BRANDENBURGERS the Wehrmacht s 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 (BaulehrKompanie 800), set up in 1939, through the formation of the Training Regiment 800 Brandenburg, up to the Rifle Division Brandenburg (Jägerdivision Brandenburg) to the PanzergrenadierDivision (Armored Infantry Division) in the Panzer Corps GrossDeutschland in 194445. Finally, the video deals with the period from mid1944 onwards, in which specialist Brandenburgers reported to the WaffenSS offi