YOU are the most influent Stalin advisor

I'll assume I get to start from the beginning of 1941.

- Like karl2025 said, withhold resources from Germany, while simultaneously getting the Red Army organized and out of training. Retreat out of occupied Poland and set up strategic traps for the Nazis. Allow partisans to inflict small defeats on the Red Army which "prompts" Stalin to give more autonomy to the Baltic states (in reality its a trap to make Germany think Russia is weak and inferior).
- The Germans will attack, and their blitzkrieg should be used against them. The Luftwaffe should be interdicted and their panzer advances fucked up by AT teams while other fast forces move to surround and crush them. They should never get more than halfway to Moscow, and definitely be stopped at Kiev.
- As the German invasion runs out of steam, utilize the deep operations strategy in conjunction with E. European partisans to wear down the Nazis and eliminate their resistance. A careful use of the power of numbers should be observed, but not to the point where troops and tanks are being needlessly sent to be wasted (and certainly no clearing minefields by running over them!).
- By 1942/43, our forces should be well on their way past Warsaw. I do not expect the German resistance to be easily defeated, but if we use our troops and the European partisans in a wise offensive stance, they are not invincible. As the concentration camps are liberated, we can use this as propaganda and make ourselves look like the good guys.
- The war to take Germany itself will not be easy by any means, as there are no partisans there and the Wehrmacht will be very effective fighting on its own turf. But they will have little oil supplies which will limit their vehicles and airpower which will allow us to wipe out their troops on a large scale. It should be possible, using a well fueled and armed blitzkrieg, to dive into Eastern Germany and seize Berlin the way they took Warsaw in 1939. If Hitler is a good boy and kills himself as planned, that will make it possible to force Germany to surrender wholly to the Soviet Union. This is made easier if the allies have shaped up and invaded France or Italy.
- After the European war, which should end in 1944/45, we will stand much stronger than OTL since good strategic choices have been made to conserve men, equipment, and capital. It will be unnecessary to steal Germany's industry beyond normal war reparations. In Eastern Europe, communist governments will be set up, but a focus on Bukharinist/Deng Xiaoping economics will be implemented with ample material support as to make the liberated nations wealthy and happy, as well as being obedient Soviet client states.
- In Asia, we will have enough forces to crush the Kanto Army and take Manchuria by 1944. In order to bring China under our wing, a Soviet Republic will be set up in Manchuria and possibly include Korea as well. The CCP may disagree with this move, and if they do, we will back the KMT in full and get the Americans to help us in doing so. The CCP would do best to take our generous offer of using Manchuria as a safe haven for setting up a PRC which may have to settle for less than all of mainland China, as we do not want a fully unified China. If need be, we may remove Mao Zedong and replace him with someone more pro-Russia like Wang Ming (or someone who simply isn't insane, like Lin Biao)
The ultimate object of securing China is so that they cannot turn against us in the Cold War.
- Take Hokkaido, and if possible, all of Japan. They have a good navy but with most of it being crushed by the Americans, it shouldn't be impossible to quickly land on Honshu and get to Tokyo, which will force Japan to surrender especially if they get nuked.
- Build nukes before 1950, like OTL.
- In the Cold War, do not spend excessive amounts of money on stupid proxy wars. Instead, do what China did OTL and focus on the economy. Scrap orthodox Marxism if need be, and try to make the Americans look like idiots by not copying them. A good nuclear deterrent is enough.

- Oh yeah I forgot to mention to make Eastern Prussia into Israel as soon as the KZs are liberated. A Jewish state close to the Motherland is better than a Jewish state pissing off the Arabs and being utilized by Americans.
 
1. End trading with Germany, instead start sending supplies to Britain.
2. Order the Red Armys mobilisation in early 1941.
3. Launch an all out attack in Poland around April/May, with no defensive strategy they will be knocked back and hopefully lose a significant amount of their forces, however there is no realistic way of reaching Berlin but by the time German forces can counter attack, Soviet forces will be signifcantly lodged in Pland and with time in consideration it's unlikely they'll make anything near the gains they did historically.
 
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