The Night of the Long Knives
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The Night of the Long Knives
By mid 1934 a power struggle had developed between the SA and the army, and Hitler had to choose between the two
The SA:
- Hitler depended on the SA to put his policies into action
- They helped fight communists
- It's leader Ernst Rohm was a potential rival to Hitler
- Rohm wanted the SA to take control of the army
The army:
- The army only had 100,000 soldiers
- The army was totally against being taken over by the SA
- The army were important in controlling Germany
- The opposition of the army had been Hitler's main problem when the Munich Putsch failed
- Hitler told the army leaders of his plan to re-arm Germany and to take over lebensraum. He also intended to go to war with France
The were many reasons for both the…
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