SA-Führer: The Senior Leadership of Hitler's Storm Troops, 1920-1945, Volume 1 (Oberster SA-Führer and SA-Stabschef)

A detailed study of Hitler’s top SA leaders, exploring their loyalty, influence, and role in sustaining the Third Reich.

How did Adolf Hitler, who had never risen higher in military service than the rank of lance-corporal, attain mastery over Germany and most of Europe? Many factors contributed to the emergence of the Third Reich, and prominent among these were the actions of Hitler's earliest paramilitary army, the Sturmabteilungen (SA, Storm Troops), and the men chosen by the Fuhrer to lea...