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by ceejayoz 11 days ago
We called them Sturmabteilung in the original German.
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nozzlegear 11 days ago
> Sturmabteilung: German, literally 'storm division.' A German Nazi paramilitary force formed in 1921, whose members were known in English as Brownshirts.

The ICE comparison is spot on, IMO.

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