That would mean some essential manpower for the western armies. It definitely would have prolonged the war. The A-bomb probably would have been dropped on Berlin instead of Hiroshima. I do not think the Western Allies would have sued for peace. The Americans were not scrapping the bottom of the barrel in manpower so they would still have pushed for victory. Relations between the Soviets and the Western Allies definitely would have taken a dive. Early start to cold war. But at least the Eastern Bloc would not have been formed.

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