PC:Fascist interwar Poland

Anyway you could get a fascist government in interwar Poland

What type of fascist government is most likely

How would this impact relations with Germany and other powers
 
Depends what you treat as fascist. You may need some coup to get "real" nationalists (ONR) in power, but government after 1935 (Śmigły-Rydz camp, OZN) was already fascist-leaning. Its very plausible to have it deal with Germany, even forming alternate bloc with Italy and Hungary (something which i did myself in my TL).
 
I thought Poland considered itself one of the "contented" powers post Versailles, and so tended to ally with the likes of Romania and Yugoslavia, who were likewise?
 
In theory Dmowski as a right-wing figure should get you there but I do not believe that some pseudo-fascist Poland would be his creation, instead I focus upon Piłsudski. To be fair I am working on an "independent" Poland under a CP "victory" scenario, likely tugged between Imperial Germany and surviving A-H. Piłsudski harbors more animosity toward Russia and I think Russian revanchism, especially under a still communist Russia, could push more authoritarianism from him, not a genuine nationalist surge but very much patriotic, anti-communist and socialist underpinnings. With a foreign King, he might have more opposition and be more top-down looking at ruling Poland as a pro-Austrian figure assuming he has a role. While I do not believe he is a fascist Piłsudski showed his strong hand after the 1926 coup, a state of affairs very different from how I envision Poland evolving, but I think illuminating. He might be accused of being an Austrian toad, trapped between the ailing A-H, wary Germany and revanche/revolutionary Russia, still hoping to expand Poland with Lithuania who is likely fully carved away to be a German satellite.

My deeper concerns are how anti-Semitism bleeds into Polish nationalism and what struggles occur to get true independence. And even a smaller Poland has more ethnicities than just Poles. As it was OTL Poland had some dark undercurrents that could rear up, especially if A-H does begin to break upon its own fracture lines exposed by war, revolutionary and independence minded folks are still crammed in and Poland as an A-H satellite might be swept into a different struggle. I am loathe to recast such a historical figure as Piłsudski against this or argue he will be the villain. But that is what these exercises can be about.
 
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