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What would the effects be if Trotsky, not Stalin, became the leader of the USSR after Lenin's death. How this came to be is open, likely Stalin's death or removal from power.

But what would the effect be on the world if Trotsky became dictator, specifically how would the USSR and world Communism develop.

Also, would the Third Reich perform better or worse against Trotskyist Soviet Union than they did historically? Probably not a purge on the scale of the Great Purge of 1936, but likely not as industrialized as OTL.

Discuss below.
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