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Stormtrooper (Osprey Trade Editions)

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This is an excellent, tightly written history of German infantry shock troops that were developed at the end of World War 1.

If you're interested in simply learning more about a subject which is often glossed over in histories of the First World War, or worse, misrepesented, then this book would serve well. Drury addresses the weapons used by the Stormtroops, how they were organized and what their role was within the German armies in the West. Well-written, with great photographs and artistic renderings.

This book does a very good job at introducing the reader to Stormtroopers in only 64 pages. In that short length it discusses their historical development (both institutionally and in terms of their place in German offensive military strategy), the "men" in the organization (i.e., typical background, etc.), tactics used and weapons used along with the reasons they could not bring German victory. For 64 pages (an hour or so of reading), a good introduction to the Stormtroopers of WWI.