Night of the Long Knives
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title:
Night of the Long Knives
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The Night of the Long Knives, also called the Röhm purge or Operation Hummingbird, was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from 30 June to 2 July 1934. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, urged on by Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler, ordered a series of political extrajudicial executions intended to consolidate his power and alleviate the concerns of the German military about the role of Ernst Röhm and the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazis' paramilitary organization, known colloquially as "Brownshirts"
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Purge in Nazi Germany from 30 June to 2 July 1934
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives
date created:
2002-05-28T04:10:53Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T02:11:36Z
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