Soviet/East German Kiel canal?

So during the Cold War Soviet access to the Atlantic was always at risk. Due to NATO controlling the danish and Turkish straits.

So WI during ww2 say the western allies are slowed down during their race to berlin and the soviets meet them of the Elbe river thus controlling Hamburg, Schleswig and Holstein and most importantly the Kiel canal.

How would this effect he Cold War and would a larger east Germany be able to do better than otl.
 

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If the Cold War stays cold it won’t have any major effect besides weakening West Germany and strengthening East Germany, as well as possibly forcing the Western powers to spend more on their navies. International treaties dictated that any attempt to block free passage through the Danish or Turkish straits was an act of war.
 
So during the Cold War Soviet access to the Atlantic was always at risk. Due to NATO controlling the danish and Turkish straits.

So WI during ww2 say the western allies are slowed down during their race to berlin and the soviets meet them of the Elbe river thus controlling Hamburg, Schleswig and Holstein and most importantly the Kiel canal.

How would this effect he Cold War and would a larger east Germany be able to do better than otl.

The areas of control were already set. So either this requires a POD earlier then the end of the war, and you better fucking believe that England is going to fight this hard, or it requires the Soviets to nakedly ignore established treaties with the West basically before the War's even over, meaning the Cold War starts three years early.
 
The areas of control were already set. So either this requires a POD earlier then the end of the war, and you better fucking believe that England is going to fight this hard, or it requires the Soviets to nakedly ignore established treaties with the West basically before the War's even over, meaning the Cold War starts three years early.

If not WW3, the US at the time had the bomb but the USSR didn't.
 
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