French political what-if

MrHola

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What if Clemenceau wins the January French presidential elections. OTL he loses to Paul Deschanel; the latter was afflicted with mental illness and resigned in Sep 1920. ITTL Deschanels breakdown could occur earlier, giving Clemenceau the presidency.

This could have some interseting developments for the French Army:

Clemenceau's military advisor General Mordacq had proposed a substantial reform of the Conseil Superieur de la Guerre (Army Council) that Clemenceau supported.

Mordacq's CSG had eight generals, four of whom would return to command each year and being replaced from elsewhere within the army and alternately chaired by one of the three Marshals (Foch, Joffre & Petain). OTL the CSG became unwieldy, reactionary and incapable of unity of decision making. By changing the dynamics of the CSG we can pre-solve many of the later problems that confront the French army.

Who knows, maybe France doesn't fall in 1940...

However, what would be the effects for Weimar Germany? or Europe?
 
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Would the change in Army policy have had a big effect. The governments of europe would all still be seeking appeasment and by the time they started saying no France was pretty much doomed. Resistance might have been better but that would just either delay the eastern front and allow stalin the chance to be even more prepared when the Nazi's decide to attack.
 
Being a French political figure in France I think ze outcome of zis election would not affect France very much because I was not there and I am one of the most prominent political figures in the history of France. But not to brag or anything.
 
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