What if Stauffenberg realized that setting the bombs will be hard for him because of his missing fingers. What if he brings an Anti Hitler junior officer, with ten fingers to assist him. The aide is able to set both bombs before the meeting. The blast kills Hitler. The coup goes forward. The SS arrests the plotters. With the SS in control of the main government buildings. Himmler arrests Goering and takes power. He begins to purge the military. Many officers on the Western front surrender. The WAllies move quickly through France and into Germany. There is a power struggle that cripples the German military machine. On December 16, 1944, VE Day, Germany surrenders. On March 16, 1945, the USSR declares war on Japan and invades Manchukuo. In April 1945, WAllied European veterans arrive in the Pacific. They got there in time for the invasion of Okinawa. Okinawa surrenders on May 15, 1945, The bombing and blockade of Japan becomes more intense. Hirohito surrenders on August 3rd. 1945. The atomic bomb is a military secret until 1949 until the Soviets announce they have exploded one. The Soviets expel Jiang's government in early 1946. There is no angry charges of who lost China, which helps Truman. The PRC is a Soviet satellite. There is no Great Leap Forward or Cultural Revolution. Deng takes power and the Soviets encourage his free market reforms. They hope that he will help China become less dependent on Soviet aide. There is no playing the China card. US China relations open up under Reagan, after corporations eager to cash in on the lucrative China trade, lobby for it.