who were its commanders?
Ernst Röhm, Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler.
Night of the Long Knives
 Chancellor Adolf Hitler, urged on by Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler, ordered a series of political extrajudicial executions intended to consolidate his power and alleviate the concerns of the German military about the role of Ernst Röhm and the "Sturmabteilung" (SA
what is the night of the long knives? A purge took place in Nazi Germany. can you tell me something about their ideology? Nazism. where did it get its name from? The word "Nazi" was a hypocorism of the German male name "Igna(t)z". when did the purge take place? June 30 to July 2, 1934.
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Night of the Long Knives [SEP] Introduction
The Night of the Long Knives (German: ), or the Röhm Purge, also called Operation Hummingbird (German: "Unternehmen Kolibri"), was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, urged on by Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler, ordered a series of political extrajudicial executions intended to consolidate his power and alleviate the concerns of the German military about the role of Ernst Röhm and the "Sturmabteilung" (SA), the Nazis' paramilitary organization. Nazi propaganda presented the murders as a preventive measure against an alleged imminent coup by the SA under Röhm – the so-called "Röhm Putsch".