What if Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin both died on October 7th, 1939? Who would replace them? How would this affect the war? How would the West react?
What are the factions in this civil war in Germany? Who will be the people involved in the USSR's power struggle? How will occupied Poland react to this?Civil war in Germany and power struggle in USSR.
Himmler and Beria had the most realistic chances at this point. So what you've done is essentially replaced 2 paranoid and arrogant nutcases with 2 ruthless sociopaths. Churchill will probably be wetting himself for a whole other reason.
I'd buy both of those, but Himmler wasn't terribly popular among the Nazi Party hierarchy IIRC. He controls a lot of the police and paramilitaries, but is that enough? Goring was named the successor only a month before for just these circumstances, Heydrich might not like the idea of Himmler's elevation, Hess is still a wild card, and Goebbels is still floating around. Not a very tidy political picture...
Cough*Multi-factioned Civil War*Cough
Himmler and Beria had the most realistic chances at this point. So what you've done is essentially replaced 2 paranoid and arrogant nutcases with 2 ruthless sociopaths. Churchill will probably be wetting himself for a whole other reason.
What about that strange practice they call "election"?
That's how Hitler come to power in '33