DBWI: Hitler Not Assassinated

I dunno... Nazism was way more anti-Communist than the pragmatics in the Army and the Prussian clique that took over with Göring. They'd probably not have allied with the USSR first in order to beat Britain and France, so they wouldn't have had all of Europe behind them when they turned East.
 
Let me quote Reichskanzler Helmuth Kohl on the 50th anniversary of Hitler's assassination on September 23rd, 1988:
"No doubt, Adolf Hitler is the greatest statesmann that Germany has had in this century. And it is of paramount significance that he brought the lands of his birth, the former Austria, back into the commonwealth of the German Länder, thus crowning the work of unification that had begun under Bismarck in the previous century.
Of course, the struggle for his succession, which led to the short civil war of 1938/39, did cost some 23.000 lifes, but - luckily - in the end the Reichswehr was able to stop the raving of the diverse Nationalsocialist fractions that fought each other - and hand back power to the newly elected Reichstag in March of 1939.
Another statesmanlike feat of Adolf Hitler was rearmament, which the newly elected government of Konrad Adenauer had the wisdom to continue. So, when in 1943 the red avalanche threatened to overrun Europe, it was the Reichswehr's gallant counter offensive that saved the occident.
Today, we look back at Adolf Hitler and salute in front of his wisdom and his absolute commitment for the fatherland, and we call out: "Adolf Hitler, we thank you!"
 
A compromise candidate. As the right and the left would outvote each other, the most favoured contender, the SPD's Wilhelm Leuschner, had no chance of success. The right wing of the SPD therefore agreed to vote for Adenauer, who was the Zentrum's man. It was a very tight chancellor's election - and it was later said that Adenauer had wone by one vote only, his own...
Once in office, however, Adenauer proved to be an extremely able mediator who very soon steered a course away from all extremism. When in the early 40ies, young Ludwig Erhard joint his government, Germany's ascent to global economic power began.
 
Let me quote Reichskanzler Helmuth Kohl on the 50th anniversary of Hitler's assassination on September 23rd, 1988:
"No doubt, Adolf Hitler is the greatest statesmann that Germany has had in this century. And it is of paramount significance that he brought the lands of his birth, the former Austria, back into the commonwealth of the German Länder, thus crowning the work of unification that had begun under Bismarck in the previous century.
Of course, the struggle for his succession, which led to the short civil war of 1938/39, did cost some 23.000 lifes, but - luckily - in the end the Reichswehr was able to stop the raving of the diverse Nationalsocialist fractions that fought each other - and hand back power to the newly elected Reichstag in March of 1939.
Another statesmanlike feat of Adolf Hitler was rearmament, which the newly elected government of Konrad Adenauer had the wisdom to continue. So, when in 1943 the red avalanche threatened to overrun Europe, it was the Reichswehr's gallant counter offensive that saved the occident.
Today, we look back at Adolf Hitler and salute in front of his wisdom and his absolute commitment for the fatherland, and we call out: "Adolf Hitler, we thank you!"


LOL, I always thought if Hitler died before 1939 he would have been seen as a Geman nationalist hero.
 
Well, of course the whole situation with Czechloslovkia was going to be troublesome. Germany wound up accepting all areas 50% German in Czechloslovkia--a move that triggered "The Red Crisis" as the National Socialist government started to wobble.

It's impossible to know what Hitler wanted with the Czechs. He publicly has claimed that Germany "Wanted No Czechs" and so I suspect that he would address the Germany Minority in Alasce Lorraine with some kind of arrangement with France and maybe work something out with Polish Control of Danzig--accept the Polish Offer of replacing the league of nations mandate with a Polish/German arrangement?

Hitler's work of Mein Kampf has largely proved to be one more odd piece of propaganda. Germany might think his is a hero, but I think he was somewhat crazy--that Czech situation could have started another world war!
 
Well, of course the whole situation with Czechloslovkia was going to be troublesome. Germany wound up accepting all areas 50% German in Czechloslovkia--a move that triggered "The Red Crisis" as the National Socialist government started to wobble.

It's impossible to know what Hitler wanted with the Czechs. He publicly has claimed that Germany "Wanted No Czechs" and so I suspect that he would address the Germany Minority in Alasce Lorraine with some kind of arrangement with France and maybe work something out with Polish Control of Danzig--accept the Polish Offer of replacing the league of nations mandate with a Polish/German arrangement?

Hitler's work of Mein Kampf has largely proved to be one more odd piece of propaganda. Germany might think his is a hero, but I think he was somewhat crazy--that Czech situation could have started another world war!


I think he might have prevented the war from breaking out altogether. The German Civil War almost certainly wouldn't happen and 23,0000 lives would have been saved.
 
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