02977nam 2200577 450 991046075500332120200520144314.01-4738-3461-91-4738-3637-9(CKB)3710000000444008(EBL)2089594(SSID)ssj0001577921(PQKBManifestationID)16253005(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001577921(PQKBWorkID)14860288(PQKB)11183318(MiAaPQ)EBC2089594(Au-PeEL)EBL2089594(CaPaEBR)ebr11077136(OCoLC)913742630(EXLCZ)99371000000044400820150725h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKommando German special forces of World War Two /James Lucas ; foreword by Robert KershawLondon, [England] :Frontline Books,2014.©20141 online resource (266 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84832-737-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half title; 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 Tunisia8. Skorzeny: The Mussolini rescue mission9. 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 West3. Werewolf in the East4. The Freikorps; Conclusion; Appendices; 1. Glossary; 2. Brandenburg Operations, 1939-1945; Select Bibliography; IndexWorld War, 1939-1945Commando operationsGermanyGermanyHistory1933-1945Electronic books.World War, 1939-1945Commando operations940.545943Lucas James886412Kershaw RobertMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460755003321Kommando1979491UNINA