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lapfog_1

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4. he didn't cement his control over ALL of German institutions

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 10:55 PM

Jan 8

especially the German Armed forces until June 30, 1934.

This was the night of long knives when he killed Ernst Rohm and the entire leadership of the "Brown Shirts" ( the true believers in the Nazi / MAGA goals ).

That was the deal he made with the German Army leadership to ensure their loyalty and cooperation ( they no longer worried that he would replace the leadership of the Army with the Brown Shirts - who were looked at as kooks and idiots ). Something that the militias that are Trumps "kooks and idiots" should be aware of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives

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