"Hitler's Brandenburgers: secret multilingual warrior...." Topic
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Tango01  | 08 Jun 2018 9:43 p.m. PST |
…. spies of Nazi Germany. "The pre-war German Army rejected Captain Theodore von Hippel's idea of using small units of highly trained men to penetrate enemy defenses before main actions began.
Down but not out, he ended up joining the German intelligence agency known as the Abwehr, in whom he found its commander, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, a willing listener…."
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| Legion 4 | 09 Jun 2018 8:01 a.m. PST |
They were certainly a very effective force, especially for their size. |
| Fred Cartwright | 09 Jun 2018 10:12 a.m. PST |
Not so much spies more like commandos. These days they would be branded as SF I am sure. |
| Tango01 | 09 Jun 2018 11:23 a.m. PST |
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| brave face | 09 Jun 2018 11:58 a.m. PST |
Umm, what is "SF", please? |
| Fred Cartwright | 09 Jun 2018 12:27 p.m. PST |
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| brave face | 09 Jun 2018 12:35 p.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 09 Jun 2018 2:02 p.m. PST |
Yes, very much like Special Forces today … |
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