Storm Troopers

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Nazi paramilitary organization organization paramilitary organization political militia street-fighting organization

Storm Troopers is the English term commonly used for the Nazi Party’s paramilitary wing, the Sturmabteilung (SA), notorious for its role in street violence and intimidation during Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Stormtroopers (Nazi SA)	2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi paramilitary organization ⓘ organization ⓘ paramilitary organization ⓘ political militia ⓘ street-fighting organization ⓘ
activeIn	Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dissolvedIn	mid-1930s ⓘ
dissolvedInEvent	Night of the Long Knives ⓘ
EnglishNameOf	Sturmabteilung ⓘ
experiencedPurge	Night of the Long Knives ⓘ
foundedIn	1921 ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	early 1920s ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ
involvedIn	Nazi consolidation of power in early 1930s ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
leader	Ernst Röhm NERFINISHED ⓘ
loyalTo	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Nazi Party ⓘ
nickname	Sturmabteilung ⓘ surface form: Brownshirts
notableFor	contributing to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power ⓘ disruption of rival political meetings ⓘ intimidation of political opponents ⓘ protection of Nazi rallies ⓘ street violence ⓘ
notableLeader	Ernst Röhm NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalTactics	intimidation patrols ⓘ marches and demonstrations ⓘ street brawling ⓘ
originalNameMeaning	assault detachment ⓘ storm detachment ⓘ
parentOrganization	Nazi Party ⓘ
partOf	Nazi Party ⓘ
politicalAlignment	far-right ⓘ fascist ⓘ
purgedBy	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ surface form: Schutzstaffel
rivalOrganization	Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ surface form: Schutzstaffel
role	enforcement arm of the Nazi Party ⓘ paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party ⓘ street violence and intimidation ⓘ
shortName	SA ⓘ
supported	Adolf Hitler’s bid for power ⓘ
symbol	swastika armband ⓘ
uniformColor	brown ⓘ
usedViolenceAgainst	Jews ⓘ communists ⓘ other political opponents ⓘ social democrats ⓘ trade unionists ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Storm Detachment → alsoKnownAs → Storm Troopers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stormtroopers (Nazi SA)

Sturmabteilung → alsoKnownAs → Storm Troopers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stormtroopers (Nazi SA)

SA → translation → Storm Troopers ⓘ

subject surface form: Sturmabteilung