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Free market buisnesses wrote:

Why would you dissolve Germany? They didn't start the war, they were only in the war for the same reason Britain, France, Italy, and Russia were. Honestly, that treaty was a terrible idea and it's no wonder Germany went to Hitler afterwards.

It's not a matter of blame or whether Germany deserved to be dissolved. The issue is that the two world wars were caused, on a geostrategic level, by the emergence of Germany. The appearance of a new military land power right in the middle of Europe made war inevitable. Had Germany been taken out of the picture before the second world war, the power of France and Britain might have been preserved.

New vedan wrote:

You may be right, but I'm sure such a demand would have continued the war for a few years longer. Also who would pay all those reparations the French wanted if Germany is divided up? The only reason they had to pay so much was because they were the only central power left. If Germany is destroyed then there goes a boatload of money.

It would probably have been less than a year. Germany was unable to suppress unrest at home, let alone a coordinated military offensive. When it comes to reparations, there are also questions about how much Germany was capable of paying anyway. Interestingly I think the French originally wanted Germany to pay fewer reparations in return for them annexing Saarland. I might've entertained that idea.