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In September of 1944 a team of Nazis went to assassinate Joseph Stalin, but failed. This specific plot was called Operation Zeppelin. If the plot had succeeded, what would have happened to the Soviet Union? I find it questionable that they would be anywhere near as able to finish off the war because of all of the purges in leadership that Stalin ordered. Who would have replaced Stalin? What would have been the future of the war in Europe? Would the Soviets have gone for a separate peace, thus allowing the Germans to send more forces to fight the Anglo-American forces on the Western front? I'm also a little curious as to the political aftermath of the war, whatever the outcome would be.
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