Okay, we're starting to hover around a question that I've been thinking about:

The United States, while producing an absolutely fantastic war machine in 1945 - was still an entire ocean away from the Soviet Union. Germany, on the other hand, posessed an army which (under the circumstances and although was stretched out on multiple fronts) was strong but eventually failed in Barbarossa - while being situated much closer to Russia.

Would distance play a major role in a US/USSR war at the time? Obviously, but maybe not(?) Any feedback.............