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The Vietnamese communists are not going to support Chinese communists in this TL anymore than than they did in our timeline. They're nationalists first and communists in name only. They really dislike the Chinese for a whole bunch of historical reasons. They would have been on the west's side...

The bit from Peter Bugov is a "we're tired of this BS" I could totally see happening in this TL. Well done!

The Poles from Nowa Polska are also from the tropics. I don't know about marching through a jungle but I do know what it's like to go hiking through a dense forest. The trail might be barely wide enough for people to pass through single file. Anything which can't be carried by one person or...

As of a few years ago Brazilian police were still using those.

@ATP, @Cherico In this TL I can see someone from Nowa Polska like my great-grandfather arising. He grew up hearing his grandfather's stories of what "The Lightning Brigade" did during the US Civil War and led under-equipped French Colonials during WWI. He might quickly figure out...

Of course, and very pragmatic on the Poles part. In the end there will almost certainly be an independant Poland in Europe regardless of which side comes out on top at the end the Poles are on the winning side with a seat at the negociating table. "Flip a coin. Heads: I win. Tails: you lose."

Totally in character for American policy of the time ... Just between Brazil and Nowa Polska? "None of our business." Germany openly siding with Brazil? "Oh hell no, you didn't just do that."

I'm liking this. I do wonder if you have thoughts on how the relationship between the US and Nowa Polska develops post-1865. I imagine it would be a fairly friendly - American paternalism aside - due to the location making it a good stopover point for shipping stuff from the East and West...