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...
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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...
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uniform collar patch. The rank was senior to an Untersturmführer (or Sturmführer in the SA) and junior to the rank of Hauptsturmführer. Comparative ranks...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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after 1934: SS rank Sturmhauptführer renamed Hauptsturmführer SS rank Sturmführer renamed Untersturmführer SS rank Obertruppführer renamed Hauptscharführer...
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most paramilitary enlisted rank, below the first officer position of Sturmführer. A Haupttruppführer typically served as the senior non-commissioned officer...
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Germany Service/branch Waffen-SS Years of service 1930–1945 Rank SS-Sturmführer Commands Buchenwald concentration camp (1941–1945) Battles/wars Anschluss...
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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...
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