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Werner von Blomberg, German general and minister of war (1933–38) in the National Socialist government of Adolf Hitler. A career soldier before the Nazi seizure of power, he was one of Hitler’s most loyal officers among the old-line officer corps before being abruptly dismissed from office.

Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (* 2. September 1878 in Stargard, Pommern; † 14. März 1946 in Nürnberg) war von 1933 bis 1938 Reichswehrminister (ab 1935 Reichskriegsminister) und ab 1936 der erste Generalfeldmarschall der Wehrmacht .

In January 1938, the 60-year-old defense minister of Nazi Germany, Werner von Blomberg, seemed on top of the world. Less than two years before, German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler had made him the first of the Third Reich’s field marshals in reward for his successful rebuilding of the German armed forces under the Nazi regime.

The Blomberg–Fritsch affair began soon after the marriage on 12 January 1938 of the War Minister Werner von Blomberg to Erna Gruhn, when the Berlin police discovered she had a long criminal record and had posed for pornographic photographs.

Werner von Blomberg was born in Stargard, Germany, on September 2, 1878. He joined the German Army and served as a second lieutenant in the 73rd Fusilier Regiment. He attended the War Academy (1904-07) before joining the General Staff in 1908.

SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (2 September 1878 – 13 March 1946) was a German General Staff officer and the first Minister of War in Adolf Hitler's government. After serving on the Western Front in World War I, Blomberg was appointed chief of the Truppenamt ("Troop Office") during the Weimar Republic.

Other key figures were Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the OKW; Alfred Jodl, Hitler’s primary military advisor in the OKW; Werner von Blomberg, Defense Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces until Hitler took over; Werner von Fritsch and Walther von Brauchitsch, Commanders in Chief of the Army until Hitler took on that role, too; and ...

Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (2 September 1878 in Stargard - 14 March 1946 in Nuremberg) was a German leader of the military until 1938. He was also a member of Hitler 's Cabinet . He got in the First World War the Iron Cross .