Sturmabteilung

purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934

The '''''' (; or loosely 'stormtroopers'), or SA, was the original paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party of Germany. It played a significant role in Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and early 1930s. Its primary purposes were providing protection for Nazi rallies and assemblies, disrupting the meetings of opposing parties, fighting against the paramilitary units of the opposing parties, especially the Roter Frontkämpferbund of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and intimidating

'''''' (, ) was an office and paramilitary rank in the (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi Party. It was a rank and position held by the operating chief of the SA. The rank was equivalent to the rank of in the German Army and to General in the U.S. Army.

head of the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party

division

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revolt within the Nazi Party in 1930-1931

thumb|Uniform of a National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) Obertruppführer Obertruppführer (, "senior troop leader") was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party that was used between the years of 1932 and 1945. The rank is most closely associated with the Sturmabteilung (SA), but also was an early rank of the Schutzstaffel (SS) in that group's formative years.

The term '''' () refers to a reorganized front organization of the Sturmabteilung'' or SA which was formed in April 1924. It was created to replace the SA which had been banned in the aftermath of the failed Munich Putsch. It was disbanded in February 1925 after the ban on the SA was lifted.

Nazi paramilitary unit

paramilitary organization

1933 violence in Germany

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The "Sturmlied" ("Storm Song" or "Assault Song") was the de-facto anthem of the SA until it was gradually supplanted by the "Horst-Wessel-Lied".