What if, at the end of World War I, Aristide Briand had replaced Georges Clemenceau as Prime Minister of France, and was the French delegate to the Paris Peace Conference?
What if, at some point in the conference, the victors agree to receive a delegation from Germany, and leading that delegation the nascent Weimar Republic sends Gustav Stresemann?
What if, at this earlier meeting, Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann find a kindred spirit and mutual respect, much as they would a few years later, and this changes profoundly the crafting of the Treaty of Versailles, and maybe even treaties subsequent to that?
What if, indeed....