German Special Forces of World War II

By: Gordon Williamson, Mike Chappell (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 10 November 2009 | Edition Number 1

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A fascinating and long overdue study of the troops that made up Germany's elite special forces of World War II.

Such forces included the legendary Skorzeny Commandos who carried out audacious tasks such as the glider-borne rescue of Mussolini, and the kidnapping of the son of the Hungarian regent, Admiral Horthy. This book also includes details of lesser-known units such as the Brandenburgers, who operated behind enemy lines in captured uniforms, and the Kleinkampfverbande who were the forerunners of modern-day naval combat troops like the US Navy SEALs.

Complete with uniform and kit detail together with action accounts of many of these daring operations, this book is a must-have for any special forces enthusiast.

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"This is a interesting read, and provides a useful overview of the organisation and activities of Germany's comparatively small band of Special Forces units." --Military History Encyclopedia on the Web (November 2009)

"Other recommendations for specialty military history collections include Gordon Williamson's German Special Forces of World War II, telling of German's wartime elite units." --The Bookwatch (January 2010)

"In his book, author Gordon Williamson has a look at the beginnings of these forces, including the rivalry between the army and the Waffen SS. Then there are sections on these units in the Army, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe. All of this is illustrated by a goodly selection of period photographs and that artwork of Mike Chappell. This includes uniforms that were worn by the various units through the war. A truly interesting and somewhat unique look at units that have not had all that much written about them. A book I found quite engrossing and one that I can easily recommend to you." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness, www.modelingmadness.com (February 2010)

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Introduction
Abwehr and SS rivalry - Wilhelm Canaris - Otto Skorzeny	p. 4
The Army	p. 6
The Brandenburgers: Theodore von Hippel - Ebbinghaus Group, Poland, 1939 Special Duties Battalion 800 - Holland, 1940
Special Duties Regiment 800 - the Balkans, 1941 North Africa, 1942-43: Von Koenen Detachment - Special Units 287 & 288
Operation Barbarossa, 1941 - Maikop, 1942
Dispersed operations, 1942-44
Panzergrenadier Division 'Brandenburg', 1944-45
The Waffen-SS	p. 20
SS Special Duties Unit Friedenthal - SS Light Infantry Battalion 502
The Mussolini raid, July 1943 - Berlin, July 1944 - Walter Girg - the Horthy raid, October 1944
Panzerbrigade 150: the Ardennes, December 1944
The Oder front, February-April 1945
SS-Paratroop Battalion 500: Bosnia, 1944 - the Tito raid - Lithuania - Budapest
SS-Paratroop Battalion 600: the Oder front, January-March 1945 - the Berlin front, April 1945
The Kriegsmarine	p. 45
Small Battle Units, April 1944: Helmuth Heye and Fritz Frauenheim
Lehrkommandos 200, 250, 300, 350, 600 & 700: Sprengboote, midget submarines, one-man torpedoes, assault boats and frogmen
The Luftwaffe	p. 56
Kampfgeschwader 200: Werner Baumbach
Covert use of Allied aircraft - Mistel 'flying bombs'
Manned V1s - long-range operations
Summary	p. 63
Index	p. 64
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