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    Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (2 September 1878 – 13 March 1946) was a German General Staff officer and the first Minister of War in Adolf Hitler's...
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    Blomberg and Fritsch, respectively. The Blomberg–Fritsch affair began soon after the marriage on 12 January 1938 of War Minister Werner von Blomberg to...
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    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...
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    von Hammerstein-Equord. This was partly because Hitler saw him as a supporter of his regime and partly because Defence Minister Werner von Blomberg valued...
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    The von Blomberg family refers to a German noble family, whose members held the title of Baron. Freiherr is a German title of nobility. Situated between...
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    Versailles after the First World War. His predecessor was General Werner von Blomberg, who had come into conflict with the government over the possibility...
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    Prussia Reichenau served under General Werner von Blomberg, a fellow exile of Schleicher's. Reichenau and Blomberg became political allies within the army...
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  • the role he played during the Anglo-Iraqi War. Blomberg was a son of Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg. He was part of a German military mission to the...
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  • politician Martin P. Blomberg (1888–1966), Swedish-American engineer Ron Blomberg (born 1948), American baseball player Werner von Blomberg (1878–1946), German...
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  • Baron Konstantin von Neurath; Reich War Minister, Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg; Army Commander-in-Chief, General Werner von Fritsch; Kriegsmarine...
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    Neurath, War Minister Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg and Army Commander-in-Chief, Generaloberst Werner von Fritsch. They all believed that any German...
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    Hitler's more radical followers. In late 1934–early 1935, Werner von Fritsch and Werner von Blomberg, who had been shamed into joining Hammerstein and Mackensen's...
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    received evidence revealing that the wife of his superior, War Minister Werner von Blomberg, was a former prostitute. Upon reviewing this information, Keitel...
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    Werner von Blomberg as Reichswehr Minister. The head of army command was initially General Walther Reinhardt. After the Kapp Putsch, General Hans von...
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    complain to Hindenburg about the SA. In early June, defence minister Werner von Blomberg issued an ultimatum to Hitler from Hindenburg: unless Hitler took...
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    the death of President Paul von Hindenburg), he would later grant his war minister, Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg, the title of Commander-in-Chief...
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    Reichswehr Werner von Blomberg, who was simultaneously renamed the Reich Minister of War. Following the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair, Blomberg resigned and...
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    the 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...
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    and within a few months, dictator. The Defence Minister, General Werner von Blomberg, ensured that the Army remained loyal to the new regime. In February...
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    supreme command of the Wehrmacht, following the forced resignation of Werner von Blomberg, Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht, in 1938...
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    of War. Werner von Blomberg retains the office. July 1935: Kerrl takes a portfolio as Reich Minister of Church Affairs. April 1936: Werner von Fritsch...
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    uncle of Manfred von Brauchitsch, a 1930s Mercedes-Benz "Silver Arrow" Grand Prix driver, and also Hans Bernd von Haeften and Werner von Haeften, who were...
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    directly. His views led to conflicts with War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg, who resented Beck's efforts to diminish his powers. In 1936, Beck...
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    dismissed by the new Defence Minister, General Werner von Blomberg, who replaced him with General Walter von Reichenau. In the spring of 1934, Bredow was...
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  • Wehrmacht with the promotion of the Reich Minister of War, Generaloberst Werner von Blomberg (20 April 1936), and the Aviation Minister, Hermann Göring (4 February...
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    Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath, the War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg, the Army commander General Werner von Fritsch, the Kriegsmarine...
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  • von Krosigk Adolf Hitler as himself Alfred Hugenberg Franz Seldte Werner von Blomberg Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach Paul von Hindenburg Franz von Papen...
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    Schwerin von Krosigk) Ministry of Justice (Franz Gürtner, Franz Schlegelberger, Otto Georg Thierack) Ministry of the Reichswehr (Werner von Blomberg) Ministry...
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    In 1938 Küchler supported Adolf Hitler in his removal of Werner von Blomberg and Werner von Fritsch from power. At this stage of his career, Küchler was...
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    Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt (22 April 1866 – 27 December 1936) was a German military officer who served as Chief of Staff to August von Mackensen and was...
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