German special forces of World War II
By: Gordon Williamson ; illustrated by Mike Chappell
Series: Elite -- 177; Elite series -- 177.
Publisher: Osprey
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781846039201; 9781849081368
Subjects: Weltkrieg (1939-1945); Germany. Heer; Kommandotruppe; World War, 1939-1945; Germany; Commando troops; Commando operations; Special operations (Military science); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Abwehr and SS rivalry ; Wilhelm Canaris ; Otto Skorzeny; title: The Army: 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; title: The Waffen SS: 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; title: The Kriegsmarine: 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; title: The Luftwaffe: Kampfgeschwader 200: Werner Baumbach ; Covert use of allied aircraft - Mistel 'flying bombs' Manned V1s - long range operations; title: Summary.