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The term is sometimes erroneously broadened to include all Nazis and even all [[fascists]], although strictly speaking Italian fascists were [[Blackshirts]], for similar reasons of their uniform.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140111073914/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERsa.htm</ref> The term "Stormtrooper" was used earlier by the Imperial German Army to denote special trench assault units during [[World War I]] (although in that case, they were referred to as "Stoßtruppen", literally "Shock Troops" or "Siege Troopers", and the companies they operated in were known as "Sturmtruppen").

The term is sometimes erroneously broadened to include all Nazis and even all [[fascists]], although strictly speaking Italian fascists were [[Blackshirts]], for similar reasons of their uniform.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140111073914/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERsa.htm</ref> The term "Stormtrooper" was used earlier by the Imperial German Army to denote special trench assault units during [[World War I]] (although in that case, they were referred to as "Stoßtruppen", literally "Shock Troops" or "Siege Troopers", and the companies they operated in were known as "Sturmtruppen").

A lot of their tactics in disrupting meetings by rival political organizations were replicated by similar groups, most notably the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]], the [[Weather Underground]] during the 1968 Republican Convention, and [[Antifa]].<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/10/a_short_history_of_leftist_violence.html</ref><ref>https://www.thecitizensaudit.com/2017/01/18/self-proclaimed-anti-fascists-mirroring-the-tactics-nazis-used-to-gain-power/</ref><ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/03/brownshirts_invade_trump_rally.html</ref>

A lot of their tactics in disrupting meetings by rival political organizations were replicated by similar groups, most notably the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]], the [[Weather Underground]] during the 1968 Republican Convention, and [[Antifa]].<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/10/a_short_history_of_leftist_violence.html</ref><ref>https://www.thecitizensaudit.com/2017/01/18/self-proclaimed-anti-fascists-mirroring-the-tactics-nazis-used-to-gain-power/</ref><ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/03/brownshirts_invade_trump_rally.html</ref>

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