After the news was announced that generals, admirals, and other top military officials had to travel to Washington for a meeting, one retired general recalled a similar action in 1930s Germany. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered all top military leaders to attend a meeting on Tuesday, sparkin...

Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges wrote on X, “July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimar constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Führer. Most generals took the new oath to keep their positions.”

Hegseth reposted it with his own commentary, “Cool story, General.”