ATL Soviet Union weathers Barbarossa better & occupies more of Germany?

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How do you see the ATL Soviet Union being more effective at repelling Fascist invaders with less casualties and bringing the pain to the den of fascists :p

1. Trotsky is not kicked out by Stalin. Stalin is shot, or exiled, or counterbalanced by the other Bolsheviks. Meaning....

2. Spanish Civil War goes a bit different because there is no NKVD sabotage of other leftist movements. The civil war might result in a stalemate, or a victory for the republicans - something that damages fascism in Italy and Germany leaving things easier/taking it longer for a solidification of Fascism

3. No purges of Trotskyist officer corps, making things easier for the Red Army. Doctrine and quality of officers improve, meaning there is no or lesser mass encirclements of soviet army soldiers, no stupid order 227, no rear guard NKVD detachments that are as incompetent as OTL. Also allowing your generals to retreat improves the casualty rates.

4. the Soviet Union does not annex Poland until the Germans do most of the work unlike OTL. The Soviet Union does not shoot all the Polish officer corps in Katyn, The Soviet Union sets up a rump Polish government

5. Not sure what happens w/winter war as the soiet failure there motivates hitler to do barbarossa earlier

6. They take the June invasion date seriously and prepare making the response better.

7. With these improvements, the Soviet Union improves and recovers faster meaning more of Germany is occupied by the Soviet Union by the time the western Allies get involved.

what else to point out?
 
8. Due to various roadblocks (France Fighting On, difficulties in the Balkans, needing to prop up Italy more etc.) Operation Barbarossa is post-poned to 1942, giving the Soviets more time to prepare.
 
The USSR destroys all of Army Group Center in December of 1941, not nearly so, but truly so. The logistical difficulties alone presented for Hitler's empire would be catastrophic (from the German point of view), while Hitler being Hitler won't accept this verdict and will want to go right for Moscow into the teeth of Soviet strength.

He thus ensures German armies walk into a buzzsaw, and with a USSR equipped with US tanks and radios WWII in Europe is over in 1944. At which point the obvious question becomes "what happens to Japan?". As if WWII in Europe is over in 1944, Japan's unlikely to be fighting as yet for the Philippines, meaning the USSR would be putting serious hurting on it and potentially Downfall with the Bomb and the Soviets involved.
 
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