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Sign in to save'''''' (, ) was an office and paramilitary rank in the (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi Party. It was a rank and position held by the operating chief of the SA. The rank was equivalent to the rank of in the German Army and to General in the U.S. Army.
Key facts
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- Earlier (left) and later (right) command flag
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- SA-Logo (no white background).svg
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- 70
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- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-15282A, Ernst Röhm.jpg
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- Best known officeholderErnst Röhm5 January 1931 – 1 July 1934
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- Commanding officer of a paramilitary organisation
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- Adolf Hitler
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- October 1929
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- Otto Wagener
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- Wilhelm Schepmann
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- 5 May 1945
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- inception
- 1929-10-00
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- Notes
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- References
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'''''' (, ) was an office and paramilitary rank in the (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi Party. It was a rank and position held by the operating chief of the SA. The rank was equivalent to the rank of in the German Army and to General in the U.S. Army.
==Definition== The position of , not yet a rank, was established in 1929 to assist the (Supreme SA Leader) with the administration of the fast-growing organisation. Otto Wagener held the office under Franz Pfeffer von Salomon from 1928 to 1930, and effectively headed the SA from Hitler's assumption of the title in August until Ernst Röhm replaced him in January 1931.