Nearly happened a couple of times. Even after the loss in the Polish war and the failure in Germany, there was a brief possibility of a Stalin-Trotsky alliance, which would have been hard to keep together but probably would have been the optimal result.
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The most important part is Lenin doesn't die.
Probably the most important part is for the German Revolution to succeed.
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Nearly happened a couple of times. Even after the loss in the Polish war and the failure in Germany, there was a brief possibility of a Stalin-Trotsky alliance, which would have been hard to keep together but probably would have been the optimal result.