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In the fall of 1944, Hitler, urged by his Japanese allies briefly contemplated making a seperate peace with the Soviet Union offering them 1914 borders and the rest of eastern Europe east of the RSI. It was merely a brief consideration however what if he had actually asked the Soviets for talks and they succeeded? The benefits for both sides were clear, Stalin would gain most of what he would potentially get from the war anyway, he would have a chance to avoid further casualities as well to start rebuilding his nation early as well as a chance to interevene in Asia and re-enter Europe when the time was right. For Hitler it would give him the chance to concentrate the bulk of the still powerful German army on the west and in his deluded mind a chance to make peace with the west and refocus on the east.

How would the war have ended up and what would be the effects on the cold war?
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