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3Hotdogs

(14,591 posts) Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:36 PM Thursday

If I were a Republican lawmaker and I knew about "The Night of the Long Knives,"

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I would be worried.

The first Republican Congress critter or senator that votes against his wishes.....

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If I were a Republican lawmaker and I knew about "The Night of the Long Knives," (Original Post) 3Hotdogs Thursday OP

Explain. What is the night of the long knives ???? Trueblue1968 Thursday #1

Night of the long knives from wikipedia mwmisses4289 Thursday #2

Hitler consolidate his power and alleviate the German military's concerns Blue Full Moon Thursday #3

If I were an American high-level military officer, I would be worried. And the rest of us should be worried too. Jim__ Friday #4

People like Bannon should be more worried Kaleva Friday #5

Fun fact: Reaction in Europe was like comparing HITLER to HITLER (my extrapolation) UTUSN Friday #6

Trueblue1968

(18,805 posts)

1. Explain. What is the night of the long knives ????

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Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:38 PM

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mwmisses4289

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2. Night of the long knives from wikipedia

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Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:44 PM

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The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer, pronounced [ˈnaxt dɛɐ̯ ˈlaŋən ˈmɛsɐ] ⓘ , also called the Röhm purge or Operation Hummingbird (German: Aktion Kolibri), was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from 30 June to 2 July 1934. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, urged on by Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler, ordered a series of extrajudicial executions intended to consolidate his power and alleviate the German military's concerns about the role of Ernst Röhm and the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazis' paramilitary organization, known colloquially as "Brownshirts". Nazi propaganda presented the murders as a preventive measure against an alleged imminent coup by the SA under Röhm—the so-called Röhm Putsch.

More here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives

Blue Full Moon

(2,904 posts)

3. Hitler consolidate his power and alleviate the German military's concerns

Reply to Trueblue1968 (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:48 PM

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Hitler murdered people in his own party.
Since he is following Hitler, should be next.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives

Jim__

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4. If I were an American high-level military officer, I would be worried. And the rest of us should be worried too.

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Fri Sep 26, 2025, 12:17 AM

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Kaleva

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5. People like Bannon should be more worried

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Fri Sep 26, 2025, 12:37 AM

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In order to appease the industrialists and the military, Hitler ordered the elimination of the Brownshirts leadership.

UTUSN

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6. Fun fact: Reaction in Europe was like comparing HITLER to HITLER (my extrapolation)

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Fri Sep 26, 2025, 01:13 AM

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In a YouTube video about Ernst ROHM reaction from European newspapers was to compare that Nazi event to historical atrocities.

That reference brought to (my) mind how today we're constantly lectured against comparing KRASNOV to HITLER.

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