BRANDENBURGERS - the Wehrmachts Special Forces

WITH MANY NEVER PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS. (Deutsche Version: Die geheimnisvollen Brandenburger) This contemporary historical neutral and factual documentation on the Wehrmacht commando unit “Brandenburg” was created in collaboration between the German military historian Dr. Michael Heinz and the American Professor of modern European history, Dr. Mark Swartzburg (North Carolina). The video illuminates the varied history of the “Brandenburgers” (special forces) from the creation of the original 800th Constructional Training Company for special assignment 800 (Baulehr-Kompanie . 800), set up in 1939, through the formation of the Training Regiment . 800 “Brandenburg”, up to the Rifle Division “Brandenburg” (Jägerdivision “Brandenburg”) to the Panzergrenadier-Division (Armored Infantry Division) in the Panzer Corps “Gross-Deutschland“ in 1944-45. Finally, the video deals with the period from mid-1944 onwards, in which specialist “Brandenburgers” reported to the Waffen-SS offi