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Index
Cover
Half Title
Full Title
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword by Robert Kershaw
Preface
Acknowledgements
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
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