, Instanbul goes to Russia
>Russia can have influence over the Balkans and the Black Sea
>Japs get paid
>Italy gets Syria
>No League of Nations

>>1283094
>can no long keep a navy
Bad idea, military reduction was one of the things that pissed off Germans the most.

On a side note, has anyone else ever wondered why Bismarck didn't force France to shrink their armed forces or be divided for losing? I mean really where do the French get off thinking Germany should be made into a French colony when they just had to give up a small province, which was pretty lucky considering how bad they lost.

>>1283113
I had that reduction in mind because you gotta keep the Brits happy, but not de-dick the Germans. I figure anything more serious would led to what already happened

First thing I'd do is set a course of action so that /his/ is never made so I never have to read cringe alt-history threads.

>>1283113
Machiavelli said it was best to treat losers gently or harshly to end conflict, he never encountered a frog. Seriously ww1 lasted 3 more years than necessary because they refused to settle for less than Elsaß-Lothringen despite they being the occupied party. In hindsight the krauts should have just given it to them so they could annex all of eastern russia

Raze Germany from the face of the fucking planet

>>1283465
Go away Merkel