WI Konigsberg to Poland and Stetten to Germany in 1945?

What if what became the Kaliningrad oblast was given to Poland by Stalin, and the DDR kept Stettin? I just read elsewhere that this was the original plan.
 
Well it was because Stalin wanted Kaliningrad as a port.
i think the Poles would press tp keep Lwow rather than Koenigsberg

I guess it is ppossible that East Pomerania and Lower Silesia and Neumark remain German. Also Galicia can remain Polish, wjile East Prussia would be a memver republic of the USSR
 
Perhaps if Stalin felt more secure in forcing Poland in the Soviet ranks, he might have. Problem was, he was paranoid as fuck, and he rightly suspected Poland of trying to break ranks at any opportunity, hence the current borders.

Well it was because Stalin wanted Kaliningrad as a port.
i think the Poles would press tp keep Lwow rather than Koenigsberg

I guess it is ppossible that East Pomerania and Lower Silesia and Neumark remain German. Also Galicia can remain Polish, while East Prussia would be a member republic of the USSR

I don't think East Prussia could ever become a member republic without resorting to very drastic changes (which my timeline is addressing. Surprise.) More likely, it could have become part of the Lithuanian SSR or, as the OP asked for, Poland. OTL was the third reasonable possibility. An SSR, far less so.
 
Something I've never understood - If Konigsberg was part of Poland, and Poland part of the Warsaw Pact, what's to stop the USSR from having a naval base there anyway?
 
Something I've never understood - If Konigsberg was part of Poland, and Poland part of the Warsaw Pact, what's to stop the USSR from having a naval base there anyway?

Stalin isn't gifted with hindsight. Even if he was via ASB, his paranoia would probably dismiss it as mind tricks by his enemies and he'll go another purging spree.

Besides, Poland wasn't guaranteed to fall to Communism at the time of Postdam. The promise made to the WAllies was free election, and Stalin couldn't tell if the would resort to force if he tried rigging it. It was only after Poland turned Red that he knew they wouldn't do shit to him as long as he go bit by bit. Plus, the Warsaw Pact didn't exist until NATO came along.
 
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