To communists, they were the rejects of capitalism, the face of its inhumanity, and the shock troops of a new social order.
We can hear him using the similes in which he so delights—mobilisation of troops, shock troops and general staff.
It has been decided to establish 13 battle groups, and to equip them as if they were shock troops.
He has announced that in the fight against inflation the shock troops are to be our 800,000 unemployed.
The replies make interesting reading, especially when one realises that these are the shock troops of legal aid.
The skilled men, craftsmen and technicians are the shock troops of the industry.
Even the ordinary processes of trade and industry are presented in the language of battle—"shock troops," and so forth.
They were the shock troops, too.
