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After the catastrophy of Stalingrad Hitler is so shaken that he gives his generals free hand in the defence of the Eastern Front.

The construction of the Panther-Wotan line begins allready in Mai 1943.
At the same time the Germans build formidable defences around the Kursk salient.

There will be no more German attacks but a purely defensive strategy on the Eastern front. No more stand and die orders but a flexible defence.

Would this be enough to save eastern Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary from communism? Would this tactic slow the Soviets down so much that American/British forces could reach/occupy these countries sooner than the Russians?

Could even Poland and Romania/Bulgaria be reaches by the Western Allies before the Soviets or is this ASB?

Im assuming here that the Soviet advance is slowed down enough so that Roosevelt/Churchill dont agree to hand Eastern Europe to Stalin at Jalta. (At least not all of it)
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