My thought is either: Stalin makes some bad decisions in 1941-42 allowing the nazis a better position in 1943-44.
..Or Stalins government collapses, crippling the Red Armys defense. The USSR survives but Germany gains more territory & the Red Army is worse off.
Germany does eventually lose, but the USSR ends the war with the Red Army occupying far less territory, its industry and work force in far worse shape, non Communist governments in central Europe & the Baltics, and perhaps non communist governments in White Russia or the Urkraine. no occupation of Manchuria or Korea.
..Or Stalins government collapses, crippling the Red Armys defense. The USSR survives but Germany gains more territory & the Red Army is worse off.
Germany does eventually lose, but the USSR ends the war with the Red Army occupying far less territory, its industry and work force in far worse shape, non Communist governments in central Europe & the Baltics, and perhaps non communist governments in White Russia or the Urkraine. no occupation of Manchuria or Korea.