Would there be any change in outcome if Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch had been successful and he had gained power in 1923 instead of 1933?
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I think if Hilter had gained power earlier that we would have been able to take over more of Europe before anyone stepped in because everyone would have been entering the depression and they would have used their failing economy as an excuse not to get involved. It is hard to say if the outcome would have been any different but maybe it would have. Or maybe the European countries would just let him keep some of the countries he took instead of fighting Germany.
But the whole idea of appeasing Hitler and letting him keep the countries he wanted does not work. He wanted the entire world to be under his rule and if he did not get that then he would not be satisfied with just taking over Europe.
Hmm. While I agree that the idea of appeasing Hitler would not work (if had he gained power earlier), that does not necessarily mean that other European countries wouldn't have that type of mentality--letting Hitler keep some countries that he had taken over to avoid war with Germany. I think that would be a possibility until those European countries find out otherwise when Hitler tries to spread his rule, like when he crossed Russia.
I think that if he had gained power in 1923, the outcome of his reign may not have been quite so horrible. In 1923, only 4 years from the end of WWI, I think there would have been resistance to imperialist aggressive attitudes within the German people. After all, fresh in their minds was the horror of war. Also in 1923, the unemployment and inflation were not at their peak yet, and I think these were big factors in Hitler being able to shape the people into the Nazi Germany of WWII.
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I think if Hilter had gained power earlier that we would have been able to take over more of Europe before anyone stepped in because everyone would have been entering the depression and they would have used their failing economy as an excuse not to get involved. It is hard to say if the outcome would have been any different but maybe it would have. Or maybe the European countries would just let him keep some of the countries he took instead of fighting Germany.
But the whole idea of appeasing Hitler and letting him keep the countries he wanted does not work. He wanted the entire world to be under his rule and if he did not get that then he would not be satisfied with just taking over Europe.
Hmm. While I agree that the idea of appeasing Hitler would not work (if had he gained power earlier), that does not necessarily mean that other European countries wouldn't have that type of mentality--letting Hitler keep some countries that he had taken over to avoid war with Germany. I think that would be a possibility until those European countries find out otherwise when Hitler tries to spread his rule, like when he crossed Russia.
I think that if he had gained power in 1923, the outcome of his reign may not have been quite so horrible. In 1923, only 4 years from the end of WWI, I think there would have been resistance to imperialist aggressive attitudes within the German people. After all, fresh in their minds was the horror of war. Also in 1923, the unemployment and inflation were not at their peak yet, and I think these were big factors in Hitler being able to shape the people into the Nazi Germany of WWII.
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