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

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

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

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

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...

SS-Sturmbannführer in 1939. Ernst Himmler was killed in action serving with the Volkssturm during fierce fighting in the Battle of Berlin. Ernst Himmler was the...

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

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...

in Lusatia. Approximately 200 German prisoners of war, members of the Volkssturm, were killed; nearly all were burned alive in a barn. On 16 April 1945...

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...

title, was in 1945 when the position was held by battalion commanders of Volkssturm units. Bataillonsführer, Reverso online Dictionary. Retrieved July 2011...

Sector C Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/21 Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/24 Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/30 Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/36 Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/49 Volkssturm-Bataillon...

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

formations with standardized weapons and equipment, unlike the unrelated Volkssturm militia. The strategic emergency and concomitant manpower shortage resulting...

awarded the 20 July Wound Badge. At the end of January 1945 a Pomeranian Volkssturm battalion was commanded by Baron von Puttkamer. This force was commanded...

Volkssturm militia. In the Ruhr, Allied forces primarily faced the remnants of a shattered Wehrmacht, supplemented by SS training units, Volkssturm militia...

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...

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

stages of World War II. They were the Japanese equivalent of the German Volkssturm and British Home Guard. Its commander-in-chief was former Prime Minister...

city's cathedral and most of a Mozart family home. October 18 – WWII: The Volkssturm Nazi militia is founded, on Adolf Hitler's orders. October 19 – The Guatemalan...

many more arrived in Dresden. The German Army, aided by the Home Guard (Volkssturm), then turned the city into a military fortress: Breslau was to be capable...

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

(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...

During the closing months of the Second World War, he commanded the Volkssturm forces during the siege of Breslau and died there when the city fell to...

the German army falls apart, Friedhelm dies while leading a group of Volkssturm, sacrificing himself to make his troops surrender. In the war's last days...

troops, assisted by prison guards, police personnel and militiamen of the Volkssturm. In the post-war period, the Austrian and West German judicial systems...