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    Werner von Blomberg

    German field marshal

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  1. 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 government. After serving on the Western Front in World War I, Blomberg was appointed chief of the Truppenamt ("Troop Office") during the Weimar Republic. Following the Nazis' rise to power, he ...

  2. Werner von Blomberg was a German general and minister of war (1933–38) in the National Socialist government of Adolf Hitler. A career soldier before the Nazi seizure of power, he was one of Hitler’s most loyal officers among the old-line officer corps before being abruptly dismissed from office.

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  3. Aug 19, 1999 · Learn how the defense minister of Nazi Germany, Werner von Blomberg, was disgraced in a sex scandal that involved his young bride and a former prostitute. Discover how his fallout with Hitler affected the German army in World War II.

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  4. Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg (1937) Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (* 2. September 1878 in Stargard, Pommern; † 14. März 1946 in Nürnberg) war von 1933 bis 1938 Reichswehrminister (ab 1935 Reichskriegsminister) und ab 1936 der erste Generalfeldmarschall der Wehrmacht .

  5. Left to right: General Gerd von Rundstedt, General Werner von Fritsch and Colonel General Werner von Blomberg at the Neue Wache in Berlin, 1934. The Blomberg–Fritsch affair, also known as the Blomberg–Fritsch crisis (German: Blomberg–Fritsch–Krise), was the name given to two related scandals in early 1938 that resulted in the subjugation of the German Armed Forces to Adolf Hitler.

  6. Werner von Blomberg was born in Stargard, Germany, on September 2, 1878. He joined the German Army and served as a second lieutenant in the Seventy-third Fusilier Regiment. He attended the War Academy (1904-07) before joining the General Staff in 1908.

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  8. May 6, 2024 · Werner von Blomberg, a key figure in Nazi Germany's military leadership during WWII, rose to prominence as Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief. He spearhe...

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