Would it have been plausible for Austria (Austria-Hungary) to acquire Volhynia sometime during the 20th century--for instance, if the CPs somehow manage to win World War I but do NOT insist on Ukrainian independence? In such a scenario, giving Volhynia--with its relatively large Czech and especially German populations--to Austria (Austria-Hungary) could make sense, no? (For the record, I'm assuming that if Volhynia went to Austria (Austria-Hungary), then so would at least western Podolia for better and straighter borders.)
Also, what would the effects of an Austrian (Austro-Hungarian) Volhynia have been?
I'm asking about this because a huge part of Volhynia was a part of Poland in the interwar era, so this question is directly relevant to a part of interwar Poland.
An Austro-Hungarian annexation of Volhynia if the Central Powers will win WWI and NOT create an independent Ukraine?
Re: An Austro-Hungarian annexation of Volhynia if the Central Powers will win WWI and NOT create an independent Ukraine?
Vae victis, woe to the conquered, so why not.
As the lands were exceedingly poor and populated by a large number of Jews, the one certain outcome would have been that even more Jews would arrive in Vienna, and make Mr. Hitler even angrier.
As the lands were exceedingly poor and populated by a large number of Jews, the one certain outcome would have been that even more Jews would arrive in Vienna, and make Mr. Hitler even angrier.
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Re: An Austro-Hungarian annexation of Volhynia if the Central Powers will win WWI and NOT create an independent Ukraine?
But Hitler already lived in Germany ever since 1913, no?
Re: An Austro-Hungarian annexation of Volhynia if the Central Powers will win WWI and NOT create an independent Ukraine?
Many years later he dedicated many pages in his Mein Kampf to his beloved Vienna.
Re: An Austro-Hungarian annexation of Volhynia if the Central Powers will win WWI and NOT create an independent Ukraine?
True, but I'm just saying that he personally won't be in Vienna to see the influx of Volhynian Jews into there in this scenario.