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During the Cold War the French did what they could to avoid being under the American thumb, whereas the British aligned strongly with the Americans.

How could there have been a sort of Entente-American split where the British and French go their own way and the Americans thus focus more on Germany and the Low Countries as their basis for European resistance to the Soviets.

Suez seems like a good PoD, though I think earlier actions would be needed to enable the British and French to play ball harder with the US during that crisis. Differing economic policies by the British in the immediate post-war period perhaps?

How could an Anglo-French Entente measure up against the US?
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