Aftermath of The Man with the Iron Heart

[Gukpard]

A thought: I wouldn't be surprised if Stalin comes to some sort of accord with the rump Nazi Germany.

IOTL, beyond the Stalin note (which was likely a trick), it does appear in 1947, 1949, and after Stalin's death during the early stages of Malenkov's rule, the Soviets were willing to alone with a neutral, independent Germany as a buffer between the two respective blocs. Further in this regard,
the Völkischer Beobachter, the official NSDAP party paper, was considered for revival by Stalin while the Socialist Reich Party, one of the earliest and most prominent Neo-Nazi entities in Post-War Germany, was backed by the Soviets. Given all of that, I could see Stalin seeing the utility of a reunited Germany under Nazi auspices given this background.

There is a chance for that.

That being said, what about the chance for the opposite? Like, the allies left west germany so the soviets go and invade it?

 

[History Learner]

There is a chance for that.

That being said, what about the chance for the opposite? Like, the allies left west germany so the soviets go and invade it?

End of the book it's explicitly stated that the U.S. has made it clear that any invasion of the former Western Zones would result in the U.S. going to war against the USSR with atomics.

 

[Gukpard]

End of the book it's explicitly stated that the U.S. has made it clear that any invasion of the former Western Zones would result in the U.S. going to war against the USSR with atomics.

Well, just one thing about stalin or his sucessors allying with germany: OTL they expected that after the failure of nazism, the germans would go for socialism, thus they believed that handing back east germany would garantee the SPD to be elected and revive it's socialist wing, and eventually to turn germany into a pro soviet state. On this timeline the soviets cannot expect the SPD to be elected, so any territory they give to germany will reduce their bloc sizes.

It would be bittersweet to see the nazi regime collapsing as a backfire of the 1968 french protests.

 

[History Learner]

Well, just one thing about stalin or his sucessors allying with germany: OTL they expected that after the failure of nazism, the germans would go for socialism, thus they believed that handing back east germany would garantee the SPD to be elected and revive it's socialist wing, and eventually to turn germany into a pro soviet state. On this timeline the soviets cannot expect the SPD to be elected, so any territory they give to germany will reduce their bloc sizes.

It would be bittersweet to see the nazi regime collapsing as a backfire of the 1968 french protests.

If Stalin seeks the same deal with the "new" NSDAP Germany the same way as they did with the SRP, they get a similar result.