The Blomberg–Fritsch affair, also known as the Blomberg–Fritsch crisis (German: Blomberg–Fritsch–Krise), was the name given to two related scandals in...

the press that Blomberg had attended armed maneuvers by volunteers in Westphalia. Defence Minister General Wilhelm Groener called Blomberg to Berlin to...

Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈkaɪtl̩]; 22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) was a German field marshal who held...

allowed to re-join the army but never on the General Staff. By 1938, the Blomberg–Fritsch Affair and Kristallnacht (the Nazi-led pogrom against Jews in Germany)...

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication...

von Blomberg (1886-1813), was equally an officer and chronicler, who died in Berlin in 1813. Born in Hamburg, the son of Wilhelm Freiherr von Blomberg, Ernst...

Name Date Location Notes Hans Wilhelm Blomberg 10 January 1946 Akershus Werner Seeling 10 January 1946 Akershus Erich Hoffmann 15 May 1946 Hamelin Prison...

345's crew. Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service, SD) commander Hans Wilhelm Blomberg was executed in January 1946 for his role in the killing, while...

Witzleben Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm, chief of the Abwehr (Military Intelligence) Dohnanyi, Hans von, Ministry of Justice Gisevius, Hans-Bernd, Department of...

(without portfolio). February 1938: Blomberg resigns as Reich Minister of War and his office is abolished. General Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the High Command...

Hermann Bauer Wilhelm Baur Ludwig Beck Carl Becker (general) Hermann Becker Hans Behlendorff Wilhelm Behrens Wilhelm Berlin Fritz Otto Bernert Hans Berr Rudolf...

Gestapo until he was replaced in this position on 1 July 1944 by Hans Wilhelm Blomberg, who remained in this post until the end of the war. Deputy Gestapo...

Johannes "Hans" Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt (22 April 1866 – 27 December 1936) was a German military officer who served as Chief of Staff to August von...

because Defence Minister Werner von Blomberg valued Fritsch for his professionalism. In February 1934, when Blomberg ordered that all soldiers who might...

Heye. Their middle son, Friedrich Wilhelm (1898-1918), died of wounds as a lieutenant and their youngest son, Hans-Joachim (1901-1935), was an officer...

Stülpnagel, Admiral and Chief of the Abwehr Wilhelm Canaris and Abwehr Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) Hans Oster. The men planned to overthrow Hitler...

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader,...

Wilhelm Adam (15 September 1877 – 8 April 1949) was a German general who served in the Bavarian Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht. Adam was born...

On 29 June, a signed article in Völkischer Beobachter by Blomberg appeared in which Blomberg stated with great fervour that the Reichswehr stood behind...

Versailles after the First World War. His predecessor was General Werner von Blomberg, who had come into conflict with the government over the possibility of...

von Lettow-Vorbeck Kurt von Schleicher Hans von Seeckt Bernhard von Bülow Alexander von Kluck Werner von Blomberg Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk Eberhard...

Reich Ministry of War. It was led by Minister of War General Werner von Blomberg, who had also been the last defence minister. The Ministry was abolished...

when the chief of the army command, Hans von Seeckt, without first seeking government approval invited Prince Wilhelm, the grandson of the former emperor...

Kansas University. ISBN 0-7006-1410-9. Clarke, Christopher (2000). Kaiser Wilhelm II. Longman Publishing. ISBN 0-582-24559-1. Colby, Frank M.; Williams,...

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces 1935–1938. Forced out in the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair. Hans-Friedrich Blunck – Propagandist and head of the Reich Literature...

head of the Abwehr intelligence agency under Admiral Wilhelm Canaris and Lieutenant Colonel Hans Oster evolved plans for a coup d'état in the course of...

Blomberg, a fellow exile of Schleicher's. Reichenau and Blomberg became political allies within the army and it was Reichenau who introduced Blomberg...

Rudolf Hess, Hanns Kerrl, Hans Frank, Hjalmar Schacht, Hans Lammers, Konstantin von Neurath, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Wilhelm Frick & Konstantin Hierl) General...

Mackensen became an army general. As a child Hans Georg grew up as a companion to Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, one of the emperor's younger sons...

Werner von Blomberg. One of Blomberg's first acts as Defense Minister was to carry out a purge of the officers associated with Schleicher. Blomberg sacked...