If this post-war plan for Germany had happened there could have been a different country to fight over:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenthau_Plan
Instead the Marshall Plan was put into effect.
Two more articles on WWII continuing:
http://www.sfsfw.org/a/38/gotterdammerung-part1.php
http://www.sfsfw.org/a/39/gotterdammerung-part2.php
Part 1 is land, while part 2 covers sea and air war.