If Hitler and the Nazis never come to power in Germany, are the Austrian & Polish post-WWI settlements the only ones who'll realistically get revised?

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If Hitler and the Nazis never come to power in Germany, are the Austrian & Polish post-WWI settlements only the ones who'll realistically get revised? Germans and Austrians strongly wanted to unify with one another in 1919 but were prevented from doing this by the victorious Allies. But this desire should still be there even in the 1930s and beyond even without Hitler and the Nazis. And the idea of revising the Polish border settlement was supported by Weimar Germany while Hitler was still a nobody, so obviously Germany will exhibit some interest in that direction as well, possibly with the Soviet Union as an ally (which will be easier without Hitler and the Nazis) and perhaps with the Germano-Soviets waiting for a moment of strong Anglo-French weakness (a colonial war somewhere, perhaps?) for them to attack Poland. Of course, in such a scenario, Poland won't be completely destroyed but will instead simply be pushed west of the Curzon Line in the East and lose all of its post-WWI German territorial gains other than Posen Province and Gdynia (connected to Poland by an extraterritorial road/railway) in the West.

However, other than the Austrian and Polish post-WWI settlements, are any other post-WWI settlements likely to see eventual revision, either peaceful or violent, in a no-Hitler and no-Nazis scenario? If so, which ones, and when?

Thoughts on this?
 
I know that Hungary, for instance, will want to revise the Trianon settlement, but would Germany actually be willing to back Hungary up with military force in regards to this? Because that's the only realistic way that I can actually see territorial revision happening in favor of the Magyars. Otherwise, the Little Entente's and France's opposition would be enough to derail this proposal in its tracks.

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If Hitler and the Nazis never come to power in Germany, are the Austrian & Polish post-WWI settlements only the ones who'll realistically get revised? Germans and Austrians strongly wanted to unify with one another in 1919 but were prevented from doing this by the victorious Allies. But this desire should still be there even in the 1930s and beyond even without Hitler and the Nazis. And the idea of revising the Polish border settlement was supported by Weimar Germany while Hitler was still a nobody, so obviously Germany will exhibit some interest in that direction as well, possibly with the Soviet Union as an ally (which will be easier without Hitler and the Nazis) and perhaps with the Germano-Soviets waiting for a moment of strong Anglo-French weakness (a colonial war somewhere, perhaps?) for them to attack Poland. Of course, in such a scenario, Poland won't be completely destroyed but will instead simply be pushed west of the Curzon Line in the East and lose all of its post-WWI German territorial gains other than Posen Province and Gdynia (connected to Poland by an extraterritorial road/railway) in the West.

However, other than the Austrian and Polish post-WWI settlements, are any other post-WWI settlements likely to see eventual revision, either peaceful or violent, in a no-Hitler and no-Nazis scenario? If so, which ones, and when?

Thoughts on this?

Not possible.Soviets wonted such alliance,sure - but not for making smaller Poland,only take entire Europe.Thir crest was Hammer and sickle on Earth globe,not curzon line.

So,it would let to soviets taking over at least part of Europe.Maybe all of it,if populations in France and Germany still loved them.Of course,they would change their minds in gulags - but it would be too late then.
 
Not possible.Soviets wonted such alliance,sure - but not for making smaller Poland,only take entire Europe.Thir crest was Hammer and sickle on Earth globe,not curzon line.

So,it would let to soviets taking over at least part of Europe.Maybe all of it,if populations in France and Germany still loved them.Of course,they would change their minds in gulags - but it would be too late then.

Germany won't let the Soviets expand beyond the Curzon Line, and they'll have Anglo-French backing for this, no doubt. Most people in the West did not want Communism. Only some gullible leftist Western idiots (up to 1/3 of the total Western population) did.
 

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