AHC: Recreate the Free City of Danzig after the end of World War II.

Some althist fanboys have suggested creating a Jewish homeland in East Prussia or Gdansk, but that would probably not sit well with the right-wing, revanchist, Germanic Free Gdansk government in exile.

As an aside, I wonder if the FreeGdansk gov't in exile will last as long as the Cuban diaspora in Miami????? Do Germanic Gdanskites still seriously hope to regain their lost territory?
 
The USSR has to fare substantially worse, even though the Allies still win. This puts the whole European war behind the OTL schedule, and probably also has the consequence that Berlin and another German city at least get nuked.
It also means the Western Allies have much more say in what happens with Poland. Given that the whole schedule is late, they probably still have around 4-5 unscathed paratrooper divisions in 1945 (One of which entirely Polish), and they use them to secure Warsaw, for instance. Boots on the ground mean decisional power. The Westerners, for some reason, decide that they want to keep Gdansk separate from Poland.

The Poles don't like the continued existence of the Free City, but they will accept it if
a) it is free only in name and actually a Polish protectorate, and
b) they don't lose so much territory to the Soviet Union, while at the same time they gain territory at the expense of Germany as per OTL.

It is possible, under this scenario, that Gdansk's territory gets enlarged to the East. A reason for the Westerners to keep it formally independent might conceivably be to maintain a haven for a German minority in the approximate area of Eastern Prussia, and while Koenigsberg would end up in Poland and be known as Krolewiec by now, it is possible some border territory gets added to Gdansk.
 
The situations required to produce this would likely result in close to status quo ante bellum borders regarding Poland and Germany...or at least, no Oder Neisse line.
 
Sorry, but I disagree. In this context, with the Soviets not being in a position to dictate whatever they want, if the Poles do get a nice slice of Pomerania and something out of East Prussia and possibly some other bits, then there is a possibility they accept the Free City of Gdansk (provided it's actually their protectorate). But if they get no improvements at the expense of Germany... I don't think they'll let Gdansk go.
 
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@Michele does this look plausible?
 
Seems too little. If they are not getting Danzig, they will want the port of Stettin, as per OTL (Szczecin).
I would also rule out that Germany gets to keep East Prussia. It might not go to the Poles, but then it has to go to someone else.
I guess we should ask a Pole.
 
I had not thought of that. With a weaker Soviet Union - maybe. At this point, however, one wonders whether the Lituanians and possibly the other two Baltic states won't also stand a chance.
 
I had not thought of that. With a weaker Soviet Union - maybe. At this point, however, one wonders whether the Lituanians and possibly the other two Baltic states won't also stand a chance.
well they are farther to the east and closer to the Soviet Union. Prussia is to a great degree more distant from the Soviet Union's heartlands than the Baltics were.
 
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