What if Stalin had demanded that the USSR gains occupations/influence zones over all territory that the Red Army liberated from the Axis? This means Finnmark, Bornholm, and eastern Austria become Soviet puppet states.
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WWIII breaks out in short order.
What if Stalin had demanded that the USSR gains occupations/influence zones over all territory that the Red Army liberated from the Axis? This means Finnmark, Bornholm, and eastern Austria become Soviet puppet states.
Yep. Annnnnnd the Soviets collapse in about six months once they burn through the last of their manpower reserve and the food disappears. And a city vanishing every few weeks. Not to say that they won't inflict some blows of their own in that time but... IMO there's really only one way that's going to end ultimately.
Oh I give them three months when the entired of there occupied territoried revolt aginst them and china gonna to immediately attacks the soviets especially and with a 2 front war... things will not end well for the soviets
With the exception of Finnmark (of which the Soviets only controlled a tiny fraction), this is basically IOTL: The Soviets did get an occupation zone in Eastern Austria and basically retained de-facto control over Bornholm all the way until it's collapse in 1991.
Well, the Norwegian and Danish communist puppets are going to be quite unsustainable.I meant that puppet governments are installed in those regions (so a People's Republic of Austria, etc.).
Well, the Norwegian and Danish communist puppets are going to be quite unsustainable.