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What if all the major nations of Western Europe that in OTL were part of NATO (France, West Germany, Italy and the UK) were instead neutral in the Cold War.

What POD would this require to be plausible? Presumably would have to be between 1945 and at the very latest 1955.

How would the Cold War differ if this occured? I presume that if West Germany were neutral the Soviets might be more of a mind to allow reunification with East Germany. Would also Soviet policy towards the Warsaw Pact nations be more lenient (if the Western European nations weren't so pro-American they might feel more comfortable with having a less tightly controlled buffer zone).
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