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SA (Sturmabteilung) Founded in Germany in 1920 to establish order at the meetings of the Nazi Party, it was developed into a paramilitary organization from 1921. Banned after the Hitler Putsch, it was re-established in 1925. Its membership rose to over 700,000 in 1933, so that its size, as well as the plans of its leader since 1931, Ernst Röhm (b. 1887, d. 1934), to incorporate the army into the SA and develop an ‘SA-state’, became a threat to other institutions, in particular the regular army. Since Hitler needed the co-operation of the army for his military plans, he ordered the Röhm Putsch (‘Night of the Long Knives’) in which Röhm and other SA leaders were murdered on 30 June 1934. Hitler also used the opportunity to get rid of other opponents, such as his predecessor as Chancellor, K. von Schleicher (b. 1882, d. 1934). To make his actions more acceptable to public opinion, Hitler persuaded President Hindenburg to legalize the murders retrospectively as an act of national self-defence. The Putsch signalled the rise of the SS as the party élite, and it secured the army's support for Hitler. As a result, the political importance of the SA declined against that of the SS.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "SA." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "SA." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-SA.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "SA." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-SA.html |
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SA (Sturmabteilungen, or Storm Detachment), early Nazi paramilitary organization founded by Hitler in 1920, and destroyed by him in June 1934. The stormtroopers, known as Brownshirts from their uniform in imitation of Mussolini's Blackshirts, were used by Hitler as an effective instrument of street terror in his accession to political power; but from mid-1933 their numerical strength and the increasingly political ambitions of SA leaders, particularly Ernst Röhm (1887–1934), made the SA a liabilty to Hitler. See also concentration camps and SS.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "SA." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "SA." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-SA.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "SA." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-SA.html |
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SA • abbr. ∎ Salvation Army. ∎ South Africa. ∎ South America. ∎ hist. Sturmabteilung. |
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"SA." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "SA." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-sa.html "SA." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-sa.html |
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SA Short for structured systems analysis.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "SA." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "SA." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-SA.html JOHN DAINTITH. "SA." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-SA.html |
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SA n. see (sinus) arrhythmia.
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"SA." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "SA." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-SA.html "SA." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-SA.html |
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SA abbr. Sturmabteilung.
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"SA." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "SA." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-SA.html "SA." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-SA.html |
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SA See BROWNSHIRTS.
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"SA." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "SA." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-SA.html "SA." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-SA.html |
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