AHC/WI: Allies win WWII before 1945

With a POD after D-Day in 1944, how can the Allied Powers win WWII before January 1st, 1945?
How does this affect the history of Europe and the Cold War? Does the Soviet Bloc have less territory? Is the occupation set up differently? What other effects may happen?
 
Simply not enough time between POD and 1945 to force a Japanese surrender.

The least ASB I can think of is....
Heer generals revolt against Nazis, offer unconditional surrender to the Wallies only, and maintain a defense against the Soviets until Germany is occupied.

Stalin, feeling cheated out of a German occupation zone and Western Poland, floods troops into Korea and China and begins preparing for an invasion of Hokkaido.

After Leyte, Stalin offers Japan generous surrender terms for a Soviet occupation just to get back at the Wallies. Japan accepts- effective 12/31/1944.
 
Simply not enough time between POD and 1945 to force a Japanese surrender.

The least ASB I can think of is....
Heer generals revolt against Nazis, offer unconditional surrender to the Wallies only, and maintain a defense against the Soviets until Germany is occupied.

Stalin, feeling cheated out of a German occupation zone and Western Poland, floods troops into Korea and China and begins preparing for an invasion of Hokkaido.

After Leyte, Stalin offers Japan generous surrender terms for a Soviet occupation just to get back at the Wallies. Japan accepts- effective 12/31/1944.

My opinion would be operation valkyrie is successful in July 1944 that by the beginning of August 1944 Germany surrenders to Anglo-American forces. By this time the battle of the Marianas is won by the Americans. More American divisions are going to be sent to the pacific and Britain is going to invade Burma/Malaya. By the end of September and early October British fleet would attack Burma, putting alert the Japanese fleet. US marines would lend on Letye and the battle for the phillippines starts. Japanese fleet is almost wipe out and in November will start the invacion of Okinawa. Soviet Union could capture Korea but first will need to battle the japanese in northern china.
 
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