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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_von_Blomberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blomberg-Fritsch_Affair
Is there anyway for von Blomberg to stay on as CoS armed forces?
OTL he was gullible enough to trust Goering with details about his new fiance's past as a prostitute when seeking permission to marry, which was used against him. Goering's death might help, but I am not so sure. Still Blomberg was competent and willing to stand up to Hitler; it would benefit the Heer to keep him on. How can we make this happen and what does it mean for the war?

"In 1935, the Ministry of Defense was renamed the Ministry of War; Blomberg also took the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. In 1936, the loyal Blomberg was the first General Field Marshal appointed by Hitler. Unfortunately for Blomberg, his position as the ranking officer of the Third Reich alienated Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler, who conspired to oust him from power. Göring, in particular, had ambitions of becoming Commander-in-Chief himself. After the Hossbach Memorandum meeting of November 1937, Blomberg was one of the few who criticised Hitler's plans to go to war no later than 1942, much to Hitler's displeasure."
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