Volkssturm soldiers surrender to the 11th Armoured Division in Levern, Germany, 4 April 1945. Hitler established the Volkssturm in late 1944 - made up of young teenagers, old men, and the wounded from earlier campaigns, the ‘People’s Militia’ was a last-ditch effort to bolster Germany’s collapsing defences. Film: IWM A70 291-1 | Imperial War Museum London