Volkssturm

GPTKB entity

Properties (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militia
gptkbp:addresses manpower shortages
gptkbp:aimsTo bolster defenses
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:built lack of training
gptkbp:commanded local leaders
gptkbp:composedOf men aged 16 to 60
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Nazi_Party
gptkbp:disbanded Allied_occupation
German_surrender
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:faced gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:formed 1944
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Soviet_forces
gptkbp:hasImpactOn German_military_strategy
gptkbp:hasParticipatedIn final battles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Volkssturm
gptkbp:influencedBy Hitler's_orders
gptkbp:involvedIn urban warfare
gptkbp:is_equipped_with light weapons
gptkbp:isComposedOf various backgrounds
young and old men
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor military leaders
military effectiveness
ineffectiveness
poor organization
ineffective in combat
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy civilian participation in defense
gptkbp:isFiledUnder gptkb:Hitler's_regime
gptkbp:isIntegratedWith mobilize civilians
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn air raids
defending cities
German_territory
German_homeland
gptkbp:isKnownFor a last resort
desperate measure
gptkbp:isMarriedTo military collapse
mobilize the population.
gptkbp:isNamedAfter the war ended
gptkbp:isPartOf increasing_Allied_pressure
gptkbp:isSupportedBy regular army units
gptkbp:isUtilizedFor gptkb:German_military
final stages of the war
counter_Allied_advances
gptkbp:isUtilizedIn last months of the war
gptkbp:isVisitedBy Germany's_capitulation
gptkbp:knownFor desperation measures
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:purpose defense
gptkbp:recruitment German_civilians
gptkbp:usedIn Battle of Berlin
gptkbp:wasA act of desperation
a response to military losses
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn gptkb:Nazi_regime
last line of defense
emergency measure
invasion threats
decline_of_Nazi_power
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn May 1945
Germany's_defeat
gptkbp:wasPartOf total war effort
German_home_front
Nazi_defense_strategy
defend_the_Reich
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy gptkb:Nazi_propaganda