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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; 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.
