Hitler's Stormtroopers: The Sa, the Nazis' Brownshirts, 1922 - 1945

by Jean-Denis Lepage

Book Overview

The Sturm Abteilung der NSDAP (SA, assault battalion of the Nazi party) - created in August 1920 - were squads of strong arms intended to protect the Nazis' meetings, to provoke disturbance, to break up other parties' meetings, and to attack and assault political opponents as part of a deliberate campaign of intimidation.

After 1925 the name Braunhemden (Brownshirts) was also given to its members because of the color of their uniforms. Under...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848324251
• ISBN13: 9781848324251
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"