I'm starting to reconsider the idea that the USSR should be less supportive of a negotiated peace than the Allies. By June 1943 the Allies had pushed Germany out of Africa and were moving on to Italy. The USA was untouchable by the Luftwaffe and any bombing of the UK could be matched by a bombing of Germany. Compare that to the eastern front, where Germany still occupied the Ukraine, Baltics, and Belorussia (and would until Operation Bagration in '44).
Anyways, my
first outline for a 1st round peace deal (firing ~30 days after a successful coup)
From the Allies:
Germany withdraws to its pre-war borders
A french occupation of the Ruhr area (roughly the equivalent of the historical northern French zone of occupation) for 10 years.
A referendum on the Saarland (as historical)
20 year US Lease on Bremen (for US troops, ships etc... in Europe. 20 years means this will extend past the game's enddate)
Demilitarization and Denazification
Ending of any German Nuclear program.
Handing over research
Return of open elections
From the Soviets:
German-Polish border about halfway between the current real borders, and the pre-WW2 borders. Germany loses East Prussia.
The Anschluss is voided and a free (non-Soviet puppet) Austria is created
Germany keeps the northern part of the Sudetenland, with part returning to the Czechs.
The Axis-aligned Eastern European states are left to the mercy of the USSR
Demilitarization and Denazification
Ending of any German Nuclear program.
Handing over research
I'm going to have to do some more research regarding Poland's borders. With Germany keeping a good part of its pre-war territory, and the Soviets taking a piece for themselves, Poland might end up fairly small. I'm not sure how important it was for the western Allies for Poland to get part of Germany as compensation for the loss of East Poland to the USSR.
EDIT: Here is a glorious MSPaint idea for a postwar Poland (thank you Dutchemperor for the maps). Please tell me how I got everything wrong.
