Definition of Storm Troops

1. Noun. Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943.

Exact synonyms: Sa, Sturmabteilung
Generic synonyms: Militia, Reserves
Member holonyms: Brownshirt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Storm Troops

Stoliczka's mountain voles
Stollies
Stolly
Stomatopoda
Stone Age
Stonehenge
Stoner
Stonewall
Stonewall Jackson
Stopes
Stoppard
Stoppardian
Storeria
Storeria occipitamaculata
Storm Troops (current term)
Stornoway
Stott
Stowe
Strabo
Strachey
Strad
Stradavarius
Stradivari
Stradivarius
Strads
Strait of Bonifacio
Strait of Calais
Strait of Dover
Strait of Georgia

Literary usage of Storm Troops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fifth Army in March 1918 by Walter Shaw Sparrow (1921)
"Note carefully this fact about storm troops; it is very important The British Higher Command had copied many things from German war, but they had not copied ..."

2. New York Times Current History (1918)
"... and sent his storm troops through this place, but was never able to advance against the fire of the British battalions. His losses began yesterday, ..."

3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"... had had their own casualty lists and given promise of real efficiency in battle, but on April 20 twelve hundred German storm-troops, the largest number ..."

4. King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914-1918. Europe's War with by William C. King (1922)
"German Storm Troops Also Repulsed REINFORCED to the number of 4000, and led by storm troops, the Germans returned to the charge, but the Americans, ..."

5. The Way to Victory by Philip Gibbs (1919)
"On the right the assault was checked, but on the left the German storm troops, armed with flammenwerfer or flame machines, which made a line of fire in ..."

6. Heroes All!: A Compendium of the Names and Official Citations of the by Harry R. Stringer (1919)
"He was a member of a party of 50 attacked by an enemy raiding party consisting of about 300 storm troops. Although fatally wounded en route to his post from ..."

7. Heroes All!: A Compendium of the Names and Official Citations of the by Harry R. Stringer (1919)
"He was a member of a party of 50 attacked by an enemy raiding party consisting of about 300 storm troops. Although fatally wounded en route to his post from ..."

8. America in France by Frederick Palmer (1918)
"consisted of veteran storm troops, with excellent artillery support, for making sudden thrusts which should prevent the Allied line from losing its respect ..."

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