Night of the Long Knives
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- Created on: 06-05-14 17:31
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- Night of the Long Knives
- June 30th 1934
- SA starts to want more power
- 'Revolution from below'
- Ernst Roehm wants to create 'people's army'
- Merge between German army & SA
- Roehm's idea challenged role/status of the army
- The split between SA & army is a dilemma for Hitler
- 3 million committed Nazis Vs. the only organisation who could overthrow him/ achieve his FP aims
- Dozens of SA leaders are arrested
- Many are shot in their homes. Other are executed in camps
- Over 1,000 political opponents were killed
- The next day, Roehm refuses to kill himself, so he is shot by the **
- Many are shot in their homes. Other are executed in camps
- Von Schliecher is also killed
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