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Ok, so here's a question I had because my knowledge of this area of history is a little vague.

I've been doing some reading, and what I came upon is the extensive territorial disputes between the USSR and Turkey. It appears to have really hit a boil after WWII, but I wonder if it was possible for a border incident to occur and Stalin to decide to invade eastern Turkey in 1939, annexing the disputed territory and possibly more as a bargaining chip to gain concessions with regards to use of the Straits of Bosphorous.

This could then lead to the Turks joining the Nazis during WWII, but the Finns won't be in it. Turkey throwing in with the Axis opens up whole cans of butterflies.

Plausible or is there something I don't know?
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