Goering succeeds Hitler in 1940

I extremely disagree with the idea that the German military opposed the Nazi party. For one thing numerous members of the military, especially up and coming division and corps commanders, were either party members or party supporters. Walther Model is a typical example. Many other hard right conservatives, while ambivalent or leaning towards the party, had many views that agreed with its own especially regarding foreign policy. Many were very militaristic and did indeed support the war; only a small faction (The ones at the very top) were wary of the war. Wary, not opposed, as German victories soon made most feel that they had underestimated the abilities of the military. An armistice in 1941 is simply not going to happen, and neither is any victory in Africa. Logistics won't change with Goering in power, and a new commander or a bit more air support won't help things out. Germany had demobilized much of the economy and only re-mobilized in preparation for war with the Soviet Union.
 
I still don't have a conclusive rebuttal to these arguments and the timeline is subject to change. But, continued Nazi-Soviet alliance means continued Soviet exports to the Reich. That has to amount to something.
Keep in mind that those exports won't come for free. Whether it be German engineers building new chemical factories in the USSR, or agreeing to changes in spheres of influence, Stalin will want to squeeze a lot of concessions out of Germany.
 
Keep in mind that those exports won't come for free. Whether it be German engineers building new chemical factories in the USSR, or agreeing to changes in spheres of influence, Stalin will want to squeeze a lot of concessions out of Germany.

There's also the fact that the idea of a stable Nazi-Soviet "alliance" that the Soviets will never, ever break without giving Nazi Germany plenty of time to prepare is dubious at best. The death of Hitler will only make Stalin less amicable towards Nazi Germany; he saw Hitler as a contemporary figure who Stalin believed wouldn't betray him without some preamble, though he certainly did not trust him. At the same time Stalin loathed and mistrusted the Nazi Party and the Wehrmacht as a whole; when Barbarossa began he immediately suggested that the Wehrmacht was invading without Hitler's orders and the issue would be sorted out soon. He will now see the people he trusts the least with expanded positions of influence and power in Germany, and that will certainly see him take a much harsher position in regards to his Western border. Mobilization and defensive preparations in the Western military districts will speed up tenfold in expectation of an attack by the new government in Germany. Essentially this change will fuel a Soviet mobilization effort which was already racing forward. Military reforms will be streamlined, the stockpiling and organization of logistics in the West will be organized in preparation for war, and the economy will rapidly shift towards even greater amounts of military production. While it's generally agreed by historians that Soviet military reforms would have been adequately completely in 1942 a their current rate, adequate meaning that the Soviet Union could effectively wage an offensive or defensive war against Nazi Germany and win with much less blood and land lost than IOTL, increased preparations beginning in 1940 for an immediate war with Nazi Germany would have in the long run proven very beneficial.

In summary, it should be expected that Soviet war preparations would have increased exponentially and a Soviet invasion of Nazi Germany in 1942 is even more likely. Economically Nazi Germany will suffer greatly as Stalin limits exports, as he no longer sees appeasement as feasible, and will be forced to surrender vital land in Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey to appease Stalin.
 
I extremely disagree with the idea that the German military opposed the Nazi party. * * * (The ones at the very top) were wary of the war. Wary, not opposed

I did not say opposed. My point is as an institution, the Army represents a much older tradition, and National Socialism a vulgar revolutionary movement. The Army was opportunistic in its support of Hitler or the "Hitler faction" in the party in 1934, wrongly seeing him as different from the armed rabble of the SD, and not the entire party as essentially the same rabble.
 
I did not say opposed. My point is as an institution, the Army represents a much older tradition, and National Socialism a vulgar revolutionary movement. The Army was opportunistic in its support of Hitler or the "Hitler faction" in the party in 1934, wrongly seeing him as different from the armed rabble of the SD, and not the entire party as essentially the same rabble.

My appologies for incorrectly interpreting your statements. All the same however the military by 1940 was clearly aligned with the Nazi Party; a large percentage of its members were either direct supporters of the Party or clearly aligned with its goals, and the rest sided with it because despite their doubts Germany was victorious and dominated Europe; this group certainly didn't view the Party favorably.
 
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