The Night of Long Knives 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryWWII and Nazi Germany 1939-1945GCSEAQA Created by: asho glenoCreated on: 11-04-15 19:24 Hitler wasn't completely in control of the... SA (brown shirts), who were under the leadership of Ernst Röhm 1 of 13 Hitler was suspicious as Röhm wanted to make... the SA into a second army 2 of 13 Hitler thought that the SA could challenge... his leadership 3 of 13 Hitler wanted to... use the ** as a replacement for the SA 4 of 13 On the night of 30th June 1934, Hitler used the ** to... arrest and shoot leading members of the SA 5 of 13 Hitler accused Röhm of... plotting to otherthrow and murder him (was later shot in his prison cell) 6 of 13 Hitler told the Reichstag that he had acted swiftly to... save the nation from a potential civil war (which was accepted as it was made up of mostly Nazis) 7 of 13 Hindenburg thanked Hitler for his... determined action which had nipped treason in the bud 8 of 13 The SA was disbanded later but remained as a... Nazi Paramilitary Organisation, but was much inferior than the ** 9 of 13 Soon after the event, Hindenburg died and Hitler... took over as Supreme Leader (Fuhrer) 10 of 13 On 2nd August 1934, the entire army... swore an oath of loyalty to him 11 of 13 They agreed to stay out of politics and... to serve him 12 of 13 In return, Hitler spent vast amounts of money on rearment, brought back conscription and... made plans to make Germany a great ilitary power again 13 of 13
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