European Borders Post-Operation Unthinkable

I think that if "Operation Unthinkable" as Churchill planned came to existence better question would be how badly WAllies are beaten...
 
The goal of Operation Unthinkable was a "square deal" for Poland, not the complete destruction of the USSR. Even that seems unlikely, given the Soviet Union's advantage in conventional forces, the small number of atomic bombs available, the limited range of the B-29 (the Caucasus and the industrial cities of the Urals are out of range), the need to defeat Japan, and the lack of popular support for the war among the Western publics. A Soviet defeat is unlikely.
 
The two aren't mutually exclusive. For instance, here was FDR's proposed postwar map of Germany:

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My understanding is that the Western Allies wanted to divide Germany into several states after the war, but weren't as enthusiastic about moving Poland's borders so far west. However, with the Soviets occupying East Germany and Poland, there was little they could do to stop them. However, if the Soviets are pushed out of Central and Eastern Europe immediately after WWII, we could end up seeing something like what is depicted above. However, no matter what happens, I feel like Poland will probably end up annexing East Prussia - ALL of East Prussia, with obviously no Kaliningrad Oblast.

Though this raises the questions of Poland's postwar borders in the east. What more could they possibly gain, beyond restoring their pre-1939 borders there?
I doubt Poland will get ost preussen, this plan centred on rearming the Germans and using them heavily, assuming it's successful I doubt the Wallies are going to tell the Germans who just retook Konigsberg to now give it to Poland.
 
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