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During mid-August Churchill came to visit Stalin in Moscow and stayed at his Dacha outside of Moscow, which was southwest of the city, no more than about 100 miles from the front line. What if the Germans had gotten intelligence about the meeting and killed both Churchill and Stalin in an air raid at night while they were there, say on the 15th of August? What impact would that have on the politics of Britain and the USSR? In Britain I'd imagine Anthony Eden would take over in place of Churchill, but Stalin's replacement might just be a council of Stalin's advisors, who may or may not get along. I'd also imagine that Soviet-British relations are strained, while the Brits probably launch a retaliatory air raid on Berlin or something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Conference_(1942)

Would the lack of Churchill give the Americans more leverage to press for Operation Roundhammer in 1943 rather than Torch? Would Zhukov be given free reign to run the war by the post-Stalin leadership (whomever he or they might be)?
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