How it's possible to get a division of Austria following occupation zones like in Germany, with the creation of two states equivalent to FRG/DRG?
AHC : Democratic Republic of Austria
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Well, while you're talking about this, why it didn't happened in first place?
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The Khruschev thaw happened. A small East Austria would be difficult to transform into an economic powerhouse, so with less serious international tensions there was less of an incentive to create one and more to be gained by having an independent neutralized Austria.
The Soviet Zone was smaller, but by population mostly equal.
I doubt that the Western "Zone" would have survived as easily as the Eastern.
But it might be that instead of 2 Austrias we would get Austria annexed to neightbouring countries.
Wild Wet dream: Czechoslovakia with a Danube southern Border, Burgenland and Southern Niederösterreich part of Hungary. Vienna as part of Soviet Union
(Czench and Hungarians can't agree who gets it )
Kärnten and Steiermark as part of Yugoslavia (7th republic)
Vorarlberg to Switzerland and Tirol to Italy. Leaves Salzburg and parts of Upper Austria - hard to believe, but they could be German today...
I doubt that the Western "Zone" would have survived as easily as the Eastern.
But it might be that instead of 2 Austrias we would get Austria annexed to neightbouring countries.
Wild Wet dream: Czechoslovakia with a Danube southern Border, Burgenland and Southern Niederösterreich part of Hungary. Vienna as part of Soviet Union
(Czench and Hungarians can't agree who gets it )Kärnten and Steiermark as part of Yugoslavia (7th republic
)Vorarlberg to Switzerland and Tirol to Italy. Leaves Salzburg and parts of Upper Austria - hard to believe, but they could be German today...
Czechoslovakia and Hungary wouldn't annex territories filled with Germans, especially after trying so hard to get rid of all their Germans.The Soviet Zone was smaller, but by population mostly equal.
I doubt that the Western "Zone" would have survived as easily as the Eastern.
But it might be that instead of 2 Austrias we would get Austria annexed to neightbouring countries.
Wild Wet dream: Czechoslovakia with a Danube southern Border, Burgenland and Southern Niederösterreich part of Hungary. Vienna as part of Soviet Union
Kärnten and Steiermark as part of Yugoslavia (7th republic
Vorarlberg to Switzerland and Tirol to Italy. Leaves Salzburg and parts of Upper Austria - hard to believe, but they could be German today...
this would score points with western catholics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishopric_of_Salzburg
I'm not sure. It would probably necessit to move more people than the whole formers part of 1919-Germany and the political results would be griving the strategic ones.
Yeah....thats not realistic. If they don't establish an independent DRA, they'll most likely give Eastern Austria to the DDR.
Not having common borders and being split by the FRG isn't going to be an issue?
I'm also surprised the Soviets didn't divide Austria, if they had I assume East Austria would be merged with Czechoslovakia and Hungary to form some kind of loosely united 'Democratic Republic of the Danube' or something. If that were to happen then West Austria would be united with West Germany as a counter-weight.
The only way I can imagine it could work is if the Sudetenland was granted to East Austria, giving them a border with East Germany and so enabling some unity. I doubt Stalin would allow it though, neither would the Czechs (though if Stalin did allow it the Czechs would have little say in the matter).
Well no, technically they do not need a common border since they would be laying claim to the entirety of the FRG; according to their legitimate borders they are connected.
However, Stalin also wanted to keep Germany weak, and despite Eastern Austria not providing much itself, it makes more sense, in the Soviet sense, for it to be established as an Independent Puppet rather than to be attached to another puppet.
However, Stalin also wanted to keep Germany weak, and despite Eastern Austria not providing much itself, it makes more sense, in the Soviet sense, for it to be established as an Independent Puppet rather than to be attached to another puppet.
Did having West Berlin as an exclave bother the West Germans? I don't think it will be a problem, given that they can transport all their supplies via the Warsaw Pact Nations. And it would make for a messier reunification.