Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Sandiego, the OP specifically ruled out US involvement.
However he also mentioned how we were broke. This was set out when we told the US SofS that we could not sustain forces in Greece and would pull out. The US would have to step in. We did;they did.
This scenario is a dead letter. The American Army of occupation was alive and well in 1946. (My dad was a part of it). As well to put together a scenario where the Germans weaponized bratwurst and potatoes in 1946 and began a rebellion in the Soviet occupied sector.