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[Doomdark]

General Patton had a fit when he was told to stop his drive east and not to capture Berlin. I also read that many of the German troops - including Generals - wanted to declare peace with the English and US troops so they could fight the Soviets.

This is a subject that greatly fascinates me, although I confess I know far too little of the politics at the end of the war. Anyway, continuing east to oust the Soviets seems like the logical thing in hindsight, especially considering the ongoing Manhattan Project. The allies were geared for war, had the troops in place, innumerable German veterans to recruit and the A-bomb in the pipeline. Weighing in the incredible losses suffered by the Soviets there is literally no way that an invasion of the CCCP could have failed.

 

[Doomdark]

Well, I can see how public opinion would have been against it, and that must have been why they didn't in fact invade the Soviet Union. However, I still believe that a military operation would have been sure to succeed, because:

1) Even the populous Russians were down to the last dregs of the recruitment pool.
2) The allies would have had total air superiority.
3) The Germans would have been thrilled to help, and they had already made all the mistakes (and learned from them).
4) The allies had the A-bomb.
5) Many Russians and Ukrainians would have been happy to help fight for their own actual freedom.

Well, we will never know, but I would like to know more of the plans that must have been made for this eventuality. (Wasn't Patton one of those who wanted to do it?)