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I've got little time to write a TL latelly, and my experience in the field is really limited so i think it'll be a while before i attempt anything of the sort. Then again i've got this idea for a three-sides WW2/cold war that circles my brain... Could you please help evalutate it? I'd like it not to get ASB when i eventually write it.

Basically the core concept is: Rosa Luxemburg gets warned and doesn't die. She remains as master ideologue of the german comunist party. Revolution is attempted by 1924, and manages in north Germany/ Prussia and rheineland Etc. The alpine zones of germany (chiefly bavaria) are held by freikorps and become a fascist dictatorship (Rudolph von Sebottendorf might get to become really important...). Germany basically gets divided.
Fear of communism encourages britain and france to lend fascist italy and bavaria an hand, so the communist power (Comunist Prussia and CCCP) and the fascist ones (bavaria and italy) "divide" east europe in 2 zones of influence and start super industrializing. The comunist get poland, romania, hungary and a lot of guerrillas everywhere else. Bavaria anschlusses Austria and Czech republic, Italy makes puppets out of yugoslavian countries, greece, bulgary and Turkey.

Then in 1929 the economical crisis makes it impossible for the western powers to continue helping the fascist build in power: the fascists aren't under control anymore and think of themselves as a proper block... Spain joines them as per OTL.

The situation isn't as clear cut as fascism vs communism vs capitalism either, beacouse North Germany (for example) is Trotzkyst (the comintern is a mess!);
Italy sees itself like a paritary ally to bavaria so Mussolini isn't going to pass any racial law to appease hitler or whoever (freikorps were allready antisemitic, again, Sebottendorf?) and Japan is too far to be considered a reliable ally by either. Meanwhile capitalist countries are a Mess due to spies and agitators by both "blocks" and various comunist and fascist popular, violent movements: UK, France and USA risked at least a coup each in the last years.

So basically three sided cold war in the late '30s and early '40s, what di you think?
Extra fun: at least 1 country per block manages to build nukes, how can this happen? What next?
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