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Adolf Hitler Part 5: The Stormtroopers Arrive

Real Dictators

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Ernst Verlern and the Nazi Party in Bavaria

The Treaty of Versailles states that the German military must not exceed 100,000 men. Many in Germany are outraged by this - and not just those on the far right. Para militaries like the essay are useful idiots for keeping Germany armed without explicitly breaching the treaty's terms. The various ruling conservatives want a return of the monarchy. They don't want Hitler and his men to rule the country. But they feel they have nothing common with the National Socialists to turn a blind eye to their violence.

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