“If the Reuther brothers had kept their commie noses out of Europe following the days after the end of hostilities against Germany”
After what the Nazi armies did in Russia... honestly, I think if I was in their position, I would hold every square inch I took, create a buffer from European invasions, and rule with an iron fist for a few decades. I’d be a dick.
Hitler was a disaster there’s no question about that. Had the man been sane and had a good heart Europe might be much better off today. Hitler ended up fighting everyone on multiple fronts.
As far as the evil USSR is concerned he should have concentrated on that front alone, but then the bleeding liberal hearts in Washington and London would have jumped in anyway.
Japan was another matter entirely.