WI: Prime Minister Hitler

Depending on how ASB you find Joe Steele, this may belong there. Personally I do not agree with the idea of "same personality, different country/different incarnation", but it is interesting for a narrative. I don't think it's too out of bounds.

The Hitler family did have a connection to England. Adolf Hitler's half brother and that side of the family lived there. There's the story, potentially invented, that Hitler visited Liverpool. Assuming Hitler's family had immigrated there as well, what if Adolf Hitler were a Briton?
 
No one cares what he has to say because Britain is prosperous and powerful. There's no revanchism or strong feelings of national humiliation for him to use. If the nation is doing well, how are you going to whip people into a frenzy against Jews and Communists for ruining it?
 

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The Hitler family did have a connection to England. Adolf Hitler's half brother and that side of the family lived there. There's the story, potentially invented, that Hitler visited Liverpool. Assuming Hitler's family had immigrated there as well, what if Adolf Hitler were a Briton?

Far from being a potential prime minister before 1960s (no access to British Aristocracy), but I can see Hitler as Churchill's Butler and or a fellow painter....
 
The Hitler family did have a connection to England. Adolf Hitler's half brother and that side of the family lived there. There's the story, potentially invented, that Hitler visited Liverpool. Assuming Hitler's family had immigrated there as well, what if Adolf Hitler were a Briton?

Hitler's family had a connection to Ireland, not England. While it is true that Alois Hitler Jr. lived in Liverpool, he only lived there for about two years with his wife before abandoning her in 1914. However, between 1899 and 1912, Alois Hitler Jr. lived and worked in Dublin, Ireland, and it was in Dublin where he first met his wife.

If Hitler's family immigrated to the United Kingdom, then most likely they will settle down in Dublin. It will probably be a great fit with Hitler's mother, a devout Catholic like many of the Irishmen. And in that case, more likely Adolf Hitler will become Taoiseach of Ireland then Prime Minister of the UK, depending on who he interacts with and what events he gets involved in (like Easter Rising and the Irish War for Independence)
 
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No one cares what he has to say because Britain is prosperous and powerful. There's no revanchism or strong feelings of national humiliation for him to use. If the nation is doing well, how are you going to whip people into a frenzy against Jews and Communists for ruining it?
Basically. The British Union of Fascists had at their height only 50,000 members, and when they moved towards anti-Semitism this number dropped to a mere 8,000. Several members of the BUF split off to form the National Socialist League, which was the closest Britain ever got to a Nazi Party. By the end it had only 40 registered members and was legally considered a drinking club instead of a political movement. The guys running these movements were native Britons, so why would a German do better than them?
 
He serves in WWI as an NCO (like in OTL), and becomes a trade unionist, opposed to Indian independence because he reckons "dark people should always be under the white man's rule".

He becomes leader of the labour party and forms a National Government in 1931, saying that the solution to the Depression is expanded colonialism and rearmanent.

He invades and annexes Siam, and allows Germany to regain its African colonies in exchange for mutual sharing of the Congo, Cote d'Ivore, etc. Then with an Anglo-German alliance, he alarms France and Italy (as Libya and Somalia are also invaded), but is able to defeat them due to a joint Anglo-German force invading the low Countries, and RN bombardment of French naval ports.

In 1943, Stalin gets worried he and Germany may move eastwards, but then he reckons he has enough breathing room and a new Cold War emerges. However, he's not able to keep down independence movements, and after his death in 1975, most of Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia become independent.
 
Hitler's family had a connection to Ireland, not England. While it is true that Alois Hitler Jr. lived in Liverpool, he only lived there for about two years with his wife before abandoning her in 1914. However, between 1899 and 1912, Alois Hitler Jr. lived and worked in Dublin, Ireland, and it was in Dublin where he first met his wife.

If Hitler's family immigrated to the United Kingdom, then most likely they will settle down in Dublin. It will probably be a great fit with Hitler's mother, a devout Catholic like many of the Irishmen. And in that case, more likely Adolf Hitler will become Taoiseach of Ireland then Prime Minister of the UK, depending on who he interacts with and what events he gets involved in (like Easter Rising and the Irish War for Independence)
Could Hitler join the Irish independence terrorist groups? There, his extremist rhetoric would prove more successful than in Britain.
 
The Irish Devil

1902-Hitler sent to live with his brother who has permanently settled in Dublin

1912 - Fails to get into the National College of Art

1916 - Fights in the Easter Rising

1920-21 - War for Independence

1922 - Irish Civil War, Hitler sides with De Valera claiming Treaty forces had "Stabbed Ireland in the Back"

1923 - Hitler captured at the end of the Battle of Cork

1924 - Ordered Execution cancelled in a general clemency put forth by President Collins

1925 - Writes "mo Streachailt"

1927 - Released in a general amnesty, Rejoins De Valera

1932 - Fianna Fail win elections, De Valera President of the Executive Council, Hitler Vice President.

1934 - De Valera assassinated. Protestant youth, Billy Moon, main suspect. After lenghy interrogation he 'admits' to being a British agent.

Night of the Bloody Clubs - Growing right wing group "Blue Shirts" go on a rampage. Anyone believed to have ties to Britain or even being against the regime are attacked. Michael Collins shot resisting arrest.

1936 - De Valera Legion sent to fight in Spanish Civil War. One of the last forces to withdraw as Spain goes Red

1937 - Blue Shirts march on Northern Ireland. British military greets them. Blue Shirts go home. Blue Shirt leader O'Higgins ordered arrested. O'Higgins and his two sons shot resisting arrest

Hitler calls for a plebiscite where the whole island of Ireland votes, Great Britain will only agree to letting Northern Ireland vote on whether the region stays with Britain or goes Irish

Sporadic violence erupts in the North

1938 - World War II starts in Europe when Communists seize power in Austria. The People's Republics of Germany, Spain, and Russia send troops to support the coup.

England, France, Italy, and Japan ally to stop the spread of Communism.

Ireland unwilling to ally with Britain or Communists declares neutrality.

1940 - Taft/Lindbergh win US election, sign treaty of friendship with Ireland

1941 - The combine Russo-German military in conjunction with uprisings in the major cities leads to the Fall of France. Italy switches sides. Colonies in open revolt.

1942 - Soviet forces stat to build up Operation naval forces for Operation: Sea Serpent

US troops in Ireland for joint exercises

1944 - Sea Serpent canceled when Soviets drop Atomic bombs on Manchester and Birmingham, Britain and Japan surrender

Irish and American troops march into Northern Ireland with little resistance

Hitler declares himself "Taoiseach for Life", the new position has no term limit

1945 - Hitler dies of a heart attack, Soviets are blamed, more purges within Irish Government

Adolf's nephew, Patrick Hitler, declared Taoiseach

1961 - Joseph Kennedy, Jr. Vs Sergey Kirov, Jr. in what became known as the "Irish Missile Crisis"
 
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