Probably a power struggle between Himmler, Goebbels, and/or Goering. If the Nazis are badly in disarray, the USSR crosses the partition set during the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and takes all of Poland. Nazi Germany will still be at war with France and the United Kingdom.What would happen after that?
That's entirely possible, but still, each one of them wanted to be Fürher.Wouldn't they agree to work together for the duration of the war? They all have an interest in ensuring Germany wins as they would all inevitably killed if Germany lost whereas they could survive if Germany won...
Wouldn't they agree to work together for the duration of the war? They all have an interest in ensuring Germany wins as they would all inevitably killed if Germany lost whereas they could survive if Germany won...
I'm not sure that would be the case in 1939. War crimes trials to execute leaders won't the done thing just yet.Wouldn't they agree to work together for the duration of the war? They all have an interest in ensuring Germany wins as they would all inevitably killed if Germany lost whereas they could survive if Germany won...
Wehrmacht would ensure the country stays together and out of war until its ready to strike.
Poland is fine but Russia IS RIGHT OUT!!!September 1st 1939 is way way way to late to stop the invasion of Poland
Germany's balance of payments and foreign currency accounts at this period in time indicate a far less "rosy" picture than the one you describe...just saying.If this event were so destabilizing as to shake the core of the Nazi regime, would it be impossible to see a coup d'etat by a moderate political faction? If 1939 Germany was taken over by non-expansionist moderates, it would be a geopolitical and economic powerhouse (owning Austria, Czechia with a puppet Slovakia, and Memelland)
Well, there might be some doing to be done but, say, after 45 years, don't you think that Germany would be able to at least patch up their economic situation while maintaining their brilliant geopolitical position?Germany's balance of payments and foreign currency accounts at this period in time indicate a far less "rosy" picture than the one you describe...just saying.
Did Hitler have a designated successor in '39?