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Events on Friday 4 February 1938 2
1938Blomberg-Fritsch affairHitler takes personal command of the armed forcesWar Minister Werner von Blomberg and army chief Werner von Fritsch were forced out after manufactured scandals. Hitler abolished the War Ministry and created the OKW with himself as supreme commander.
1938Our Town premieres on BroadwayThornton Wilder's play opens in New YorkThornton Wilder's play about the fictional town of Grover's Corners opened at Henry Miller's Theatre. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is one of the most frequently staged American plays.