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The Sturmabteilung (SA, German for "Assault Unit" and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. It played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s. SA men were often known as brownshirts from the colour of their uniform and to distinguish them from the SS who were known as blackshirts.1 History
The term Sturmabteilung originally came from the specialized assault troops used by Germany in 1918 in World War I utilising Hutier tactics. Instead of a large mass assault, the Sturmabteilung were organized into small teams of a few soldiers each. First applied during the Battle of CambraiBattle before: ?Battle after: ? Battle of Cambrai Conflict World War I Date November 20 December 3, 1917 Place Cambrai, France ResultStalemate Combatants Britain Germany Commanders Gen. Julian ByngGen. von der Marwitz Strength 2 corps1 corps Casualties 45 the wider use in March 1918 allowed the Germans to push back British and French lines tens of kilometers.
In MunichMunich ( German: Munchen ) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. Behind Berlin and Hamburg, Munich is Germany's third largest city with a population of about 1. 261 million ( as of 2003). It is located on the river Isar. History The se, in the fall of 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu, Hitler himself created the Ordnertruppen; a body of muscular Nazis, ex-soldiers, and beer hall brawlers in order to protect his speeches and disrupt his opponents. It originally functioned as a group of bodyguardA bodyguard is a person who protects someone from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination and acquiring confidential information. In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, most bodyguards are former or current police officers, or sometims to enforce order at Nazi gatherings. It was shortly changed to Sportabteilung, a cover name meaning "Sports section" and came to be known by the initials SA. In late 1921Events January 2 The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia 244 dead January 2 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20 Republic of Turke, the name was changed to the current name Sturmabteilung. Under their popular leader, Ernst RöhmErnst Rohm (or Roehm ( November 28, 1887 — July 1, 1934) was a German military officer, decorated in World War I. At the end of the war, he founded the " Freikorps", a militia in Munich. In 1920, he became a Nazi-party member and the Freikorps became Hitl, the SA grew in importance within the Nazi powerSociologists usually define power as the ability to impose one's will on others, even if those others resist in some way. By power is meant that opportunity existing within a social relationship which permits one to carry out one's own will even against r structure, eventually claiming thousands of members. The SA carried out numerous acts of violence against socialist groups throughout the 1920s, typically in minor street-fights called zusammenstösse ('collisions'). The SS eventually took over their original role.
After Hitler took power in 1933 the SA became increasingly anxious for power and saw themselves as the replacement for the German army. This angered the regular army ( Reichswehr) who were already quite annoyed at the Nazi party. It also led to tension with other leaders within the party, who saw Röhm's increasingly powerful SA as a threat to their own personal ambitions.
In order to ally himself with conservative forces within the German Army and to strengthen his position within the Nazi Party, Hitler ordered the execution of the leadership of the SA which took place on June 30- July 1, 1934 on what is known as the Night of the Long Knives. Victor Lutze became the new leader of the SA, and the organization was soon marginalized in the Nazi power structure. The SA lost all influence after 1936, when Nazi Germany began drafting its members into the armed forces.
