Belarus goes to war in 1990s

would it be possible to have Belarus go to war with either Poland or one/two/all Balts? Say even crazier regime in Minsk finds and excuse to attack.
 

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If Belarus was ruled by even crazier maniacs than OTL even Russia wouldn't protect them. They would ptobably be crushed maggots by the united forces of West and Russia.
 
Bellorussia can begin war with Lithuania for territories. Which Stalin has transferred to lithuania after the Second world war (having torn off them from Belarus). But all over again Belarus should keep the nuclear weapon then in structure of Belarussia areas of the western Russia-Kaliningrad can enter, Smolensk an then
in 1995 bellorussian tanks can enter Moscow!
 
Grim possible TL really, for the Belarus people anyway, switching a corrupt, gangster run psuedo-Soviet dictatorship for (assuming Russia ends up taking over Belarus, a popular idea really) a corrupt, gangster run pseudo democracy which slowly becomes more enamoured with Soviet nostalgia as time goes on.
 
Bellorussia can begin war with Lithuania for territories. Which Stalin has transferred to lithuania after the Second world war (having torn off them from Belarus). But all over again Belarus should keep the nuclear weapon then in structure of Belarussia areas of the western Russia-Kaliningrad can enter, Smolensk an then
in 1995 bellorussian tanks can enter Moscow!
AFAIk there were no transfer of territories after the Second world war.

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Bellorussia can begin war with Lithuania for territories. Which Stalin has transferred to lithuania after the Second world war (having torn off them from Belarus).

The Vilnius region was transferred to Lithuania in the fall of 1939 (after Poland had been crushed and Lithuania had been forced to admit the Red Army on its territory) in accordance with the Soviets' 1920 recognition of the Lithuanian claim. If it had been part of the Byelorussian SSR before that (which I doubt) then it only lasted a few weeks. And the catch was that they actually gave them far less territory then they had previously recognized as Lithuanian; Vilnius itself was ceded but Suwalki fell in the German sphere while Grodno, Lida and Augustow went to Byelorussia.
 
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When did Belarus give its nukes to Russia? And how many did it have? If the West/Russia tries to intervene things could get messy...
 
When did Belarus give its nukes to Russia? And how many did it have? If the West/Russia tries to intervene things could get messy...
The last Belorussian nuclear weapons were handed over to Russia at the end of November 1996. It had around 100 at the time the Soviet Union collapsed, IIRC.
 
Bellorussia can begin war with Lithuania for territories. Which Stalin has transferred to lithuania after the Second world war (having torn off them from Belarus). But all over again Belarus should keep the nuclear weapon then in structure of Belarussia areas of the western Russia-Kaliningrad can enter, Smolensk an then
in 1995 bellorussian tanks can enter Moscow!

I love you. That image just made my week right there...

No, but in all honesty, is anyone in Belarus that stupid to declare war on anyone in Europe, especially while the US/NATO is watching Eastern Europe to make sure that those nukes go back to Russia.

Here's the war (with nukes):

1) Belarus nukes either Warsaw or Vilnius, depending on who they go to war with...

2) About an hour later, NATO reduces Minsk and any Belarussian army divisions to radioactive ash...

3) Within two weeks, it's back under Russian control...
 
I love you. That image just made my week right there...

No, but in all honesty, is anyone in Belarus that stupid to declare war on anyone in Europe, especially while the US/NATO is watching Eastern Europe to make sure that those nukes go back to Russia.

Here's the war (with nukes):

1) Belarus nukes either Warsaw or Vilnius, depending on who they go to war with...

2) About an hour later, NATO reduces Minsk and any Belarussian army divisions to radioactive ash...

3) Within two weeks, it's back under Russian control...

why would NATO launch nuclear strike on Minsk? Poland and Balts became NATO members in 1999
 
why would NATO launch nuclear strike on Minsk? Poland and Balts became NATO members in 1999

...Because I'm pretty sure a nuclear strike by a former Soviet republic anywhere is a decent warrant for a strike against such a nation. And I doubt the UN is going to say "no" after a nuke's been dropped.
 
...Because I'm pretty sure a nuclear strike by a former Soviet republic anywhere is a decent warrant for a strike against such a nation. And I doubt the UN is going to say "no" after a nuke's been dropped.
I'm pretty sure Russia is going to be extremely pissed when an American nuke goes off in a former Soviet territory, one which Russia still has incredibly close links to and one which is a member of the CIS. Given that Russia has a seat on the Security Council, I do think the UN would say 'no', in that Russia would veto any resolution to nuke Belarus.
 
If Belarus actually nuked Warsaw or any capital city of a NATO member then what the UN or Moscow says won't matter. Minsk will be gone.
 
...Because I'm pretty sure a nuclear strike by a former Soviet republic anywhere is a decent warrant for a strike against such a nation. And I doubt the UN is going to say "no" after a nuke's been dropped.

again, what for? Poland and Balts are not in NATO so why would UK, US and/or France launch nuclear strike against Minsk, something that will likely p/o russians and get them in the ring as well.
 
If Belarus actually nuked Warsaw or any capital city of a NATO member then what the UN or Moscow says won't matter. Minsk will be gone.
Poland only joined NATO in 1999, after the scenario takes place, so I don't see why NATO is going to risk Russian nuclear retaliation for the sake of Poland.
 
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