Hitler became an intelligence agent of an army reconnaissance unit. He was assigned to infiltrate the German Worker's Party (DAP).
The DAP gave him material detailing the party's anti-Jewish, anti-conservative, anti-capitalist, and anti-Marxist views.
It was a SOCIALIST party.
The DAP gave him material detailing the party's anti-Jewish, anti-conservative, anti-capitalist, and anti-Marxist views.
It was a SOCIALIST party.
After Hitler was discharged from the army in March of 1920, he worked for the party full time and rose through its ranks to become the main public speaker.
In 1923, Hitler led a failed coup and ended up in prison on a five-year term. He served only nine months.
In 1923, Hitler led a failed coup and ended up in prison on a five-year term. He served only nine months.
The Nazi party was banned in Bavaria, but Hitler got the ban reversed.
Before the ban, Hermann Göring had formed a paramilitary wing of the NSDAP called the Sturmabteilung (SA).
They were mostly untrained, unarmed thugs.
Before the ban, Hermann Göring had formed a paramilitary wing of the NSDAP called the Sturmabteilung (SA).
They were mostly untrained, unarmed thugs.
The Treaty of Versailles had limited the German army or Reichswehr to 100,000 men.
By 1934, the SA--under Röhm's leadership--had grown to 4 million men.
By 1934, the SA--under Röhm's leadership--had grown to 4 million men.
The German army completely got around all the restrictions placed on it by the Treat of Versailles.
Although the army was limited to 100,000 men, secretly they were all officers who wore the ranks of enlisted men.
Although the army was limited to 100,000 men, secretly they were all officers who wore the ranks of enlisted men.
The Russians allowed the Germany army to secretly train in tank warfare in Russia.
The German plan was to create a fully trained officer corps who would then train enlisted men.
In World War One, it was German officers who did all the training.
The German plan was to create a fully trained officer corps who would then train enlisted men.
In World War One, it was German officers who did all the training.
By 1932, Hitler's Nazi party had won enough seats in parliament for Hitler to demand the position as chancellor.
He was backed by influential power brokers who feared communism above all else.
On January 30, 1933, president Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor.
He was backed by influential power brokers who feared communism above all else.
On January 30, 1933, president Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor.
After the Reichstag fire of February 27, 1933, Hitler issued a decree ending all individual freedoms.
On March 23, 1933, the parliament voted for a bill that gave Hitler absolute power. All opposition parties and unions were abolished.
Back to the Brownshirts.
On March 23, 1933, the parliament voted for a bill that gave Hitler absolute power. All opposition parties and unions were abolished.
Back to the Brownshirts.
Hitler was not a committed Nazi. He was interested only in power.
The leader of the Brownshirts--Ernst Röhm--was a fanatical Nazi who insisted on adopting all the stated goals of Nazism.
His 4 million Brownshirts roamed Germany, destroying all opposition.
The leader of the Brownshirts--Ernst Röhm--was a fanatical Nazi who insisted on adopting all the stated goals of Nazism.
His 4 million Brownshirts roamed Germany, destroying all opposition.
The violence was so continual that Germany couldn't rebuild its economy.
Röhm believed in permanent revolution.
He demanded that the armed forces and police be abolished, replaced by "people's forces."
So the army told Hitler to get rid of Röhm.
Röhm believed in permanent revolution.
He demanded that the armed forces and police be abolished, replaced by "people's forces."
So the army told Hitler to get rid of Röhm.
Hitler then ordered the SS--the trained and armed faction of the SA--to carry out the Night of the Long Knives.
On June 30, 1934, all the leaders of the SA were rounded up and killed.
Since the SA had no training, they were unable to stop it.
On June 30, 1934, all the leaders of the SA were rounded up and killed.
Since the SA had no training, they were unable to stop it.
With that, the army gave Hitler its support.
In 1935 Hitler announced that he was abandoning the restrictions put on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles.
He introduced a conscription law that changed the name of the armed forces to the Wehrmacht.
In 1935 Hitler announced that he was abandoning the restrictions put on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles.
He introduced a conscription law that changed the name of the armed forces to the Wehrmacht.
There were hundreds of thousands of trained officers by now, so the German armed forces expanded rapidly.
The SS formed a separate branch of serve called the Waffen SS, ground forces identically armed as the regular army.
And then we had World War Two.
The SS formed a separate branch of serve called the Waffen SS, ground forces identically armed as the regular army.
And then we had World War Two.
There's nobody to take out today's leftist Brownshirts.
The Democrats don't have an SS to neutralize the SA that it funded.
So the SA took over the party, the press, punditry, and academia.
But while Ernst Röhm knew what he was doing, today's brownshirts are idiots.
The Democrats don't have an SS to neutralize the SA that it funded.
So the SA took over the party, the press, punditry, and academia.
But while Ernst Röhm knew what he was doing, today's brownshirts are idiots.
Röhm didn't care about words. He cared only about actions.
Today's Brownshirts care only about words and symbolism.
Their ideas are absolutely insane.
AND.
They're unable to go any further than they have.
Today's Brownshirts care only about words and symbolism.
Their ideas are absolutely insane.
AND.
They're unable to go any further than they have.
The Democrats are being forced to mouth Brownshirt rhetoric, which will get them maybe 8 percent of the vote.
We're already seeing reforms that prevent discrimination against conservatives at colleges and universities.
The media will go full Brownshirt until it dies.
We're already seeing reforms that prevent discrimination against conservatives at colleges and universities.
The media will go full Brownshirt until it dies.
What else?
The Democratic party?
It too will reform or die.
The fear of leftist radicalism is greatly overstated.
And look at the list of professional failures endorsing Joe Biden.
The Democratic party?
It too will reform or die.
The fear of leftist radicalism is greatly overstated.
And look at the list of professional failures endorsing Joe Biden.
So that's your history lesson for the night.
And now, dinner!
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And now, dinner!
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