WI: Axis Force the Soviet Union into Siberia

[Dathi THorfinnsson]

This is a typical kind of a reply that moves away from a specific question. In this question it did happen. Fair enough to discuss how it might potentially have happened, but it did. Assume tactical and strategic blunders, German emphasis on infrastructure recovery, Ukrainian collaboration whatever, but it did happen.
How does what's left of the Soviet Union look like? That's the question

If you don't care whether the question is possible, there are other subfora on this site. ASB, Role Playing, Writers, etc.

To ask a specific question you need to know the specifics.

And this. It really does matter.

 

[King Thomas]

You have to have Hitler being nice to the Russian people with limited autonomy for them, so millions of Russians join his armies.

 

[Nae'Blis]

It all depends on what you mean by "remnant" and how you propose Germany goes about doing it. German forces will be stretched beyond reason. There is no logical way for them to succeed in that. They would have had to crush the Red Army so badly there would hardly be any people left to oppose German occupation. That is highly unlikely. There is a real limit to how far an army can stretch and hold.

The Soviet Far East was untakable for the Japanese, they had their hands full on China, a country they could not beat either. If they tried the Soviet Army would have crushed them.

So no, other than ASB i see no way this scenario as plausible.

The Japanese would probably attack. If the Soviets have been pushed to the Urals then they obviously aren't all that well garrisoned in the Far East, and the Japanese haven't spent decades working in Inner Mongolia and with White Russians for nothing. It would be a minor side-show.

That of course is all dependent on how things are going for Japan though.