What if an "Eastern Bloc" of Communist states had formed following the First World War?
The Soviets got quite far west with the Battle of Warsaw, and had they won they could have feasibly taken a good chunk of Poland - likely reestablishing the boundary from prior to the war and annexing Galicia (Germany would likely be allowed to reclaim Posen and West Prussia). Afterwards, the Soviets retake the Baltic States. Poland is either a Polish SSR or a satellite state.
The Soviets support the Hungarian Soviet Republic and their puppet the Slovak Soviet Republic. Together the USSR and Hungarians defeat Romania and bring that country into the bloc.
Then Bulgaria's left-wing government that existed from 1920-1923 joins the bloc. Historically when Stamboliyski was faced with a coup the communists (who were answering to Moscow) did not intervene. Here they do, saving the Agrarian government and bringing Bulgaria into the eastern bloc.
Thoughts?
The Soviets got quite far west with the Battle of Warsaw, and had they won they could have feasibly taken a good chunk of Poland - likely reestablishing the boundary from prior to the war and annexing Galicia (Germany would likely be allowed to reclaim Posen and West Prussia). Afterwards, the Soviets retake the Baltic States. Poland is either a Polish SSR or a satellite state.
The Soviets support the Hungarian Soviet Republic and their puppet the Slovak Soviet Republic. Together the USSR and Hungarians defeat Romania and bring that country into the bloc.
Then Bulgaria's left-wing government that existed from 1920-1923 joins the bloc. Historically when Stamboliyski was faced with a coup the communists (who were answering to Moscow) did not intervene. Here they do, saving the Agrarian government and bringing Bulgaria into the eastern bloc.
Thoughts?