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Hitler's daring and pioneering Brandenburgers special forces served in every German theatre of action. This is the most comprehensive account of an unusual and profoundly successful band of men.Lawrence Paterson traces the origins of the small unit, before the outbreak of war in 1939, as the brainchild of Admiral Canaris and part of his Abwehr intelligence unit through through to its breaking up in 1944 when it was largely converted to a conventional Panzergrenadier division. At that point, many Brandenburgers transferred to Otto Skorzeny's SS Jagdverbände.It is well-known that German troops disguised themselves as Allied troops for the Battle of the Bulge — but less well known the Brandenburger operations used such disguises — more effectively — in in advance of the Blitzkrieg in 1939–41.Despite their profound success as commando raiding troops their history has been overshadowed by equivalent Allied units and largely ignored. However, within North Africa the Brandenburgers employed similar techniques to the SAS and LRDG, at first earning Erwin Rommel's disapproval for their unorthodox methods until he began to feel the effect of similar Allied raids.Paterson details the roles of

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Author

Lawrence Paterson

Publisher

Greenhill Books ; Naval Institute Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781682473726

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Military History, Humanities