They could probably save the German Revolution if they there early enough, but any further and the French would kick their asses out. Even then the supply situation would be awful. If they get there too late to save the revolution then no further than the postwar Polish border.
I assume the Allied troops in the Rhineland would surge forwards to halt the Red menace as soon as they started making inroads into German territory, yeah?
There was a really good Tl on this premise being written a while ago on this, can't remember the name though, I'll have a dig around.
They could probably save the German Revolution if they there early enough, but any further and the French would kick their asses out. Even then the supply situation would be awful. If they get there too late to save the revolution then no further than the postwar Polish border.
Idk.
Even with the French winning the war, many on the left, including some moderate socialists were ecstatic at the success of Bolshevism in Russia.
If the Red Army was able to spread revolution to Poland and then Germany, I absolutely believe France could have fallen, most likely through a Mass General strike by all the major trade unions sympathetic to Bolshevism.
Nope. As RodentRevolution said WWI showed that nationalism beats socialism every time. While the left might by sympathetic to the Bolsheviks the idea of an invading army overthrowing the French government would be unpalatable to most, and that doesn't even get to the reaction of the center and the right.Idk.
Even with the French winning the war, many on the left, including some moderate socialists were ecstatic at the success of Bolshevism in Russia.
If the Red Army was able to spread revolution to Poland and then Germany, I absolutely believe France could have fallen, most likely through a Mass General strike by all the major trade unions sympathetic to Bolshevism.
General strikes don't have a great record in achieving 'offensive' as opposed to 'defensive' objectives. The Kornilov Affair and the Kapp Putsch at about this time were both defeated by strikes, but those strikes were essentially 'defensive', i.e. preventing an authoritarian takeover. I suspect that if Warsaw had fallen and the Soviets managed to enter German territory, you would have had martial law or something similar in France, perhaps an earlier Fascist takeover in Italy.Idk.
Even with the French winning the war, many on the left, including some moderate socialists were ecstatic at the success of Bolshevism in Russia.
If the Red Army was able to spread revolution to Poland and then Germany, I absolutely believe France could have fallen, most likely through a Mass General strike by all the major trade unions sympathetic to Bolshevism.
I agree, except the plan was to annex Poland and make it an SSR. There was even a committee set up to do this.General strikes don't have a great record in achieving 'offensive' as opposed to 'defensive' objectives. The Kornilov Affair and the Kapp Putsch at about this time were both defeated by strikes, but those strikes were essentially 'defensive', i.e. preventing an authoritarian takeover. I suspect that if Warsaw had fallen and the Soviets managed to enter German territory, you would have had martial law or something similar in France, perhaps an earlier Fascist takeover in Italy.
If the Soviets faced any serious opposition in Germany (and they would have been operating at the far end of their supplies, the opposition would not have had to be very strong) they would not have been able to deliver a revolutionary victory very quickly - which would mean a long stay on German soil, probably generating ever-stronger hostility even among the German Left. I expect they would eventually withdraw to Poland, set up a Soviet puppet regime there, and leave behind a Western Europe even more paranoid about Reds than OTL.