Previous British Attack Italy From France (CYOAH) With Germany defeated, the Allies decided it would be best to make sure Germany as a nation would never exist again: having started two wars in 30 years, the German people could not be trusted with a strong, united government. Therefore, the French were given the land west of the Rhine, Britain received the ancient lands of Hanover not going to France, Poland got all the land to the Elbe (similar to what they would have in OTL), and the reconstructed Austria got Bavaria. The rest, mostly centered around Berlin, was formed as the small state of Prussia.