WI Richtofen survives the great war

I presume he is huge hero.

He may have a hundred vidotries by November.

Hew was an aristocratic conservative. I assume Georing iw lsee prominant than in otl.

Might Manfred take office when democracy loses?
 
Prior to his death he suffered a traumatic head injury in combat that resulted in headaches, impaired judgment and mood swings. So even if he isn't killed in combat I don't think he would be physically able after the war to impact history.

Now if we also prevent him from receiving the head wound and he survives then maybe he can be some kind of right-wing nationalist figure in Weimar Germany but I don't know enough about his personal views to say if he'd support Nazism. His background as a member of the Prussian aristocracy suggests no on the surface.
 
Prior to his death he suffered a traumatic head injury in combat that resulted in headaches, impaired judgment and mood swings. So even if he isn't killed in combat I don't think he would be physically able after the war to impact history.
Also the Red Baron was was known to dislike politics and politicians (and authority figures in general), he enjoyed his leisure and solitude, socializing was something that never came easy to him. so i doubt we will see him much in public, coupled with what @RightHoJeeves says, i do not see him going into politics in his future.
 
With the head injury in place, if he survives the war he may become a drug addict with a distinguished war record or a corporate man with military leanings. I see him as a conservative who sleeps little and suffers much, perhaps eventually to the point of psychiatric intervention or death by drug overdose. He could also succeed but will likely have a much harder time of it, I could see him marrying into a prominent house and running a major company. It would be doubtful that he emigrates but he may try for the first trans-atlantic crossing.

Without the head injury his future is murkier but brighter. Possible adoption into the House of Baden, perhaps marriage to Gundelinde of Bavaria, maybe another princess. Again, likely running a business in later life, heavy industry or scientific or aeronautical most likely, and they might push jet research ahead a year or two in the process.
 
I've read a TL where he becomes a racing car enthusiast. I feel like he'd be involved in something fast if he doesn't have a brain injury.
 
This is an interesting TL, and by the way I do not see anything that occurred to him (other than death) preventing him from taking an active role in politics and going any which way. Moody man with trauma getting in politics? Done before. Aristo with no desire for power? I see you losing an Empire which defined your existence and raise you a traumatic experience of seeing utter nobodies claw their way to power as you stare on in disbelief. You might get interested in politics after that in a hurry to prevent the wrong folk from doing what you feel is bad. Being above politics? AH brothers, that's a cop-out. All those fine German fellas with monocles and ancient pedigrees that say they would have fought for Germany regardless of what sort of Germany it was and therefore were above politics... they would have been the first to organize death-squads had the Reds gotten a whiff of real power in Germany through the ballot box. They were above politics when a nationalist revanchist seized power. That's not staying above politics, that's declaring your politics.

And if all else fails, have him fall in with a crazed woman. Sure worked for Goering, whose anti-Semitism got a boost when he hooked up with sweet Swedish psycho Karin. Likewise Ludendorff went from kinda nuts to a squirrel preparing for winter once the Mrs. started directing traffic. It won't take much to push Richthofen into politics, at all.

Either way, someone should kick the tires on this. Though the research would be a pain, as you'd have to separate the Red Baron from Richthofen to figure out what sort of person he was, might have been and would have been.
 
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