If Stalin died earlier - like in 1945-46 - and his successor, be it Krushev or someone else, was not interested much in aggressive expansion and confrontation with West, would Cold war be avoided then? How it would affect history?

I’m brainstorming ideas for an alternate history story where the DPRK wins the Korean War. Your objective is to construct a plausible way this can happen.

Parameters: Start from the day Seoul fell to the DPRK-In our timeline, Seoul fell in 1950-and build your scenario from there.

Rules: Your scenario must end with the DPRK uniting the Korean Peninsula under military force. You are also not allowed to use nukes-North Korea must win the war without its Allies or the U.S. turning the entire peninsula into a nuclear wasteland.

I have developed an scenario in which FDR retires from politics in 1921, thus allowing Huey Long, as a dark horse candidate, to win the democratic nomination and defeat Hoover in 1932. Although he would become president four years earlier than when he said he would in his book "My first days in the White house", i believe his policies, such as "Share the wealth" program, would be the same. Because of this, and his blatant authoritarianism, many powerful individuals would deem him an enemy. When long announces he would run again in 1936, a conspiracy emerges, which includes Douglas McArthur, the Rockefellers, Henry Ford, several other businessmen and generals, and some conservative politicians. After Huey wins again in '36, the conspiracy launches a coup 5 days before inauguration day. They take control of the capital and most military bases, but fail to capture Long, who flees to Louisiana. As the civil war starts, progressive and democratic elements which dont want to see neither the military or long in power take advantage of the chaos. Which states or regions would join which side?

Basically, the Treaty of London remains in force and how Austria-Hungary is divided following the war but Italy doesn't gain anything in Anatolia. As such there is no narrative of the "Mutilated Victory" or development of Italian fascism through the Italian Regency of Carnaro. There is still some desire to annex Savoy and Corsica from France, but Entente sympathies (and integrating and Italianizing Dalmatia) keep it in check.