roel22 Posted 16 January , 2006 Share Posted 16 January , 2006 I have read a letter of a German officer, who's writing about a 'Sturmangriff' on an enemy trench. Does the word Sturmangriff have a specific meaning, or can it be any type of assault? regards Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooloo Posted 16 January , 2006 Share Posted 16 January , 2006 Literal translation is assault. Though it may have a specific miltary reference. zoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmyred Posted 16 January , 2006 Share Posted 16 January , 2006 Roel, angriff is an assault. sturm, as its phonetic suggests, is storm. sturmangriff: an offensive assault which stormed, rushed or charged enemy positions. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 17 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 17 January , 2006 sturmangriff: an offensive assault which stormed, rushed or charged enemy positions. Fits the picture. Thanks guys! regards Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 17 January , 2006 Share Posted 17 January , 2006 Roel, Perhaps our German speaking members can elaborate, but I would think this means something more specific than just an attack. I would expect this to mean a storm-trooper attack, ie. a specific style of attack with small, well armed groups of men rushing enemy trenches/positions right on top of a bombardment, and moving rapdily from one position to another, leaving their following main body of attacking troops to cope with mopping up and prisoners. Bob/Egbert?? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malte Znaniecki Posted 17 January , 2006 Share Posted 17 January , 2006 Hello, heres some more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare best regards Malte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 19 January , 2006 Share Posted 19 January , 2006 The term is not specific to attacks by formally trained stormtroopers. I have seen German authors use the term to describe attacks by British soldiers for example. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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