Say somehow, someway, Russia manages to NOT drop out of the war with Brest-Livotsk and stays in until Germany surrenders.
What does the peace treaty and post-war world look like?
What does the peace treaty and post-war world look like?
Would Poland be formed still?
They might take Posen and some strips of southern West Prussia, but they won't try to take all of it like that. They wouldn't be able to hold it.Russia will gain Galicia, East Prussia, West Prussia, Posen-land I think. Also Turkish Armenia
First of all, all the allies had already committed themselves to Polish independence, and it was one of the most prominent of the 14 points. Second, many Russian liberals, as well as the Bolsheviks, had also declared their support for Polish independence. So what matters here is which Russian government is at the negotiating table. If it's the Tsar, then what they'd argue for would be a restoration of Congress Poland, perhaps with Posen added - Poland would be independent, but in personal union with Russia. (Whether they held to those principles is unclear.)
Otherwise, Poland will be independent, but with an eastern border fixed somewhere along the Curzon Line.
I assumed the POD was no October Revolution and as a result a Tsarist Russia survives.
I assumed the POD was no October Revolution and as a result a Tsarist Russia survives.
The February Revolution overthrew Tsarist Russia.
What about Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia? Would they be formed?
Yugoslavia will definitely be supported. Czechoslovakia, too, though Russia will likely try and stop "self-determination" from being introduced into the diplomatic language.What about Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia? Would they be formed?
They might take Posen and some strips of southern West Prussia, but they won't try to take all of it like that. They wouldn't be able to hold it.
Speaking of Finland, how would we see the break-off states that formed during the revolutions fare? Would they still break-off from a war-weary Russia, and with no other choice would the Tsar/Mensheviks/Whoever just let them go?