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Hitler's Brandenburgers: The Third Reich Elite Special Forces

Hitler's Brandenburgers: The Third Reich Elite Special Forces

Paterson, Lawrence

Paperback

Armed ForcesGerman HistoryWorld War II

Publisher Price: $25.95

ISBN10: 1805001949
ISBN13: 9781805001942
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Published: Jan 30 2026
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.11 Width: 6.15 Depth: 9.14
Language: English
...a well-written unit history... - Historical Miniatures Gaming Society

'A fitting tribute to Germany's clandestine warriors, and a guarantee that their extraordinary efforts have not been relegated to comparative obscurity or entirely forgotten' - David R Higgins.

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 Jägdverbände.

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 key individuals, such as Theodor von Hippel, along with forensic details of key operations. He explodes many of the myths about the unit and provides a clear and comprehensive history of this key part of the Wehrmacht.

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