Cover

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Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword by Robert Kershaw

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: Ground Forces

1. The Abwehr and Special Unit Brandenburg

2. Pretext for War: SD operations in August 1939

3. The Bluff that Worked: Brandenburg in Holland, May 1940

4. Vertical Envelopment: Eben Emael, May 1940

5. Interdiction: Brandenburg in Belgium, May/June 1940

6. Barbarossa: Brandenburg in the opening phases of the war against the Soviet Union, 1941

7. Deep Penetration: Brandenburg in Africa and the Parachute Engineer Battalion in Tunisia

8. Skorzeny: The Mussolini rescue mission

9. Excision: The SS Parachute Battalion attack on Tito's Headquarters, 1944

10. Unexpected Offensive: Special Forces in the Ardennes, December 1944

11. The End of the Special Forces

Part Two: The Navy's Special Forces

1. The K Men

2. Human Torpedoes and Midget Submarines

3. Explosive Motor-Boats and Frogmen

Part Three: Luftwaffe Special Forces

1. Defending the Skies of the Reich

2. Falcons and Fledglings

3. Sonderkommando Elbe

4. KG200

Part Four: 'Political' Special Forces

1. Pensioners and Children

2. Werewolf in the West

3. Werewolf in the East

4. The Freikorps

Conclusion

Appendices

1. Glossary

2. Brandenburg Operations, 1939-1945

Select Bibliography

Index