Werner von Blomberg

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Werner von Blomberg was a German general who served as Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces during the early years of Nazi rule before being forced to resign in 1938.

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Werner von Blomberg canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German general
defence minister
human
military officer
politician
appointedBy Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED
awardReceived Iron Cross 1st Class NERFINISHED
Iron Cross 2nd Class NERFINISHED
Pour le Mérite NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
conflict World War I
World War II
countryOfCitizenship German Empire NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1878-09-02
dateOfDeath 1946-03-14
employer German Army NERFINISHED
German government NERFINISHED
endTime 1938-01-27
endTimeOfPositionHeld: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces 1938-01-27
endTimeOfPositionHeld: Minister of War 1938-01-27
familyName von Blomberg NERFINISHED
fullName Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg NERFINISHED
givenName Werner NERFINISHED
ideology German nationalism
militarism
memberOf German General Staff NERFINISHED
Wehrmacht High Command NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Imperial German Army NERFINISHED
Prussian Army NERFINISHED
Reichswehr NERFINISHED
Wehrmacht
militaryRank General field marshal
notableEvent Blomberg–Fritsch affair NERFINISHED
notableWork reorganization of the German armed forces in the 1930s
placeOfBirth Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Province of Pomerania NERFINISHED
Stargard in Pommern NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath American occupation zone in Germany NERFINISHED
Bavaria NERFINISHED
Nuremberg NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief of the German Army Command
Chief of the Troop Office (Truppenamt) NERFINISHED
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nazi Germany
Minister of War of Germany
Reich Minister of War
reasonForResignation Blomberg–Fritsch affair NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Charlotte Gruhn NERFINISHED

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Cabinet of Adolf Hitler positionHeldBy Werner von Blomberg
Triumph des Willens portrays Werner von Blomberg
Reich Ministry of Defence notableOfficeHolder Werner von Blomberg