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Hitler decided to purge the SA because it was spirraling out of controll. they were interfering with the running of the law courts and the running of the country. the SA dissproved of some nazi leaders. The SA had many demands if hitler supported them over the army then he would have to comply with them. Most of all Hitler did not agree with their ani-capitalist policies and their working class aims.
The army was better trained and better equiped. The army was the only organisation which had the power to depose Hitler from his mantle, he had to gain their support,. The army had a lot of support from many large co-operations and many conservatives. Since the Nazi party was running short of funds it needed the support of the large business. Hitler needed and efficient army to take back the land lost by the Treaty of Versaille ( Reinland etc..). Hitler was getting a bad reputation because of Ernst Rohm. Cording to some popular belief Rohm hosted large homosexual orgies in the Weisse. When Hitler made the arrest he found Rohm with a large number of the younger SA members scattered around his bed.
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Why was Rohm and the SA a threat to Hitler?
Oh, dude, like, Hitler saw Rohm and the SA as a threat because they were getting too powerful and could potentially challenge his authority. It's like when your friend starts getting more likes on their Instagram posts than you, you gotta shut that down before they become more popular than you. Hitler was all about that power trip, so he had no time for rivals in his quest for domination.
What purge did Adolf Hitler order during World War 2?
Hitler ordered for all Jews to be killed. Then the mentally challenged, the handicapped, and the elderly. After that were the homosexuals, gypsies, Catholics, Protestants Poles, and Slavs.
Who is ernast roehm and what did he have to do with the Nazis?
Ernest Rohm was in charge of the SA who were a group loyal to Germany and the Nazis not just to Hitler specifically. Rohm was killed in the Night of the Long Knives along with other SA leaders. They were killed as Hitler believed the SA could revolt and with Rohm as their leader he could be a potential rival to him.
What did Hitler use the SA for?
The SS(Shutzstaffel) or Praetorian Guard was Hitler's personal bodyguard unit. Constructed after the takeover of Germany, the SS was led by SS-Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler who inducted ceremonial rites and codes into the military division. On the Night of the Long Knives, the SS was used to murder Chief of Staff of the SA Ernst Rohm and other high SA officials. Afterwards, the SS was the primary fighting force and military power of the Nazi regime. The men incorporated into the SS were the "elite". The SS was based on absolute loyalty to the Fuhrer. There were two main branches of the SS. The Waffen-SS, the fighting unit, and the Allgemeine-SS, more or less the reservists. There were also the subdivisions of the SS such as the Einsatzgruppen, the death squads who killed the occupants of the invaded countries, and the SS-Totenkopfverb
Did Hitler kill his friend?
Hitler planned The Night of the Long Knives, 30 June 1934, to eliminate the SA (a paramilitary force that helped him greatly achieve power) once and for all. His friend Ernst Rohm was the leader of the SA who was killed on the Night of the Long Knives. Hitler didn't kill Rohm himself but indirectly, yes, Hitler killed his friend.
