单词 | volkssturm |
释义 | Volkssturmn. With the. A German armed force formed during the last months of the Second World War (1939–45) through the conscription of all males from the ages of 16 to 60 not already in military service.The force was active from the autumn of 1944 to the spring of 1945 and mainly consisted of older men and teenage boys. It is associated principally with the defence of Berlin against Soviet invasion. ΘΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > other armies Grand Army1792 Grande Armée1819 Grand Army1827 Nizam1840 Red Army1919 Reichswehr1920 ARVN1966 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > special reserves or Territorial Army > foreign Honvéd1849 1944 Bakersfield Californian 18 Oct. 5/4 The decree then announced all civilian men between 16 and 60 were ordered into the Volkssturm, an armed home army similar to that which Britain organized in 1940 after the fall of France. 1944 Nation (N.Y.) 25 Nov. 653 The Volkssturm is necessarily largely composed of men between fifty and sixty, with a sprinkling of sixteen- and seventeen-year-old boys. 1978 New German Critique No. 45. 150 In 1944, at the age of 55, Heidegger was drafted into the Volksturm. 2019 R. N. Lutjens Submerged on Surface iv. 189 She knew they were anti-Nazis and the previous month had denounced the family to a member of the Volkssturm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmasVolkssturm Volkssturm n. /ˈfɔlksʃturm/ a territorial army established in Germany during the last years of the Third Reich; also attributive. ΚΠ 1944 Nation (N.Y.) 25 Nov. 653 The Volkssturm is necessarily largely composed of men between fifty and sixty, with a sprinkling of sixteen- and seventeen-year-old boys. 1969 A. Marin Rise with Wind ii. 12 He could still remember the..day when a Volkssturm officer dug him out of the rubble. < n.1944 as lemmas |
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