So nuclear holocaust in Russia, in 1944, before the bomb was ready, is preferable to being on the edge of nuclear holocaust?Remember that Stalin is the monster that started the war as an ally of Hitler. Know that he will hold and oppress whatever territory he gains.
Give them co-belligerence status, not allied.
No Lend Lease. Let the Red Army grind on, the slower the better. If it reverses? NOt a problem. As long as the fighting continues Hitler is fighting a two front war.
Plan for D-Day when US and UK forces are ready. If the A-Bomb comes on line before hand, use it to end war.
At some point negotiate a surrender with German Army that includes intensive de-nazification.
THe further west the Red Army line of control the better for the post war situation.
Who knows, maybe there won't be a Cold War at all.
OK...thanks for providing some details
Stalin was a prick...that is a given
Hitler came within a hair of a breakthrough and could easily have won. The alternative of a Nazi held Europe is far worse than any Cold War. Denying needed supplies could have led to that victory
I like FDRs resolution of a Cold War that lasted 45 years without casualties over your solution of a nuclear war
Hitler was unwilling to surrender under any conditions. Even though it cost his country hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. He was not looking for a way out
By the time the US entered the War, the Naiz onslaught in Russia had already been turned around.
HItler could have won, if the Soviets had done a little worse in the summer/fall of 41.
After that, it was very unlikely.
Hitler had to go, as did all high level Nazis.
With US air superiority and/or the Atomic Bomb on the table, IMO the German Army might have been willing to take care of that.
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If not...
Then yes, then D-Day or Nuclear bombardment.
How is nuclear war preferable to Cold War?
Because of less loss of life (especially American) and half the continent not being under communist oppression and the whole world not being on the edge of a nuclear holocaust for the next 50 years.
No, ending the war with a Little Boy bombing in Germany in 45 would be preferable to the conventional holocaust of war that occurred AND the potential of a nuclear holocaust for the next 50 years, and the Korean War, and the Vietnamese War, and all the Proxy wars and the brinkmanship and ect. ect. ect.