Sturmabteilung
The Sturmabteilung (
listen (help·info); often shortened to German SA or SA) was a German paramilitary group for the German Nazi Party.
Their leader was Ernst Röhm.
The group was important in helping Adolf Hitler gain power in the 1930s.[1]
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 Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm inspecting the SA in Nuremberg in 1933 | |
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| Formed | 1920 |
| Dissolved | May 8, 1945 |
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| Type | Paramilitary |
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| Headquarters | SA High Command, Barerstraße, Munich 48°8′37.53″N 11°34′6.76″E / 48.1437583°N 11.5685444°E |
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| Parent agency | Nazi Party (NSDAP) |
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In English, they are often called the Stormtroopers or the Brownshirts,[1] while Sturmabteilung literally translates to “assault detachment” or “assault section”. They wore a brown uniform,[1] similar to the black uniform worn by Mussolini's Blackshirts.[2]
The word Sturmabteilung was used before the founding of the Nazi Party in 1919. It originally comes from the specialized assault troops used by Germany in World War I using Hutier infiltration tactics.
The SA played a key role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s.[1] Other political parties also had their own partisan militia, and the SA fought them. The SS began as a small part of SA, and later replaced them.
The Army[2] and other conservatives disliked the SA. In 1934 Hitler launched the Night of the Long Knives in which the Schutzstaffel arrested and killed their leaders.[1][2]
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