Research Catalog

Title

Hitler's stormtroopers : the SA, the Nazis' Brownshirts, 1922-1945 / Jean-Denis Lepage.

Author

Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G., 1952-

Publication

• Barnsley, S. Yorkshire : Frontline Books, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

xviii, 297 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"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 colour of their uniforms. Under the leadership of Hitler's close political associate, Ernst Rohm, the SA grew to become a huge and radical paramilitary force. This book answers several questions concerning the SA. How did the SA become a national movement? What was the relationship between Rohm and Hitler? What role did the SA play in providing Hitler with the keys to power? After the seizure of power by the Nazis on January 30, 1933, what was the function of the Brownshirts? Why did the brutal and scandalous Ernst Rohm stand in Hitler's way? What became of the SA after the bloody purge of June 1934, the notorious 'Night of the Long Knives'?"--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

The SA, the Nazis' Brownshirts, 1922-1945

Subject

• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Sturmabteilung
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Sturmabteilung
• 1918-1945
• Geschichte 1922-1945
• HISTORY > Military > Wars & Conflicts (Other)
• HISTORY > Military > World War II
• POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies
• Germany > History > 1918-1933
• Germany > History > 1933-1945
• Germany

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1: The Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) -- Origins of the NSDAP -- The road to power -- The Nazi ideology -- Members of the NSDAP -- Organisation of the NSDAP -- NSDAP regalia and uniforms -- Pt.2: Origins and growth of the Sturmabteilung -- The Freikorps -- Origins of the SA -- Development of the SA -- The role of the SA before 1933 -- Pt.3: The organisation of the SA -- A military organisation -- Uniforms and flags -- Sondereinheiten (special units) -- Other European Fascist parties and their militias -- Pt.4: Zenith and fall of the SA -- The SA after the seizure of power -- The lurking rivals: the SS -- The crisis of 1934 -- The SA until 1945 -- Aftermath.

ISBN

• 1848324251
• 9781848324251

LCCN

2017304388

OCLC

• ocn936146062
• 936146062
• SCSB-8413250

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library