Brandenburg Division

The Dagger with the Question mark which was the perfect badge for these soldiers of the German secret service.The Brandenburgers as they called themselves where the elite commandos of the Reich. Part of admiral Canaris's Abwehr the German secret service started out at battalion strength in 1939 by the end of the war where a full Division. They fought as soldiers with great skill but also had the deviousness and cunning of spies. The allied equivalent of the SAS and SOE combined. Used by the German army in deep reconnaissance and capture of strategic infrastructure like vital bridges and tunnels in advance of the blitzkrieg thrust of the German army. Sometimes using enemy uniforms to confuse the defenders to gain a quick success. This very detailed study of the achievements and the characters of the men who made it possible is well researched and thorough, it is the definitive work on this shadowy unit.

Eric Lefevre
Softcover oversized 330pp Histoire & Collections 2000 1st Ed

 

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Book Code:  SA0017