
SA-Fuehrer
The Senior Leadership of Hitler's Storm Troops, 1920-1945, Volume 1 (Oberster SA-Fuehrer and SA-Stabschef)
Fonthill Media Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 6. November 2025
Book
Hardback
784 pages
978-1-78155-922-2 (ISBN)
Description
An unswervingly loyal, highly disciplined militant force is as essential to the establishment and maintenance of a dictatorship as the dictator himself. Many factors contributed to the emergence of the Third Reich, and prominent among them were the actions of Hitler's earliest paramilitary force, the Sturmabteilungen (SA, Storm Troops), and the men chosen by the Fuehrer to lead it. Although Hitler ultimately culled the SA of its most revolutionary elements, there remained within it and the other party-affiliated organizations a spirit of fanatical, sometimes mindless worship of its supreme leader.
This first volume, based on official personnel files and other contemporary documentation, analyzes the lives and careers of the thirteen highest-ranking SA leaders-men who held the ranks of Oberster SA-Fuehrer and SA-Stabschef.
This first volume, based on official personnel files and other contemporary documentation, analyzes the lives and careers of the thirteen highest-ranking SA leaders-men who held the ranks of Oberster SA-Fuehrer and SA-Stabschef.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Illustrations
647 mono
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 59 mm
Weight
2116 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78155-922-2 (9781781559222)
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Persons
Michael D. Miller was born in Torrance, California in 1971. A US Navy veteran (1989-1993) who served in Sardinia and Spain, he is the author or co-author of seven books on the senior leadership of the Third Reich. His interest in European history dates back to 1978. He currently works as a certified peer specialist for the Department of Veterans Affairs in California. Andreas Schulz was born in Stendal (Altmark) in 1965. After completing his studies in Magdeburg, he worked as a hydraulic engineer. For over a decade, he has served in the Bundespresseamt (Federal Press Office) of the German government.
Content
Foreword, by Sir Ian Kershaw; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Commonly Used Abbreviations Introduction; Biographies; Adolf Hitler; Emil Jules Wilhelm ("Moritzl") Maurice; Julius Johann (Hans) Ulrich Klintzsch; Hermann Wilhelm Goering; Hans Walter Buch; Alfred Max Ludwig Hoffmann; Wilhelm Pleickart Ludwig Adolf Arthur Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein; Franz Felix Freiherr von Pfeffer (earlier known as Pfeffer von Salomon); Dr. phil. h. c. Otto William (Wilhelm) Heinrich Wagener; Ernst Julius Gunther Roehm; Viktor Heinrich Lutze; Max Paul Wilhelm Werner Juttner; Friedrich Wilhelm ("Willi") Schepmann; Appendix I: Comparative Table of Ranks; Appendix II: Glossary of German Military & Political Terms; Appendix III: Glossary of German Military, Political, and Civil Decorations & Awards.