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Posen goes to Russia then, perhaps even with more east German territory than in OTL, if allied victory is so complete.

Stalin avoided starting war by himself, because he hoped for a great conflict between fascist and democratic states in Europe, in which USSR could intervene in decisive moment to get the most spoils (which is kind of what happened i OTL, only differently than he anticipated). Stalin hopes...

They may get the zone, but not the puppet state. Say, western allied and soviet forces meet somewhere in Poland. Thanks to westren allied presence Poland is reinstated as independed democratic country. Soviets get their zone in east Germany, but after few years they have to leave it, as being...

How about allied victory in WWI, but including Imperial Russia. Poland gain autonomy within Russian Empire and is expanded to Oder on the west while also getting western Galicia? Eventually, if some revolution still happened to Russia, Poland could assert independence and claim some more...

I doubt the scenario with Soviets reaching the Pyrenees without any French or western allied action. Remember that German army viewed Soviet occupation as way more greater danger than American and British one. Once Soviet forces come close to Berlin, Germans will be moving anything they can to...

Do you think we could see a Red Alert scenario? Soviets becoming strong enough to eventually challenge rest of Europe?

While, as it has been said, WW2 greatly hurt Poland, I believe the main thing that held it back was 45 years of communist rule after it. Japan and Germany also suffered a lot of destruction, but got rebuilt nicely, after all. So, to have Poland as a respected power: 1. Avoid WW2 or 2. Make W...

You didn't notice that in OP scenario the Germans seem to be good guys, getting help from UK and US which lets them win at the end. Overall, this scenario is ASB. I can imagine France, Poland and Czechoslovakia invading Germany in 30's if they were somehow convinced that Germany is going to...

^^Actually there is a small group of inhabitants of Upper Silesia, who somewhat feel being neglected and consider themselves a separate nation (about 200k people declaring Silesian nationality during last census).

From what I read of him on Polish wiki, he was more of a politician and general military reformer.

Only one Pole in such a poll? Within this period, virtually any Polish commander was primarily a cavalry one. Besides those appearing earlier, also Stanisław Koniecpolski, Kazimierz Pułaski and Józef Poniatowski deserve a mention.

Giving eastern half to Russia is plausible, based on panslavist ideology of unifying all eastern Slavs (which include Ukrainians of Galicia) in Russian Empire, but the western half was overwhelmingly Polish, and would have nothing to do with Czechs or Slovaks.

What? Can you elaborate? From what parts is Poland created and why is Slovakia added to it? Also the colonial territories you gave to Germany (Vietnam, Hong Kong) were already held by France and Britain respectively.

But he was.

American lines of communication wouldn't be short either. Was there a railway connection from US to Mexico at that time? Also, why everybody assumes that former southern soldiers would flock to Union ranks just months after the Civil War? Why should South support this war at all? It's not like...

AH member?

You need to have United States fare worse economically, to the point of Canada and Mexico being main target of European immigration or even getting immigrants from US itself. To be a great power, Canada needs to approximately double its population compared to OTL, while Mexico needs ust more...

How many seagoing ironclads did Britain have at this time?

There were more conflict in South America that I knew of, I admit, but hardly any can be considered major war. I was thinking of a conflict similar to US Civil War or major European wars, of course scaled to area's size. A war that would shake and reshape the whole continent like World Wars did...