Assuming any ‘US does not intervene in WW1 & Germany squeezes out a victory or at least a negotiated peace’- scenario what would be the fate of the vast Eastern territories that Germany occupied from Russia?
Is it conceivable that the Bolsheviks still muster enough strength to regain these lands or a part of them sth. like OTL? Or is a reignited war between Russia and Germany an ASB?
In case a number of puppet-states- Poland, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Baltic states- are established, will the Soviet Union be able to attract these into its sphere of influence or will they remain firmly in German hands?
I cannot asses accurately the post-war relative strengths of these states and statal-formations.
Is it conceivable that the Bolsheviks still muster enough strength to regain these lands or a part of them sth. like OTL? Or is a reignited war between Russia and Germany an ASB?
In case a number of puppet-states- Poland, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Baltic states- are established, will the Soviet Union be able to attract these into its sphere of influence or will they remain firmly in German hands?
I cannot asses accurately the post-war relative strengths of these states and statal-formations.