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Hey all,

I've been doing some thinking following some of my poli sci classes. We all hear that the US entry into the League left the League without a critical member nation to maintain stability in a capacity similar to the UN. I'm not entirely certain how a US president could garner public support for something like this, but what if the US, France, UK, and Russia had stationed soldiers in Weimar Germany following WWI, in an occupation similar to otl Germany following WWII? Perhaps an earlier entry into WWI by the US means an earlier Allied victory and Kerensky prevails over the Bolsheviks?

While obviously utopian, such a vision could prevent the power vacuum of OTL. With the US playing a greater role, perhaps Wilson can secure less harsh reparations for Germany in TTL's Versailles, and without a communist Russia that's one fewer enemy the Nazis have to rattle their saber at. With foreign troops ready to stop any rising Germany from getting too powerful, stability on the continent could have been achieved. Potentially prevent WWII before it begins, and the Great War really could have been The War to End All Wars

What say you? Is this utterly utopian and unachievable? Even if this had been the plan for post-war Germany, would it have worked?
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