episode description
In the final months of WW2, the Third Reich was being squeezed by the steady advance of both fronts. Undeterred by the constant defeats, Adolf Hitler ordered his last great counter-offensive in the Ardennes, that would become known as the Battle of the Bulge. Among the missions carried on this winter campaign, one of the most dangerous and ambitious was Operation Greif. Personally planned by the Führer himself, It consisted of infiltrating special Waffen-SS units behind the enemy lines by disguising them as American soldiers and create havoc among the Allied troops. A mission so secretive, that even those who participated in it didn’t have a clue what they were training for a very long time. To lead this Operation, Hitler would once again trust his star Commando Otto Skorzeny, who had successfully liberated Mussolini with Operation Eiche and overthrew the Hungarian regent Miklós Horthy with Operation Panzerfaust, earning by the US intelligence the nickname of “the most dangerous man in Europe.” Using English speaking German soldiers, dressed in GI Uniforms and using captured US military equipment, Skorzeny would succeed in launching chaos among his enemies to the point that even General Eisenhower would feel threatened. Yet, many of his men would be captured and promptly executed.
