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...so as most folks know, I'm really not that adept at Second World War history. Sure, I know a fair amount about the T-34/76 and /85, the Aleutian Campaign, and the Canadian Army, but apart from that I've got a fair number of blanks. After reading Red Inferno: 1945 by Robert Conroy, I've kind of gotten into the whole WWII thing, which is quite interesting. So obviously I'm thinking up a lot of obvious questions, and I figured I'd throw this one out there.

The concept (which I'm sure has been done to death) is simple: The German government decides that it's main foe is not in the West, but in the East. Consequently, Hitler doesn't launch an invasion of the Low Countries or France, and instead goes ahead with Operation Barbarossa in 1941 against the USSR.

So, I ask you o Second World War buffs...what is the general thought on the board of what would've happened in a war that only involved Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union?
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