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I agree that attacking the Russians would not have been a popular move, but if they had continued to move through Germany and then started to attack the British/US troops the situation would have changed. What kind of a supply line would Stalin's troops have? There was precious little available in Germany itself, and with the destruction of towns and cities, the supply lines would have struggled. On the other hand, the US/British troops in France, Belgium and Holland would be better equipped and better supplied.
It's one thing to force an enemy from your land and push him back until defeated, it's another thing entirely to launch a surprise attack on your allies on their turf.
With the RAF and USAAF, combined with the Royal Navy supplying food, men and tanks along with systematic carpet bombing of Stalin's forces, it's hard to see the Russians achieving victory. On the other hand, with the tenacity, bravery and sheer numbers of Russian ground forces, the likelihood of Britain and US defeating the Russians was pretty low.
I think that if it had happened , it would have been down to negotiating a more favourable land share. I suspect that the Russians would have kept all the ground they had captured and the centre of Germany would have been declared no-man's land. Almost inevitably it would have led to WW3.
Thankfully none of that happened!
It's one thing to force an enemy from your land and push him back until defeated, it's another thing entirely to launch a surprise attack on your allies on their turf.
With the RAF and USAAF, combined with the Royal Navy supplying food, men and tanks along with systematic carpet bombing of Stalin's forces, it's hard to see the Russians achieving victory. On the other hand, with the tenacity, bravery and sheer numbers of Russian ground forces, the likelihood of Britain and US defeating the Russians was pretty low.
I think that if it had happened , it would have been down to negotiating a more favourable land share. I suspect that the Russians would have kept all the ground they had captured and the centre of Germany would have been declared no-man's land. Almost inevitably it would have led to WW3.
Thankfully none of that happened!