Explain why the German Army viewed Hitler with enthusiasm in the mid 1930’s. (1 Viewer)

[xena01]

Explain why the German Army viewed Hitler with enthusiasm in the mid 1930’s.


ii need helpp pleasee
could yu just give me some points

 

[stillwaters]

ermmm....

• Hitler conservative so was hard on lefties/ bolsheviks and army viewed him as key to ensuring continuing strength and influence of the army.
• Hitler exemplified return to GErman values and German strength. Army didnt like Weimar Republic because of their links to Treaty of Versailles (limits placed on military) which lead to decrease in their prestige and influence.
• Hitler did stuff to show to army that he wanted their support i.e. because of pressure from the army who was feeling threatened by the increasing manpower of the SA (over 3 million by early 1934 compared to i think less than a million for the army (check the army figure... i just made it up but they wouldnt be that much because of the limits placed by the treaty of versailles previously... although the govt did flout the treaty rules but there werent that many ppl in the army)) Hitler carried out the purge of SA leadership in Night of the Long Knives in June 1934 (or was it july)
• check out the potsdam ceremony where Hitler did this whole symbolic ceremony of the union between him and the army. all ceremonial and stuffy and filled with nazi flags.
• hitler had more aggressive foreign policy which would have give army something to do.

hope that helps... just check some of t he dates again... i suck at remembering when things happened

 

[Kujah]

Rearmament and conscription in the mid 30s also had an effect on how the Wehrmacht viewed Hitler.

 

[el gwapo]

stillwaters somewhat vaguely talked about the Night of the Long Knives, where the SA was purged. That was probably crucial to getting the German Army's approval and support as that left-wing part of the NSDAP were pretty rampant in the "vaccuum" years of the collapse of the Grand Coalition sometime in 1930 until Hitler's ascension into power in 1933. [Btw as a sidenote I don't think they were called the Wehrmacht until 36-37, there were still the Reichwehr. Though for the source of uniformity just call them the German Army/Armed Forces]

Hitler's "Volksgemeinschaft" really restored pre-1918 German societal values, and this meant prestige to the army. Remember that the Reichswehr remained pretty much a conservative force in the Weimar due to that pact.. Eber-Groener iirc. In my German national study essays I made much of the "right" and "left" leanings of the different power groups in Germany.

And to avoid generalizing, the Reichswehr/Wehrmacht were not exactly fully behind Hitler - yes the army was headed by conservative right wingers, but they were not necessarily Nazis - it was not until Hitler did some purging of his generals around 1936, such was fabricating rumours about a general's homosexuality [sorry I don't know the general's name this is off the top of my head] that he really "Nazified" the army.

 

[KronWarriorKing]

He had a big cock and German's are gay.

 

[Stevo.]

Hitler had all 181 original Pokemon on his Gameboy and they all wanted to trade Pokemon with him.

 

[Masrad]

Hitler had all 181 original Pokemon on his Gameboy and they all wanted to trade Pokemon with him.

It's 151 you stupid noob.

 

[sleepy12]

weren't there only 150 original pokemon?

like ORIGINAL. it was 151 with mew from the movie

ohh yeaa.

you stupid noob

 

[impervious182]

I would split this answer up into a few parts:

1. Dealing with Communists: Hitler very harshly put down the Communists/Bolsheviks (KPD) using his Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel, who posed a threat to conservatives, elite and so, the Army leaders.
2. Against Weimar Culture and Social values: He opposed the Weimar culture which was seen as morally corrupt and superficial in the eyes of the army and Hitler himself, who commented on it in his first speech as Reichkanzler in 1933. The idea of Volksgemeinschaft as el_Gwapo wrote, 'restored pre-war 1914 societal values.'
3. Quashing resistance and extremists: Night of Long Knives - June 30 1934 - Hitler mercilessly quashed the socialist, more left-wing (national socialist party - so the socialist section) section of his party, which the Army had opposed, killing Ernest Roehm and other leaders of the Sturmabteilung using the Schutzstaffel and Gestapo. The Army had seen Roehm as a threat because he had wanted to absorb into the SA ranks the Reichswehr (Army) and the SA had rivalled it in numbers, spreading street violence. After this the Reichswehr officers were made to give an oath to Hitler.
4. Rearmament and anti-Versailles: The Nazi party were against the Treaty of Versailles and wanted rearmament for Germany - believed in Grossdeutschland so won over the nationalists in the army. They also wanted Germany to be restored to its former glory, as did the army. The army disagreed with Versailles and wanted their prestige back, they wanted Germans to similarly be united and like many other conservatives, felt angry about clause 231 (the guilt clause).

Note: Army was called Reichswehr (until 1935) then changed to Wehrmacht (1935 onwards). So it's technically incorrect to refer to the army as Wehrmacht in this instance.

Also, I have made mistakes in here, I'm sure. So please feel free to correct any mistakes I've made.

Yeah, actually, it's also important to mention the Eber-Groener Pact. Which put-down the Spartacist uprising led by Rosenburg and co. before it could upheave the government in the former of a Bolshevik style revolution. Under this pact General Groener agreed to support the government and as a result, the standing of the army remained as it had. They retained their influence and power and the Freikorps were created.

 

[Scissors]

Because he had such a cool tash.