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Could Czechoslovakia have plausibly annexed some of the majority west-slavic catholic land to its north and east? Perhaps following WW2 USSR could have left East Germany largely intact and divided Poland between itself and communist Czechoslovakia? At the very least Silesia, which has for centuries been closely associated with Czechia and Moravia, seems like it could have been added.

Would a name change have been likely, to Czechoslovakiasilesia or Zapadoslovia? Would the state have been more or less likely to survive to the present day?

Getting really crazy, could Czechoslovakia have gotten a port? Perhaps if the Soviets had been less successful Czechoslovakia could have ended up as a neutral buffer state between the west and east? All of silesia and a thin strip along the east of the Oder? The allies were certainly interested in having a strong state bordering the communists; part of the reason West Germany's borders were hardly touched. With soviets doing very poorly West germany might have been balkanized and divided among its neighbours, and the west slav lands might have been given to a allied friendly Czechoslovakia so as to immediately have a strong border, instead of setting up a allied friendly Polish or government or 'Pomerania-Silesia.'

Thoughts?
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