AHC: Independent Galicia

[MissWhatsittoya]

What would it take for the Galcia region to become a independent nation of sorts after WW1 (Wheater as a Kingdom, maybe exiled Habsburgs? or a Republic) ???

[ScorchedLight]

Which Galicia? The spanish or the Ukrainian one?

[MissWhatsittoya]

Originally Posted by ScorchedLight

Which Galicia? The spanish or the polish one?

Austro-Hungarian (Polish/Ukrainian)......................

[Hrvatskiwi]

Do you want it to last? I could probably think of how to have it established, but definitely not lasting...

[kasumigenx]

Have Eastern Ukraine annexed by Russia before it unites with Galicia/Western Ukraine.

[MissWhatsittoya]

Originally Posted by kasumigenx

Have Eastern Ukraine annexed by Russia before it unites with Galicia/Western Ukraine.

Good one kasu..

[Tizoc]

After WWI is to late for Galicia as an independent state - Poles will naturally look into being part of Poland, and Ukrainians - Ukraine. So, no go. All you can possibly get is West Ukrainian People's Republic surviving - an East Galician state, with West Galicia being part of Poland.

BTW, after WWI kasumigenx's Eastern Ukraine (as I understand you mean here pre-WWI Russian Ukraine) ended up in Soviet state - in Russia effectively - and it didn't make independent Galicia somehow.

[MSZ]

It happened OTL. Sort of.

After Austro - Hungary began to collapse in autumn 1918, Vienna de facto lost control over the territories of the monarchy - Czechoslovaki and Hungary proclaimed independence, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia split proclaiming intent to join Yugoslavia and Galicia split as well, proclaiming its intent to join Poland - but refused to join the Kingdom of Poland and didn't join up until November same year. So technically an independent Galician state existed for a few weeks in september and october 1918.

You could have a PoD there, with Galicia refusing to join Poland for longer due to its government disagreeing with Warsaw - say, have the Nationalists take power in Poland, Galicia refusing to join, holds elections won by Socialists, proclaims independence or a socialist Republic. Whether it could last against the Ukrainians for long is a different matter, but you could have the independent and non-recognized Galicia to form and last longer.

[kasumigenx]

Originally Posted by Tizoc

After WWI is to late for Galicia as an independent state - Poles will naturally look into being part of Poland, and Ukrainians - Ukraine. So, no go. All you can possibly get is West Ukrainian People's Republic surviving - an East Galician state, with West Galicia being part of Poland.

BTW, after WWI kasumigenx's Eastern Ukraine (as I understand you mean here pre-WWI Russian Ukraine) ended up in Soviet state - in Russia effectively - and it didn't make independent Galicia somehow.

I did not mean Galicia with MaloPolska but Galicia proper.