One of the founders of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and also helps form the Stabswache, which was an early company of SA troops assigned as bodyguards to Hitler
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One of the founders of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and also helps form the Stabswache, which was an early company of SA troops assigned as bodyguards to Hitler
Hitler orders the formation of a bodyguard for himself, the tiny unit, originally formed by only eight men (and commanded by Julius Schreck and Joseph Berchtold), is designated the Stabswache (Staff Guard)
Soon after its formation, the Stabswache is renamed Stoatrupp (Shock Troop) Adolf Hitler. Hitler orders the formation of a bodyguard for himself, the tiny unit, originally formed by only eight men (and commanded by Julius Schreck and Joseph Berchtold), is designated the Stabswache (Staff Guard)
Hitler orders the formation of a bodyguard for himself, the tiny unit, originally formed by only eight men (and commanded by Julius Schreck and Joseph Berchtold), is designated the Stabswache (Staff Guard)
After Hitler's release he orders a new bodyguard unit formed, again called the Stabswache, but this time it did not fall under SA control
The Stabswache is renamed as the Schutzstaffel, abbreviated SS
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