The Night of the Long Knives

• Ernst Rohm was the leader of the SA
• The SA had 4 million members and was causing chaos on the streets
• Hindenburg threatened to enforce martial law if the SA didn't stop causing chaos on the street
• Hitler had to choose between the SA and the army
• In 1934, the SS arrested Rohm and other senior SA members
• the Night of the Long Knives was in 1934
• The SA wasn't disbanded. Instead the members joined the army or the SS
• What was the Night of Long Knives?

  When Hitler turned on Rohm to earn the support of the army