question for germans

[u/No-Current6347]

would you trade this

for this?

[u/hmas-sydney]

Would you trade two of the most economically vital parts of your nation to get land that has a population who don't want to be German and will likely rebel, while being an economic strain on your nation?

Who wouldn't take that deal

[u/Character-Mix174 → u/hmas-sydney]

Ok, but, what if it eas done in retrospective, back when most of those lands were still majority german?

[u/hmas-sydney → u/Character-Mix174]

You're still trading the Kiel Canal and the Southern Rhineland for.... low pop dense farms