The Sturmabteilung (SA or Storm Detachment), popularly known as the Brownshirts for their uniform, was the paramilitary arm of the German Nazi party led by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945). The SA was formed in 1921 and led most famously by Ernst Röhm (1887-1934) with the purpose of intimidating rival parties and attacking those identified as enemies of Nazism.
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