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Night of the Long Knives: Hitler's Bloody Purge of Röhm and the Nazi SA
The Röhm Purge, also known as the Night of the Long Knives, was a decisive turning point in the consolidation of Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship in Nazi Germany. In June 1934, Hitler ordered the elimination of Ernst Röhm, leader of the SA (Sturmabteilung), along with much of its top leadership. What began as an internal power struggle within the Nazi Party ended in a wave of executions that reshaped the Third Reich and secured Hitler’s absolute control. Ernst Röhm had transformed the SA into a massive paramilitary force of nearly three million men, far outnumbering the Reichswehr, Germany’s…
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