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Suppose the following: Not long after the Japanese surrender in WWII, something sets off a war between the United States and the Soviet Union. What might be a plausible trigger? What would this continued WWII be like? How long would the fighting last? Who would come out victorious?

My thoughts: The trigger might be some kind of catastrophic misunderstanding between American and Soviet troops in Germany or Korea. I don't know if the world's two biggest heavyweights would be too war-weary to fight for long (or at all), but I expect the US would have an edge at first due to its nukes. However, the Soviets might catch up quickly and even things out. I don't know who'd win, but I envision Vladivostok going up in a mushroom cloud early on.

PS: I apologize if this question has been posted elsewhere. I found some similar ones, but nothing quite like this.
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