Re: German Economy After World War I
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Originally Posted by King Kurt
One question - and, as a German Franc, you have some insight - is why did Germany not plunge into revolution during this time? They had been close before in 1918/19, so I would have thought that this might have been the time it might have flared up again. If it had - I wonder what the consequence would have been? - Communism throughout Germany, Poland following suite, no WW2?
Poland communist in 1918-19 ??? Impossible - the Reds found it to their cost - even Lenin and Stalin said so a couple of times.
After all a large part of the government in Poland were socialists, but not interested in any revolution nonsense - only a margin was, but as Communist Party of Poland they were against outr independence and were seen ( they were actually) as traitors.
There was no support in any meaningful amount anywhere - even in a single region or town... ok there was the mining town Dabrowa Górnicza - so called 'Red Dabrowa' - but but they existed only for days or few weeks and got under control of the gov even without any fighting as far as I can recall.
German communists were too weak to grasp enough power without external support and that was blocked by Poland and most conservative and militarist areas of Germany e.g. Eastern Prussia.
In 1932-33 it would result in an Allied intervention. Plans for a preventive war against Germany ( 1933-34, against hitler) in Poland were not used only because there was too much opposition in France and western europe in general, but with the Reds grasping power there I you would rather see Germany occupied in 1933 than anything else.
Germany had no army to resist that after all and even 1/3rd of Polish army alone would handle that + the occupation with ease.
Surely it would still mean no 2nd WW against Germany though, but Stalin still would make a move later - how far who knows, but I think he would be stopped and repulsed.:yes:
