What would have happened had Hitler been killed early in WWII?

by LiterallyCanEven
Georgy_K_Zhukov

Sorry, but your submission has been removed because we don't allow hypothetical questions. If possible, please feel free to rephrase the question so that it does not call for such speculation, and resubmit Otherwise, this sort of thing is better suited for /r/HistoryWhatIf.

DuxBelisarius

Hermann Goering was to be Hitler's successor, though I expect there would have been some kind of power struggle, perhaps involving Himmler and the SS. With Goering in charge, considering that he was an eccentric, arrogant morphine addicted man, induct of the war on the part of Germany might have been slightly better than with Hitler in charge, or about the same. The war could be longer and bloodier, but the result would have been the same: defeat for the Reich. Pure speculation really, but to answer your question, Goering would have taken over (most likely).