Hitler's consolidation of power

Question 1

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

Answer 1

Purge of the SA executives by the SS upon Hitler’s order - Hitler, fearing the SA whom were planning a “second revolution” in which they aimed to claim power in the state and impose their more socialist ideas by merging the SA troops with the Reichswehr in a form of militia, ordered his SS guards to eliminate the SA executives including its leader Ernst Rohm; officially less than 100 were killed.
This event established Hitler’s absolute authoritarian character.