Alternative history time..
With more powerful influence and direction from the Americans, the British and French relent on utterly destroying Germany and the dismantling of her military. As such the Hochseeflotte survives it's stay in Scapa Flow and is returned to Germany in 1919/1920. Owing to a less punitive peace treaty, Germany, while weakened financially, is still able to maintain and refit her fleet in keeping with the Washington Naval Treaty of 1921.
Presumably the Bayern and Baden would have survived, along with the Konig class with Derfflinger and Lutzow. The rest would have been scrapped under the terms of the treaty and a reduced tonnage limit compared to the US, Britain and France.
So, that being said, what do you all think a modernized, late 20's early 30's refit of those ships would have looked like? I could see Bayern and Baden looking very similar to a proto-Bismarck or Scharnhorst class.
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