Volkssturm

***Volkssturm*** (, "penggempur rakyat"adalah   militia kebangsaan Jerman pada tahun terakhir Perang Dunia II. Ia telah ditubuhkan, bukan oleh Tentera Darat tradisi Jerman, tetapi oleh Parti Nazi atas arahan Adolf Hitler dan kewujudannya hanya di umumkan secara  rasmi pada 18 Oktober 1944. Ia mengerah lelaki yang berumur antara 13 dan 60 tahun yang sudah tidak berkhidmat dalam beberapa unit tentera sebagai sebahagian daripada Pasukan Kawalan Tempatan (Home Guard) Jerman. Merangkumi satu usaha terakhir dan seruan keperwiraan untuk pertahanan, *Volkssturm* terdiri daripada salah satu komponen terakhir  Perang Total yang diisytiharkan oleh Menteri Propaganda  Joseph Goebbels, sebahagian daripada usaha Nazi untuk mengatasi kekuatan tentera musuh-musuh mereka melalui semangat kuat kenegaraan.

## Lihat juga
*Tentera Darat Jerman
*Werwolf (Gerila)
*Wehrmacht
*Volkspistole
*MP 3008
*Volkssturmgewehr 1-5
*VMG-27
*Einstossflammenwerfer 46
*Wachdienst
*Landwehr
*Volksgrenadier
*Pertempuran Berlin

**Negara lain:**
*Kor Sukarelawan Tempur (Jepun)
*Briged Hitam (Itali)
*Pengawal Wataniah (United Kingdom)

## Rujukan

## Bibliografi

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## Pautan 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")