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Exactly which territories, if any, would Germany have been likely to eventually acquire and/or re-acquire in a scenario where Adolf Hitler is killed in 1923 and thus the Nazis never come to power in Germany?

(Also, for the record, I am assuming that Germany will become a conservative right-wing military dictatorship in the 1930s in this TL.)

As for me, I would certainly say both Austria and the German-majority parts of Eupen-Malmedy (in Belgium). Indeed, Britain and France would probably be unable to indefinitely hinder the popular will of the Austrian people (who appear to have been very pro-unification with Germany before Nazism and its horrors made the idea permanently unappealing to them) and of the ethnic Germans in Eupen-Malmedy in this TL. (Indeed, as far as I know, Belgium was willing to sell at least a part of Eupen-Malmedy to Germany in 1926 in our TL before France vetoed this idea; however, I doubt that France would have vetoed this idea indefinitely in this TL.)

In regards to recovering Alsace-Lorraine, there's a greater likelihood of a snowstorm occurring in Hell than there is of Germany doing this. As for the Sudetenland, the Polish Corridor, and Danzig, due to France's alliances with both Czechoslovakia and Poland, a German re-acquisition of some or all of these territories would probably require a situation where France is currently extremely busy dealing with colonial troubles. As for northern Schleswig, the plebiscite that occurred there in 1920 will ensure that Germany will never reacquire this territory; indeed, the same is probably true in regards to Upper Silesia (but replace "1920" with "1921"). In regards to South Tyrol, a German acquisition of this territory would probably only be possible if Italy experiences a revolution during this time (such as if the Italian people will get tired of Mussolini and/or of Mussolini's Fascist cronies and launch a revolution to remove them from power in Italy). As for the Memel(land), I am unsure whether or not Lithuania had any alliances with any other country and thus I certainly hope that someone else here who is more knowledgeable will be able to comment and to provide some insight in regards to this. :)

Anyway, any thoughts on everything that I wrote here? :)
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