Hitler doesn't die, but...

There have been many a threads about Hitler dying on XYZ date, I'm not sure if this kind of thing has been done to death. Yet.

Let's say Hitler has an accident on 18th August 1939. He falls down the stairs, trips over his dog, anything like that, it doesn't matter. All we need to focus on is the fact that he is a light coma. Doctors know that within a couple of weeks he will awake and a couple of month's later he will be out of hospital. The upshot is he is out for action for about 2 weeks and then not really with it for another 3 weeks.

What happens?
Is there a power grab by X or Y?
Does the war still start on 1st September?
Will there be a Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?

As always over to you.
 
Don't take it personally. i made a similar topic a few weeks ago, no replies.:( I don't know what is going on.

I made a typo in the title though.

Anyway, Goring will most likely become the fuhrer untill Hitler awakens. Invasion of Polan will be a go, as well as the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
 
The most I can think happening in the time Hitler's out is that morale drops. Hitler was a silver-tongued orator . . .
 
Two or three weeks will only delay the invasion for that period of time. Make it two or three months things might change quite a bit. Either they invade Poland at the late fall/early winter or wait until April. Both have problems. Winter in Poland is cold so things would slow down and casualties woud go up. It might take the Nazis five or six weeks instead of three to conquer Poland and they would use more muntions in doing so. The French and the Brits would be at least 2-3 months of production stronger when France is invaded. This makes things much tougher for the Nazis as the French/British have considerably more fighters and tanks than OTL. The conquest of France would be far more brutal if the Germans succeed at all.
 
even with Hitler in Coma or senseless for weeks.

there will be a hell a power struggle in background,
in top of NSDAP they fight literally over the Post "Ze Führer attorney"
Especially between Göring vs Himmler

could be that Hitler come back, the Their Reich is in middle of Civil-war
or he's death because his attorney wand to be next Führer...
 
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