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Don't know where to put this, but the name was later applied, presumably by journalists, to Harold Macmillan's purge of his cabinet in 1962. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 10:36, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Don't know where to put this, but the name was later applied, presumably by journalists, to Harold Macmillan's purge of his cabinet in 1962. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 10:36, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
It's also said to have been used long before by Geoffrey of Monmouth. I haven't found it there myself, but it seems likely that somebody used the phrase long before 1934. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 14:10, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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 Definition:  30 June 1934 Nazi purge, personally led by Adolf Hitler of internal political opponents, primarily Ernst Roehm and the SA, but including various others, such as Gregor Strasser or Gen. Kurt von Schleicher, considered a risk or embarrassment to the new coalition with the Right [d] [e]
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Don't know where to put this, but the name was later applied, presumably by journalists, to Harold Macmillan's purge of his cabinet in 1962. Peter Jackson 10:36, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

It's also said to have been used long before by Geoffrey of Monmouth. I haven't found it there myself, but it seems likely that somebody used the phrase long before 1934. Peter Jackson 14:10, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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