Gebiete, die Frankreich von Italien als Entschädigung für den Zweiten Weltkrieg verlangte, verglichen mit dem, was es tatsächlich bekam. De Gaulle forderte ganze Provinzen Turin, Cuneo, Aosto und Imperia im Umfang von 18.095 km², wobei Italien schließlich zustimmte, 693 km² nur größtenteils an den Grenzgrenzen abzutreten.

You said it like we are the evil there.

After Italian invasion of France (failed) and Italian occupation* of France (because the friends of Italians, the Nazis), at the end of the war. France wanted compensation.

In order to negociate, France make a first proposal. As a base for negociation.

I mean, we didn’t even annex Monaco despite their warm welcoming of Nazi money.

*not the worst, but still occupation

I’m guessing that the Soviet, US and UK reluctance to allow the annexation of western parts of Germany to The Netherlands and Belgium, along with this proposed annexation, was a desire to avoid a Versailles Treaty 2.0, given that 1.0 broke the German economy leading (in part) to the rise of fascism?

It’s horrible what we Europeans did to each other I really hope we can finally find ways to sustainably grow together while keeping our sovereignty

France shouldn’t have got anything. Functionally they were an axis power