Talk:Collapse of the Soviet Union

Creator's note
This is a TL I have been toying with during my limited free time. The idea is to have the Allies still win WWII, but have the USSR collapse shortly thereafter. The TL focuses on the alternate WWII and the years following it. As you can see it is not finished since I have a bad case of writer's block and I am looking for some help, hence why I posted it here. Here are a few ideas I have about how to get the USSR to collapse while still having the Allies win the war:


 * Stalin becomes paranoid during the end of the war and purges many of his generals. This causes a counter-revolution led by Zhukhov, Vasilevsky or someone else.  The Germans are to weak to take advantage of the chaos in the USSR, while the Americans and British march toward Berlin.
 * Lenin's body is captured by German commandos. The subsequent propaganda campaign by Germany weakens Stalin's leadership, while causing a backlash against the "Georgian influenced" Soviet government.  Stalin and others are forced to retire, but the new leaders aren't as effective as them.  Nationalist movements are on the rise and by the time WWII is winding down the Soviets are unable to hold onto the non-Russian parts of the USSR anymore.  This is all encouraged by the OSS.
 * Japan attacks the USSR instead of the US. The Soviets fight a two-front war and managed to survive, just barely.  The Allies still defeat the Axis nations, but the USSR is too weak to continue.
 * Stalin dies or is assasinated sometime during the war. His successor are too busy fighting amongst themselves to properly fight the war against Germany.
 * D-Day fails and the Germans concentrate on the Russians. The Allies are forced to concentrate on the "soft underbelly of Europe" and may even use nuclear weapons in Europe.  Germany is still defeated but the longer war is to much for the Soviet Union.
 * War remains the same until the end when some crisis causes a shootout between western and Soviet forces in Germany. Patton gets his wish to fight the Soviets.  Nuclear weapons are used in Russia.

Any of these PODs might change what I have written so far. Thoughts, comments or any other ideas? Mitro 14:36, March 8, 2010 (UTC)