Werner von Blomberg
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Werner von Blomberg was a German field marshal and politician who served as the first Minister of War in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1938. Blomberg had served as Chief of the Truppenamt, equivalent to t
Blomberg in 1934
War minister and OKW commander Werner von Blomberg, followed by the three armed forces chiefs, inspects a parade in honor of the 40th anniversary of his joining the army.
Blomberg with Joseph Goebbels, 1937
Grave in Bad Wiessee
Kurt von Schleicher
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Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher was a German military officer and the penultimate chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A rival for power with Adolf Hitler, Schleicher was
Werner von Blomberg
…require another war, and that such a war would be a total war of a highly mechanized, industrial type. In 1929, Blomberg came into conflict with General Kurt von Schleicher at the Truppenamt and was removed from his post and appointed military commander in East Prussia. Early that year, Schleicher had started a policy of…
Schleicher in 1932
Leutnant von Schleicher in 1900
Schleicher (left) with Groener and other officers in 1930
Schleicher before his daily morning ride in the Tiergarten, June 1932