CaliGuy
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I'm curious about this--if Germany wins WWI, creates Mitteleuropa, and then loses control of Mitteleuropa (for instance, due to its financial costs or whatever) after, say, several decades, would it be plausible for Poland--newly freed from German domination--and Russia to partition Ukraine between the two of them?
Basically, the logic behind such a partition of Ukraine would be this--Russia might still consider Ukraine to be a part of its rightful territory while parts of western Ukraine would have significant Polish percentages:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170221190022/http://s30.postimg.org/7hhd52kwh/The_Poles_Map.png
Thus, if it's both militarily and politically (in terms of avoiding large-scale international sanctions, et cetera) possible, why not have Poland annex western Ukraine (with its large number of ethnic Poles and Ukrainian nationalists) while having Russia annex the rest of Ukraine?
Anyway, any thoughts on this?
Basically, the logic behind such a partition of Ukraine would be this--Russia might still consider Ukraine to be a part of its rightful territory while parts of western Ukraine would have significant Polish percentages:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170221190022/http://s30.postimg.org/7hhd52kwh/The_Poles_Map.png
Thus, if it's both militarily and politically (in terms of avoiding large-scale international sanctions, et cetera) possible, why not have Poland annex western Ukraine (with its large number of ethnic Poles and Ukrainian nationalists) while having Russia annex the rest of Ukraine?
Anyway, any thoughts on this?