Sturmabteilung
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| SA | |
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| The insignia of the SA | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | c.1919 |
| Superseding agency |  SS (c.1934 onwards) |
| Jurisdiction |  Germany |
| Headquarters | SA High Command, Barerstraße, Munich 48°8′37.53″N 11°34′6.76″E / 48.1437583°N 11.5685444°E |
| Employees | 3,000,000 (c.1934) |
| Ministers responsible | Emil Maurice (1920–1921), Oberster SA-Führer Hans Ulrich Klintzsche (1921–1923), Oberster SA-Führer Hermann Göring (1923), Oberster SA-Führer Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1926–1930), Oberster SA-Führer Adolf Hitler (1930–1945), Oberster SA-Führer |
| Agency executives | Otto Wagener (1929–1931), Stabschef-SA Ernst Röhm (1931–1934), Stabschef-SA Viktor Lutze (1934–1943), Stabschef-SA Wilhelm Scheppmann (1943–1945), Stabschef-SA |
| Parent agency | NSDAP |
| Child agency | SS (until c.1934) |
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Sturmabteilung (info • help) (often shortened to SA) was a paramilitary group for the German Nazi Party.
In English, they are often called the Stormtroopers or the Brownshirts, while Sturmabteilung literally translates to "assault detachment" or "assault section". The group was important in helping Adolf Hitler gain power in the 1930s. They wore a brown uniform, similar to the black uniform worn by Mussolini's Blackshirts.
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 utilising Hutier infiltration tactics.
Assault troops played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s.
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