Do the generals take over? Do they sue for peace, knowing that with unconditional surrender severe punishment is certain? (Forgot to mention, plot succeeds, Hitler is killed)
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Probably so.General Ludwig Beck would've been made the Reichspresident in the event of Hitler's death, with Carl Goerdeler as Reichschancellor.
Probably so.
Not that it matters much as they are likely to be overthrown by Himmler.
Well, I think it is silly to assume that that conspiracy will work even if Hitler is killed successfully. However, among the Nazios, Goering would have a good claim to leadership.
Hermann Goering actually has direct claim to succession, as stated in a decree from June 29, 1941.
Whether or not that claim would be respected by either Bormann, Goebbels or Himmler is an entirely different question, as Fat Hermann was under a very dark cloud in 1944.
While true, the picture won't be clear, and a minor civil war within the country might occur, impeding their war effort further.
I actually think the interim government would have a better shot than you give them credit for. For one, without Hitler the Nazi Party loses a lot of the glue and fusion that had held it together. For another, would the Wehrmacht take orders from Himmler or from the General Staff? The SS or the officer corps?