If Germany was to win the second world war, How long would Hitler be able to live?
would we see a reinstatement of the Kaiser in Germany?
what would happen?This is highly unlikely. The NSDAP wasn't noted for its pro-monarchist stance. You would need a DNVP government to get a restoration, and even then its not a sure thing.
what would happen?
what I was asking was, if the monarchy was near unlikely to rise up, what would be Germanys govermental course after hitlers death? would a head nazi run the government? could the monarch be brought back by the generals or would that be unpopular with the people?what would happen?
yes, it was said that Goering would also be pretty corrupt.It is likely that Goering would succeed Hitler (assuming that Hitler does not dismiss him as in ATL); assuming that Goring is incapacitated or politically neutered in some way it would leave Himmler as the most powerful man in the Reich.
Pretty scary.
Not a chance. Even while he was losing the damned war and wiping out the Heer in the process almost none of the officers went back on the personal oath of loyalty. If he WON the war? Quiet as church mice.Probably dead by 1950. If the NSDAP attempts to replace the Wehrmacht with the SS, even sooner as the Officer Corps would not accept such.
Not a chance. Even while he was losing the damned war and wiping out the Heer in the process almost none of the officers went back on the personal oath of loyalty. If he WON the war? Quiet as church mice.
A small disorganized group filled with officers who wanted to change the course of the war, which they could see was being lost. In this scenario he WON. In this scenario there is no way the Officer Corps turns its back on its Oath. Simply not going to happen.A small disorganized group damn near killed him in 1944. Piss off the entirety of the Officer Cadre, and I wouldn't be surprised if the ATL attempt doesn't fail.
A small disorganized group filled with officers who wanted to change the course of the war, which they could see was being lost. In this scenario he WON. In this scenario there is no way the Officer Corps turns its back on its Oath. Simply not going to happen.
It was not in the Officer Corps make-up to dishonor their oaths in that manner. You also assume that it would happen instantly. It wouldn't. It would be in drips and drops. Heer infantry units demobilize at the end of the war, Senior officers are given honors and estates.They were always smaller than the Heer, the Heer had far more of the factory workers, police officers, mailmen,etc., all the nuts and bolts that are needed to keep a peacetime economy working. The Waffen SS and Luftwaffe units do NOT stand down since the SS is assigned to secure the Eastern zone and General Government (doing tasks that the Heer command staff never much liked to begin with). Gradually most of the panzer and motorized units are under Waffen SS control, most of the rest are under Luftwaffe orders, as are the paratroops. Then the garrison troops in the West are changed over from Heer to some sort of paramilitary under Himmler's control. By the time the General Staff realizes they've been had, well, they've been had.
I legitimately doubt Goering would be the man who followed, to my mind more likely Hitler would die and leave a will stating - as with irl, that he wants the presidency and chancellory returned. I suspect this would be conveniently ignored by the individuals in the power vaccum who would all vye for power. To my mind Himmler would seem to come out on top and may even become Fuhrer, only to then be removed the minute he tried anything like the aforementioned removal of the Wehrmacht much akin to what happened to Beria in the USSR post Stalin.It is likely that Goering would succeed Hitler (assuming that Hitler does not dismiss him as in ATL); assuming that Goring is incapacitated or politically neutered in some way it would leave Himmler as the most powerful man in the Reich.
Pretty scary.