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(OOC: This thread is written from the perspective of EdT’s “Greater Britain” in the year 1976.)

Some factors that prevented Polish intervention in OTL:
1. Poland feared would USSR attack from the East if significant military forces would be tied in the West.
2. As of March 1938 there were no plans for an aggressive war against the III Reich. There weren’t even proper military operational-level maps of German Silesia and East Prussia. As such Polish General Staff was reluctant to approve an unprepared operation.
3. Skillful diplomacy on behalf of the III Reich. I realize the relevant documents are not yet publicly available, but historians tend to agree that there was more to it than concessions in Danzig.

Now consider: In 1938 Poland and III Reich were enemies, not only ideological but there were territorial and deeply rooted historical reasons. There was a significant “hawk” faction in Polish military at the time (young officers and old heroes – confident they could win any kind of confrontation against Germany). There was also a Polish-French mutual defense agreement signed. What if French ambassador in Warsaw capitalized on abovementioned factors and successfully provoked a Polish entry to the Austrian war some time after the French declaration of War.

1. What would ATL Polish Front look like? Certainly it would be very much unlike OTL December Offensive. I predict that while Polish Army would have roughly the same numbers as OTL there would be serious problems with coordination and logistics. Wehrmacht strength on the other hand would not be depleted by months of heavy fighting in Austria. Depending how many forces German Staff assigns to the Polish front we could even have a defensive war scenario.
2. Polish attention would be diverted away from Lithuania. That means USSR could have snatched the Baltic States – thus butterflying away Baltic War in 1941. Thoughts?
3. Less German forces in Austria could mean that III Reich and Yugoslavia are never able to create a land link between their respective armies. Thoughts?
4. Earlier entrance to the war gives Poland much stronger position on the bargaining table after the war. ITTL Daladier and Mościcki might prevail over Mosley – and thus impose much harsher peace treaty on Germany.
5. How does all of that affect the European integration?

Disclaimer: Please don’t turn this discussion into a flamewar over current tense relations between Kessler’s IV Reich and rest of the world. In fact I would really like to hear an informative opinion from the German point of view.
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