At 2 a.m. on June 10, William. Walther's central defender and eight other Brandenburg team members, disguised as three Dutch policemen, escorted six disarmed Germans across the border into the then neutral Netherlands, where they walked three miles to the town of Hennap. There was the object they were trying to occupy: a railway bridge over the Maas River, a strategic location on the western route to the Netherlands. The Dutch, anticipating a possible attack by the Germans, installed ** on the bridge and had a small detachment to guard the bridge, which would detonate ** as soon as they saw a German train coming. However, they did not suspect Walser and his gang when they saw them. Three Brandenburg team members in military police uniforms walked straight to the guardhouse on the east bank of the river and quickly subdued the sentries. At the same time, their "captives" rushed onto the railroad bridge and quickly cut the detonation line. A few minutes later, the first German armoured train rumbled over the bridge, followed by the infantry wagons, which drove unhindered into the Netherlands, thus laying the groundwork for the long march of the Germans from the northern flank into Belgium and France.

The same can be seen everywhere along the 200-mile long front. But the actions of the Brandenburg forces were not always victorious. In Nijmegen on the banks of the Maas, the 100th Infantry Battalion of the Brandenburg Army was defeated by the Dutch troops, suffering heavy losses, and the Dutch soldiers, blowing up two more important bridges; The assault on the bridges of the Arnhem section of the Rhine also ended in failure. But looking at the big picture, the German spy bureau recorded that "out of 61 targets planned to be captured, 42 were successfully acquired and handed over to the troops that followed." And this time, the contribution of the High Command and the top of the Third Reich to the Brandenburg troops was no longer insignificant: of the 600 people who took part in the fighting, three-quarters were awarded the Iron Cross. Führer Adolf Hitler was so pleased that he ordered the expansion of the 800th Brigade for Special Mission Training and Construction to the regimental level.

The battle on the Eastern Front was brilliant

In the months leading up to the Soviet attack, the Germans continued to win victories, and the Brandenburg regiment was always on the fiercest front. In less than a few days, a small detachment of the Brandenburg regiment captured the ancient military town of Přemesil, an important hub of roads and railways, and then Lviv, another important railway hub. Other detachments captured several important bridges over the Dvina River in the north, thwarting numerous Soviet counter-offends, and holding these bridges to the death. In the south, a special battalion of the Brandenburg Regiment infiltrated the ranks of the retreating Soviet army along with Ukrainian nationalists codenamed Nightingale, captured the security police of the Soviet People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, and rescued prominent Ukrainians who were supposed to be executed because they were potential accomplices of the Germans. Men of the Brandenburg regiment landed on two or three islands off the coast of Estonia by assault boats and gliders. On the entire front, the Brandenburg platoon, which was conducting long-distance reconnaissance, dressed in Soviet military uniforms, carrying the necessary documents and even letters from home, drove Soviet trucks, and was led by people who could speak fluent Russian, and carried out activities several hundred kilometers behind enemy lines.

The soldiers of the Brandenburg Regiment performed one heroic deed after another, and the young soldiers marched to the forefront of the triumphal march, receiving more medals and official commendations than any other unit of the Wehrmacht. The Brandenburg regiment was fully affirmed by the top of the Third Reich. By the autumn of 1942, the Brandenburg unit had expanded to the formation of divisions.

On May 10, 1940, the German army officially waved the "sickle" against the Western Front. On the night of May 9-10, Brandenburg's special forces were also given the task of seizing the Hermen Bridge in the Netherlands. There, they would be reinforced by a commando unit of the SS Mobile Unit (the predecessor of the Reich Division).

At 5:35 a.m. on the morning of the 10th, countless Luftwaffe fighters roared across the borders of Western European countries and began an invasion operation. Commandos of SS mobile units crossed the border and entered Dutch territory. However, the SS soldiers remained in the dark about the presence of the Brandenburg troops. As a result, the assault turned into a tragedy.

The special forces in Brandenburg originally planned to pretend to be Dutch military police to "escort" a group of German prisoners back to the rear, and then take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Dutch defenders to use the weapons and hands hidden in their bodies to take the Hemen Bridge in one fell swoop, and smash the attempt of the Dutch sappers to blow up the bridge as quickly as possible. However, the German army's calculations crackled and crackled, and the implementation was full of loopholes: the Dutch sentry standing guard on the bridge demanded that the prisoner of war column coming from the German border stop and search it, and the "German prisoner of war" was found on the body***! The plans of the special forces were also revealed. Just as the "Dutch" gendarmes were about to make a move, the defenders rushed up by virtue of their numerical superiority and escorted all the columns as prisoners of war, which was extremely embarrassing for a while.

As soon as they were escorted to the other side, the special forces defeated the escorted Dutch gendarmes by virtue of their numerical superiority, quickly subdued them, re-armed, and continued to storm the bridge. Seeing this, the Dutch soldiers guarding the bridge immediately hid in the fortress and opened fire, igniting the *** that had already been placed on the bridge. At the critical moment, a member of the former German border garrison rushed forward desperately and cut off *** at the last moment. Under heavy Dutch fire, the Brandenburg special forces, who had only light weapons, and few survivors of the border guards, had no choice but to desperately rebuild their positions on the bridge and wait for reinforcements from SS troops.

When the SS soldiers arrived, another fierce battle began. Repeated attempts by SS soldiers to storm the Dutch fortress on the other side of the bridge were also returned by anti-tank guns and machine guns. Outwitting turned into a bloody assault. It was not until the afternoon of the 10th that the Germans, supported by two heavy armored vehicles and artillery, conquered the bridge. Hundreds of Dutch soldiers were captured.

Dutch firepower bunkers set up on bridges around the Maas River

German special forces and commandos later discovered that there was one such fire point every 80 meters. This is one of the reasons why the Germans paid a terrible price for hundreds of casualties on the Hermen Bridge

In February 1944, Brandenburg's supreme leader, Canaris, was ousted by Hitler, and the unit was separated from the German Espionage Service II and directly subordinate to the Wehrmacht. The Brandenburg unit was divided into several ** combat units "commandos", which were still used to carry out special operations missions. The elite eagles of the old Brandenburg troops were almost all "poached" by the SS. This excellent special forces gradually withdrew from the stage of military history.

The Brandenburg special forces played a huge role in the siege of the war.

1. For the guarantee of military lines of communication

The Third Reich's highly flexible and mobile blitzkrieg required the guarantee of a road transport infrastructure. The assault and march of large-scale mechanized troops must ensure the safety of bridges and transportation hubs on the marching route, and the speed of the advance has a bearing on the victory or defeat of the battle situation. Especially in Western Europe, where rivers are dense, mechanized troops cannot advance without the security of bridges on the marching line. An important task of the Brandenburg forces was to quickly seize and control the enemy's bridges and transportation hubs in the event of war.

2. Military intelligence reconnaissance and infiltration

The importance of military intelligence is self-evident, and the Brandenburg Force is a linguistically specific force capable of adapting to the disguised reconnaissance mission of any European country, and can act like its own inhabitants in enemy countries without being detected.

3. Complete strike missions that cannot be done by the regular army

The members of the Brandenburg Army come from all European countries and are well aware of each country's customs, geographical environment, national characteristics, living habits, and diet. It has a unique advantage in fighting sabotage and assassination activities in enemy countries and ensuring the security of occupation.

In fact, there is a special forces in Germany, the Sea Lion Commando (Nazi German Special Forces) This unit is also a German special forces, but people rarely know about it, and the special forces are secret forces that are not open to the public。。。。。。。。。。。。。

The Weinschnigg Barracks, west of Berlin, Germany, is a very mysterious place. On the training ground of the camp with high walls, a group of sturdy soldiers with their faces covered in make-up ointment were training in a leap of dragon and tiger. This group of fierce eyes, holding the "Krupp II" rapid-fire ***, all of them are more than 1.8 meters tall, and their muscles are strong, and they are as brave as gods.

They were divided into three groups, one group lying down or jumping in the dazzling shooting range, and slammed the bolts on the targets that suddenly appeared on the broken walls and windows around them, and the targets were smashed into beehives with a series of rapidly stretched tongues of fire. A group of soldiers who were climbing over the 3-meter-high wall were swept off by the ** air wave without paying attention, and suddenly the nasal cavity was like a note, especially a few soldiers who were crawling through the barbed wire in a low posture, holding the dagger in front of them, and dozens of meters above their heads, real bullets flew like locusts. Another group of soldiers, led by a stocky Japanese Nakasa, practiced hand-to-hand combat, fighting in groups of three or five, "Ah! Cough! "Fist flying, palm cutting, like a life-and-death battle on the battlefield, as brave and vicious, from time to time there are shocking roars and screams of the hit.

It turned out that this was the station of the elite of the German Nazi Wehrmacht, and later the famous "Sea Lion" commandos. This commando team, which is part of the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Wehrmacht, is composed of "excellent" soldiers who have served in the Wehrmacht for more than two years. During World War II, the "Sea Lion" commandos participated in every battle that Nazi Germany claimed to have won completely, and they often played the role of campaign strikers. But at that time, the tactics of small groups of commandos were far from the attention of military experts, and the topics of attention in the world were powerful air groups, cluster tanks on a wide front, and wolf pack tactics in submarine naval battles. Only the two sworn enemies of this war, Britain and Germany, germinated the idea of special combat for the commandos.

British Army General Kirk Armand trained the SAS Special Air Service Regiment and the world-famous Gomand Special Commando. Admiral Canaris, the head of German military intelligence, secretly recruited and trained the "Sea Lion" commandos. The "Sea Lion" commando team consists of three officers and 150 soldiers, and in addition to the normal training of the regular army and marines, the members focus on training airborne, parachute, independent and detachment field tactics, and surgical raids on strategic targets behind enemy lines.

Canaris was convinced that the "sea lion" in his hand was the fiercest and sharpest vanguard of Nazi Germany's invincible iron cavalry, and the most secret "trump card". Because Canaris was born in the navy, he named the commando "Sea Lion". It was indeed a ferocious beast that he had raised. And especially worthy of boasting is the captain of this commando, Major von Dietrich, who is considered the chief killer of Nazi Germany.

As the fighting in Normandy worsens and the U.S. forces tear up the peace agreement, the special forces will be reactivated。。。。。。。。。。。