Sitting Ducks Single eBook Steve Anderson
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Sitting Ducks pieces together the story of an impossible and lesser-known WWII mission. In December 1944, during the bloody Battle of the Bulge, teams of German commandos disguised as American soldiers slipped behind the US front lines. Riding in captured US jeeps, they committed sabotage, sowed confusion and caused paranoia among American troops. Word quickly spread that the undercover commandos were out to kill US General Eisenhower.
Popular legend has made the false flag operation out to be a skilled and menacing ploy with cunning German spies speaking American English. Their commander, propaganda hero SS Lt. Col. Otto Skorzeny, seemed a mastermind. But the reality was much different, and all the more deadly. The planning and training were slapdash, the mission desperate, its chances slim to none. Sitting Ducks is a fast read equaling about 49 print pages.
Sitting Ducks Single eBook Steve Anderson
In "Sitting Ducks" Steve Anderson manages to set straight a fragment of WWII history and tell what amounts to a thrilling potboiler involving a cat-and-mouse game between German commandos and American troops in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.It's the story of Operation Griffin, a daring but unquestionably doomed mission by Hitler's High Command to send German soldiers impersonating American GIs behind enemy lines to disrupt the Allied war machinery with acts of sabotage and destruction.
Led with bluff and bravado by Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny an elite German unit named "Einheit Stielau" and made up of 150 English-speaking recruits and volunteers foolishly set out in American Jeeps and other captured military vehicles during the opening salvo of the Ardennes Offensive on Dec. 16, 1994. [Copy edit to correct: 1944]
Popular lore has glorified the false flag operation in fiction and movies. Anderson tells the story straight and wants to right the historical record by stripping away any myth or hype.
"Operation Griffin" was anything but a carefully planned mission carried out by a highly trained commando unit. Instead, it was a last-ditch, ill-conceived frenetic tactic pulled off by ill-equipped volunteers that was damned from the start.
In addition to correcting history Anderson tells a gripping story of how it must have felt to be a German infiltrator where "one can only imagine what it was like, moving among the enemy while disguised as one."
You get a sense of being pummeled by the winter weather, the sights and smells war, "from the black putrid smoke of exhaust and burning rubber to the sour vapors of leaking gasoline." Added to that was the pungent stink of "charred and rotting flesh of men, civilians and cows in all their grotesque death poses."
Once they had crossed the enemy lines, the Germans had means to identify themselves to each other. They should wear pink or blue scarves, leave the second button on their American jackets unbuttoned or tap their helmet twice if stopped by a German sentry.
If cornered or challenged by Allied forces the imposters were told to improvise with American slang such as "Go lay an egg" or "So's your old man." If the situation was grim, the infiltrators were advised to pretend to have diarrhea, drop their pants and trot off to nearby bushes.
Anderson tells a compelling tale. He corrects the historical record. What I appreciated most is that he does a thorough, well researched job of following the story through to an ill-fated conclusion that for many of the reluctant German soldiers meant execution by an Allied firing squad.
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Sitting Ducks Single eBook Steve Anderson Reviews
"Sitting Ducks" is a book of historical fiction by author Steve Anderson. This e-book was 168 Kb download and was price at $1.99 at the time of writing this review.
In December of 1944, the desperate Nazi war machine throws the dice and decides on an all or nothing gamble to try and salvage victory...a secret invasion of the Ardennes forest area (that bordered the boundary between Germany and Belgium) that was to become known as 'The Battle of the Bulge'. The goal was to split the American and English forces and then defeat them...at least that was the idea.
This book gets much of its information from interviews from combatants (of both sides) post-event. The author uses the true accounts and embellishes some of the tale by adding some fictional details to personal stories...details outlining what might have transpired during maneuvers or meetings that unexpectedly occurred with the enemy.
The book gives compelling evidence that this last gasp effort was almost doomed from the start.
Conclusion
An interesting perspective on one of WWII's final, major conflicts.
A mix of major facts with a little fiction that result in an new look at this memorable conflict.
As it is...4 1/2 Stars
Ray Nicholson
This book portrates the least stage of the Secend World War. The action takes place rougfly on German and Belgium border. Germen soldiers begin lead by their oficers, the action with no finally was with succes. Germens soldiers lead by the Austrian col. Otto Skorzenny decided to create a new SS special forces units. Skorzeny made himself a comando champion. He dressed his man im the american dress, tried to teach them English, find american Jeeps from recent actions. Skorzeny was strongly devoted to Nazi; very close to Hitler. Then he send his commandos to front. Many Germens soldiers lost his live despite this not reasonable action. Many American too. The end
of the war was so close.
Despite all effords the action was not succesful on German side. The book is rather short, so everybody can read its end. After II World War Skorzeny refuge to Spain; he cooperate with Franco. He died in 1975 ;and he had his furneral with honors.
A short book on the Battle of the Bulge where Germany used soldiers dressed as Americans trying to infiltrate enemy lines and create havoc. Actually the 1960s movie Battle of the Bulge addressed this issue. But not as this book conveys the true story.
Led by Otto Skorzeny, a self proclaimed adventurer with the Mussolini transfer either achieved or overhyped, the Fuehrer gave approval to this venture in the closing darkness of defeat. The book seems to not be thoroughly researched at this point but possibly this is due to the deaths of so many. As the initiative is ordered the amount of time spent is amazingly small. Is this all there is to this book? But it's not. At this point I would have rated this book very low. But what is the most interesting is the aftermath of what happened to these men. Not to say it's totally satisfying. But from a story standpoint it draws an interesting conclusion.
Overall, short, not well researched (IMO), but finishes better than it starts.
In "Sitting Ducks" Steve Anderson manages to set straight a fragment of WWII history and tell what amounts to a thrilling potboiler involving a cat-and-mouse game between German commandos and American troops in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
It's the story of Operation Griffin, a daring but unquestionably doomed mission by Hitler's High Command to send German soldiers impersonating American GIs behind enemy lines to disrupt the Allied war machinery with acts of sabotage and destruction.
Led with bluff and bravado by Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny an elite German unit named "Einheit Stielau" and made up of 150 English-speaking recruits and volunteers foolishly set out in American Jeeps and other captured military vehicles during the opening salvo of the Ardennes Offensive on Dec. 16, 1994. [Copy edit to correct 1944]
Popular lore has glorified the false flag operation in fiction and movies. Anderson tells the story straight and wants to right the historical record by stripping away any myth or hype.
"Operation Griffin" was anything but a carefully planned mission carried out by a highly trained commando unit. Instead, it was a last-ditch, ill-conceived frenetic tactic pulled off by ill-equipped volunteers that was damned from the start.
In addition to correcting history Anderson tells a gripping story of how it must have felt to be a German infiltrator where "one can only imagine what it was like, moving among the enemy while disguised as one."
You get a sense of being pummeled by the winter weather, the sights and smells war, "from the black putrid smoke of exhaust and burning rubber to the sour vapors of leaking gasoline." Added to that was the pungent stink of "charred and rotting flesh of men, civilians and cows in all their grotesque death poses."
Once they had crossed the enemy lines, the Germans had means to identify themselves to each other. They should wear pink or blue scarves, leave the second button on their American jackets unbuttoned or tap their helmet twice if stopped by a German sentry.
If cornered or challenged by Allied forces the imposters were told to improvise with American slang such as "Go lay an egg" or "So's your old man." If the situation was grim, the infiltrators were advised to pretend to have diarrhea, drop their pants and trot off to nearby bushes.
Anderson tells a compelling tale. He corrects the historical record. What I appreciated most is that he does a thorough, well researched job of following the story through to an ill-fated conclusion that for many of the reluctant German soldiers meant execution by an Allied firing squad.
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