Chapter 41: Butterfly Effect (1)
In the current era, If you ask someone, who commands Germany, 9 out of 10 people would answer that it’s the Nazis and their bonkers ideology. However, is the Nazy also in control of the Wehrmacht1?
Unfortunately for the Nazis, the master of the Wehrmacht were the traditional aristocrats who descended from the Imperial Era, jealousy safeguarding their privileges.
These crazy bastards with ‘Von’ in their names, had built their own kingdom within the Reich.
This was well demonstrated when the Weimar Republic2 reprimanded the military for not responding to the suppression of a coup attempt.
"Whose side is the Wehrmacht on in this matter?"
"The Wehrmacht is on my side and no one else's."
This was the answer given by General Hans von Seeckt3, the Chief of the German Reichswehr4.
Not on the side of the nation, but on 'my' side alone.
Literally, the Reichswehr was an independent kingdom within the Empire, not belonging to the state but to themselves.