This is my second attempt at this. It would require Russia's Civil war to be slightly more chaotic, allowing for the Caucasian states as well as White Ruthenia and the Ukraine to gain independence, and a less decisive Turkish victory in the Turkish War of "Independence".
Differences from OTL
1. Germany and Austria are allowed to unite. Austria retains South Tyrol and Germany retains Danzig.
2. Greece doesn't attempt to hold the Smyrna region or any of Asia Minor, which gives them more troops to successfully defend Eastern Thrace and take Constantinople. They also get Imbros, Tenedos and the small corner of Northern Epirus south of the 40th parallel. Britain and Italy eventually sell them the Dodecanese and Cyprus. Population transfers between Greece and Turkey happen similarly to OTL, but with these boundaries instead.
3. Ireland gets to keep Tyrone and Fermanagh, those counties had a Catholic majority in 1921. Great Britain still gets Antrim, Down, Derry, and Armagh though.
4. Armenia gets to keep Kars Province, and is able to annex Javakheti, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Nakhchivan. It is able to gain indepenence from the Soviet Union, as are Georgia and Azerbaijan.
5. White Ruthenia and the Ukraine gain independence, supported by the Allies, who view them as valuable buffers for Poland against the Soviet Union.
Is this realistic?
Is this better than OTL's Versailles?
Is it better than my last attempt?
(Map based on map from omniatlas.com)
Differences from OTL
1. Germany and Austria are allowed to unite. Austria retains South Tyrol and Germany retains Danzig.
2. Greece doesn't attempt to hold the Smyrna region or any of Asia Minor, which gives them more troops to successfully defend Eastern Thrace and take Constantinople. They also get Imbros, Tenedos and the small corner of Northern Epirus south of the 40th parallel. Britain and Italy eventually sell them the Dodecanese and Cyprus. Population transfers between Greece and Turkey happen similarly to OTL, but with these boundaries instead.
3. Ireland gets to keep Tyrone and Fermanagh, those counties had a Catholic majority in 1921. Great Britain still gets Antrim, Down, Derry, and Armagh though.
4. Armenia gets to keep Kars Province, and is able to annex Javakheti, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Nakhchivan. It is able to gain indepenence from the Soviet Union, as are Georgia and Azerbaijan.
5. White Ruthenia and the Ukraine gain independence, supported by the Allies, who view them as valuable buffers for Poland against the Soviet Union.
Is this realistic?
Is this better than OTL's Versailles?
Is it better than my last attempt?
(Map based on map from omniatlas.com)