CanadianGoose
Banned
German occupation (or even dominance) of Baltics will mean immediate German-Soviet war. Having German panzers within 50 miles from Leningrad and Minsk and 300 miles from Moscow is more than any sane Soviet leader can bear in the world without nukes.My vision is for this Reich to encompass all of the Kaiserreich (with the possible exception of Alsace-Lorraine and perhaps the Danish concessions), as well as Austria and Sudetenland, and have a heavy, heavy degree of influence on Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and the Baltics (similar to the way the U.S. handled Cuba and other Latin American countries)-ie, trade agreements and military bases.
Again, USSR will start war at 1st signs of such development, as it has nothing to lose. If idea of total war does not scare you, continue to work on this TL.I can envision Germany being the first to the Atom Bomb, and using that threat to liberate Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia etc. as buffer states and staging grounds for German military bases, further weakening the USSR. I think that in the end, Germany would dominate Europe, but not have had to use war to do it...