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  • June 30, 1934: the Night of the Long Knives, Hitler's purge of those standing in his way

    06/30/2018 10:34:49 AM PDT · by harpygoddess · 40 replies
    VA Viper ^ | 06/30/2018 | Harpygoddess
    The Night of the Long Knives was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political murders. When Hitler rose to power in early 1933, he owed much of his success to the muscle of his Nazi Storm Troopers, the SA, a violent, ruthless army headed by Ernst Röhm, Hitler’s long-time friend. Röhm and his Storm Troopers brought Germany into submission by gaining control of the streets gangster-style and violently eliminating Hitler’s political enemies. However, a threatening, revolutionary force was no longer useful now...