storm troops

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War Minister von Schleicher, who had been trying to pacify Nazis by incorporating their storm troops with the regular army in some manner, admitted that he no longer dared attempt it.

From Time Magazine Archive

After it he went to Hamburg, where he organized the Communist storm troops.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vicente Lombardo Toledano, dynamic leader of the CTM, has organized and uniformed a formidable army of 200,000 storm troops, drilling them morning and night with broomsticks until more effective weapons are forthcoming.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some had worked out a balance between home and state, joining the storm troops and Hitler Youth, while keeping alive their true loyalties at home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our storm troops in this part of the line were all men of the old English county regiments—Norfolks, Suffolks, Essex, Berkshires, Sussex, Middlesex, Queen's, Buffs, and Royal West Kents of the 12th Division.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip