In its garrison town of Wittlich, Moselle, SS Assault Battalion Wotan is preparing for its first mission of World War II: the ceremonial entry as the Fuhrer's elite regiment into Copenhagen
For Hitler has decided to invade Denmark and Norway before attacking France. He needs the vital Norwegian ore from Narvik.Suddenly in the midst of the preparations, a former Lieutenant of Wotan, von Dodenburg, who has fought with a handful of volunteers with the Wehrmacht in Poland in 1939. Against the Vulture's wishes he asks for volunteers to take part in a special op in Norway.The secret mission approved by the Fuhrer himself is to land in neutral Norway and cut the vital railway line transporting the ore from Narvik. For the German Secret Service has learned that the drunken sot Churchill is also going to invade that country in order to stop the ore going to the Reich.In a race against Norge partisans, British ski troops, and the horrific winter weather, the handful of SS volunteers, after completing their first paradrop, head for the, great port. Will they make it? If they don't, the British might as well turn the scales of war
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