Volkssturm

Volkssturm
Barisan Volkssturm, November 1944
Aktif	18 Oktober 1944–1945
Negara	Jerman Nazi
Cabang	Partai Nazi
Tokoh
Tokoh berjasa	Joseph Goebbels

Volkssturm (pelafalan dalam bahasa Jerman: [ˈfɔlks.ʃtʊɐ̯m], "penggempur rakyat") adalah kelompok milisi Jerman Nazi pada tahun-tahun terakhir Perang Dunia II. Kelompok ini tidak didirkan oleh Wehrmacht (Angkatan Darat Jerman), tetapi oleh Partai Nazi atas arahan Adolf Hitler. Pendiriannya baru diumumkan secara resmi pada tanggal 18 Oktober 1944. Milisi ini mengerahkan laki-laki yang berumur 13 hingga 60 tahun yang belum mengabdi dalam satuan-satuan militer dan garda nasional. Volkssturm merupakan salah satu komponen terakhir dalam konsep perang total yang dirumuskan oleh Menteri Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, yang merupakan salah satu upaya Nazi untuk mengalahkan musuh-musuh mereka melalui semangat kuat kenegaraan.

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Pranala luar

• U.S. Wartime Intelligence Report on German Volkssturm
• Text of the Volkssturm-Act
• Volkssturm Wartime Poster "Um Freiheit Und Leben" (English: "For Freedom And Life")