Adolf Hitler1 March 1933
The police & SA sieze all Communist Party buildings in Germany along with weapons claimed to be used for a coup
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The police & SA sieze all Communist Party buildings in Germany along with weapons claimed to be used for a coup
Under Hitler's orders von Epp sets up a Nazi regime in Bavaria
Under Hitler's orders von Epp sets up a Nazi regime in Bavaria
Heydrich has his men uncover false "evidence" that SA leader Ernst Rohm was plotting to overthrow Hitler
Austrian Nazis break into the Federal Chancellery & assassinate Dolfuss
Nazis murder Dolfuss during a failed coup after he objects to anschluss with Germany
Severely discredited by the failure, Habicht went into seclusion in the Harz mountains before being allowed to take up the post of Mayor of Wittenberg in 1937. Habicht sets up a leadership-in-exile in Munich which directed a campaign of terror against the Dollfua regime which culminates in a failed coup attempt in the murder of Dollfua in July 1934
Helps make plans for the German capture of Austria
Mussolini mobilizes on the Brenner Pass & forces Hitler to give up annexation. Mussolini mobilizes 4 Divs after the assassination of Dolfuss, Hitler's coup fails
Sent to Vienna to restore "normal & friendly relations" after a failed Nazi coup
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