The Third Reich’s Shadow Forces Books in Order

As Allied armies enter Germany, Nazi leaders organize a guerrilla force to attack occupiers and suspected collaborators. Whiting follows the recruitment and training of a team assigned to murder Aachen's newly appointed mayor.

This history follows Germany's parachute forces and their founder, General Kurt Student. From early victories to costly fighting on Crete and later missions, Whiting examines how an experimental military formation influenced airborne warfare during the Second World War.

Charles Whiting investigates a German plan to organize mass escapes from prisoner-of-war camps in Britain during the Ardennes offensive. Agents infiltrating the camps aimed to turn captured soldiers into a force capable of marching on London.

Charles Whiting examines German special forces operating behind enemy lines during World War II. Drawing on interviews with surviving participants, he traces the Brandenburgers and SS commandos through sabotage, kidnappings and rescue operations across several continents.