German officers and NCOs would start to experiment with new assault tactics. This would lead to the creation of elite ‘Stormtroopers’ or Sturmtruppen who would spearhead the German offensive ...

The origins of the stormtroopers, or stosstruppen (assault troops), began in the trench warfare of World War I. Within months after the war began in August 1914, the Western Front had fossilized ...

The “Sturmtruppen”—German for Stormtrooper—were an experimental type of soldier who grew out of a small unit, originally called the Sturmbteilung (assault section), which was formed in 1915.