May 12 1945, The Soviets draw American Blood

On May 12 1945 in Germany Andrey Vlasov was an American Prisoner. On this day a company commander in the 37th Tank Battalion was escorting him somewhere, went the Soviets spot the American convoy and took Vlasov and other members of the ROA that were in the convoy. The Americans in the company didn't put up a fight. But that s OTL.

Lets say for what ever reason the Americans put of a fight, maybe the company Commander is Anti-Soviet and hates them. The Soviets open fire and kills a number of the Americans in the convoy. They still take Vlasov and his lacklies. What would happen for American-Soviet relations? Would American demand Vlasov back, plus the command of the Red Army who order his troops to kill Americans? Would Operation Keelhull still happen? Would someone like General Patton try to start a war over this? How would the Post-war world look because of this?
 
FDR died the month before, Truman is just barely in the driver's seat, Patton is still in Europe. Explosive situation.

However, as hawkish as he is, Truman might want to respect FDR's wishes until being elected on his own two feet.
 
In OTL, the Soviets imprisoned close to IIRC, 20,000 Americans and 30,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers liberated from German POW camps, keeping them as bargaining chips instead of returning them like the rest of the thousands of Western Allied soldiers they liberated.

Not to mention the thousands of Eastern Europeans fighting in German service, who the British promised not to repatriate to the Soviets, only to turn them over anyway.

More than likely, the US makes such an incident disappear. The last thing they need is for local fighting to erupt between the Soviets and Americans, especially when the US wanted their participation against Japan. Patton would likely be forcibly removed from command and stationed stateside under guard.
 
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