Adler
Banned
Well, if Valkyrie is successful we will have a stable government. And nearly everyone within the government had little to no relations to the Nazis. That many Nazis were making careers in both Germanies after the war OTL was a neccessary evil. The problem is, that the new government might not be accepted by the Allies.
Indeed we have three possible ways:
1. There is a conditional peace treaty made. That Germany demands at first Austria and the Sudeten might make them get away with Prussia in the end. However, how such a treaty would look like in the end is another question and difficulty to predict.
2. There is an unconditional surrender. That is unlikely though, at least until end of 1944.
3. There is a split between the WAllies and Stalin. This split existed and even Churchill foresaw a kind of war between the west and Russia after the war. In how far it is possible to move the WAllies against Stalin now might be seen too short. Because the glue of the Alliance, Hitler, was gone, the Alliance would break away very soon. Thus an allied Germany might be needed. These thoughts might also influence No. 1 here. Thus making peace with Germany and hoping she is able to stop the Red Menace at one point in the east, might have happened as well.
OTOH, if the WAllies were adamant, Stalin might not. He was looking for his profit. In so far he was acting very capitalistic. So a seperate peace with Germany might have been beneficial to him. The Germans would fight the US and UK thus both hostile powers would fight each other. And he could wait and later try to use the situation. Oh, Stalin was thinking about a seperate peace still in 1944, so it might not be too late.
In both cases millions of Germans could be used on the other front and thus being a huge problem for the other side. For the west even more. Because without the war in the East Germany could now throw new armies on the WAllies, new planes, new resources. Still the WAllies might win the war, but the price might be very much higher. And the might win is not a sure win. They might have lost France, too. Again. And then?
Adler
Indeed we have three possible ways:
1. There is a conditional peace treaty made. That Germany demands at first Austria and the Sudeten might make them get away with Prussia in the end. However, how such a treaty would look like in the end is another question and difficulty to predict.
2. There is an unconditional surrender. That is unlikely though, at least until end of 1944.
3. There is a split between the WAllies and Stalin. This split existed and even Churchill foresaw a kind of war between the west and Russia after the war. In how far it is possible to move the WAllies against Stalin now might be seen too short. Because the glue of the Alliance, Hitler, was gone, the Alliance would break away very soon. Thus an allied Germany might be needed. These thoughts might also influence No. 1 here. Thus making peace with Germany and hoping she is able to stop the Red Menace at one point in the east, might have happened as well.
OTOH, if the WAllies were adamant, Stalin might not. He was looking for his profit. In so far he was acting very capitalistic. So a seperate peace with Germany might have been beneficial to him. The Germans would fight the US and UK thus both hostile powers would fight each other. And he could wait and later try to use the situation. Oh, Stalin was thinking about a seperate peace still in 1944, so it might not be too late.
In both cases millions of Germans could be used on the other front and thus being a huge problem for the other side. For the west even more. Because without the war in the East Germany could now throw new armies on the WAllies, new planes, new resources. Still the WAllies might win the war, but the price might be very much higher. And the might win is not a sure win. They might have lost France, too. Again. And then?
Adler