Ernst Julius Röhm, (November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was an Imperial German army officer and later a Nazi leader. He was a co-founder of the Sturmabteilung ("Storm Battalion"; SA), the Nazi Party militia and later was the SA commander. In 1934, he was executed on Hitler's orders as a potential rival.
Ernst Röhm was born in Munich. He was serving as an Oberleutnant (1st lieutenant) in the 13th Infantry Regiment of the Bavarian Army when World War...
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Ernst Julius Röhm, (November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was an Imperial German army officer and later a Nazi leader. He was a co-founder of the Sturmabteilung ("Storm Battalion"; SA), the Nazi Party militia and later was the SA commander. In 1934, he was executed on Hitler's orders as a potential rival.
Ernst Röhm was born in Munich. He was serving as an Oberleutnant (1st lieutenant) in the 13th Infantry Regiment of the Bavarian Army when World War I began in August 1914. The following month he was seriously wounded in the face in Lorraine, France and carried the scars the rest of his life. An efficient officer, he received the Iron Cross and was promoted to Hauptmann (Captain) before the war's end.
After the armistice on 11 November 1918, Röhm joined the Freikorps, one of many private militia organisations formed in Munich, to put down a Communist insurrection. He joined the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) in 1920 and helped organise the Sturmabteilung (SA). The SA was...
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