Tag: Sturmtruppen
Stormtroopers! — 10 Facts About Germany’s Elite Assault Soldiers of WW1
Published Date: 9 April, 2014
“The attackers weren’t ordinary German infantrymen, they were the Kaiser’s elite sturmtruppen or ‘stormtroopers’ — handpicked men, specially trained and armed to the teeth.” THE KAISER’S 1918 ‘Spring Offensive’ on the Western Front, codenamed Operation Michael, was…