In the deliberately dark hypothetical, how many assassinations would it take to give 1930s France a functioning government, army, and navy?
Short answerA wholesale political reset is proposed, with a rallying figure able to overcome party conflict and act decisively against German remilitarisation.
NotesThe assassination premise is facetious, but the proposed remedy is a wholesale political reset because party conflict is treated as a systemic problem. A constitutional monarch or emperor is suggested as a figure around whom France could rally above ordinary political squabbles. The proposed figurehead would need to overcome the divisions blamed here for ineffective government. Its practical test is the remilitarisation of the Rhineland: the desired leadership would intervene despite doubts about army readiness.