The Mafia and Malcolm Little versus the Klan? That really does put a grin on my face.
much of the Wehrmacht revolt when they got ditched in favor of the ss during the civil war,
I do wonder now if Degrelle was in charge of German occupied Belgium ITTL. Also I now wonder as to the fate of Anton Mussert.Also in curious about Leon Degrelle. As well I'm interested in learning about the status of Fascist Movements outside of Italy. I mean we all know about the British Union of Fascists under Mosley, although I'm curious about the status of Fascist Movements in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany (Excluding the Nazis), the United States (Excluding Black Fascists) and etc.
I think my point still stands. While eventually Clean Wehrmacht might get discredited (much later though) it is likely that the German army will nonetheless keep the style of the Wehrmacht regardless, as it won't be discredited to such a level that the Bundeswehr gets changed to otl extents. I am thinking the German army marches today in this timeline will look like Chile army marches, or sweden army marches, both of which continued the imperial style. That and the Hohenzoller monarchs might want to show their heritage to an extent, despite losing Prussia.I thought it was said this was a misconception? The majority of the Wehrmacht did not revolt. Beck's Government in Hamburg was only able to survive as long as it did because of civilian backing for the Mutineers ironically including banned groups like the Socialists going to the Barricades with the mutineers.
Most of the Wehrmacht remained loyal with the Western Front unraveling from defections in the Rommel fashion rather than mutiny; and a good bit of that is credited to self preservation with Himmler going purge happy on the Wehrmacht and Rommel's treatment giving them an exit strategy. And the Soviet front didn't see that even.
So in the end the Civil War was only a potent minority of the Wehrmacht. But I agree the misconception could lead to a good deal of the Wehrmacht tradition surviving in the revived Imperial German military. At least until decades down the line as scholarship discrediting the Clean Wehrmacht idea starts penetrating the media more.
That probably won't happen, simply because while Rommel is from Wurtberg, this Prussian style uniform is really the only one he has ever known, and due to the Wehrmacht revolt/Hohenzoller monarch germany, it might not be as symbolic of the nazi regime in this timeline, with a much more extensive clean wehrmacht myth and Hohenzoller monarchs likely preferring the imperial style to remain intact.A thought: With Rommel being from Württenberg by birth, that also being where the Hohenzollerns first rose from and Bavaria being intact, might German uniforms ITTL assume more elements from the southern states historical militaries? Both Bavaria and Württenberg used to have blue jackets with grey, blue or white trousers and a large black plume on their helm/hat. Replacing some of the nazi-touched elements of the German uniforms with these might symbolize a clean cut while still respecting one's traditions.
I noticed that the fictional book that covers post-Stalin URSS is called False Hope. I think is implied that things really go badly for the Soviet Union but the thing: who on the Soviet Union has the potential to be as bad or even worse than Stalin?
I noticed that the fictional book that covers post-Stalin URSS is called False Hope. I think is implied that things really go badly for the Soviet Union but the thing: who on the Soviet Union has the potential to be as bad or even worse than Stalin?
I saw on the updates that even Macartonio, the Progressive US Candidate, was sent to the Gulags on 1957. Considering that even Stalin allowed them to survive, the guy in charge at the time must be kinda of nutsI think it may not be that the unknown leader is worse than Stalin as he has less to squander with the USSR still in poor straits. So it may be more the wrong person at the wrong time than being worse than Stalin.
I think it may not be that the unknown leader is worse than Stalin as he has less to squander with the USSR still in poor straits. So it may be more the wrong person at the wrong time than being worse than Stalin.
Well, the success of the Freedom Party depends on their ability to grow outside the South.
ITTL, it appears many ethnic Americans (the kinds Nixon OTL wanted as part of the Southern Strategy) are siding against violent racism.
Unless those Jim Crowers can find a human face for their bigotry, they might go the way of the Whigs.