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Kommando: German Special Forces of World War Two

by James Sidney Lucas · 1985

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Without these secret agents paving the way, Germany would have found it far more difficult to invade Czechoslovakia and Poland. Kommandodetails the stunning achievement of Nazi operatives in naval warfare, including suicide pilots, human torpedoes, and the young people of the Werewolf, trained in partisan warfare.

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World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 245 pages

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