==Origins==
The SA as an organization did follow the growth of the Nazi party, however the concept of Storm Troopers arises out if the 1918 German Spring Offensive and a [https://www.sciencesource.com/archive/WWI--German-Stormtroopers--1918-Spring-Offensive-SS2603706.html change in German strategy late in the war]. Stormtroopers were young recruits who hadn't experienced trench warfare, and were not trained to endure it. After a breakthrough of a line, Stormtroopers were funneled through rapidly and trained to disrupt the enemies supply lines in the rear, rather than engage in hand-to-hand combat in the trenches. They did experience some success, but were more less vastly outnumbered by arriving American troops. The success of this new strategy created a myth from which the concept of shocktroops or Stormtroopers was born (in reality, most found some alcohol by the time the reached the enemies supply lines in the rear, sat down got drunk and were captured, hence a low casualty rate which added to the myth). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 13:25, 16 March 2018 (EDT)