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An interpretation of what Central Europe would look like if Operation Unthinkable had taken place, leading to a limited war in the area known as the 'War of Poland', and with a conditional Allied victory as a result of the nuclear bombing of Leningrad and Moscow.



-A fully united Germany, including Pommerania and Austria was a result of a war time deal: Germany would have its eventual borders defined before the war was over, and include both the German majority areas of Pomerania and Austria. This would, in turn, allow the full mobilisation of the veterans and industry of these two areas, to help with the war effort. Otherwise, after the war, Germany would be at the whims of the allies - and its internal administration shows, with the confederation being made up of a very large number of small states, specifically for the purpose of suppressing a strong central government (There is a specific provision to effectively reverse this situation during war time, to allow Germany to take on the roll of being a strong bulwark against a Soviet invasion). This decentralised government has sometimes been compared to the Holy Roman Empire, if it was somewhat more organised and toned down.

-Czechia was reconstituted and organised as a state during the War of Poland, for much the same reason as a united Germany was: To allow for it to be fully focused on organising a war effort (the 1st Czechia Armoured Division, made up of forces from both the 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade and the Nazi-Occupation era Government Troop, would serve with distinction during the War of Poland).

-Slovakia and Czechia remained separate following the war, on a condition set by the Soviets, presumably to split up the area and to reduce its war fighting ability.

-Silesia was created as its separate state on the same condition and reasoning as the separation of Czechoslovakia.

-Poland has the unenvious position as being the front line of the Cold War in Europe. However, after being either at war or occupied for most of the time the republic has existed since the its inception following World War One, and despite having lost much territory, Poland is now more stable than it has ever been - part of NATO and backed up by many strong nations (even if it still remains diplomatically chilly with Germany and Slovakia), and its borders internationally recognised and unchallenged.

-The East Prussia region of Germany remained under the control of the USSR, and was soon reconstituted as the 'German Democratic Republic' claiming to be the true, legitimate government of all of Germany. Despite this, it's generally referred to as just Prussia in the West. It still keeps up much of the old Prussian ways of being an 'army with a state', and its capital acts as the primary Baltic Sea base for the Soviet Navy.

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Published : Jul 16, 2019