Miscellaneous, Non-Frivolous ASB Ideas II

  By 1938 Germany had already largely militarised.  That was actually the problem as its neighbours were unwilling to stand up to it earlier when there were much better chances to strangle the monster in its cradle so to speak.

  Bismarck is going to be appalled at the nature of the Nazi regime but is going to have a very difficult task destroying it and replacing it with something more moderate - albeit probably still highly conservative.  Even as Hitler he's going to have probables destroying a by now well established Nazi regime without bringing himself down.  Possibly he can organise a military coup to remove the party but given how central he is to it its going to be difficult separating himself from it.  [If a general thought to be unhappy with the regime was approached to organise a coup against it probably the last person they would trust to do so would be Hitler himself.]  True in the Night of the Long Knives he got rid of the SA to win support from the military but this is a much larger task.  Plus given the crimes that the Nazis have already engaged in, many of which he has orchestrated it would be difficult not ending up on trial himself. 

  He might actually be willing to give the elderly Wilhelm a role, as the latter is unlikely to be a significant factor but would gain the support of royalist factions in the country, which might be useful for boosting Hitler's position.  After all, unless he tells the truth, which is likely to get him locked up as insane, no one will know he's Bismarck.  The greater problem is that Hitler's contempt for the monarchy and much of the old aristocracy is probably fairly well known by this time so getting such groups to trust him, and not replace him themselves once the Nazis are broken, could be more of an issue.  IIRC after the conquest of the Netherlands in 1940 Wilhelm refused to have anything to do with the Nazis because he despised much of their activities. 

  Zyobot,

  a)  Heard of it before and its a Germany wins WWI and produces a massive German dominated Europe/world isn't it?

  b)  By becomes aware do you mean they get details of it, that there's some sort of portal opened between the two or that all or part of Kaiserreich Germany is brought into our world at those particular times?

  Steve

  lordroel,

  OK thanks. So their got Belgium, probably Luxembourg and more of France, the Baltics and probably most of Belarus and a bit more.  As well as a large colonial empire in Africa, the British possessions in Malaysia and by the looks of it FIC and most of China.  As well as presumably a lot of protectorates in E Europe and elsewhere.  If even its core territories, assuming as seems likely its armed to the teeth, turned up in 1936 it would cause total panic and probably a war, which it would be likely to win I suspect given that France has lost a good chunk of its border defences and the western powers and Soviets are only really starting to rearm at this stage.

  If it turned up in 2021 then a lot would depend on its political culture and technology level but it would cause real chaos. NATO would have its European territories gutted and Putin would be very worried.  The EU would also have lost a hell of a lot including its two 'capitals' Brussels and Strasbourg.

  If its a case of them simply finding out of an alternative universe [i.e. OTL] or a portal of some kind between the two that's a different matter but going to have some impact on the Kaiserreich.

  Steve

  It would depend on how it learn about the existence of a parallel universe.  Needs to be some way that its believed to have any actual effect.  I.e. say someone writing a fiction novel that showed OTL might attract interest in general discussion but isn't really going to impact on anything significant I suspect.