what if Germany got aced out of KMT China by the French? ... the French!!??
"In October 1933, Seeckt arrived in China to head the German military mission. At the time of his arrival, Sino-German relations were in a bad state owing to the racial arrogance of the Germans, and Chiang was considering firing the Germans and bringing in a French military mission. In order to save the military mission, Seeckt ordered the German officers to behave with more tact towards the Chinese and to start showing some respect for Chinese sensibilities. In this way, Seeckt saved Germany's position in China."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Seeckt#In_China
what effects would NO Sino-German cooperation have? obviously there is no barrier to closer German-Japanese relations (no clear advantage in that though from Japanese perspective, in early 1930's)
is there another plausible country German military mission could decamp to? Thailand (had many of same resources as China and shared hatred of French), Iran and/or Turkey (had resources to trade but maybe gets attention of all wrong parties? maybe on smaller scale than in China?)
"In October 1933, Seeckt arrived in China to head the German military mission. At the time of his arrival, Sino-German relations were in a bad state owing to the racial arrogance of the Germans, and Chiang was considering firing the Germans and bringing in a French military mission. In order to save the military mission, Seeckt ordered the German officers to behave with more tact towards the Chinese and to start showing some respect for Chinese sensibilities. In this way, Seeckt saved Germany's position in China."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Seeckt#In_China
what effects would NO Sino-German cooperation have? obviously there is no barrier to closer German-Japanese relations (no clear advantage in that though from Japanese perspective, in early 1930's)
is there another plausible country German military mission could decamp to? Thailand (had many of same resources as China and shared hatred of French), Iran and/or Turkey (had resources to trade but maybe gets attention of all wrong parties? maybe on smaller scale than in China?)