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Oct 11, 2024 · In addition, the minister of defence, General Werner von Blomberg (1878-1946), criticised Hitler in private for not doing more to curb the excessive violence of the SA. Assured himself of the way the wind was blowing, Hitler made reassurances to the generals that he would decapitate the SA and ensure only the army had the right to bear arms.
- Mark Cartwright
2 days ago · In February 1934, the Defence Minister Werner von Blomberg, acting on his own initiative, had all of the Jews serving in the Reichswehr given an automatic and immediate dishonorable discharge. [33] Again, on his own initiative Blomberg had the armed forces adopt Nazi symbols into their uniforms in May 1934. [ 34 ]
Oct 25, 2024 · Night of the Long Knives, in German history, purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler on June 30, 1934. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization’s leaders, including Ernst Rohm, as well as hundreds of other perceived opponents.
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3 days ago · Acting on his own initiative, the Defence Minister Werner von Blomberg had purged the Army of all its Jewish personnel in February 1934. [6] On December 8, 1938, the Army leadership instructed all officers to be thoroughly versed in National Socialism and to apply its values in all situations.
4 days ago · On 5 November 1937, Hitler called a meeting with the Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath, the War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg, the Army commander General Werner von Fritsch, the Kriegsmarine commander Admiral Erich Raeder and the Luftwaffe commander Hermann Göring recorded in the Hossbach Memorandum.
3 days ago · Third Reich, official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the medieval and early modern Holy Roman Empire of 800 to 1806 (the First Reich) and the German Empire of 1871 to 1918 (the Second Reich).
Oct 25, 2024 · Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. A master orator and propagandist, he is generally accounted responsible for presenting a favorable image of the Nazi regime to the German people. Learn more about Goebbels in this article.
