Yes, I do know that Stalin could have made another go and win this time after Germany was beaten. I don´t know why he did not try but then again I´m just happy he did not.

And back in 1940 AFTER the Winter War I reckon old Adolf did stop Stalin from attacking :

http://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffma...20Meetings.htm

"Molotov replied that the Soviet Government considered it as its duty definitively to settle and clarify the Finnish question. No new agreements were needed for that. The old German-Russian agreement assigned Finland to the Russian sphere of influence.

In conclusion the Führer stated on this point that Germany did not desire any war in the Baltic Sea and that she urgently needed Finland as a supplier of nickel and lumber."

and...

"When the Führer replied that he could only repeat that there must be no war with Finland, because such a conflict might have far-reaching repercussions..."

and..

"He (the Führer) wanted to end the European War, and he could only repeat that in view of the uncertain attitude of Sweden a new war in the Baltic would mean a strain on German-Russian relations with unforeseeable consequences.."

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