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Early on in the war members of the German highcommand who opposed Hitler and wanted to have a coup against him sent word about the plot to the British high command. They wanted their support with possibly amnesty for the Germans involved in any future war crime trials plus they wanted to be able to continue their war against the Russians.

But, the allies rejected this. They would only accept total surrender. To both them and the Russians. From wat I understand Stalin was afraid of just such a possibility and warned against it.

But what if they had? What if talks with the conspirators had opened up leading to a successful anti-Hitler and nazi coup in say 1943 followed by an armistice with allied forces in the west? Could the war have ended early? Could we have trusted a post-Hitler German government?

Finally would the German people have accepted it? Possible counter coup?

What do you all think?
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