The Volkssturm (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksʃtʊʁm]; "people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last...
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Panzerjägd Battalion Kampfgruppe Voigt Volkssturm Battalion 244 Volkssturm Battalion 26/50 Volkssturm Battalion 26/52 Volkssturm Battalion 26/62 281st Infantry...
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firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in World War II. • Seitengewehr 42 • Seitengewehr...
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translated directly either as "People's assault rifle" or "Volkssturm rifle." Volkssturm, the German late war militia home defense force, means "People's...
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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...
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Hessische Industrie Werke and August Coenders in 1944. They were intended as Volkssturm weapons and the carbine variant used blow forward operation. Chambered...
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Hitler in his last filmed appearance, honouring Hitler Youth members of the Volkssturm in the Reich Chancellery garden...
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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...
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des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...
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Ernst Tiburzy (category Volkssturm personnel)
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...
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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...
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The body of Volkssturm Bataillonsführer Walter Dönicke lying next to a torn portrait of Adolf Hitler. Dönicke committed suicide in the Neues Rathaus in...
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which is most often associated with the Volkssturm. Translated as "Platoon Leader", a Zugführer of the Volkssturm would oversee a platoon sized formation...
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adopted by the Volkssturm as a low level non-commissioned officer position in charge of squad sized formations (Gruppe) of Volkssturm soldiers. The term...
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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...
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des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...
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February or March 1945: Volkssturm members being trained to use the Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon...
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close in Europe, the German high command deployed increasing numbers of Volkssturm units to combat duties. These regiments were composed of men, women and...
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Far-right politics in Russia (section Volkssturm)
[verification needed][clarification needed] In 2011, nine members of the "Volkssturm" skinhead group were sentenced. In 2013, one of the two convicted skinheads...
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des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...
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des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...
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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...
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Volkssturm militiamen in Königsberg during the offensive...
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part-time police reserve. Abolished in 1945 with the creation of the Volkssturm. Auxiliary Police (Schutzmannschaft) was the collaborationist auxiliary...
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resistance groups fighting against France during the Napoleonic Wars Volkssturm, a German resistance group and militia created by the NSDAP near the end...
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(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...
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des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...
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des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des...
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many more arrived in Dresden. The German Army, aided by the Home Guard (Volkssturm) and slave labourers, then turned the city into a military fortress: Breslau...
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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)...
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