It makes no difference as some other flunky would do Hitler's diplomatic dirty work for him.
Ribbentrop was a devout Anglophobe and was one of those assuring Hitler Britain and France would standby when Germany invaded Poland. Hitler accepted this argument as part of his reasoning to invade. So that’s definitely a butterfly.
But otherwise, I don’t think there’s much overall difference.
But otherwise, I don’t think there’s much overall difference.
Not necessarily. Von Ribbentrops replacement might be sentenced to death as well.
Perhaps he wouldn't mess up Anglo-German relations quite so thoroughly. The incident where Rib gave King George the Nazi salute, for example, wouldn't happen. I hope. .
If Riddentrop is out... Could it be Hess? His educational background was in geopolitics and he had been in charge of efforts to reach out to the German diaspora.
Replacing the raging anglophobe with an outright anglophile would be interesting...
Replacing the raging anglophobe with an outright anglophile would be interesting...
As I note at https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...es-with-china-not-japan.486295/#post-20392809 "Ribbentrop was the man who made the most strenuous efforts (even before he became Foreign Minister) to redirect the focus of German Far Eastern policy away from China and toward Japan, with whom he sought a real military alliance, not just the largely propagandistic Anti-Comintern Pact." But as I also note in that post, such a siwtch in German policy would almost certainly have come about even without RIbbentrop.
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one of the issues with German-Japanese relations was that Japan really wasn't enthusiastic (at least until the fall of France), so a change to someone else perhaps more focused on German materials shortages (and the greater economic benefits from China) might be a fatal delay?
after Vichy regime established, they might seem a better option than elusive Japan, when the "crunch" over Indochina occurs?
The North Minehead By-Election wouldn't have Ron Ribbentrop among those planning an outing to Stalingrad.
This, this is interesting. What would be the consequences of putting Hess in charge instead of Ribbentrop? I read that Ribbentrop was hated by everyone for his aggressive and idiotic behaviour, so I was interested to know the best candidate for a foreign minister more polite and friendly to other nations(and not trying to actively being an idiot and make enemies everywhere...)
Considering Hess’ increasingly esoteric views they might be befuddled instead of enraged.