I feel like Himmler would make a better successor than Goering, primarily due to the batcrap insane evil that Himmler was. Forget Hess. He's a byword even by Nazi standards.
He stopped that game before he was sentenced. I think he might have been scared he would be fed to the Soviets and taken to Moscow and put in a cage in the Red Square.and more intelligent. Not so much after the throne though. But they where just as antisemitic as Hilter, ready to do the deed. Good leader skills too.
It wasn't so much as Hess being insane as him being completely incompetent as a leader and decision maker. His insanity in my opinion was just acting to get away from the death penalty.
I feel like Himmler would make a better successor than Goering, primarily due to the batcrap insane evil that Himmler was. Forget Hess. He's a byword even by Nazi standards.
and more intelligent. Not so much after the throne though. But they where just as antisemitic as Hilter, ready to do the deed. Good leader skills too.
It wasn't so much as Hess being insane as him being completely incompetent as a leader and decision maker. His insanity in my opinion was just acting to get away from the death penalty.
I feel like Himmler would make a better successor than Goering, primarily due to the batcrap insane evil that Himmler was. Forget Hess. He's a byword even by Nazi standards.
I guess you need to have Goring, Himmler, Goebbels, Bormann, Heydrich, Lammers, Rosenberg, Frick and Frank all dead before Hess gets a shot at the title.
Hell, even von Ribbentrop and Speer could get it before Hess would.
Fascism leaves no room for figureheads. The Leader is the Leader and it is through Him and Him Alone that the People's Destiny is Manifest.How about my suggestion above? Generals and top party leaders retaining Hess as a figurehead (wave at parades make some occasional speech etc.) with no powers at all while all powers are divided between Goering, Himmler, Heydrich etc.
Fascism leaves no room for figureheads. The Leader is the Leader and it is through Him and Him Alone that the People's Destiny is Manifest.
Err, yeah. So long as Goering lives, Himmler isn't getting the Big Seat. Goering, for all of his faults, was a military man. He's shot & killed plenty during the first European tango. If Himmler made a go for power like that, his ass would be planted faster than one would think is possible.I feel like Himmler would make a better successor than Goering, primarily due to the batcrap insane evil that Himmler was. Forget Hess. He's a byword even by Nazi standards.
Err, yeah. So long as Goering lives, Himmler isn't getting the Big Seat. Goering, for all of his faults, was a military man. He's shot & killed plenty during the first European tango. If Himmler made a go for power like that, his ass would be planted faster than one would think is possible.
For Himmler to have a chance, Goering must already be dead. It's that simple. For all Goering's pomp and excess, he possessed a mind sharper than a blade, and enough charisma to replace Hitler.
I will freely admit that, of any of the Nazis, Goering is my favorite. I'm well aware of his crimes, his evil. But that doesn't stop him from being a magnificent bastard.