What Hitler would have been if Germany never lost WWI?

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  1. Adamska New Member

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    As we all know Adolf Hitler was a Corporal during WWI and a recipient of the Iron Cross and that one of his main reasons for becoming a rabblerouser after the war was because he was pissed off that Germany lost the war. Now the question is what would Hitler would have been if Germany never lost WWI; would he stay in the military considering the service he gave during the war?, would he take another shot in becoming a painter again?
  2. Achtung Kommunisten! Well-Known Member

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    Is it me, or are there more 'what if' threads about Hitler than there are 'we all members of Stalin's such and such empire' threads?
    Anyway, I imagine that Hitler would probably have taken the first job that his army experience made available to him (ie; he'd have been first on the list for all rehabilitation courses and schemes to get veterans into work). He could still have acted on his hate of the jews though, but with the Second Reich still in power, he'd have been on a pretty irrelevant fringe I guess
  3. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    In my opinion the same outcome was inevitable for what Hitler would do
  4. Adamska New Member

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    I thought Hitler's antisemitism stemmed from his belief that they lost the war because of the Jews.
  5. SPARTAN_KING1178 Well-Known Member

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    Stop with the fucking what if threads, this is like the 8th one this week.
  6. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    I tihnk its more like the 8th one this day
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    Nope. He was raised in a antisemitic house hold and was then had his hate pushed to new levels when he was rejected from art school by a primarily Jewish board of directors.
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    And so much more:

    -growing up in an anti-Semitic household
    -rejected from art school
    -spend his 20's in an anti-Jewish city
    -like most WWI veterans he thought it was because of Jewish influence they lost the war
    -and finally after the war several extremist parties (like the Communist and Nazi's) were on the rise and Hitler was sent to investigate just those on behalf of the army
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  10. ImperialCommissar40k New Member

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    I think he would have became a sergeant, then he would go on to write Mein Kampf. He would never actually rise to power.
  11. AwsomeBoy60 New Member

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    He would be a pretty irrelevant figure because Germany would be in a good spot, way more land, a crushed Republic on its left, a crushed Empire on its right. no depression, no inflation. Germany would be great so Hitler would have no way of coming to power. a person like him cant gain power in a stable country, only countries that are desperate.
  12. BattalionOfRed Mr. Fred Battaliono

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    And like most empires, would eventually dissappear, especially with such massive technological advances, the Second Reich as ruler of all of Europe wouldn't last. Napoleon Bonaparte couldn't do it, and Hitler couldn't do it either, theres much more to war than just taking land a stabbing and shooting people in which delays the leaders.
  13. Achtung Kommunisten! Well-Known Member

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    To be honest, I think it probably would have lasted. The Second Reich actually beat Russia, unlike Napoleon. Let's face it, no-one in a victorious Germany would have been too enthusiastic about going to war again, at least for a while.
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    The Options are so numerous that it doesn't matter anymore.

    As for what would've happened:
    Here
  15. xXxLKxXx Well-Known Member

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    Your opinion on what would have happened is based around a mod? Nice job there bro, really convince me with that outstanding display of knowledge. Your so L33T bro we need to give you an award for your ingenius idea.
  16. Chives Newest Member

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    Karakoran is actually valid with this one.

    Kaiserreich is actually a viable course of history assuming the German Empire did win the Great War.

    Just because it's in the form of a mod for a game, doesn't mean it isn't conceivable.

    and following in the theme of Kaiserreich, Hitler is dead.
  17. TerribleTerribleDmg Member

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    It is pretty obvious that he wouldnt have come to power, the entire reason he was able to do so was because the German people had been beaten to death by "allied" regulations and reperation money after the war, a lot of people forget that Hitler did a lot of good before he showed his true colors. If Germany had been prosperous after the Great War Hitler would have no backing, and thus no power.
  18. Achtung Kommunisten! Well-Known Member

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    Sometimes I think maybe the problem is the people who remember he did do some good. I am certainly guilty of that.
  19. Link NO SWAG

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    What good did Hitler ever do?
  20. Karakoran Well-Known Member

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    Well for instance, Hitler gave the Allies the middle finger so he stopped paying Reparations, meaning the German Economy did a LOT better.

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