The Volkssturm (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksʃtʊʁm]; "people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last...

Panzerjägd Battalion Kampfgruppe Voigt Volkssturm Battalion 244 Volkssturm Battalion 26/50 Volkssturm Battalion 26/52 Volkssturm Battalion 26/62 281st Infantry...

translated directly either as "People's assault rifle" or "Volkssturm rifle." Volkssturm, the German late war militia home defense force, means "People's...

firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in World War II. • Seitengewehr 42 • Seitengewehr...

carbine intended for use by the Volkssturm. Volkssturmgewehr 1-5: a semi-automatic rifle intended for use by the Volkssturm. Wimmersperg Spz-kr: late war...

Hessische Industrie Werke and August Coenders in 1944. They were intended as Volkssturm weapons and the carbine variant used blow forward operation. Chambered...

Hitler in his last filmed appearance, honouring Hitler Youth members of the Volkssturm in the Reich Chancellery garden, 20 April 1945...

des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...

The body of Volkssturm Bataillonsführer Walter Dönicke lying next to a torn portrait of Adolf Hitler. Dönicke committed suicide in the Neues Rathaus in...

imprisoned. In April 1945, dozens of prisoners were massacred by the Volkssturm and Hitler Youth, and surviving prisoners were sent on death marches towards...

close in Europe, the German high command deployed increasing numbers of Volkssturm units to combat duties. These regiments were composed of men, women and...

disorganised Army and Waffen-SS divisions, along with poorly trained Volkssturm and Hitler Youth members. Over the course of the next week, the Red Army...

which is most often associated with the Volkssturm. Translated as "Platoon Leader", a Zugführer of the Volkssturm would oversee a platoon sized formation...

adopted by the Volkssturm as a low level non-commissioned officer position in charge of squad sized formations (Gruppe) of Volkssturm soldiers. The term...

half-second burst of flame of up to 27 metres (89 ft). It was issued to the Volkssturm or the Werwolf movement, but also used by the Fallschirmjäger (German...

Ernst Tiburzy (26 December 1911 – 14 November 2004) was a German Volkssturm ("Peoples Assault") member during World War II. He received the Knight's Cross...

des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...

(air force), as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reich Labour Service and the Volkssturm (German People storm militia), along with personnel from other Axis powers...

des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...

des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...

des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...

price of the pistol than the other M1911s.[citation needed] The German Volkssturm used captured M1911s at the end of World War II under the weapon code...

same day. Model dissolved his army group on 15 April and ordered the Volkssturm and non-combatant personnel to discard their uniforms and go home. On...

February or March 1945: Volkssturm members being trained to use the Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon...

Brigadeführer Gruppenführer Obergruppenführer Oberst-Gruppenführer Combat ranks Volkssturm Volkssturmmann Zugführer Kompanieführer Bataillonsführer Non-combat ranks...

The following day, the guards of Mauthausen were replaced with unarmed Volkssturm soldiers and an improvised unit formed of elderly police officers and...

[verification needed][clarification needed] In 2011, nine members of the "Volkssturm" skinhead group were sentenced. In 2013, one of the two convicted skinheads...

Volkssturm militiamen in Königsberg during the offensive...

Party Chancellery of Nazi Germany, where Martin Bormann, head of the Volkssturm associated the Freikorps to his service, as they often completed tasks...

and militia from: 17th SS Tank-Grenadier Div. 21st Luftwaffe Div. [de] Volkssturm RAD Hitlerjugend Strength 45,000 troops 2 divisions (est. 20,000–50,000)...