A Greater East Germany by Cornycator on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

In light of a certain deviant's deletion of an alternate East Germany map, I have decided to make my own version.

Basically the point of divergence is an alternate Potsdam Agreement, where the Allies decide not to place German territories east of the Oder-Neisse line under Polish control. However, East Prussia is still split between Poland and the USSR, the former of which also got Danzig. The immediate effects of this was the huge depopulation created by the expulsion of the Germans did not occur, thus East Germany was able to recover more quickly, with the resource-rich and industrial areas of Silesia being put to good use. Still, the Germans from everywhere else was expelled.

Also, another side effect of this is Germans in the occupied areas are a whole lot less resentful of the Soviets, which makes the ensuing Berlin Blockade less bothersome for them. After a prolonged blockade, Soviets were able to occupy West Berlin.

I originally planned a whole extended lore for this map, but I decided not to because it would be more suited for another map.