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What if the Soviets had won the Battle of Warsaw during the Soviet-Polish War?

Could it have lead to a wider European (or global) revolution?

Could it have at least resulted in greatly expanded Soviet borders and/ or the creation of some friendly communist buffer states?

Or could it have backfired massively by alarming the major powers into a more concerted and confrontational effort to crush the revolution (compared to the interventions) and consequently restored the Russian empire/ installed a capitalist republic/ divided russian territory amongst themselves?

Could such a wider war (likely being viewed as a continuation of the Great War, though a significantly and radically different phase) have lasted for a very protracted time possibly for a decade or more?

What other interesting developments might occur as a result of a Soviet victory during the Battle of Warsaw?




One interesting thing about the Battle of Warsaw was that the Soviets lost atleast partially because some forces were diverted south away from Warsaw by a certain commander. The commander wanted to win his own battle in southern Poland for personal gain. The commander was Joseph Stalin. The prevention of him from doing this or his simple removal from the event (such as choking on his dinner a month or two before hand or something) could've played a big role in the Soviets winning the Battle of Warsaw. It may also have lead to Stalin being less capable of seizing power and brutally reigning over the USSR three decades.
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