What would have happened had Manfred von Ricthofen, aka the Red Baron, had survived World War I? Let's say he gets captured instead of killed and is released after the war, or maybe he never gets shot down in the first place. What would he have done in post-revolution Germany? How might German history be changed?
What if the Red Baron survived?
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Well, could die in an aircraft crash after the War, like his Brother Lothar, or been like his cousin Wolfram, a Fieldmarshal in the Luftwaffe, dying from a brain hemorrhage as the war ended.
Or even against the Nazis, like Lettow-Vorbeck, even part of the July plot like von Beck
His was an unfinished canvas, story cut short by the War like so many others.
Endless possibilities
Or even against the Nazis, like Lettow-Vorbeck, even part of the July plot like von Beck
His was an unfinished canvas, story cut short by the War like so many others.
Endless possibilities
Conversely, he could have been involved with the July 20th plot as from what I recall von Richthofen was a devout monarchist and undoubtedly he would have wanted the Kaiser and the House of Hohenzollern restored.
It is difficult to speculate for sure given that he died young and had a mythology around him due to becoming a legendary fighter ace but it could be either way. Heck, the Red Baron surviving that fateful day could have been the butterfly to made the Kaiserschlacht successful!
Well, if he survives, then Hermann Goering may not have become as prominent as he did. Since Goering's fame and connections played a large role in the Nazis' early success...
Kaiserreich had him as the starting german minister of air, at least in the past.
If I may blow my own horn -- TOOT!
Here's my speculation on such a course of events.
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Here's my speculation on such a course of events.
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...why would he? He was aristocrat and liked the Kaiser being a thing
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
This. Plus he was known in life as a friendly guy who did NOT irrationally hate Jews. I doubt he rises as a leading resistance figure, but he's likely not going to put on a Nazi outfit
Migrate to America , work for an aircraft manufacturer in the interwar yrs ?
He would be in 50s so I bit doubt that he would be anymore on active service. And airwar is really different than during WW1 so even as advisor he is not really valuable.
Quet ferw survived from war without traumas.