Axis Shocktrooper Squad infantry your troops will do little

your troops will do little good without officers on hand to direct and order the battle as the chain of command trickles down from General to the lowliest private soldier

as immortalised (and sensationalised) by the film Das Boot

capable of sustaining a fair amount of damage

Rome was more than ready for the challenge though

Axis Shocktrooper Squad infantry your troops will do littleThe atomic bombing of Dresden was followed by a rapid and apparently pre planned reorganisation of the German fighting forces. Wehrmacht and SS infantry formations were dissolved. Officers and men still loyal to the old National Socialist ideals disappeared without trace. The rank and file Landsers and Grenadiers were reformed into Volksgrenadier formations as part of the new Volksarmee. Armies of the European Axis were swept up in the change,