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POD: Army Group B under Paulus takes Stalingrad but is severly bruised during the battle and is unable to push further with the approaching winter. Stalin commits suicide after losing his namesake city, though Soviet authorities do not reveal his death until much later in fear of destroying the morale of the Red Army. Operation Uranus occurs as OTL but an entrenched 6th Army bleeds the offensive dry. The Red Army eventually succeeds but is exhausted from the conflict and thus their 'Race to Berlin' doesn't happen.

The western Allies timeline doesn't change and Operation Neptune occurs as OTL but with a slower moving Red Army, they are forced to conduct their own Race to Berlin under Eisenhower and Montgomery. The Soviets barely make it to the Oder-Neisse Line, which becomes the German-Polish SSR border. Under a successive Molotov government, during the negotiations the Soviets are unwilling/unable to participate any further with Germany and instead, what was East Germany IOTL is put under American occupation.

No German split, continued united Germany under a western government. Cold War still continues but how is the question. Does the Cold War occur differently since the Soviet have no control in East Germany? How is Germany affected by remained united? How is Europe affected by a united Germany? Will Europe (especially Britain in this case) be more or less pro-Europe because of this?
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