I 'll bring again an issue I 've put forward before. Lascaris seemed not to accept my point (obviously he had excellent arguments), but on the other hand, the reason for my point wasn't answered either.
So:
It seems that Greece's role in the post-world international political and security system...
Thank Goodness it wasn't actually proposed! OOH it would just raise the brow of many allies and OTOH in the absurd case it would have been realised, it would give Greece a series of bad headaches and even war in the 1990s.
Regarding Constantinople:
1st it's not necessary to become a battlefield. If the Allies push into Bulgaria and Bulgaria capitulates, the the German forces in Constantinople and Gallipoli will eventually surrender. Even if it happens late, as per the case of Crete.
2nd considering the situation...
Constantinople and Eastern Thrace by the time of the armistice, are under Turkish, aren't they?
I wonder why the Allies did not demand for the return of the latter to Greece and the delivery of the former to Allied control.
Furthermore, there is no provision for the Turkish stance towards the...
Concerning the Greek public opinion and Constantinople:
IOTL Venizelos could love with Constantinople being internationalised, because he never claimed it for Greece, and because Greece at the same time (2919-1920) was getting so much land and Greek populations (Eastern Thrace and Ionia, and...
Does it make any sense for Turkey to effectively help the neighbouring USSR (including the SSR of Armenia) get on both the western and the eastern sides of their country?
Having a superpower on both your flanks can never be very comfortable. Especially if this superpower is trying to export an...
To be honest I am puzzled...
The Turks have finally accepted they will lose Constantinople for ever, but they will trade it for a separate peace with the Soviets, as the Wallies (so they think) will not accept a separate peace with Turkey because of Greece. But in order to obtain this, they...
Totally agree.
But, furthermore, with the imminent fall of Bulgaria (I don't think anyone doubts that ITTL) and the eventual capitulation of Turkey (don't think anyone doubts that as well), while the Wallies are about to open the main front in France, the Greek position will be strengthened...
For the sake of the discussion, there's a very interesting article concerning the US-French relations during WWII IOTL, which explain why the US policy was harsh on France, but doing the same against TTL Greece would be politicaly costly, since Greece has none of the OTL French features...
Guys, I don't argue that the Greek politicians didn't make the most rational decision concerning the international situation, but it's the Greeks we are talking about and THE CITY.
Everything would have been fine if Greece hadn't hold the referendum and proclaimed the union in 1941. Now the...
Of course the Greek political class understands its inferior position compared to the Big Three, but one would expect them to understand that giving up (European) Constantinople without a (diplomatic or political) fight would jeopardize their very existence or at least the political stability...
Thank you for your reply Lascaris!
However I think you didn't understand what I was saying, or I failed to make my point clear.
To start with, no, I don't think Greece can nor wants to get everything around the Straits, especially the Asian side. Greece has been very reasonable so far ITTL...
Because this is not a video game!
Honestly, first there has to be a Greek-Soviet war. By the 1944-45 situation, IMO this is definitely impossible!
In 1946 it would be really hard for the Soviets to attack, because:
1st, they will be pretty occupied in launching a series of coup d' etat in...