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*On their own. (typo) Anyway, that's the problem. They overestimated their own strength and Russia paid very, very dearly for their miscalculation. It would have been better for them to simply give up some more Russian peripheral territories in exchange for increasing their odds of winning the...

Interesting. IMHO, if the White Russians were smart, then they would have made a deal with the Ukrainians and Poles to ally together to defeat the Bolsheviks in exchange for giving the Ukrainians and Poles whatever they would have wanted. True, but then again, Poland was only very recently...

The Kiev Offensive was in 1920, not in 1919. And it's quite interesting that Ukraine nowadays is much more resilient than it was a century ago.

Yes, but why exactly should that matter? A puppet state is just as good as any other one, no? Or are you saying that Poland's loyalty would be less secure and that thus Poland would be more in need of a territorial gift from A-H than Ukraine would be?

There was a Ukrainian state in 1918, no?

Also, @sillygoose, would an Austria-Hungary that wins WWI ever be willing to seriously consider splitting Galicia between Poland and Ukraine and also splitting Bukovina between Ukraine and Romania?

Would having A-H sell Galicia be too risky for its own security?

@sillygoose Do you think that if Russia ever reforms and becomes much more liberal and democratic without WWI, Austria-Hungary would ever actually be willing to sell Galicia to Russia?

BTW, @sillygoose, was the logic behind the Polish Border Strip to isolate Posen Province's Poles from their Polish brethren in Poland? Poland would have been reduced to a real rump state in the absence of this strip, perhaps even almost to the point of it being made non-viable as a state...

In that case, it seems most prudent to just give up on Galicia and either give all of it to Poland (if no independent Ukraine) or to split it between Poland and Ukraine (if there is an independent Ukraine). Bukovina can be split between Poland/Ukraine and Romania. FWIW, Galicia (and Bukovina)...

@sillygoose Also, two additional questions: 1. Would A-H ever be willing to seriously consider outright annexing an independent Poland (with or without WWI) if the Poles themselves will genuinely want this? 2. Why is Transylvania currently the most developed region in Romania even right now...

That makes sense. FWIW, Richard Ned Lebow previously suggested something like this in his book about Franz Ferdinand surviving: In such a scenario, I would presume that Poland would be included in the Triple Alliance along with Germany, A-H, and Italy. The Triple Alliance would now become...

@sillygoose What do you think about this? Also, if Poland would have ever been recreated (say, due to a new, successful revolution in Russia), would A-H have then been willing to give up Galicia to Poland in exchange for Poland getting a Hapsburg king and to split Bukovina between Poland and...

What about justifying it on the grounds that the Austro-Hungarian treasury could use more money? Territorial sales were not unheard of in this time and place, after all.

Would it have ever been plausible for Austria-Hungary to sell Bukovina or at least southern Bukovina (but not Transylvania, since Hungary would never agree to that!) to Romania? This would be a good way for Austria-Hungary to get some extra money and would also help A-H improve its ties with...