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19. Kurt von Schleicher

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 04:56 PM

Dec 2016

He was Chancellor for just over a month and proved to be rather incompetent. He was however a key factor in the intrigues that shifted power from the German Parliament to the Presidency, creating an autocracy. That is something the Nazis took full advantage of once they were put in power.

Von Schleicher supported Hitler for Chancellor because he hated Hitler's main competitor Franz von Papen. Von Schleicher believed he would be appointed Minister of Defense in return for his support. Unfortunately for Herr Schleicher he had been dealing with Ernst Röhm, the head of the SA, behind Hitler's back. He hoped to take advantage of power struggles within the Nazi party but his actions were not as secret as he thought and he was assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives.

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Well that was a few minutes of absolutely nothing. I'm very disappointed..n/t [View all] monmouth4 Dec 2016 OP

But are u surprised? MFM008 Dec 2016 #1

Milk toast SHRED Dec 2016 #2

But being addressed in response to first question, elleng Dec 2016 #3

is it over where you are? spanone Dec 2016 #4

No, he's "answering" questions. Such pablum..n/t monmouth4 Dec 2016 #6

I didn't bother watching Warpy Dec 2016 #5

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #9

Yep he has "hope" that Mr. Trump will... Generator Dec 2016 #7

Kurt von Schleicher sarisataka Dec 2016 #19

Thanks! I love people who know their history Generator Dec 2016 #20

European History in the Interwar Years sarisataka Dec 2016 #21

It's certainly not over, unless your fingers are in your ears Hekate Dec 2016 #8

What are you hearing that the rest of us are not? femmocrat Dec 2016 #11

I'm participating in other threads here at DU. They seem to be listening to what he's saying. Hekate Dec 2016 #12

Yes, and I am still watching it. femmocrat Dec 2016 #13

What a lot of nothing. femmocrat Dec 2016 #10

That was the "chest-thumping" bit -- he doesn't do it, and it does not serve us to do it Hekate Dec 2016 #14

Well, we'll see. femmocrat Dec 2016 #15

You should have listened to the whole thing. Did you want a state of the union speech? LAS14 Dec 2016 #16

Still watching..... femmocrat Dec 2016 #17

What you likely wanted isn't supported by the facts mythology Dec 2016 #18

The only fact I'm sure of is flamingdem Dec 2016 #22