WI No Blomberg scandal?

In early 1938, the Commander in Chief of Germany General Werner von Blomberg was removed from his position after a massive scandal rocked the Government regarding the General's personal life. After a week or so of indecision Hitler used this opportunity to consolidate his control over the armed forces by appointing himself as Commander-in-Chief, and over the next couple of months he removed the other non-Nazi's from the Cabinet replacing them with his own loyalists.

So AH.commer's what do you think would have happened if the scandal had not broken out, could we see a less reckless Nazi Germany as Hitler's overall power will be reduced. Especially if Anschluss does not take place, we could see a less powerful Hitler who maybe does suffer from a coup, like the one that almost happened in the September of 1938. But what do you think AH.commers?
 

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In early 1938, the Commander in Chief of Germany General Werner von Blomberg was removed from his position after a massive scandal rocked the Government regarding the General's personal life. After a week or so of indecision Hitler used this opportunity to consolidate his control over the armed forces by appointing himself as Commander-in-Chief, and over the next couple of months he removed the other non-Nazi's from the Cabinet replacing them with his own loyalists.

So AH.commer's what do you think would have happened if the scandal had not broken out, could we see a less reckless Nazi Germany as Hitler's overall power will be reduced. Especially if Anschluss does not take place, we could see a less powerful Hitler who maybe does suffer from a coup, like the one that almost happened in the September of 1938. But what do you think AH.commers?
Hitler wanted Blomberg gone after the Hossbach conference and Goering wanted his job. Another excuse would be found, though it may take longer than OTL. Not much changes really.
 
Hitler wanted Blomberg gone after the Hossbach conference and Goering wanted his job. Another excuse would be found, though it may take longer than OTL. Not much changes really.

The way I see it from what I'm reading, is that Hitler was really shaken by the scandal and that due to it he started off the whole bullying Austria thing that ended up resulting with the Anschluss, as a way of using international success to deflect domestic failure.
 

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The way I see it from what I'm reading, is that Hitler was really shaken by the scandal and that due to it he started off the whole bullying Austria thing that ended up resulting with the Anschluss, as a way of using international success to deflect domestic failure.

Goering was also an enemy seeking to topple Blomberg. He wanted to be the head of the Wehrmacht in addition to being head of the Luftwaffe and 4-year program.
It was Goering that started the scandal and got Blomberg fired, with expectations of assuming his post. Instead Hitler, who not privy to Goering's plans, reacted and took the post for himself.
I'm unfamiliar with any Austrian connection though.
As it was, it was a great coup for Hitler, as it gave him total control over the military's policy. So I'm not sure why this is a domestic failure? Do you mean it was perceived as a failure by the public?
 
Goering was also an enemy seeking to topple Blomberg. He wanted to be the head of the Wehrmacht in addition to being head of the Luftwaffe and 4-year program.
It was Goering that started the scandal and got Blomberg fired, with expectations of assuming his post. Instead Hitler, who not privy to Goering's plans, reacted and took the post for himself.
I'm unfamiliar with any Austrian connection though.
As it was, it was a great coup for Hitler, as it gave him total control over the military's policy. So I'm not sure why this is a domestic failure? Do you mean it was perceived as a failure by the public?

It was percieved as a failure by the public, and as I say according to Jonathan Wright's "Origins of the Second World War" Hitler spent about two weeks in shock until he finally deiceded what to do. However, it was a blow to Hitler's popularity, and certainly one school of thougth would suggest that it was to shore up his public support (which really mattered to Hitler) that Hitler started putting the pressure of Austria during March 1938.

No scandel would mean that Blomberg is still in control for at least the next few months and so you could imagine that the Anshluss might not have happened the way it did, if not at all. And that could have dramatic impacts on World History as we know it.
 
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