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Given that I already made a thread regarding a partition of a smaller DDR before, i'd now like to discuss what would be the effects of an opposite scenario.
What if the Soviet army had been luckier in its drive to the west during WW2 (perhaps Horthy oversees a more successful defection of Hungary to the Allies?), and the Soviet occupation zone in Germany after the war had its border further to the west, specifically along the Weser river? That'd mean that the DDR would, ITTL, include the eastern regions of Lower Saxony and all of Schleswig-Holstein.
Would Hamburg become a major Warsaw Pact naval base?
How would this affect the longevity of the DDR regime?
How would this affect Denmark?