Its victims included Kurt von Schleicher and Gustav von Kahr, but its main attack was against Ernst Rohm and the SA.
One cause of this event, which was codenamed Operation Hummingbird, was Franz von Papen's speech at the University of Marburg, and this action was spurred on by an army which was limited to one hundred thousand men by the Treaty of Versailles. Its victims included Kurt von Schleicher and Gustav von Kahr, but its main attack was against Ernst Rohm and the SA. For 10 points, name this 1934 purge orchestrated by Hitler which purged his potential rivals out of the Nazi Party.
One cause of this event, which was codenamed Operation Hummingbird, was Franz von Papen's speech at the University of Marburg, and this action was spurred on by an army which was limited to one hundred thousand men by the Treaty of Versailles.
Night of the Long Knives [or Nacht der langen Messer]