The term Frontbann refers to a reorganized and renamed version of the Sturmabteilung or SA. It translates directly into Front Band. It was created in April of 1924 in an effort to rebuild the Nazi party in the aftermath of the failed Munich Putsch. The Nazi party including the SA was outlawed by the German government following the Putsch. The Nazi party was briefly renamed the National Socialist Freedom Party to maintain its legality and the SA was similarly renamed. Like the party it served the Frontbann included the same members and preformed the same functions as it predecessor. It contained many of the original members of the SA and was still led by Ernst Rohm. It had about 30,000 members spread across Germany. The Frontbann was disbanded on February 27, 1925 when the ban was lifted on the Nazi Party and was reformed back into the SA. The seal of SA The (SA, German for Storm Division, usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organization of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... SA may stand for: Sturmabteilung (SA, Storm Troopers as in Nazi Germany) Salvation Army San Antonio Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) Seaman Apprentice Second Age of J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth (usually written S.A.) Security Association in the IPsec networking protocol selective availability... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... The Hitler Putsch (also commonly referred to in English as the Beer Hall Putsch) occurred in the evening of Thursday, November 8 to early afternoon of Friday, November 9, 1923 when the nascent Nazi partys Führer Adolf Hitler, the popular World War I General Erich Ludendorff, and other leaders... Ernst Röhm Ernst Röhm (or Roehm) (November 28, 1887 — July 1, 1934) was a German military officer and most recognized commander of the Nazi Stroomtroopers, known as the Sturmabteilung. ...

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• Christopher Ailsby, The Third Reich: Day by Day