Brandenburgers in the Blitzkrieg 1940: Special forces open the road to France

Fully illustrated, this is the first study of how the Brandenburgers – Germany's covert special forces – seized the bridges that led into France in 1940, in their biggest campaign to date.

Formed from elements of various unorthodox units and militia groups that took part in the invasion of Poland, by mid-1940 the Brandenburgers were established as the Wehrmacht's specialists in operating behind enemy lines. With several separate battle groups set tasks that could determine the success of the...