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Imagine this scenario because had the war in Europe gone on to August 1945 there is NO doubt it would have ended this way

-- Imagine the Seelow heights battles had been delayed to the end of July and Russian forces had not yet entered Berlin. One morning Berlin is incenerated in a blinding light in full view of 1 million Russian ( and German ) troops and suddenly the war is over

It's one thing to hear about it happening on a distant island. Quite another to have it happen in front of a million front line troops many of whom are expecting to die in the final assualt.

Methinks the postwar might have been quite a bit different

Don