The German army during World War two was seen as the one of the most effective combat forces that the world had yet seen
However, as war drags on the lack of manpower in the state starts to affect the armies and men are drafted
Into service. There are once considered unfit for the Army for one reason or another
The German state had such a group of people much like the British Home Guard in 1940
A German militia was raised in a desperate attempt to stave off its enemies from the west and east the Volk strung
The bullocks drum came to be in 1944 after a request for six million men who were ordered out
they had technically existed since
1925 bar a little more than the organization on paper rather than an actual force the propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels
tried to paint the creation as a massive swelling of
Nationalism and dry for the German state which was further
Instilled by being under control of SS members or Nazi Party officials
However, they were normally under Vermont command during combat
however
the state of these
individuals did little to improve the morale of troops on the front line and the decrepit state of these militia members showed the
desperation of the state to the Troops the units were organized into battalions of
642 men each with each crease ie County being charged with
Mobilizing women most of the individuals conscripted were largely drafted from the elderly
Teenagers and other individuals proved Lee seen as not fit for active service by February of 1945
Gun women were drafted into the bookstore as well
Heinrich Himmler was in charge of equipping the militia units with both arms and uniforms
However, the supply situation in regards to both were normally horrendous
Many of the militia members were issued black armbands that are put on over approved civilian clothing
Later on some standard uniforms were given and some members were even able to get proper army
uniforms and steel Helms
But they were a rarity the arming of these new troops were in many ways even more scarce
some car 98 were issued as well as guevara 98 and 70 ones as well as steyr mannlicher x'
The militia was supposed to be armed from both the SS and the very marked but both had very little to spare
what were plentiful though were pounds URF aus a
Single-use anti-tank weapon given to members of all ages and the staple weapon of training when training was given in
Combination of a pounder Faust were captured enemy stores the issue being though that most of these weapons took various ammo types
burn the already massively struggling supply situation
Some weapons designed specifically for the Volk strim were constructed such as the mp3
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Terms of training it was rare for much training to be given to these new soldiers with weapons
such as the car 98 and the Panzerfaust
Some frontline soldiers acted as officers for these new units
While many older militia members were veterans from World War one with combat experience
even still however
most units that were sent to combat only
Managed to get familiar with their weapons as they were using them the overall effectiveness of the Volks drum is largely noted as being rather
Poor although some units were very fanatical and lasted until most of the men were killed or first to retreat
Such as in the boughs around Kunz burg of bra style and cold burke
but against the armies of the Western Allies
Especially the unit's would rather throw down their arms and surrender not wine to die
Neither swayed in the Battle of Berlin the Volk strom were used extensively and many fought until the end
not wanting to be captured by the
Soviets while fanatic fighting was occurring in the capital large sections of the units as well as Regular Army
Units were surrendering in massive the Allies in the West
seeing them as their only avenue for safety if