Monarchist restoration after Axis victory WW2

When people talk about a restoration of the german monarchy they usually mean before WW2 or after the allies win but what if the don't. The germans dominate the continent and has signed a peace treaty with britain, the US don't ever enter the war and Germany has normalized relationships with them, the USSR has been beaten beyond the urals and now the germans control everything minus siberia. What if after Hitler's death the fascist government is couped by monarchists who put on the throne an Hohenzollern. How would that affect the following years and how could it shape the world. I'll let you work out the details and sorry for my english im not a native speaker.
 
I think by 1945 the German people are about done with absolute governance, be it monarchist or dictatorships. Would they invite a Hohenzollern to return as a Constitutional monarchy? IDK. Germany as a state goes back to 1871, and had a monarchy for all of 47 years until 1918, with only three Kaisers during that time. It's not as if there's a lot of tradition to return to or uphold.
 
I think by 1945 the German people are about done with absolute governance, be it monarchist or dictatorships. Would they invite a Hohenzollern to return as a Constitutional monarchy? IDK. Germany as a state goes back to 1871, and had a monarchy for all of 47 years until 1918, with only three Kaisers during that time. It's not as if there's a lot of tradition to return to or uphold.
I don't think this is about what the german people want but what about the elites want. A lot of higher ups came from prussian nobility and would like the see a restored Kaiserreich.
 
I don't think this is about what the german people want but what about the elites want. A lot of higher ups came from prussian nobility and would like the see a restored Kaiserreich.

In this situation, their opinions are far less valuable than those of Hitler and his Nazi clique. They held deep contempt for the Hohenzollerns, from what I know.
 
In this situation, their opinions are far less valuable than those of Hitler and his Nazi clique. They held deep contempt for the Hohenzollerns, from what I know.
In this TL Hitler is dead and his government couped. Im sure there would be a least SOME support for a monarch.
 
In this TL Hitler is dead and his government couped. Im sure there would be a least SOME support for a monarch.

And I find that really implausible. You don't get to be a dictator for over a decade without getting the loyalty of the military, and especially in peacetime the Nazis would have plenty of opportunity to replace any remaining free thinkers there with Party lackeys. Hell, that process was ongoing during the war IOTL, with the operation of Einsatzgruppen that fell outside of the Heer's command structure, plus the increasing use of Waffen SS units that, again, answered to Himmler rather than the General Staff. Most states, even ones with powerful militaries, aren't as vulnerable as people think, and that's especially true of authoritarian states where force is the purveyor of legitimacy. Stalin was more notorious and bloody about it, but Hitler did just as much to keep his generals on a leash.
 
What if after Hitler's death the fascist government is couped by monarchists who put on the throne an Hohenzollern.

The German generals were loyal to the party and to Hitler. They only tried to kill Hitler when they saw that Germany would lose the war. Why should they coup the Nazi regime after Hitler's death if Germany wins the war?
 
The German generals were loyal to the party and to Hitler. They only tried to kill Hitler when they saw that Germany would lose the war. Why should they coup the Nazi regime after Hitler's death if Germany wins the war?
This is years after WW2 things might have happenned and the people or the military might have lost trust in the party and after Hitler's death that opens a chamce for change. Democracy seems too much change for a regime that years before was advocating for racial cleansing. A constitutional monarchy with a lot of power held by the emperor seems more likely. And after years and Wilhelm II' death there might be a liked candidate for the throne it doesn't even have to be a Hohenzollern mabye a Wittelsbach.
 
and the people or the military might have lost trust in the party

Why should they? With Europe controlled by the Germans, huge amounts of food and other goods robbed to the local populations are flowing into Germany. It's likely that a great number of Germans will have acces to their Volkswagen, Volksempfänger and soon also Volksfernseher (people's TV). Economic prosperity will strengthen the popularity of the party (a bit like the Chinese Communist Party's popularity) and indoctrination will do the rest. As the years pass, old generations will die and less and less Germans will remember Imperial Germany. They will replaced by generations bred and educated in Nazi Germany, who maybe don't believe everything the Nazis say but certainly can't think of an alternative to Nazi rule.

The military will after the victory over Europe feel vindicated and stay loyal to the Führer. The military too will be soon renewed - generals like Manstein will hand over their position to younger ones, less nostalgic of the Kaiserreich and closer to Nazi ideology.

A constitutional monarchy with a lot of power held by the emperor seems more likely.

That would require strong monarchical traditions within Germany and political actors advocating for the restoration of the monarchy. Whom are you thinking of?
 
That would require strong monarchical traditions within Germany and political actors advocating for the restoration of the monarchy. Whom are you thinking of?[/QUOTE]

Correct me if i'm wrong cause i am no historian but i recall there were a few high ranking officiers who had monarchist sympathies.
One of them was Gerd von Rundstedt there may be a few others. I recognize that the fall of a regime that was stabile for years is unlikely but i don't thnik impossible as anything could have happened in the years following the Weltkrieg. What i really want to know is how a restoration would affect Germany and most of all The US and and the British empire.
 
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