The question is whether or not a POD after the end of WWI(and the Versailles Peace Treaty) can stop a general world war, ether similar to OTL or not, resulting in another brutal bloodshed across Europe or elsewhere.
Did WWI directly lead to WWII
Wait, so just to be clear, an affirmative in the first question is a negative in the second, correct?The question is whether or not a POD after the end of WWI(and the Versailles Peace Treaty) can stop a general world war, ether similar to OTL or not, resulting in another brutal bloodshed across Europe or elsewhere.
Wait, so just to be clear, an affirmative in the first question is a negative in the second, correct?
So if you say that "A PoD in the 1920's or 30's could have stopped WWII", you are, by definition, saying "WWI did not lead directly to WWII", right?
The Germans failed to realize how successful the Weimar government dismembered the TOV, that no Hitler was needed for this. That's their historical guilt.
The Germans did not elect Hitler for his foreign policy. They elected him for the same reason that Americans elected FDR - in the hope that he could do something about the depression. He just turned out not to be exactly an FDR.
In 1933, foreign affairs were the last thing on any voter's mind - in Germany or anywhere else.
WW2 can be butterflied away with a POD as late as August 31st, 1939. And no, it was not in any way nigh-inevitable.
So what is your POD on 31/8/1939 that will stop the Second World War? Just out of curiosity
Hitler somehow dies under suspicious circumstances; Goering takes over but his too busy shoring up his position to launch the invasion just yet
Like you said just yet, so WWII will still happen just delayed?
Maybe, maybe not. If in the ensuing power-struggle, whether it's in the open or behind the scenes, Goring (or whoever winds up on top, but most likely Goring), comes to the conclusion that starting a war is too damn risky, whilst enoying hunting, drugs and fine art is a lot more fun, the European conflict might be butterflied away entirely.
Thing is,they didn't even elect him.Hitler came to power by backroom politics.The Germans did not elect Hitler for his foreign policy. They elected him for the same reason that Americans elected FDR - in the hope that he could do something about the depression. He just turned out not to be exactly an FDR.
In 1933, foreign affairs were the last thing on any voter's mind - in Germany or anywhere else.
Thing is,they didn't even elect him.Hitler came to power by backroom politics.