If the regular army showed disapproval for the SA masse, many storm troopers returned the feeling, seeing the army as inadequately dedicated to the National Socialist revolution. Max Heydebreck, an SA leader in Rummeslburg, criticized the army to his fellow brown shirts, telling them, "Some of the officers of the army are swine. Most officers are too old and have to be replaced by young ones. We want to wait till Papa Hindenburg is dead, and then the SA will march against the army.
Despite such hostility between the brown shirts and the regular army, Bloomberg and others in the military saw the SA as a foundation of raw recruits for an enlarged and fortified army. Röhm, however, wanted to eliminate the generalship of the Prussian aristocracy
Despite such hostility between the brown shirts and the regular army, Bloomberg and others in the military saw the SA as a foundation of raw recruits for an enlarged and fortified army. Röhm, however, wanted to eliminate the generalship of the Prussian aristocracy