SkunkyArt | MrL-567 — Red River, Iron Cage

POD is that the Spartacist Revolts in Germany are more successful, leading to Germany being transformed into a Spartacist State, with the exception of Prussia and the German Colonies in Africa.

The remaining Entente troops in the trenches are receptive to the Spartacist message, and many troops defect to the Spartacist side. The Spartacists are able to seize land in France up to the Seine River, however Paris remains under French control. The 3rd French Republic is overthrown and the 4th Republic rises, which is very fascist and autocratic.

Efforts to defeat the Soviets in Russia work better, considering the Whites are able to see the consequences of a Red Victory. Poland still fights the Soviets in the Ukraine, creating puppet White/Ukrainian State in Western Ukraine, which is in practice a Polish staging ground for a future project for the Poles to eliminate the Russian threat.

The Ottoman Civil War drags on longer, due to British and France troops leaving the Middle East to fight the Spartacists. The Spartacists support a communist faction, which results in a communist faction controlling the majority of the former Ottoman Empire, with the United Kingdom controlling other parts of it.

North Europe coalesces around Sweden, creating an alliance system to defend itself against the Fascists states of Europe and the Union of Spartacist states.

The Seinite states under France are gearing up for a war to liberate Western Europe from Communism, meanwhile in the rest of the world, powers like Japan eye on the European Colonies, and other nations such as Brazil are financing smaller scale conflicts.