er their pol. agenda, street thugs, Ernest Rohm (leader) suggested to Hitler they should become natl. army, Hitler distrusted -> Night of the Long Knives ??? ??? ??? Night of the Long Knives due to Hitler's distrust of Brownshirts, raid by Gestapo, arrested Brownshirts, Rohm and other leaders executed (threat to Hitler's power) ??? ??? ??? Anschluss Ger. annexation of Austria, Ger. army occupied,