Revision:Goering

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• Member of Red Baron’ Flying Circus; Luftwaffe ace; won Iron Cross First Class

• In youth, good-looking, Aryan attributes; nicknamed ‘Romantic Knight of the Skies’

• Socialised with upper class/elites; war hero status gave him contacts/influence

• Close contacts with army and big business

• Hitler saw Goring as excellent propaganda; gave the Party credibility

• 1928; elected to Reichstag as part of 12 Nazi seats

• 1932; becomes Reichstag President

• 1934; Head of Gestapo

• Seen as Hitler’s No. 2

• 1934; Minister of Prussian Interior; Prussians favoured Goring to Hitler; who they didn’t understand

• Alan Bullock: “after Hitler, Goring was the most popular Nazi”

• With Himmler, directed Night of Long Knives; June 1934, to get rid of enemy Rohm

• 1936; outmanoeuvres Schact with loyalty to Nazi ideals; initiates 4 Year Plan based on rearmament

• Played a leading role in Nazification of economy

• Established close personal links with I G Farben

• In 1938, helped engineer the dismissal of General Blomberg; rewarded by becoming a Supreme-Commander of Armed Forces

• Played leading role in preparation for the Anschluss in March 1938

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These notes are aimed at A Level history students.

Originally written by dudey_cool on TSR Forums.