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26: The Third Reich Pt. 12 - Night of the Long Knives

History of the Second World War

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The War Between Rome and Hitler

The essay leadership saw the army as a threat and so if they were going to launch this second revolution one of the targets would be the existing German military. Hitler joined by all of the other Nazi political leaders believed that it was essential that instead of removing the army the support for the army should be carefully cultivated. Rome's inability to move past this concept forced Hitler into a position where he would eventually have to choose either between the essay and the army. The final confrontation between the two would grow closer and closer during the spring of 1934.

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