>Are you saying they were trying to keep the West Germans in check after WW2? Absolutely, they also had to do various clean up tasks. Executions, Trials, polit

>Are you saying they were trying to keep the West Germans in check after WW2? Absolutely, they also had to do various clean up tasks. Executions, Trials, political policing, etc. I don't think there is any kind of reasonable debate that stationing troops in Germany wasn't for the interest of the US in West Germany. Of course equally true is that as relationships between the former Allies deteriorated Germany became the frontline of that conflict and the focus shifted. The remilitarized German Armies on both sides became quite important as they both would be the first line of defense against any aggressor.