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Originally Posted by maurice
In fact these are nazis but they are not soldiers. Their "brownshirt" uniforms identify them as members of the Sturmabteilung see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
Relatively few German soldiers were in fact members of the national socialist party (nsp)
I never know whether to be iritated or amused when people use the adjective "nazi", presumably for dramatic effect, thereby claiming that aircraft, tanks, warships, whatevers ... of the time were card carrying members of the nsp. They were simply "German".
Anyone ever met a Republican or Democrat B17?  |
The men in brown shirts and black trousers are SS NCOs and enlisted, the brown shirts and trousers are NCOs and enlisted for the SA. At the time the SS was subservient to the SA. In the top row are, from left to right, SS Leader (Julius Schreck or Heinrich Himmler), SA Leader Ernst Rohm, Hitler and 2 SS Officers.