DBWI: The German Empires eastern europeon satellite states don't revolt during WW2

During the Second world war, the Eastern European countries all revolted against their German overlord in 1947, who had ruled over them since the treaty of Brest-Litovsk that was signed in 1917.

These revolts were devastating to Germany, as Ukraine was a major food source that helped ease the British blockade, along with the need to divert troops thousands of miles east, it's even argued to be one of the most decisive events of the war, as the Franco-British offensives that took place shortly after which shattered the front lines were mostly successful due to the decreased amount of, well, EVERYTHING that would've been needed to defend.

The front line which had, despite great technological advancements, largely remained static much like the Great war for 3 long years were shattered within weeks, and the Germans surrendered within the year, their allies were then left to fight a hopeless battle for another year before surrendering themselves.

What if the eastern Europeans hadn't revolted? Would Germany have won or were they doomed to fail regardless? If they were going to lose no matter what, how much longer would they have lasted?
 
they would have lost anyway they were already on track to losing the war the eastern europeans just gave the push needed to make them fall
 
Perhaps Soviet Union couldn't had conquer Europe to Rheinland. And there wouldn't had been forty years lasted cold war between USSR and Western Powers.
 
Maybe instead of consider the new nation like appendage of the empire good only as a source of raw material and cheap labor, treat them at least as junior patner and give them some more autonomy and legitimancy at the govemerment; frankly nothing increase the respect for the goverment by the locals as jailing everybody that just protest the awful work condition and poverty.
For heaven sake the new royal germans families never ever botherd to learn the local language, except for the initial king of Poland...but he lasted just a couple of years till he was deposed due to have gone a little too native for Berlin taste, plus the situation in A-H really don't helped.

Honestly without the massive revolt i think that the Entente countries will have asked term for a ceasefire, they were also at the limit of their capacity when the rebellion started, it's not causual that King Umberto II of Italy described them as the Al meraviglioso miracolo di Natale - The marvelous christmas miracle.
It was them that allowed the italian royal army to finally break the Isonzo line and defeat the Austro-Hungarian army...or what remained of it as it was already a shadow of itself due to widespread revolt everywhere


We shouldn't too forget how effective USSR was provocate communist revolts from Black Sea to Finland.

Honestly they have their work made very easy by the massive goods and food requisition done by the German army, their brass failed to understand that after a certain point, famine trump fear by a long shot.
 
Maybe instead of consider the new nation like appendage of the empire good only as a source of raw material and cheap labor, treat them at least as junior patner and give them some more autonomy and legitimancy at the govemerment; frankly nothing increase the respect for the goverment by the locals as jailing everybody that just protest the awful work condition and poverty.
For heaven sake the new royal germans families never ever botherd to learn the local language, except for the initial king of Poland...but he lasted just a couple of years till he was deposed due to have gone a little too native for Berlin taste, plus the situation in A-H really don't helped.

Honestly without the massive revolt i think that the Entente countries will have asked term for a ceasefire, they were also at the limit of their capacity when the rebellion started, it's not causual that King Umberto II of Italy described them as the Al meraviglioso miracolo di Natale - The marvelous christmas miracle.
It was them that allowed the italian royal army to finally break the Isonzo line and defeat the Austro-Hungarian army...or what remained of it as it was already a shadow of itself due to widespread revolt everywhere




Honestly they have their work made very easy by the massive goods and food requisition done by the German army, their brass failed to understand that after a certain point, famine trump fear by a long shot.
The "Austro-Hungarian" army was never that effective in the first place, it was propped up by it's allies, especially Germany, which is why they collapsed along with Germany as they were that reliant on them for food, supplies ect, hell they weren't even really a single nation, more like a band of allied states that's only a country in name, in reality they were practically independent from each other, they had different interests and issues which lead to divisions and problems in peacetime due to the many, MANY arguments between them, during war revolts were inevitable, it was only a matter of time before they would collapse.
 
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