Could any regions of Germany had attempted to secede from Nazi rule during the ending days of WWII to broker a peace with the Allies? Italy switched sides, after all, though the secession in that case came from the fascists.
Could any regions of Germany had attempted to secede from Nazi rule during the ending days of WWII to broker a peace with the Allies? Italy switched sides, after all, though the secession in that case came from the fascists.
They did. There are still german-speaking Austrians in those areas.
There are still German speaking Germans in East Germany; the Soviets didn't deport and execute EVERYBODY... I'm just saying the revolt didn't win them any favors during the initial occupation (same goes for Romania and Bulgaria too)
Could any regions of Germany had attempted to secede from Nazi rule during the ending days of WWII.
WWII, no chance. But what about.... WWI? Regional identity was stronger amongst the 1918 generation and was even stronger amongst the older generation.
1918 was also before the days of mass radio, rudimentary television and mass travel. So "Barvarian" in 1918, might not of really been intelligible with the local German based language used in East Prussia and vis versa. Even Catholic verse Protestant religous differences would have been more pronouned in 1918 than in more secular 1945. These differences would makie the split easier psychologically.
Good point. do you mean the leftist Barvarian Peoples Republic? What if the Barvarian sessionists were a unified group of religious based, right wing catholics and not a coalition of leftists? I think they could have pulled it off.Bavaria actually tried to secede in 1919. It was put down rather brutally IIRC.
They did. There are still german-speaking Austrians in those areas.
After what the Germans had done to their country, the Russians were out for blood. And at that point in the war, very few of the Russian soldiers bothered to make the distinction between "German" and "Nazi".
And here we go againThey didn't even care if they were Jewish and had been in hiding, what they did to the German populace really makes me question who was really more evil.
They didn't even care if they were Jewish and had been in hiding, what they did to the German populace really makes me question who was really more evil.
Good point. do you mean the leftist Barvarian Peoples Republic? What if the Barvarian sessionists were a unified group of religious based, right wing catholics and not a coalition of leftists? I think they could have pulled it off.
They didn't even care if they were Jewish and had been in hiding, what they did to the German populace really makes me question who was really more evil.