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WarGamer

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1. Oh I love historical what-ifs...

Reply to SouthernDem4ever (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2024, 11:16 PM

Mar 2024

Question is WHEN to kill Hitler?

you mean like he dies in WW1?

Or in 1923?

Or 1939?

The answers would all be different. Let's try to cover a few bases.

One, very good chance that without Hitler, you end up with a Fuhrer Ernst Rohm or similar character?

An absence of Hitler probably doesn't change the essential European reaction to spreading Communism post WW1

So the possibility of a German authoritarian rising to power in the 1920's is quite high...

And even of you neuter the German and Italian authoritarian movements, at that point you enable a stronger Stalin who invades Western Europe in the 1940's...

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POLL: If you could go back in time and kill Hitler, would you? [View all] SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 OP

Oh I love historical what-ifs... WarGamer Mar 2024 #1

Basically, when I see these stupid polls with their stupid trump responses.. SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #2

Best response ever. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #9

I'll ask what I consider an unanswerable question BOSSHOG Mar 2024 #3

You are taking a risk his mob would jailbreak him SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #4

Excellent Point. Thank You BOSSHOG Mar 2024 #5

After the killings of Mussolini and Petacci canetoad Mar 2024 #7

Don't answer that question... lame54 Mar 2024 #6

No Time Machine needed. usonian Mar 2024 #8

There was a Twilight Zone episode that (apparently) dealt with this. Abolishinist Mar 2024 #10

The problem with the going back in time to do something to make things better elocs Mar 2024 #11

It's always struck me as odd that the Americans mostly likely to detest Jews Goodheart Mar 2024 #12

That's easy Silent3 Mar 2024 #18

It would be stupid to vote yes, because something worse could happen Polybius Mar 2024 #13

Maybe Hitler was the result of a more/less evil person who was killed/died? keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #14

I would want to go back further in time..... lastlib Mar 2024 #15

Dan Bern. God Said No vanlassie Mar 2024 #16

Mercedes tried it ... FirefighterJo Mar 2024 #17

I have a different list for my time travels ZonkerHarris Mar 2024 #19

Spock is working hard to cobble together again the computer TheKentuckian Mar 2024 #20

I don't see a link to a poll. NT Patton French Mar 2024 #21

Changing things in the past would cause paradoxes. Liberal In Texas Mar 2024 #22