Post by futurist on Aug 22, 2016 7:51:12 GMT
If Germany would have won World War I (such as by having French generals somehow "play along to their own demise" 1940-style and then by Germany crushing Russia and getting greedy and insisting on Brest-Litovsk-style territorial gains in the East), how successful would post-World War I German colonization in Europe--especially (but *not only*) in Eastern Europe--be?
Also, personally, I think that it will depend *a lot* on whether or not Eastern Europe's economy will stagnate in this TL. Indeed, a stagnating economy in Germany's Eastern European puppet states will very likely result (on average) in ethnic Germans from those countries *immigrating to* Germany proper. Meanwhile, a dynamic, booming, and rapidly growing economy in Germany's Eastern European puppet states will probably result in large numbers of Germans (many, if not most, from Germany proper) settling in the large cities and suburbs in Germany's Eastern European puppet states while the rural areas in Germany's Eastern European puppet states will very likely remain *overwhelmingly* non-German.
Indeed, two good historical parallels in regards to this from our TL might be the African-American Great Migration to the Northern and Western U.S. between 1910 and 1970 and the migration of ethnic Russians to other parts of the Soviet Union--especially after the end of World War II:
Basically, outside of the Southern U.S., African-Americans are widespread in cities and urban areas but not so much in rural areas. Likewise, in the Baltic states and some other parts of the former Soviet Union, ethnic Russians are widespread in many cities and urban areas but not so much in rural areas. Indeed, I expect the same pattern to occur with ethnic Germans in Germany's Eastern European puppet states after a German victory in World War I (other than in the Polish Border Strip, where the Polish and Jewish population will be expelled).
Of course, the interesting question in regards to this TL is whether or not Germany will eventually using military force to try keeping cities in Eastern Europe which are (geographically) relatively close to Germany and which have large ethnic German populations--such as perhaps Riga--after Germany's Eastern European puppet states will begin demanding genuine--as opposed to nominal--independence.
Anyway, any thoughts on everything that I wrote here?
Also, personally, I think that it will depend *a lot* on whether or not Eastern Europe's economy will stagnate in this TL. Indeed, a stagnating economy in Germany's Eastern European puppet states will very likely result (on average) in ethnic Germans from those countries *immigrating to* Germany proper. Meanwhile, a dynamic, booming, and rapidly growing economy in Germany's Eastern European puppet states will probably result in large numbers of Germans (many, if not most, from Germany proper) settling in the large cities and suburbs in Germany's Eastern European puppet states while the rural areas in Germany's Eastern European puppet states will very likely remain *overwhelmingly* non-German.
Indeed, two good historical parallels in regards to this from our TL might be the African-American Great Migration to the Northern and Western U.S. between 1910 and 1970 and the migration of ethnic Russians to other parts of the Soviet Union--especially after the end of World War II:
Basically, outside of the Southern U.S., African-Americans are widespread in cities and urban areas but not so much in rural areas. Likewise, in the Baltic states and some other parts of the former Soviet Union, ethnic Russians are widespread in many cities and urban areas but not so much in rural areas. Indeed, I expect the same pattern to occur with ethnic Germans in Germany's Eastern European puppet states after a German victory in World War I (other than in the Polish Border Strip, where the Polish and Jewish population will be expelled).
Of course, the interesting question in regards to this TL is whether or not Germany will eventually using military force to try keeping cities in Eastern Europe which are (geographically) relatively close to Germany and which have large ethnic German populations--such as perhaps Riga--after Germany's Eastern European puppet states will begin demanding genuine--as opposed to nominal--independence.
Anyway, any thoughts on everything that I wrote here?
