{"id":88223,"date":"2024-03-27T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88223"},"modified":"2024-03-26T16:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:04:38","slug":"the-volkssturm-a-million-men-to-save-the-reich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/03\/27\/the-volkssturm-a-million-men-to-save-the-reich\/","title":{"rendered":"The <em>Volkssturm<\/em> &#8211; a Million men to save the Reich?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/37YHfz7OVeA?si=rV8REAoYdA08BlXT\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 26 Mar 2024<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Volkssturm<\/em> is the last-ditch people&#8217;s army of the Third Reich. Sure, on paper, there are millions of old men and boys ready to defend Germany. But how will they be armed? Are they truly willing to die for Hitler? 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