Anschluss: Would It Still Happen Despite Italian Opposition?

think the Austrians (leadership class and plurality of population) wanted to remain independent and little support for Nazis.

most probably support alliance with Italy.

however as soon as Italy interferes or offers troops or moves troops, etc. IMO the situation would change, it would be portrayed as annexation to Italy, a German speaking minority, Italian king, etc.
 
Hitler Deposed

But, if Benny the Moose were to stand firm, wouldn't Adolf the Aryan back down? Ands if he faltered on this one, wouldn't the Generals depose him and take over?
Even if the Generals didn't try a coup, the Reich depended on loot to stay afloat, and when the loot stops, the regime falls anyway.

"This is Edward R. Murrow. Today, in the early hours of dawn, the former Chancellor of Germany, the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, was escorted from his prison cell by a platoon of Federal troops, taken to a courtyard at the prison at Spandau, and shot by a firing squad. It is reported he did not flinch, and refused a blindfold, his last words being, "Seig Heil", or "Hail Victory".
"In the afternoon, top Nazi Party officials, including Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, and Reinhart Heydrich, were hanged simultaneously in another part of the prison. Hermann Goering, the chief of the new German Airforce, was only fired and given a twenty-year sentence. Other Nazi brass gained similar clemency. This is Edward R. Murrow, reporting from Berlin."
 
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