Biography
Werner von Blomberg was born on September 2nd 1878 at
Stargard in Pommern. He completed high-school in Cleve in 1891 and in 1904
joined the 73 Füsilier-Regiment. He received further military training
at the War Academy and was later posted to the Great General. At the beginning
of the war (in 1914) he was a general staff officer of the 19th Reserve
Division. During the First World War he served at the General Staff of
the XVIII Reserve Corps and later at the Supreme Command of the 7th Army.
After the end of the war he served in different staff positions until he
became Minister of Defence on January 30th 1933. At the same time he was
also promoted to Generaloberst (Four Star General). In 1935 he became supreme
commander of the Wehrmacht and Generalfeldmarschall (General Field Marshal).
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 With the age of 60, he married 26 year old typist Eva Gruhn. His best
men were Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring. During the administration
act after this marriage a police officer discovered a record about Eva
Gruhn which announced her as a prostitute. On being informed of this fact
Adolf Hitler became very upset and ordered that the marriage be annulled
to avoid a scandal. However von Blomberg refused to follow this order and
was, therefore, released from all his official positions on January 27th
1938. He died after the Second World War, at the age of 68.
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