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If the Germans had been more pragmatic (As unlikely as that is just go with it), including Hitler himself, how successful could a native recruitment program have been among the Soviet population including POWs in German captivity and Red Army soldiers still fighting on Stalin's side beginning in 1941?
If they created a propaganda campaign for the formation of a Russian Liberation Army (leaflet airdrops, fliers, etc) that they intended on actually creating, how many people would have joined? How many Soviet POWs would have chosen to fight against the government that had oppressed them and their families for so long rather than work as a laborer?
Could it have aided the Germans to a significant degree? Could it even have led to an internal revolution and eventual overthrow of Stalin and his government?