Importance of the Night of the Long Knives.
- Fu Lian Doble
- Dec 5, 2017
- 1 min read
Ordinary Germans accepted it as Hitler 'saved' them from a Second Revolution [MURDER WAS LEGITIMISED]
Hitler gained full control [Put the army's feat to rest (led to this loyalty consolidated at the death of Hindenburg where the army swore and oath of loyalty) , eliminated potential threats (Rohm had 3 million men)
Spread the fear of terror as a message [Hitler was not to be crossed]
Himmler gained [Leader of the SS]
Satisfied the industrialists [Ended socialist ideas]
Got rid of Hitler's enemies both within the party and outside [von Kahr and von Schleicher]
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