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Sturmführer
''Sturmführer'' (, "storm leader") was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which began as a title used by the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) in 1925 and became an actual SA rank in 1928. Translated as "storm leader or assault leader", the origins of the rank dated to the First World War when the title of ''Sturmführer'' was used by leaders of German shock troops and special action companies.Hermann Weiß (publisher) "Biographical lexicon to the Third Reich". Fischer pocket-book publishing house, Frankfurt on Main 2002 (appendix). By 1930, ''Sturmführer'' had become the lowest commissioned officer (CO) rank of several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations, including the SA. The title was also used as an SS rank until 1934 when after the Night of the Long Knives the SS renamed the rank ''Untersturmführer'', which was the equivalent to a second lieutenant in other military organizations. Insignia SA-Sturmführer.svg, SA Gorget patches Gorget patches (collar tabs, collar pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SA Rank
The uniforms and insignia of the ''Sturmabteilung'' ( SA) were Nazi Party paramilitary ranks and uniforms used by SA stormtroopers from 1921 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. The titles and phrases used by the SA were the basis for paramilitary titles used by several other Nazi paramilitary groups, among them the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS). Early SS ranks were identical to the SA, since the SS was originally considered a sub-organisation of the ''Sturmabteilung''. Origins of SA titles (1921–1923) The brown shirted stormtroopers of the ''Sturmabteilung'' gradually come into being within the Nazi Party beginning in 1920. By this time, Adolf Hitler had assumed the title of ''Führer'' of the Nazi Party, replacing Anton Drexler who had been known as the more democratically elected Party Chairman. Hitler began to fashion the Nazi Party on fascist paramilitary lines and, to that end, the early Nazis of the 1920s would typically wear some sort of paramilitary uniform at party meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
