[GOP_Party_Animal]

If the Soviet Union had to actually fight the Nazis "by itself", how long would that war had dragged on? 1947? 1950?

Key question: Who had an atomic bomb program? Answer: The Germans.

[Resolute Conservative]

Bingo.

[Resolute Conservative]

I think the Germans would have beat Russia by 1943. They could have survived the Red counter had they not had 1/2 their army in Africa, Italy and western Europe.