Sturmabteilungn.
A paramilitary force forming part of the German National Socialist Party, founded in 1921 and deprived of power in 1934. Abbrev. S.A. (s.v. S n.1 Initialisms 1).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > paramilitary groups spec. > [noun]
U.V.F.1913
squadra1922
Sturmabteilung1923
steel helmet1925
Schutzbund1927
new guard1932
Silver Shirts1934
Stern gang1944
Umkhonto we Sizwe1961
nahal1963
MK1964
Provisional I.R.A.1970
Black September1971
Red Brigade1971
Black Septembrist1972
U.D.A.1972
Symbionese Liberation Army1973
U.F.F.1973
Amal1976
death squad1976
INLA1979
1923 Times 22 May 11/1 At the headquarters of the [Nazi] organization near the Gärtnerplatz Theatre, the visitor is confronted in the main hall by the notice ‘Sturm-Abteilung’ (Storm-troop section). Newspaper correspondents..are not very welcome.
1932 E. Lengyel Hitler x. 145 Germany is divided into five Sturm Abteilung inspections.
1977 M. Walker National Front i. 19 They [sc. Mosley's army] had neither the numbers nor the organization of Hitler's Sturmabteilung or Mussolini's Squadristi.
1977 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 36/7 The SS (Schutzstaffel) emerged as a powerful force after the 1934 purge which eliminated the SA (Sturmabteilung), the brown-shirted thugs who helped bring Hitler to political prominence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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