The first official German stormtroop unit was authorized on 2 March 1915
when the Supreme Command of the field army ordered the VIII Corps to
form a detachment for the testing of experimental weapons and the
development of approximate tactics that could break the deadlock on the
Western Front. By the summer of 1915, stormtroop units were springing up
throughout the German armies in the west, and by the end of 1916
official stormtroop battalions were established throughout the western
armies, providing a deadly new threat for the Allies. This book examines
the uniform, equipment and tactics of Germany's feared elites of World
War I (1914-1918).