Munich, 1938
Appeasement and World War II
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Scandal in BerlinWhat influence a woman, even without realising it, can exert on the history of a country and thereby on the world.
Colonel Alfred Jodl, January 26, 1938The outcome of the Blomberg-Fritsch affair amounted to the third stepping-stone -- after the Reichstag Fire and the "Röhm-Putsch" -- cementing Hitler's absolute power and, quite especially, his dominance over the army. With the military emasculated.â??.â??.â??.â??Hitler's personal drive for the most rapid expansion possible was unshackled from the forces which could have counselled caution. The danger-zone was being entered.
Sir Ian Kershaw, Hitler 1936-45: Nemesis
Field Marshal Werner Freiherr von Blomberg, Hitler's Minister of War and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, was a far from popular figure in the higher echelons of the army. It was widely felt that he failed to present the army's view sufficiently forcefully to Hitler, and that his fawning admiration for the Führer clouded his professional judgment ... read full excerpt from Munich, 1938: Appeasement and World War II ebook
