..or Czechoslovakia at VE Day?
We can use the the forum to discuss whether a PoD allowing this is even plausible, but I'd also like to assume it as a starting point and "skip ahead" to some post-Nazi consequences:
-fate of ethnic Germans and the eastern German frontier?
Would Benes decrees expelling ethnic Germans still be enforced, or not?
Would Poland "move west" and if so, by the same amount as OTL or less?
Points against -
Western Allies more likely to have moral qualms against ethnic cleansing Germans than Soviets
Western Allies have a huge German constituency under occupation and would need to assume full responsibility and cost for dealing with Germans expelled from East Prussia, Pomerania or Silesia
Points in favor -
The portion of pre-1939 Poland out of Soviet control, liberated by the west and accessible to the London Poles will be fairly small, particularly compared to 1939 Poland. (see attached maps for alternative lines)
There would be many Poles seeking homes postwar, many of them victims of deliberate expulsion from Soviet territories (and earlier Nazi confiscations), and many others objecting to life under a communist Polish regime, who would be eager to settle in former German territories.
We can use the the forum to discuss whether a PoD allowing this is even plausible, but I'd also like to assume it as a starting point and "skip ahead" to some post-Nazi consequences:
-fate of ethnic Germans and the eastern German frontier?
Would Benes decrees expelling ethnic Germans still be enforced, or not?
Would Poland "move west" and if so, by the same amount as OTL or less?
Points against -
Western Allies more likely to have moral qualms against ethnic cleansing Germans than Soviets
Western Allies have a huge German constituency under occupation and would need to assume full responsibility and cost for dealing with Germans expelled from East Prussia, Pomerania or Silesia
Points in favor -
The portion of pre-1939 Poland out of Soviet control, liberated by the west and accessible to the London Poles will be fairly small, particularly compared to 1939 Poland. (see attached maps for alternative lines)
There would be many Poles seeking homes postwar, many of them victims of deliberate expulsion from Soviet territories (and earlier Nazi confiscations), and many others objecting to life under a communist Polish regime, who would be eager to settle in former German territories.