The night of the Long Knives

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The night of the long knives, involved the removal of the SA. SA, short for Sturmabteilung, was known as ‘storm troopers’. The SA were very supportive to Hitler, they would terrorized the Jewish and often fought with the communists in 1931-1933. SA was an apolitical organisation; it played a very important role in Hitler’s rise to power. SA troopers were also referred as ‘brown shirts’ as that was their uniform. The SA was originally founded in 1920s. The first stewards for the SA were given by the members of the Bavarian Army’s 19th Mortar Company through Ernst Rohm’s military contracts. The SA and the members of the Nazis party got together for a revolution, which was the Munich Putsch (beer hall putsch).

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 The leader of the SA was Ernst Rohm, who was a very close friend of Adolf Hitler. When Hitler came to power, the SA felt that their efforts had been justified. They believed now Germany would have social and political revolution. The main members of the SA were in hopes of getting positions of authority as well as higher status similar to the German army. The leader of the SA, Ernst Rohm, wanted to combine the German army and the SA, and for him to have the overall control. He wanted this so he was able to make a step ...

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