==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 they 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)
== Freikorps political leanings question. ==
Hi. Asking this here since there's no Freikorp article on here. I know the Sturmabteilung overall, as with the Nazis, are closer to far-left than to the far-right, despite what contemporary history would claim (heck, Ernst Rohm actually advocated for permanent revolution akin to what Leon Trotsky advocated). But does anyone know where the Freikorps lie in terms of political leanings (before merging with the SA, I mean)? Were they far-left? Left-of-center? Right-of-center? Far-right? I know they were definitely against Soviet-orchestrated world communism due to [https://howlingpixel.com/i-en/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations,_1918%E2%80%931941 their role in putting down the Soviet-orchestrated communist global revolution shortly after the USSR's formation], but I have absolutely no idea whether they were against communism itself or just the Soviets' use of it (Hitler was also against the Soviets, yet not necessarily against Communism in itself), and by extension whether that actually makes them far-right or just another flavor of the far-left. [[User:Pokeria1|Pokeria1]] ([[User talk:Pokeria1|talk]]) 07:09, 2 July 2019 (EDT)