War Goals of a "Bonapartist" Germany

In a scenario where standard right-wing nationalists (something like the DNVP) instead of the Nazis came to power in Germany, what would the "war goals" of such a "Bonapartist" Germany during alt-WW2? While they'd probably be more sensible than those of the Third Reich (which isn't saying much), aside from that, what plans would the plans said Germany would have for Europe in the event they won?
 
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Minimum: Danzig and some bits of the Polish Corridor to get East Prussia Connected with the rest of Germany.
Median: 1914 borders in the east and autonomy for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia (or Czechia if the Slovaks have already split off), Anschluss might or might not be on the schedule.
Maximum: Basically reinstating Brest-Litovsk, Austria and the Sudeten areas will be annexed (unless Austria had been an ally already, in which case the pie might be shared), full Autonomy for the German minority in South Tyrol if not outright annexion.
 
Minimum: Danzig and some bits of the Polish Corridor to get East Prussia Connected with the rest of Germany.
Median: 1914 borders in the east and autonomy for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia (or Czechia if the Slovaks have already split off), Anschluss might or might not be on the schedule.
Maximum: Basically reinstating Brest-Litovsk, Austria and the Sudeten areas will be annexed (unless Austria had been an ally already, in which case the pie might be shared), full Autonomy for the German minority in South Tyrol if not outright annexion.
What about their western aims?
 
If War breaks out between this Germany and the USSR and if Germany goes in as a liberator, it will have armies of millions of Russians and Ukrainians fighting for them. The USSR would be screw.

This kind of Germany can stay away from the pitfalls of Hitler and the Third Reich and very well win.
 
What about their western aims?

Well, if Germany is sensible enough they won't demand too much in the west, as to not antagonize the British Empire too much. Britain was kinda fine with Nazi Germany as a bulwark against communism until they actually started WW2, so a 'merely' authoritarian Germany that doesn't go for genocide (and isn't too aggressive with germanization although some degree of that can be expected) should be more palpable to them.

That much said, they might still want Eupen and Malmedy back (assuming Belgium was dragged into the war as well, depending on politics they could get lucky), Luxemburg might be on the schedule as well (after all, it had been a member of the German Confederation until 1866 and member of the Zollverein until 1919) but any further acquisitions would be met with stiff disagreement.
And even if Germany wouldn't get any bit of metropolitan France it would probably still impose a demilitarized Zone in France and possibly the low countries (unless one or both of them were able to avoid participating),plus some occupation zones for a while.
For the lulz they might try to create an independent alsatian republic as a buffer state (so they can say that Germany didn't annex it after all) and have fun trying to prop that up.

Of course, I'm still assuming Germany being somewhat sensible. Even OTL the Meuse river was suggested/demanded to be the new border for Germany in case it would have won WWI, so a resurgent ATL Germany might just as well go for it, but that would antagonize Britain and especially France, Russia is already grumpy due to Brest-Litovsk II and having all those three as potential enemies is something which an at least somewhat sensible Germany should have the smarts to avoid.
 
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If Napoleon Bonaparte was cloned and made the leader of Germany in the 1930s, I'd expect this:

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Well, if Germany is sensible enough they won't demand too much in the west, as to not antagonize the British Empire too much. Britain was kinda fine with Nazi Germany as a bulwark against communism until they actually started WW2, so a 'merely' authoritarian Germany that doesn't go for genocide (and isn't too aggressive with germanization although some degree of that can be expected) should be more palpable to them.

That much said, they might still want Eupen and Malmedy back (assuming Belgium was dragged into the war as well, depending on politics they could get lucky), Luxemburg might be on the schedule as well (after all, it had been a member of the German Confederation until 1866 and member of the Zollverein until 1919) but any further acquisitions would be met with stiff disagreement.
And even if Germany wouldn't get any bit of metropolitan France it would probably still impose a demilitarized Zone in France and possibly the low countries (unless one or both of them were able to avoid participating),plus some occupation zones for a while.
For the lulz they might try to create an independent alsatian republic as a buffer state (so they can say that Germany didn't annex it after all) and have fun trying to prop that up.

Of course, I'm still assuming Germany being somewhat sensible. Even OTL the Meuse river was suggested/demanded to be the new border for Germany in case it would have won WWI, so a resurgent ATL Germany might just as well go for it, but that would antagonize Britain and especially France, Russia is already grumpy due to Brest-Litovsk II and having all those three as potential enemies is something which an at least somewhat sensible Germany should have the smarts to avoid.

Germany could drive a divide between London, and Paris, or this ATL can get a peace with the United Kingdom after the ATL of France. (Play up the fears and worries of Communism, and the USSR. An disaster at Dunkirk. Or something like that.)

This Germany can keep the Sino-German cooperation alive, and well, thus keeping away from Japan, and having a ton of affects on both Germany, and China, and Asia as a whole.

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Well, that's not really Bonapartist. DNVP was conservative and "old order".
You could have both though as long as it's just one figure who is totally in charge which I could easily see happening considering how much of a mess Germany was at the time. Maybe a guy like Schleicher but he wasn't charismatic nor popular which you need for a Bonaparte. I'm not sure one really existed in Germany besides Hitler himself.
 
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So, would this Germany be more successful than Nazi Germany or not and why?

Frighteningly successful. Provided Deutsch-Bonaparte keeps up the pretence of a Weimar republic as the real Napoleon had in the early days, he could get away with the same shit Hitler pulled and more. More important is German relations with Poland. It is definitely on the chopping block, but if the DNVP could convince the Poles to trade the Danzig corridor for Lithuania, they could avoid damaging relations with the Allies (amd maybe encourage them to turn against Stalin). More likely, though, would be that Germany would fight Poland, and the gross inefficiencies and brain drain Hitler built into the system would be absent or migitated.
 
So, would this Germany be more successful than Nazi Germany or not and why?
Well, less successful in that they're never going to have as much territory as during their height, but more successful in that it won't lose a quarter of its original territory by the end but will actually get to keep its gains.
 
Provided Deutsch-Bonaparte keeps up the pretence of a Weimar republic as the real Napoleon had in the early days, he could get away with the same shit Hitler pulled and more.
Or goes for a restoration of the Kaiserreich with either Wilhelm II or his son as a puppet Kaiser, for that matter.
 
Anyway, as far as actual aims, I think basically pre-1914 borders along with Anschluss and probably willing to not have Alsace Lorraine. I'm not sure if the Sudetenland was a popular aspiration of pan-Germans back then.
 
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