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 .
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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 .
Werner von Blomberg, in full Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg, (born Sept. 2, 1878, Stargard, Ger.—died March 22, 1946, Nürnberg), German general and minister of war (1933–38) in the National Socialist government of Adolf Hitler.
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 Eduard Fritz von Blomberg 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 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, Pommern; † 13. März [1] 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.
Description. Physical Description. Ceremonial baton, inscribed with "von Blomberg," decorated with Nazi swastikas and German national eagles, on blue velvet covering. Specific History. Werner von Blomberg was born in Stargard, Germany, on September 2, 1878.
Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (2 September 1878 – 14 March 1946) was a German Generalfeldmarschall, minister of war and commander-in-chief of the armed forces until January 1938. Born in Stargard, Pomerania, Prussia (present-day Stargard Szczeciński, West Pomeranian Voivodeship), Werner von...
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. On the outbreak of the First World War, Blomberg was General Staff Officer with the 19th Reserve Division.