Translated as "senior assault (or storm) leader", the rank of "Obersturmführer" was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of the "Sturmabteilung" (SA) and the need for an additional rank in the officer corps.
The rank of Obersturmführer was translated as "senior assault (or storm) leader". The rank of "Obersturmführer" was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of the "Sturmabteilung" (SA). The rank of "Obersturmführer" was first created in 1932 as the need for an additional rank in the officer corps.