Alpenkorps

They were elite soldiers of the Alpenkorps, ruthless men who had been ruthlessly trained.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

That's the training H.Q. of the Jager battalions of the Wehrmacht's Alpenkorps. '

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

For the training troops in the military barracks 'on the Blau See there was only one centre of entertainment for twenty miles around and this village was it: the Gasthauser and Weinstuben were jammed to the doors with soldiers of the Alpenkorps, probably the most highly trained combat troops in Europe.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

Want them to whistle up a regiment of Alpenkorps? '

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

Schaffer unzipped his snow-smock, minutely examined his Alpenkorps uniform as if seeing it for the first time, then zipped it up again.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

Two Alpenkorps command cars, the leading one with wailing siren and flashing headlamps, swept up the village street just as the moon broke through the cloud-wrack once again, flooding the valley with light.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

An Alpenkorps sergeant with shoulder slung gun peered gingerly over the edge of the cliff.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

Only a suicide would have tried making his escape through a courtyard crowded with sixty or seventy scurrying Alpenkorps troops.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

In his Alpenkorps uniform he was perfectly silhouetted against the gleaming white of the castle walls.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

Smith brushed aside the covering shroud of white, undid the dead man's tunic, recovered the code-book, hung the chain round his neck and buttoned the book securely inside his own Alpenkorps uniform.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967