Hello
My understanding is that we can post general questions in this forum, so here is one I was wondering about. I also apologize in advance for the ill researched nature of the question.
Following the success of the Bagration campaign, Stalin hatches a moustache-twirlingly evil plan. He wants to break the back of Western Imperialism post war and claim the Middle East oil fields and Suez Canal for himself.
To this end, on August 20, 1944 the forces of the First and Second Bellorussian Front, hundreds of thousand of men and material, are transferred south east, through the Caucasus and into Iran and the Middle East with whatever reinforces Stalin can manage coming in the coming weeks and months ahead.
How does this play out?