1939 ⟶ Hitler Threatens Prague's Destruction
Angered by the recent protests in Prague, Hitler summons to ...
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1934
1939
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🔪 Night of the Long Knives: Purge of Nazi Rivals
Night of the Long Knives in Germany. Potential rivals to Hitler within the Nazi Party, including SA leader Ernst Röhm and prominent anti-Nazi conservatives such as, former Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher, are killed by the SS and the Gestapo. Following this event, the SA continues to exist but loses almost all its influence and is effectively superseded by the SS.⟶
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💣 Hitler Threatens Prague's Destruction
Angered by the recent protests in Prague, Hitler summons to Berlin the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Konstantin von Neurath and his Higher SS and Police Leader Karl Hermann Frank making clear that unless the issue is dealt with rightaway the city will be razed to the ground.⟶
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🔥 Hitler Orders Destruction of Paris
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler issued the first of several orders to the German commander of Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, to destroy the city.⟶
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