Post-War Germany was barely a functioning state. Communist uprisings occurred all over the country and the freikorps were called in to put them down. Even after the initial flare-ups, the nation was far from stable. When Adolf Hitler tried to speak in public, he was attacked and harassed. The Sturmabteilung was founded to try to protect the meetings and bring the fight back to the communists.

What was the SA? Who was Ernst Rohm? What happened at the Night of the Long Knives? What did the SA actually do? What did they do AFTER Rohm's death? I'll answer all of these questions and more in this video.

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Sources:
Jean-Denis Le Page - Hitler's Stormtroopers
C.J. Miller - Adolf Hitler in his own words
Wilfrid Bade - Conquering Berlin (Partly Fictional, only used to gauge how the SA men viewed themselves in their own literature)
The SS: A New History - Adrian Weale

Chapters:

Intro: 0:00
The Freikorps: 2:22
The Early Days: 10:28
Ernst Rohm: 19:30
Putsch, Prison and The Future: 24:39
Pfeffer and The Rise of The SA: 30:48
Revolt: 40:38
The Return of Rohm: 44:56
Before 1933: 50:26
1933: 58:09
1934: 1:06:20
After 1934: 1:21:59