Goal: With a POD from 1918 to 1939, have Poland become a large country bigger than its OTL borders and globally significant to resist the Germans during Fall Weiss.
Possibility. Given that during the Russian Civil War after the fall of the Romanovs, the Baltic states all separated and both Belorussia and Ukraine came within a hair's breadth of breaking away as well.
Perhaps have those governments join with the Poles to form a version of the P-L Commonwealth against the Bolsheviks. Would instantly win support from the capitalist powers and -- big AND here -- give Poland accesses to the Baltic Sea through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. With that, the Poles might then be amicable to letting Danzig and West Prussia go back to Germany, thus resolving the major territorial issue between Warsaw and Berlin.
Perhaps call this union the "East Slavic Commonwealth" (however it would be called in the local languages).
You can have a crazy idea of Jozef Plisudski called "Intermarum" becoming a reality, although it is, well...you be the judge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarum
Seems that idea's been percolating for a long time. Any idea how to push it forward post-1918? Perhaps do something to limit Pilsudski's border wars with all the neighbouring powers?
Can't go wrong with Drowned Baby!
How about restoring the borders of the Commonwealth 1569?
You can have a crazy idea of Jozef Plisudski called "Intermarum" becoming a reality, although it is, well...you be the judge.
Agreed. I think Johnny Pez had the right idea in his Drowned Baby TL: have some Poles far-sighted enough to realize this and create devolved governments. They'd face lots of resistance, but it's barely possible. Of course, if Britain and France are helping the Poles hold down the Brandenburg Devo (after defeating and dividing up Germany together), it's a lot easier.a major part of its OTL population were non-Poles of very dubious loyalty to the Polish state & its ham-fisted efforts to Polonaise them...
The idea that a relatively poor nation of about 20 million ethnic Poles can hold down massive tracts Eastern Europe, is a delusion. OTL was about as much ‘’Poland-wank’’ as Poland could handle.
It'll quickly implode in a very spectacular fashion...