1953: Soviet troops fails to Crush GDR worker strikes

Let say the Soviet troops hadn't been able to crush the strikes in Eastern Germany in 1952/1953, what then?

Could it have to spreed to the entire Eastern Block? Cauing Civil war in the USSR?

/Fred
 
How does this happen? The Soviets weren't incompetent militarily, as their defeat of Nazi Germany revealed, so being outright defeated by the strikers (at least strategically--I could imagine mobs overwhelming small detachments here and there) is unlikely.

Does the East German army mutiny? Or do the Soviet soldiers themselves refuse to fire on the strikers? There was at least one incident where Soviet soldiers refused to fire on Hungarian protestors and were executed for it, so that is possible, although this is in Germany and chronologically closer to WWII.
 
How does this happen? The Soviets weren't incompetent militarily, as their defeat of Nazi Germany revealed, so being outright defeated by the strikers (at least strategically--I could imagine mobs overwhelming small detachments here and there) is unlikely.

Does the East German army mutiny? Or do the Soviet soldiers themselves refuse to fire on the strikers? There was at least one incident where Soviet soldiers refused to fire on Hungarian protestors and were executed for it, so that is possible, although this is in Germany and chronologically closer to WWII.

Lets imagine the following.

East Berlin 1953.

Today Soviet troops massacares a peacefull marchs of striking working, their wifes and children, who's only crime were to demand better workers rights! Children under the age of 10 were among casulites.
Outraged by this the East German Army takes the side of the Striking workers!

What then?

/Fred
 
Lets imagine the following.

East Berlin 1953.

Today Soviet troops massacares a peacefull marchs of striking working, their wifes and children, who's only crime were to demand better workers rights! Children under the age of 10 were among casulites.
Outraged by this the East German Army takes the side of the Striking workers!

What then?

/Fred

Just a question. Was there any East Germany army of any size at that time? Think the Russians objected bitterly when the west fully included W Germany in NATO and started rearming it and don't think that was until about 1955.

Steve
 
Lets imagine the following.

East Berlin 1953.

Today Soviet troops massacares a peacefull marchs of striking working, their wifes and children, who's only crime were to demand better workers rights! Children under the age of 10 were among casulites.
Outraged by this the East German Army takes the side of the Striking workers!

What then?

/Fred

Red army fires on fascist revanchists and western provocateurs posing as east german army.
 
If the Worker upraising had succeded what then?

No chance of success as far as I'm concerned. I can't imagine Stalin or his successor being in much mood to negotiate, thus we see the Red Army push in and break the strikes. Between a picketing sign and a tank--well, let's just say it's no contest.
 
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