Eastern European Alliance in WWII

I have always wondered if there was any possible way that Eastern Europe could have found itself in a better situation than it did at the dawn of WWII.

Is it possible for countries like Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and maybe even Hungary to sign a mutual defense agreement in the 1920s or early 1930s? For something like this to work I think these countries would have to begin to rearm and upgrade their militaries as well.

Does this alliance have any noticeable effect on WWII? Does Germany have a harder time in the Balkans and Eastern Europe?
 
Is it possible for countries like Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and maybe even Hungary to sign a mutual defense agreement in the 1920s or early 1930s?

The problem is, that all those countries had bad feelings against each other. Poland had claims on Czechoslovakia; and Hungary on Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
So to get them to work together they need a strong external threat ... and the Nazis didn't work, because they rose to fast: first they looked quiet harmless and were also beneficial to Poland and Hungary because the could grab some land from Czechoslovakia, and the next year they destroyed the biggest continental powers - French and Poland - in a matter of weeks.
This didn't left the remaining countries enough time to adjust to the new situation.

The easiest way to unite the eastern countries would be a more threatening USSR. A possibility would be a slower and smaller succes of the Poles after the wonder at the Vistula. So you have a smaller Poland and a stronger USSR This might be enough to get at least Poland Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia to work together.

Does this alliance have any noticeable effect on WWII? Does Germany have a harder time in the Balkans and Eastern Europe?

Well once you get the alliance to work, Germany can forget her plans for living space in the east. Because while the alliance might not object the Anschluss the would surley cry NO when Hitler brings up his plan for Czechoslovakia. And the German army wasn't strong enough to take up all the eastern countries combined even if the western Allies continue to duck behind the Maginot line.
So either Hitler backs down, which means, that he must stop the rearment or runs out of money. Alternatively he goes to war regardless and is deposed quickly.
 
Eastern European countries in the interwar period had their own conflicts (which I'm sure seemed petty to those with the luxury not to be affected by the outcome) and you'd need something to override this. There were some local alliances but they all failed. If you need to know more I'll tell you about it (it's quite a lot to write).
 
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