What if Von Neurath Stayed as Foreign Minister of Germany?

So, instead of being replaced by the more fanatic Nazi Ribbentrop what if Von Neurath had managed to retain his position as Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany? For the sake of this scenario say Blomberg and Fritsch had a bit more success in convincing Hitler or that he was able to avoid the connection between himself and them. Would he be able to prevent World War Two from happening? What different political decisions would he make (for example will there still be a Molotov-Ribbentrop pact?). And overall will he be better in this position then Ribbentrop?

Personally I think he would have been better than Ribbentrop overall, what with him trying to tell others that Germany needed more time to rearm and whatnot, while also not being a fanatic means that he can probably have a clearer point of view on the relations between Germany and the other countries surronding it. But what do you guys think?

Any comments are welcomed!:)
 

NoMommsen

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Well, if there wouldn't have been Ribbentrop around ... and the other nazi blokes greedy for the job would even by Hitler rendered as - blokes so that he had to keep v. Neurath ...
it would only be for a short time. Hitler was suspicious of v. Neurath, who on several occasions opposed Hitler. Two of the ... bigger issues :
1. In march/april 1933, after the first 'Simon' proposal was made at the disarmament conference, v. Neurath - as well as Blomberg btw - strongly argued for leaving the conference right now (not in october). But at that time Hitler would have been almost happy with a small rearmament program if political secured.
2. The german-polish non-agression pact of 1934 was an almost entirely Goering/Nazi buisness, also strongly objected by v. Neurath who feared for loosing the possibilty to change Germanys eastern borders - by diplomacy.

Von Neurath WAS definitly a much more capable diplomat and politician as Ribbentrop, but he would have been replaced anyway - unfortunatly. There was and there would have been even more intermingling by nazis to his politics to most likely nihilate any pros he would have been able to gain.

IF ... he would have made it to late 1939, he would have been most likely involed to the Oster-conspiracy to sack Hitler and the nazis.
As there was such a plot in late 1938 too - before Chamberlain gave in at Munich ... with him involved, what he would very likely would have been - he was just too good a diplomat and too good friend to almost every higher officer to not know about it, ... but how get him there ?
 
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