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Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940

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The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

> Do you seriously think that the remnants of the 
> monarchist Deutsche National Volksparti (DNVP) were 
> in any position to do more than harumph at Hitler by 
> 1940? PARTICULARLY after he had just beaten France 
> which the Kaiser didn't?

Of course not. In summer 1940, Hitler could have done
anything he wanted, short of proclaiming himself the
younger brother of Jesus (or Thor).

But usurping the Imperial crown would have been deeply
offensive to many German conservatives - including
army officers. It would also offend a lot of Nazis,
believe it or not. Part of the Nazi mythos was that
this was the _Third_ Reich, which would carry forward
into Germany's glorious future, not a revival of the
failed Second Reich, infested by hereditary twits who
strutted about in fancy uniforms.

Hitler had no real use for the title, anyway. It was
not an "ancient" title, redolent of past glories -
it was a recent creation, dressed up in tacky rituals
and costumery.
-- 
Nous sommes dans une pot de chambre, et nous y serons emmerdés.
--- General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot at Sedan, 1870.

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  Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 Louis Epstein <le@top.put.com> - 2020-05-04 05:03 +0000
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      Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> - 2020-05-04 18:42 -0700
        Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2020-05-05 15:25 +1000
        Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 graham.truesdale@gmail.com - 2020-05-05 11:37 -0700
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            Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> - 2020-05-05 19:26 -0700
              Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 Rich Rostrom <rrostrom@comcast.net> - 2020-05-06 15:54 -0500
                Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 WolfBear <m4josh@gmail.com> - 2020-05-06 18:55 -0700
                Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 Louis Epstein <le@top.put.com> - 2020-05-09 16:09 +0000
              Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 graham.truesdale@gmail.com - 2020-05-06 14:21 -0700
                Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> - 2020-05-06 17:25 -0700
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        Re: Adolf Hitler crowns himself the German Kaiser after the Fall of France in 1940 WolfBear <m4josh@gmail.com> - 2020-05-05 15:58 -0700
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