Storm Detachment

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Storm Detachment is the English translation of "Sturmabteilung," the paramilitary wing of the early Nazi Party in Germany.

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Storm Detachment canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization
paramilitary organization
political militia
activeInPeriod 1920s
1930s
alsoKnownAs Stormtroopers (Nazi SA)
linked to: Storm Troopers
bannedInYear 1945
country Germany
declaredCriminalOrganizationBy Nuremberg Trials
linked to: Nuremberg trials
declineCause Night of the Long Knives
disbandedBy Allied Control Council
foundedInCity Munich
foundedInCountry Germany
foundedInYear 1920
hasAbbreviation SA
hasOriginalName Sturmabteilung
ideology Nazism
fascism
languageOfName German
leader Ernst Röhm
loyalTo Adolf Hitler
majorPurgeEvent Night of the Long Knives
nameMeaning Storm Detachment
nickname Brownshirts
linked to: Sturmabteilung
notableLeader Ernst Röhm
Hermann Göring
Viktor Lutze
Wilhelm Brückner
participatedIn Beer Hall Putsch
partOf Nazi Party
peakMembership millions of members
politicalAlignment far-right
primaryFunction disruption of opponents' meetings
political intimidation
protection of Nazi Party meetings
street fighting
repressedBy German Army
Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
role paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party
statusAfter1934 greatly weakened
statusDuringWorldWarII reduced importance
subordinateTo Nazi Party leadership
supported Adolf Hitler
symbol swastika
targetedGroup Jews
communists
social democrats
trade unionists
uniformColor brown
usedRankSystem paramilitary ranks

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Sturmabteilung translation Storm Detachment
subject linked to: SA
Sturmabteilung abbreviationMeaning Storm Detachment
subject linked to: SA
Sturmabteilung translationOfName Storm Detachment
Storm Detachment nameMeaning Storm Detachment