Hitler’s Special Forces carried out some of the most daring raids of World War II, The first glider-borne assault on the Belgian fortress of Eben-Emael, a paratroop aerial assault on the island of Crete and the audacious rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from his mountaintop prison high in the Gran Sasso range.
Led by the vicious Otto Skorzeny, Hitler’s Special Forces were among the best in the world.
For the first time, the hidden world of these elite forces is uncovered, using never-before seen footage filmed by German camera operators.
It is a story of tightly knit groups of men from all branches of the Nazi war machine, dedicated to a single aim: to fulfill the wishes of their Fuhrer - at any cost.
Although they fought for a brutal and evil regime, the courage and skill of many of Hitler’s Special Forces cannot be deny. Their secret operations were the equal in skill and daring to any undertaken by their opponents.