What if the Bavarian Monarchy Overthrew Weimar Germany

It's a rather well-known fact that, in 1923, Adolf Hitler would attempt to stage a coup to overthrow the Weimar government of Germany, but, what's less well known is that, Kaiser Wilhelm, the deposed last ruler of the German Empire, believed that the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach was behind the Putsch, in an attempt to seize the German Imperial Throne for themselves! In reality, the Wittelsbachs despised Hitler and the Nazis, and denounced the Putsch, but, what if this were true? What if, not only, the Wittelsbachs were behind the Putsch, but if it actually succeeded? Enjoy!

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0:00 Introduction
0:44 Background
5:07 Scenario

[charmyzard]

Sounds like a rather fun HOI4 path to me: Restoring monarchy after monarchy through that decisions menu.

[avus-kwf]

0:24 he was truly ahead of his time

In all seriousness that is a good example that not everything is a conspiracy

[familygash]

*VIDEO SUGGESTION:*
What if Bavaria had been the one to unite Germany in The 19th Century, instead of Austria or Prussia?

[arturs]

I have read something that may or may not have anything with this. That with the worsening of the Great Depression in 1932, a plan was floated to give the then Crown Prince of Bavaria/Rupprecht dictatorial powers in Bavaria under the title of Staatskommissar. The plan attracted support from a wide coalition of parties, including the SPD and the post-war Bavarian Minister-President (First Minister) Wilhelm Hoegner but the legal appointment of Hitler as Reichskanzler in 1933 by Hindenburg and the hesitant Bavarian government under Heinrich Held ended all hopes for the idea....An scenario could be made with this foiled plan or to be another start point for this vid. I have also read that Hitler tried to gain the Crown Prince support throught Ernst Rohm with promises of Royal restoration but he refused. Also he(CPR) is quoted to have told King George V in 1934 that he "considered Hitler to be insane".

[danielsantiagourtado]

Suggestion: What if Miguel da paz survived and formed the iberian union that survived?

[nicolaspapadopoulos]

The Good Ending. Honestly I wonder how the cold war would be in this scenario.

[lerneanlion]

And this is why Bavaria should be the one to unify Germany. Thank you for this video, Josh!

[srezno-ivan]

I have a suggestion for a possible future alternate history video:

What if Italy never joined the Axis in WW2?

[Mimas]

Can you do 'What if Vinland remained settled by Vikings?'

[danielsantiagourtado]

Your howdy's are always so cheery josh! Great job! Specially loved the Habsburgs restoration while united with germany! Suggestion: what if wilhelm II died in the same year as his father, leaving wilhelm III under a regency?🤔🤔🤔

[Nicpickens]

I love your videos, but you really need to make part twos to some of these

[thehorselesshussar]

So toure telling me that, if the Bavarians had pulled their finger out... WE COULD STILL BE IN MONARCHICAL PARADISE

[The_Lord]

Idea for video: What if Aztecs found Europe before Columbus?

[blazingblizzard-]

Really great video! I wonder if Germany could make an agreement with Poland over the corridor like Gdańsk for Lithuania or further gains against the USSR. I also wonder if Luxembourg/Liechtenstein would be willing to unite with this Bavarian-led Germany.

[Fornacis]

Video idea : what if the avars survived in Pannonia, killing Charlemagne or what if the cumans and mass settled and replaced Hungary

[obiwankenobi]

What if everything went right for the Orthodox World? ☦️

[Philipp.of.Swabia]

Nice Video, would love to see a similar video about the Kingdom of Wurttemberg. 👌🏻

[danielsantiagourtado]

Love your content josh! You're amazing!❤❤❤❤❤

[matthiuskoenig]

The lack of hitler might have even accerated the crisis as the main moderate voices in the sudentenland that spoke against joining Germany did so not on pro-czech narratives but anti-nazi ones, they were ok with Germany but not a nazi Germany. So without the Nazis the sudeten germans would have been even more likely to push for joining Germany and pan-German nationalists would have still fanned the flames in any timeline, so I think the Czechislovak crisis (which people forget was also about hungarians in Czechislovakia, aswell as slovak indepedance movements and ruthenian indepedance movements). It's likely without a Hitler boogey man that the Czechs fall about even quicker in this timeline, if more peacefully and without Germans puppeting them afterwoulds.

[crownprincesebastianjohano]

Germany under the Wittelsbachs would be far kinder than under the cursed Hohenzollers.