War when the title of Sturmführer was used by leaders of German shock troops and special action companies. By 1930, Sturmführer had become the lowest...

in July 1934. The rank can trace its origins to the older SA rank of Sturmführer, which had existed since the founding of the SA in 1921. The rank of...

uniform collar patch. The rank was senior to an Untersturmführer (or Sturmführer in the SA) and junior to the rank of Hauptsturmführer. Comparative ranks...

with one pip worn on the left collar patch, Truppführer, two pips, Sturmführer, three pips, and Sturmbannführer, four pips. On the right collar of SA...

the SA for Friedrichshain where he lived, SA-Sturm 5. with the rank of Sturmführer. In October 1929, Wessel dropped out of university to devote himself...

In 1927, the officer rank of SA-Führer became known by the title of Sturmführer and a higher officer rank known as Sturmbannführer was created to be...

after 1934: SS rank Sturmhauptführer renamed Hauptsturmführer SS rank Sturmführer renamed Untersturmführer SS rank Obertruppführer renamed Hauptscharführer...

most paramilitary enlisted rank, below the first officer position of Sturmführer. A Haupttruppführer typically served as the senior non-commissioned officer...

Germany Service/branch Waffen-SS Years of service 1930–1945 Rank SS-Sturmführer Commands Buchenwald concentration camp (1941–1945) Battles/wars Anschluss...

World War II. The lyrics to "Horst-Wessel-Lied" were written in 1929 by Sturmführer Horst Wessel, the commander of the Nazi paramilitary "Brownshirts" (Sturmabteilung...