The Fuhrer's orders were clear - conquer Mount Elbrus, highest peak in the Caucasus mountains. But there were problems: Elbrus was behind the Russian lines; the route to the mountain was blocked by hostile Cossack tribesmen. Only one unit in the German Army could hope to fulfil the Fuhrer's demand -[...]

Assault Regiment Wotan, the elite band of men whom Kuno von Dodenburg had led so often to victory, had been mercilessly cut down in the forests of the Ardennes. Only Sergeant-Major Schulze remained to lead the battered survivors of Hitler's famed SS through the secret pass, in the Fuhrer's desperate[...]

Kuno von Dodenburg värvas redan som sjuttonåring till Berlins Reitersturm, en frivillig kavallerienhet inom SS. Efter tjänstgöring vid såväl Adolf Hitlers livregemente och som officersaspirant vid SS-kadettskolan i Bad Tölz, överförs han till Himmlers stab med utmärkta vitsord.

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